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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1916
Page
11
Meigs & Co presents a Christmas display of women coats suits furs frocks raincoats blouses and slippers with dainty handkerchiefs linen squares and gloves. The House of Courtesy touts low prices and easy shopping as a wide range of gifts from lace edged handkerchiefs to imported French gloves and boudoir lace items are showcased for the hurried shopper.
Acting President Henry A. Perkin and Librarian Arthur Adams report on the 1915 16 year at Trinity College. They note discipline improved with only twelve students dropped and discuss supervision of class projects and club activities. The report covers geographic diversity, shifts toward more local enrollment, and a new weekend commencement plan boosting alumni attendance. Library total for 1915 16 stood at 14851 with monthly statistics shown.
Mrs. J Percy Bartram hosts a Dec 29 bridge at The Anchorage Black Rock for Miss Alice Pierce and her upcoming marriage to Jonathan Grout of Brooklyn on Jan 2. Mr and Mrs William Nothnagle entertain Dec 26 for Loretta Hayes prior to her December 27 wedding to their son George Edward Nothnagle. The wedding party will attend. The Comedy Club plans its annual meeting Dec 28 at the Brookside Country Club with officers proposed for next year. A nominating committee includes Beardsley Sutton Lawson Benham and Bryant. Virginia Powell gave a well received dramatic reading at The Stratfield in aid of Memorial Baptist Church Ladies Aid. Cold symptoms prompt a Bromo Quinine remedy.
Dr. Adams reports 2,285 volumes 1,499 pamphlets and three manuscripts added to the library. Gifts include plates from Edith Hall tokens to Washington and Trinity exhibitions and autographs from Bishop Brownell. Cataloging touched 6,204 items as student assistants aided the effort.
London reports two days of experience with the first food control measure found it futile. Critics say it failed to curb consumption and even increased it, citing lack of supervision and customers dining across multiple venues. Some papers urge food tickets or a hotel and restaurant tax like in Paris.
Arcanum Lodge No. 41 I O O F plans a roll call at Friday’s meeting. this marks the first in years. A large gathering is set for January 12 when the grand master and suite will pay an official visit and be entertained.
Washington reports that President Wilson is considering appointing Ida Tarbell the noted writer to the Federal Tariff Commission. The information comes from well informed circles in Washington.
Captain Thorvald Hansen and the Bax ter Wrecking Co. Fly raised the Grandma, one of nine barges from the John Garrett tow sunk in the November storm off Penfield Reef. The barge, loaded with soft coal, was brought to harbor after a day of favorable weather. About 30 to 40 tons remained aboard. Four other wrecks may lie at the bottom of the Sound, with operations likely postponed until spring.
An advertising notice urges quit coughing to avoid fever and pneumonia and promotes Leonardi's Cough Syrup Creosoted for inflamed throats and phlegm. It lists uses for coughs colds grippe croup whooping cough and bronchitis and directs readers to Hindle's Drug Stores at 987 and 909 Main Street.
Brest December 20 The British steam ship Flimston has been sunk by a submarine. her captain and first engineer were taken prisoner. The others of the crew were rescued. The Flimston 3492 tons net was last reported leaving Buenos Aires on November 18 for London.
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