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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1913
Page
9
The Bridgeport Evening Farmer recounts an old tale of a venerable traveler who, despite age, walks to a distant town. He quotes a warning sign that reads Slow Down to Fifteen Miles an Hour, which finally slows him.
A collection of satirical observations on Christmas and New Year customs, economic concerns, and public life. The piece touches on gift giving, New Year resolutions, government borrowing, transport exports, Wisconsin marriage health rules, bank practices, Chicago school politics, currency law, office goods, and army enlistment amid hunting seasons.
The Beagle voyage with Charles Darwin began in 1831 under Captain FitzRoy. A Cambridge graduate joined as naturalist, gathering data across South American waters for five years. His observations laid the groundwork for modern evolution and challenged established science and religion.
The 15th Duke of Norfolk, born sixty six years ago, heads the British peerage with a lineage tracing to the 12th century. Known as the worst dressed man in England, he serves as Earl Marshal and head of the Heralds College, with numerous titles and royal duties. For five years the Duke was ...
A Bridgeport editorial condemns a plan to retire veteran officers on half pay to hire younger staff. It argues seasoned policemen are the department’s backbone, cites Mayor Wilson’s recent hire of 50, and questions crime, public welfare, and city costs if veterans are forced out. It urges officers to resist involuntary resignations and vows public backing.
The Italian government pledges 120 million dollars for Messina reconstruction and the wooden city residents, with low rents, prosper as deposits at Messina's postal savings bank nearly double in five years while the government pawn shop business falls off.
Newtown residents attended Christmas morning mass at St. Peter's in Danbury with Mrs B McNamara and Miss May McNamara visiting relatives. A Chanukah event, church services, and a dramatic club play were announced. A canning factory in the Philippines begins roselle sauce production, signaling a developing regional industry with broader uses.
About 400 national banks and several trust companies have applied for admission to the government currency system already. Most national banks will join, with only rare exceptions. Bankers have surrendered on the policy, even among the skeptics.
Supt Maxwell reports married teachers outperform unmarried peers in efficiency. The finding, while predictable to some, confronts a board of education that has banned motherhood as an offense warranting dismissal.
The author argues that railroad securities should be supervised by the Interstate Commerce Commission, not state bodies. He warns that state controls fail across multi state lines and that managements long exploited stock and bond issuances to loot investors. He compares railroad finance to overleveraged housing to illustrate the unsustainable system.
A fragment from the period notes a figure described as England's leading Catholic layman and Roman Catholic, proposed for a senior cabinet role as Postmaster-General in Lord Salisbury's government.
Hon Sir Mackenzie Bowell born in Suffolk England on December 27 1828 marks a near 80 year tie to the Belleville Ontario Intelligencer beginning as a boy in 1834 and later serving in Parliament from 1867 through cabinet roles to the Senate acknowledged for his long energy and public service.
President Wilson, turning fifty seven, is portrayed as a sports enthusiast who enjoyed baseball in youth and embraced cycling rowing and golf. The article notes his attendance at Washington ball games and his habit of cheering loudly, with a playful claim that he will judge his administration by Washington's pennant and a world’s championship.
Five years after the disaster that leveled Messina Reggio and many Calabrian towns the restoration effort has barely begun. Labor troubles hinder harbor rebuilding while churches hold memorial services. The old San Niccolo church survived and Neptune statue escaped unscathed as millions in gold art treasures and cash were recovered or remain buried in the ruins.
Lace net and chiffon tunics in white blue and crystal with dainty effects. Black tunics with steel jet ribbwing and embroidery on black net. Persian black net designs with jet steel and crystal garnitures. Prices from 5 to 25 dollars, all marked half price. Tunic seen as gown with silk lining. dancing frocks and dinner gowns possible. Trimming Section, matn Mowe.
Qold China and bric a brac tables display price tickets of 25 50 and 98 cents with fresh values added hourly on the main floor including stationery jewelry leather goods and holiday novelties. Visitors roam the Bayment store to hunt bargains and may not complete lists before sold out. Center Alste Maln Fine
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