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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1915
Page
5
A holiday greeting expresses gratitude for liberal patronage from the ladies of Bridgeport and vicinity and wishes everyone a very merry Christmas.
The Dorsen's bid contest closed with Norville White and Harold Simons neck and neck as votes poured in. Marie Noden won the top prize amid a large turnout of over 160,900 votes cast, with winners listed for boys and girls in multiple prize categories including watches, coats, and electric toys.
The Visiting in association in this city has sold Red Cross Christmas seals for tuberculosis work. School children, teachers, and principals aided in selling 86 424 seals for 864 24 dollars. Children earned 1 900 buttons for 25 seal sets and 150 pins for 100 seals. Mrs Samuel lg Wheeler led the school committee while Mrs James T Roche Jr and Mrs Sanford Stoddard handled sales to manufacturers. Mrs H W Fleck, chairing general distribution, reports over 1 009 dollars received, signaling assured success.
An old advertisement touts US PRESTO KILLER as a 25 cent remedy to eliminate bed bugs and keep guests from staying the night, claiming the pests drive away roomers and that courtesy fades but the issue is not forgotten.
Christmas day services feature long church programs with songs recitations and solos from the Memorial Baptist Bible School primary and school choirs. Readers Gordon Florian Virginia Kerr and others perform as a large program unfolds across several churches including Washington Park M E and First Congregational with multiple cantatas and choral pieces.
Store closes Christmas Day but stays open this evening for last minute gifts and forgotten articles. Staff will offer best possible service to all shoppers as they seek suitable presents and enjoy holiday wishes for a joyous Christmas at home.
The Sunday after Christmas December 26 features a morning service at 10 30 with choir augmentation by violinist Carl Larson cellist Fred W Bayers and harpist Paul G Goulding plus a 10 30 service of Morning Prayer ante communion and sermon. An annual carol service at 3 30 features the Girls Puritan choir. On Monday evening December 27 in the chapel the Sunday School scholars and friends will view a mystery play Bethlehem by Rev Arthur Ketchum with a fir tree and manger setting. Dr Daniel G Elliott famed zoologist and museum founder dies in New York age 80. England bans import of lilies of the valley from Holland amid suspicions flowers originate in Germany. Baden Diet raises incomes over 600 by 20 percent. XMAS ROPING AND WREATHS OF JOEN RECK & SON
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