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Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1913

Page

2

Annual report urges stricter safety for rail passengers

The commission urges stronger federal power to standardize operating rules, supervise capital, and enforce safety on interstate railroads. It cites 76 accidents with many deaths, blaming human error and insufficient supervision, and calls for automatic controls, speed limits, and independent investigations. It also recommends 90 day rebates as a rule, and broader enforcement of safety measures like block signals and steel cars.

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Sudden Westward Move Leaves Cardinal's Last Will disputed

A garbled report describes a coffin for Yao Lely from GWFMinal Fuimpotia found yesterday with a will dated years later. A key note reading This opens the black rugs contains the will, but the document was not located. Another fragment notes a bridge collapse near the Shrewebury River as Frederick Flake drove an automobile toward Oceanport, within inches of danger.

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The Christmas Gift Fur Sale For Women Children

A New York furrier offers special prices to clear stock as cold weather nears. Ladies and misses fur sets including Black Fox Black Opossum Gray Lynx Civet Cat Leopard Skin Tiger Skin Kitt Fox Raccoon and other skins priced from 8.98 to 75.00 plus children’s furs from 3.98 upward.

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Suits Our Men’s and Youths’ Ready-To-Wear Collection

Suits Our offers a reliable men’s suit line with confidence in style and making. Men’s suits come in brown navy greys and more, sizes 34 to 45, priced 4.98 to 25.00. Youths’ suits feature brown grey fancy mixtures cheviots serges thibets and unfinished worsted, cut very dobby and perfect fitting, sizes 14 to 20 years, priced 7.98 and 25.00.

Youtus

Cloaks For Women And Misses At Unusually Large Stock

Despite the lateness of the season, a broad assortment of cloaks for women and misses is offered in Astrachan boucle plush Persian and fancy striped materials. Manish designs in novelty mixtures are also available in this city store.

Suits in Latest Fall Fabrics and Winter Styles

The notice describes suits priced from 12 to 30 dollars featuring fashionable draped skirts with plain or slit options. Jackets showcase modern designs tailored to individual tastes, using fabrics like moire velour matalasse serge broadcloth in new fall and winter colors.

Overcoats and Suits for the Boy

Our boys department offers a choice assortment of durable suits and overcoats. We select from a specialist in children's clothing and ensure care in details equal to men's wear. Suits 1.98 to 8.98. Overcoats 2.98 to 12.00.

Overcoats for Men and Youth at Low Prices in Oxford

A localAdvertisement promotes a wide stock of men and youth overcoats chosen for light warmth. Fabrics include chinchilla, kersey, melerm and worberg with styles in oxford, bricks, gray and various mixtures. Prices begin at $12.00 up to $25.00.

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Men's Wool and Cotton Underwear and Hosiery Ad

Wool and cotton underwear in grey tan and scarlet priced from 39¢ to 52.00. Hosiery in black tan grey brown natural and fancy patterns in cotton cashmere and wool up to 85¢ a pair. Suspenders in police president piano maker and other patterns priced 2¢ to 60¢.

Guyot

Antifat schemes exposed in a 1900s fraud bust

The piece recalls fat reduction scams from antiquity to the early 20th century, detailing Walter C. Cunningham’s con jobs using partners like Texas Guinan. It notes a 40 cent bottle priced at $20 with a $19.70 profit and cites the Journal of the American Medical Association exposing the fraud as ineffective ditch water.

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