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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1913
Page
13
The Post explains how to calculate per capita costs for water, gas and electric light by dividing the public service companys total receipts by the population served. It asserts each company reports population served and receipts under oath, making the calculation straightforward for readers.
The Connecticut State Board of Health health bulletin advocates vaccination as a lingering medical superstition. It contrasts smallpox rarity in Connecticut with its prevalence in Japan and Italy, notes Jenner’s vaccination as a milder rite, and reports England abandoning compulsory vaccination and civil service requirements. The piece doubts vaccination’s efficacy and likens it to bloodletting as an abandoned remedy.
Sir Richard Everard Webster first Baron Alverstone, former Lord Chief Justice of England, turns seventy-one today. He retires with a life annuity of 20000 and once voted with U S commissioners in the Alaska boundary dispute. His career spanned Attorney General to Chief Justice with noted integrity and independence.
Editorial notes mark 1620 Mayflower landing and 1834 Society of Mayflower Descendants in New York. It recalls Philadelphia's first paper the American Weekly Mercury issuing its first number on December 23, 1719, and its publishers Bradford and Copson, Bradford's postmaster troubles, his imprisonment, and eventual succession by his widow, America’s first woman editor, in 1742, with mention of Universal Instructor and Pennsylvania Gazette later taken over by Benjamin Franklin in 1729.
Prophets warn of harsh winter with hail storms snow sleet and blizzards. Astral forecasts link the Vernal equinox and Saturn to a severe season with increased mortality health strain and financial hardship anticipated across eastern North America.
The currency bill aims to standardize value through centralized regional banks, easing cash and credit flow to aid production and exchange. It seeks to curb speculation, boost legitimate enterprise, and support agricultural finance while facing some banker opposition.
Beasts and birds are certain the Winter season will be a sockdolager. Many who study wild life claim animals and birds have an instinctive foreknowledge of a severe Winter and that the signs from furry and feathered prophets point to exceptionally severe weather in the months ahead.
Atlanta dispatch reports Bishop Warren Candler of the Southern Methodist Episcopal Church condemning what he calls the superstition of the ballot. He says Americans seek reform through elections, pushing politics into issues that should not be political, and urges personal reform at home.
A dated critique argues that religious devotion at home beats reforms, asserting that women’s suffrage fails to reform vice or virtue. It claims suffrage has merely increased tallied ballots, warns that political strife harms the home, and states women should not vote.
John D. Rockefeller, visiting Forest Hill for Cleveland’s first Christmas in 25 years, fell ill with a cold after attending Euclid Avenue Baptist Church service. He left early and skipped the customary chat. Mrs Rockefeller remains ill and sister-in-law Lucy Spellman is still under a physician’s care.
Topics of the town report women and girls in winter wear with low shoes and slit skirts, doctors and saloon laws discussed amid cold weather, a Hartford court case under the Anti Free Lunch law, a police Christmas shopping party, and Lord Inverclyde's yacht Beryl burned at Gareloch.
Fire commissioners plan to ask the board of apportionment for 50000 next month to fund a new fire headquarters and alarm building, with total department expenses for the coming year around 338000, about 120000 more than last year’s appropriation. They seek a site and engine house in the North End near North Main and North Avenue, a ladder apparatus, and an addition to the Middle Street building including the clerk’s office.
Adelard Desuateis aged about 42, a Locomobile Co painter of 394 Main St, died shortly after reaching emergency hospital last night. Cause listed as pulmonary edema and heart disease. A facial burn suggested he fell against a gas jet while attempting to get out of bed. Dr. J. H. MacDonald and Dr. D. H. Monahan attended. transfer to M. J. Gannon's undertakers performed. Desuateis, a Fraternal Order of Eagles member, may have a daughter in New Hampshire.
Willy Schneider of Noble Avenue sustained a fractured rib and severe shock while Mrs Schneider suffered multiple lacerations when their car struck a tree on East Main Street near Noble Avenue shortly after 1 yesterday morning. In the darkness the road was misjudged. Dr W J A O Hara attended and took them home after the emergency services. The auto was damaged and towed for repairs.
Dr. George W Belden of 548 Noble Avenue was arrested by New Haven detectives on Saturday after a parole violation tied to illegal medical practice on women patients. It is his fourth arrest in similar cases. though based here, he is alleged to have treated patients in New Haven.
A local store advertises a wide range of Xmas gifts for all ages with prices from 85c to 2.85. Childs Short Boots 1.65 and Childs High Top Boots 2.00, along with boys and men sizes. New German shipment includes balls dolls and animals priced 10c to 75c, promising long lasting footwear and holiday cheer.
A fragmented advertisement catalogs price reductions on Bonbon Baskets A D Coffee Cups Tea Strainers Salts Napkin Rings Fancy China Berry Sets Chinese and English china sets and assorted dining ware. The note lists various items with altered prices, including Vases Chop Sets Breakfast Sets and Mayonnaise Sets, but the OCR yields numerous garbled phrases and stray characters.
Patrick O Hogan died from gas asphyxiation at his home 316 Center Street in an accident rather than self harm. Dr S M Garlick medical examiner determined the cause after a girl exploring a clothes closet with a lighted match triggered the alarm at box 535 at 9 36 last night in the apartments of J Ellis 1228 Stratford Avenue.
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