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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1915
Page
10
A cluttered sale advertisement lists numerous furs including Black Fox Muffs and Scarves, Lynx and Jap Mink items, and various coats and hats. The page promotes half price reductions on trims, hats, coats, and accessories, with many price points ranging from under a dollar to over twenty dollars.
Robert Decker known as the sandwich man fainted from hunger while talking to a reporter about the $10,000 jewels found on Forty-second Street. He earns a dollar a day to support his wife and child and has not received any reward.
Obituaries from 881 Kossuth street and 2439 Fairfield avenue report funeral services held at 2 pm with Rev Everitt Barnes Rev HL Davenport and others officiating. Interments at Lakeview Mountain Grove St Michael Cemeteries note Marg are details and George Edwin Somers Bridgeport Brass Co president died after long illness born 1832 in Newtown. He worked across Naugatuck Valley and led Bridgeport Brass Co after pivotal career in metalworks.
The store stays open evenings through Christmas with practical gift ideas. Girls' coats for ages 8 to 14, gray or brown mixtures, $2.95 on the second floor. School dresses in plaid ginghams for ages 2 to 14 at 69. Flannelette kimonos for mother or sister in satin trim, sizes 36 to 44, $0.79 to $1.25, on the second floor. Children's knitted sets including sweaters, leggings, and caps in various colors, priced $1.85, $2.25, and $3.50 in the basement.
Basememt sale offers children's bathrobes with attractive novelty patterns in bright colors for ages 1 to 14. Prices 50 cents, 89 cents, and 1.39, aid buyers to choose based on size and design.
A brief notice describes crocheted shawls in white and black-and-white with a colored stripe. Prices range from 50e to $1.85, offering affordable warmth for cool weather.
Stamford report of a Belgian refugee Pieters and his wife and two 18 month old daughters found in a rooming house. Wife dead from gas asphyxiation. infants also perished. gas from an open jet flooded the room. Pieters, about 29, had recently furnished a home for his family. Authorities think gas blew out due to unfamiliarity with the appliance.
President Wilson and his bride Edith Bolling Galt spent several hours on the golf links at Hot Springs Virginia on the second day of their honeymoon. They arrived with clubs from Washington and planned quiet seclusion in the mountains. A hotel section was reserved for them and security kept photographers away. The first lady is an avid golfer, taught by the President since their engagement. The President dictated congratulatory messages and managed correspondence with officials by telephone while enjoying the tepid spring setting and planned motor trips.
Vand interment at Lakeview. Richard Thornton Capers 82, long Bridgeport resident, ex Wheeler & Wilson contractor. Survived by widow and three daughters. John Kenyon, 77, of West Bridgeport and former Wheeler & Wilson contractor, died at Bridgeport Hospital after brief illness. survived by son Frank and daughter Minnie. Both were members of local clubs and churches.
The board proposed three new engine houses to serve the East End Black Rock and North End. Himer A Havens said $500 000 is sought for a new schoolhouse with additions to Bryant Prospect Maplewood and Waltersville schools including new rooms and an assembly hall. Havens remained on the stand as Eames of the park board waited.
The common council will consider an ordinance to raise board of relief salaries from 200 to 350 dollars per year. A public hearing on Standard Manufacturing Co. petition to extend a spur track across Housatonic avenue is set. Telegraphic communications between Russia and Japan are suspended except for official messages.
A practical gift for the housewife featuring dainty team aprons and long skirt aprons in many styles. Prices range from 10 cents to 75 cents, presenting affordable options for gifting.
Silk hose in light and dark shades with 4 thread heel toe and sole. Kivery pair guaranteed at 50e per pair. Main floor display inviting buyers to choose from a range of fibre silk stockings.
Plain colors and lovely striped effects add style to Angora scarfs suitable for girls. Slight weaving flaws are unnoticeable and do not affect wear. Priced at 85 cents, comparable to regular one dollar scarfs.
A dainty blouse selection offered in plain or embroidered crepe de chine in wine shades or silk striped fabrics. Options include washable plain styles or fancier shadow lace and chiffon, with many models from two dollars to three fifty.
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