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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1915
Page
12
Urges careful gift selection to avoid buyer’s remorse. Warns against hurried choices even with Christmas near. Encourages thoughtful planning, budgeting, and considering recipients to improve satisfaction. Emphasizes avoiding impulse purchases and finding meaningful presents.
Boston December 22 More than 700 Harvard men attended a banquet at the Copley Plaza honoring the Crimson football eleven after their 41 to victory over Yale. Rob ert F Herrick rowing coach served as toastmaster and coaches Haughton Mahan Gilman praised the team while teasing Yale and Princeton. Each player received a gold football marking his springboard beyond Yale play. Hart’s career spans Southern and National leagues with coaching and officiating, now back in pursuit of umpiring work.
Veteran baseball figure Bill Hart, tied to the game for 31 years, seeks another umpiring role in the National League. His long career spans Chattanooga to Brooklyn, with stints in Buffalo Des Moines Sioux City Pittsburgh St Louis and Cleveland, plus management in the Western League and a prior umpire spell.
Buck Crouse, a Pittsburg middleweight, turns twenty four today as the sport debates a current champion absent from the ranks. Crouse, born in Smoky City, stands five ten with Irish steel in his mind, balancing boxing with semi pro baseball. He has fought Ad Wolgast, Battling Nelson, and Stanley Ketchel in 1910, tallying over a hundred bouts with few defeats, while his brother Jimmy claims the world's title as a one legged boxer and sports multiple athletic skills.
New York December 22 stock market opens with American Smelting and American Petroleum leading speculative interest as trading resumes. Smelting rises to 10 1 4 and copper shares advance on Smelting gains and metal prices, while U S Steel feels pressure. Oil shares are steady, rails uneven, and bonds hold firm.
Representatives of shippers and merchants in New York and nearby areas protested to the Interstate Commerce Commission against railroads cutting free storage time for export shipments from 30 days to 15 days. The move aims to ease congested freight conditions at New York.
Anniversaries recall Johnny LaVack a Montreal born featherweight who fought a ten year span without a knockout defeat. He was only beaten on points three times, with tight margins. His career opened in Saginaw and included a 25 round draw with Joe Leonard in Cleveland in 1900.
Col Edward M. House, acting as messenger for President Wilson, will travel to belligerent Europe within two weeks to gather information from ambassadors and convey the President’s attitude on international questions. He emphasizes the mission is not a peace negotiation and aims to keep ambassadors closely informed without direct peace terms.
View of the situation shows no peace prospects, with Col. House receiving calls from Ignace Paderewski and Dr Cary T Grayson. House plans to sail within a fortnight as the Austria Hungary crisis nears a tipping point between renewed relations or open rupture.
Peking reports central government orders to provincial authorities to station troops and policewomen at treaty ports and foreign settlements. Special rewards promise promotions and large sums to officers and troops for suppressing uprisings, with escalating rewards tied to rebel counts and an hereditary title for high suppressions.
Eighteen million francs from the Serbian treasury arrived in Marseilles on December 22 on the way to Paris. The funds will be deposited in the Franco Serbian bank in the capital.
Fun and frolic fill Fairfield avenue as dancing classes host a Christmas social at the Colonial ballroom. Wheelbarrow, automobile, and roller skating races promise prizes amid dancing from 8:30 to midnight with music. Admission at popular prices.
Arthur Delroy, president of the New York Psychic Club, spoke at a Sea Side club smoker last night revealing many marvels of hypnotism.
An advertisement claims Cyrus Wart Remover swiftly removes unsightly warts without pain. Product offered for sale at Cyrus Pharmacy located at 118 Fairfield Ave.
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