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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1912
Page
3
New York December 26. Treasurer Kaliski of a theatre was fined 500 dollars in the court of special sessions after a 15-year-old girl Florence Terry testified he offered her seating and then tried to put his arm about her after a theatre sale.
In Sidney N W on December 26 Sam Langford knocked out Sam McVey in the 13th round at the stadium. The report mentions a photographic or archival oddity about an English ring dated 1869 and a separate note about a dog or seabird hunt linked item, with unrelated boxing chatter from Paris and New York.
Multiple obituaries list names Knight Cook Allen and McGee with ages and dates. Notices invite attendance at funerals from residences in the city, burial in local cemeteries, and specify times and church services.
New York December 2. Andrew Carnegie discusses the holiday spirit in a Fifth Avenue mansion. He defends Christmas giving as good for all, notes missions matter, and acknowledges Santa Claus as a fairy tale while wishing children happiness as long as possible.
Charles Lobdell, the Haston farmer who shot Arthur Allen on December 6, will be arraigned before Justice of the Peace Hill in Easton tomorrow morning. Attorney J C Chamberlain will defend. the prosecution will present five or six witnesses to show if the evidence warrants binding Lobdell over to the criminal superior court.
A wealthy Denver bachelor, lonely at Christmas, placed an ad seeking invitations to Christmas dinner. He asked for a refined, moneyed companion with no relatives who would accept a handsome gift. Twenty seven responses arrived and he accepted one invitation.
Lofa Hardinge's condition improved with no fever and relief from pain after injuries from a bomb attack. Police have made numerous arrests but show no evidence that any suspect threw the bomb. In London a Scarborough boy reported selling his overcoat and boots to fund trips to picture shows.
The advertisement touts a White Sale with undermuslins, embroideries, and white goods at reduced prices. It highlights fine muslin and nainsook gowns, slip overs, and skirts with lace, embroidery, and Swiss patterns, noting varied styles and children's options with prices ranging from 19c to 2.00+.
Advertises fabrics including Madras shirting 32 inches wide at 19 cents a yard, dotted Swiss 27 inches at 10 cents, Mercerized batiste with cross bar pattern 15 to 16 half cents, Swiss with checks and embroidered figures at 19 to 25 cents, and embroidered lawns praised for texture and patterns.
A sale listing details corset-cover embroideries 18 inch wide at 39 cents per yard and 25 cent galons, 18 inch allovers 50 cents, 27 inch skirts and flouncings from 50 cents to 2 dollars per yard, baby flouncings 59 cents, laces and inserts 10 to 25 cents per yard.
A wireless report from Captain Lindsay confirms a stranded steamer near the Jersey coast after a snow storm. Passengers Danbury and Mire Martin Griffing, returning from a Jamaica wedding, reached New York safely aboard the Turriside, while Griffing serves as cashier of City National Bank.
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