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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1913
Page
11
A writer warns that no hair dye is harmless citing harsh chemicals and risks including scalp damage, lead and silver in dyes, potential blood poisoning from home use, repeated retouching costs, and possible discoloration. The piece ends with a digression on poetry and a note about a French movie museum proposal.
A warm verse by Harriet F. Blodgett celebrates December and the Christmas spirit. The poem likens the world to a Christmas tree and urges joyful carol singing, recalling an angel guiding the Wise Men to the newborn child.
Laura Libby comments on the persistent elderly masher who ignores modest rebuffs and pesters young women with flirtatious advances. The piece notes how women respond with caution and humor, while warning about his pattern, affect, and social consequences. A reader letter advises avoiding him and seeking peace officers if harassment continues.
The Pictorial Review offers patterns for a semi transparent sacque with drooping shoulder seams and elbow sleeves, plus long sleeve option. Describes lining choices, embroidery, lace, banded hems, and decorative trims. includes cutting directions and perforation guides for accurate layout.
A playful chronicle traces Solomon Grundy’s week from Monday to Saturday as he visits stores, considers purchases, changes his mind, buys, returns, and expresses remorse before vowing to shop early next Monday.
Minnie Maddern Fiske, born in New Orleans, celebrates her 48th birthday and a 46 year stage career. From child prodigy roles in New Orleans and Montreal to a leading star with Harrison Grey Fiske, she has long shaped American theater.
A Washington housewife confronts a black servant over hidden dust, insisting the fuzz under a bed is not dirt but “house moss.” The maid, trying to stall, replies with a casual denial, highlighting a race and class context in a framed бытовой anecdote from Pathfinder.
Dr. Ernest Bryant Hoag promoting organized health work cites school nurses as critical for effective medical inspection. He notes that follow-up by visiting nurses greatly increases treatment action and expands into home advisory roles, with nurses acting as sanitary inspectors and social workers.
A reflections on how organized women form a powerful fifth estate shaping state and national policy. The piece notes the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, Bridgeport reforms, and the expanding roles of women in law, medicine, and activism, urging a future where women and men share the First Estate.
The H C Sewing Club hosted a Christmas party at Miss Winifred Beach's home 271 Beach Street on Wednesday evening. Games included whist with Miss Beach winning a sweet grass sewing basket. Miss Hallock won the frying pan as consolation. Members exchanged handmade gifts, plus a festive spread and a trimmed Christmas tree. Attendees included Lula and Louise Mosher, Mabel Matson, Urla Neal, Frances Wilson, Lucy Kilyon, Winnifred Beach, Maylah Hallock, Mrs. C Beach, and Mrs. David Beach.
London December 19 an apparent suffragette bombing attempt damaged the jail wall near cells housing suffragettes at Holloway A garden hidden blast shattered windows and left the outer wall badly damaged No arrests reported and no culprits named Miss Rachel Peace serving eighteen months for arson was confined there at the time Bonner Springs Kan a posse killed Rolla Harvey alleged bootlegger
A collection of humorous observations on editors wives mothers and society, noting odd contrasts in public manners. It cites a Hoosier governor’s wife as a peach and mocks editors seeking favors, while recalling Babylonian laws, gender stereotypes, and references to sugar consumption. Includes a testimonial for Foley's Honey and Tar Compound from J A Kimbro of Georgetown Texas.
Sale of Red Cross Christmas seals ends Saturday night December 20. Thousands already sold with a goal to clear at least 1000 dollars. Tables in department stores banks post offices and depot for purchases. Read's store reports the largest sales. school children aid by selling stamps for a Hed Cross blotter.
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