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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1911
Page
14
Excerpt cites Herbert Spencer and H. H. Boyesen on women using refinement and deception as domestic diplomacy to survive. It argues that earlier need for survival drove women to disguise sentiments and trade caresses for blows, a trait softened but still present in modern behavior.
The Century excerpt by William V. Alford praises a Peruvian landscape high in the Andes called the Rock forest near Cerro de Pasco. It notes the area resembles a forest from afar but lies near the world’s highest city, contrasting it with Colorado’s Garden of the Gods for its vast expanse and beauty.
A whimsical tale from the reign of Maximilian the First describes two noblemen, a German and a Spaniard, who win favor with the emperor by prowess. To choose a husband for his daughter he orders a contest inside a large sack, declaring the victor may wed Helena. The Spanish nobleman is first overpowered. the German finalizes the act, placing the rival in the sack at the emperor’s feet. The episode is cited as the origin of the phrase give him the sack in courting lore.
The London Standard recalls the era when a professional carver set portions by guest rank. He carved pike and pig to suit diners from lord to smaller fry, using gold leaf or plain presentation, and judged bread age by the eaters’ precedence.
An artist meets a fellow after years in a brief exchange. The pair are well known figures who greet each other with banter about clipping coupons. The rival uses the same scissors that trimmed the fringe of his café.
In 1766 colonists expressed strong anger over Britain’s stamp act, provoking notable resistance actions in Connecticut as locals refused compliance and voiced defiant opposition to the tax.
An 8 teee officer rides a horse to resign while 1000 armed farmers pursue him. He feels death on a pale horse as hell follows. A guest, waiter, and turtle soup tale unfold. dancing is refused by an artist pianist, risking their social image.
A collection of brief notes covers the Nipa tree’s sap from tropical Asia and its saltiness, a travel anecdote about Spain’s “free and easy” railways with a ticket held for a caballero, and dental health tips noting bacteria counts after different tooth cleaning methods.
Detroit Free Press notes there are no live gorillas in America and at most three have existed, with one surviving only weeks. A zoological superintendent would pay up to $10,000 for a healthy specimen, predicting strong public interest despite the rarity and difficulty of capturing gorillas.
A hotel manager notes social bias in staffing an orchestra. He recalls Western patrons requesting their band for a Midwest wedding, but concerns over reputation and class influenced the decision.
An anecdote from Heinrich Heine’s Reisebilder recalls visiting Goethe in Weimar. Heine notes Goethe’s smile and reflects on their conversation in German about plums and Saxon rums, capturing a vivid literary encounter.
A Puck quotation portrays a tearful exchange over scarce provisions as one character laments rising prices and the other questions propriety while sharing a vow of devotion amidst hardship.
On a Boston Transcript page a talkative man on the front platform asks if the weather will clear up. A lawyer replies his opinion will cost a fee while a doctor notes the liver is out of order and offers a pill. The exchange shows concessions and supply versus demand banter.
A young learner of politics declares a rule never to betray friends. Senator Sorghum counters that the true test is preventing friends from betraying you, a sharp exchange captured by the Washington Star.
A German professor finds that in industrial cities unwashed windows exclude 35 to 48 percent of light after ten days and up to 80 percent after four weeks. The study highlights how grime reduces daylight in densely polluted areas.
A humorous dialogue wonders if Pa’s vessel is a boat and clarifies that a blood vessel is a lifeboat. The exchange highlights a playful misinterpretation of vessel types using a pun.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip notes a blind painter who creates blinds. The exchange features a blind musician hailed as a genius and a joke confirming the painter’s odd specialty. The humor centers on perception and art.
The Springfield Republican argues New York’s scale and river widths hinder its sense of continuity compared with London. It notes Charing Cross and eleven miles of London influence create mass and immensity lacking in Manhattan.
Thompsonville December reports show Enfield officials borrowing funds to meet teachers salaries as Christmas vacation approaches. The town treasurer’s note and endorsements enabled Hartford Trust Co to deposit funds, while the treasury balance and debts reveal strain on the former administration’s finances.
Sam Schwartz who was subpoenaed to testify before Referee Newton on September 6 is ordered to appear before Judge Platt of the Federal court tomorrow to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt of court. Afterward, Judge Platt will hear about 150 citizenship applications from applicants across the region.
Perry Wheeler and Charles Reichel while hunting near West Hill Pond encounter two wild cats caught in steel traps. Wheeler falls and drops his club as the first cat is shot after gnawing its tether. The second cat, a female, is shot later. The big tom weighed twenty four pounds.
Capt H M Seaton of Chicago arrived on the Philadelphia claiming a 34200 mile tramp around the world visiting every country. He started April 9, 1908 in New York and walked to the Pacific coast averaging 40 miles a day. He recounts near death in the Australian desert and capture in Tibet before escaping to China then walking Africa from Cape Town to Cairo.
State Highway Commissioner James H. Macdonald sent to selectmen a copy of a letter to public service corporations outlining the law on entering trunk lines. He notes injuries from careless work and cites 1911 changes requiring permits and preserving trunk line funds, with trunk line appropriation at 2,000,000 dollars.
In Willimantic a special police court session will hear 100 cases listed by Prosecuting Attorney E Frank Bugbee at the request of Personal Tax Collector Robert O Snow. After these are disposed of, another 100 cases will be added to the docket. In Macon Georgia J L Beck plans to compel his wife to divorce so she may marry her lover.
A Beekman Avenue patrolman found 10 year old John Bushong asleep at 3 a.m. in front of North Tarrytown High School. The boy said he walked there in his sleep and planned to attend school at 9. Police held him at North Town HQ until his father arrived.
Verna L. Woodin, a trained nurse living in Danbury, obtained a divorce in the superior court this afternoon from Henry A. Woodin. The decision ends their marriage amid desert and related matters.
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