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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1914
Page
12
Bright Array shop offers vestee suits in velvet with white wash for six dollars. Rus pashae middy suits priced from five to five fifty cover ages three to seven.
Washington dispatch reports that the British scition beds and fortelegrams indicate a public action on the code date. Officials say the code will be practicable and allow greater use in the cotton trade, with the Meyer tie pre and other provisions mentioned amid a broader discussion of trade regulation. A storm of press speculation followed growing interest in codified controls.
New York opening shows heavy trading in eastern rails with Reading and Lehigh Valley down as coal rate cuts weigh on prices. General Electric and Republic Steel rise briefly. Amalgamated Copper weakens, market dulls. Newark youth Oscar Flicker, 18, fined 60 dollars and paroled for two years after stealing one dollar from a till.
A German soldier held in an English concentration camp writes of brutal guards, crowded deportations, minimal rations, and widespread illness. He contrasts French treatment as humane with English cruelty, noting deaths from pneumonia and abdominal complaints, harsh punishment, and public shaming.
Daily Doings reports chatter among students about forming a male Gilet club after the girls organize one. Mr Davenport may direct the club with Red Porter collecting names. The basketball team will play Alumni at the Boys' club with Edson Ba and several ex-students named among likely players.
Friday chapel exercises featured several recitations by Misses Helen Carroll Marion Cullan Mary Cooney and Agnes Clancy who performed Milton and Dickens pieces near a early Christmas shopping window. Elizabeth Lee presented The Cratchits Christmas Dinner and Miss Alice Windsor guest of Miss Geroldina Wilmot plans to return home for Christmas. Selden Tracy exis visited, now studying at Culver Military Institute in Indiana.
The note folders feature a Foley Co. coupon offering a free trial package of cough and cold remedies in exchange for five cents. Povier Drug Stores markets Foley products. Nothnagle advertises a Christmas furniture sale to clear stock at reduced prices, urging shoppers to compare prices and visit the Main and Elm corner store. The piece also notes a Christmas rush by express companies and a warning from Captain of Detectives Arnold about pickpockets and sneak thieves during crowds and at home.
John Reck and Son produces wreaths and laurel roping for ceremonial and decorative uses with an emphasis on traditional craft and seasonal orders. The company markets corsages garlands and spray arrangements for events and celebrations.
A large barn and outbuildings on John Gillatly’s estate at Cross Highway Westport were burned last night, with losses estimated at $10,000. Fifteen horses, several cows and carriages were saved. Westport Fire Department under Chief Thomas Kirk saved the mansion. The cause is undetermined.
Point of Interest listing E H Dillion & Co at 1105 Main street showcases reliable scarfs neck pieces chic short waists silk petticoats marabout feather muffs long cloth coats rain coats trimmed dress hats and dolls for practical Christmas gifts. Also bayberry candles boxed with verses, imported leather bags prayerbooks hymnals and calendars plus Eaton Crane Pike Marcus Ward stationery at No 11 near Arcade entrance.
It extols Buckingham furniture for good value and wide selection. The ad lists items like waste paper bas, tabourettes, ladies desks, smoking stands, magazine stands, pictures, card tables, album chairs, library tables, telephone stands, music cabinets, easy chairs, fire side chairs, and child desks with chairs priced from 1.98 to 7.00. It invites shoppers to look over the large oak and willow rocker and nursery chair assortment before buying.
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