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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1914
Page
14
A fragment describes a TRet fashion pattern with lace and satin, detailing yardage for various pieces including tunic cape bodice and fichu. It notes adjustments to seams, hems, and perforation alignments, suggests embroidered chiffon as lace substitute, and mentions sizes for young teenagers and price references from Home Dressmaking.
A fragmentary meditation on poetry as a mere word within nature's craft. It likens verses to colors brushed by a sunlit palette and a bird’s feather, urging careful gaze with lens and loom, until the archetype forms.
A collection of home kitchen guides including Boston baked beans with pork and molasses, Raisin Bread using yeast and orange rind, Chicken Salad Southern Style on lettuce with oil dressing, and Waffles with flour milk eggs and melted butter. The instructions cover soaking beans, rising dough, glaze, and baking steps for each dish.
Jimmy, kept indoors by mumps, watches a steam shovel clear a lot for a new house. He befriends a nearby family and their children Herbert and Helen. They play in the park with Ted and Filip, and Jimmy hosts a birthday party where a hidden ring promises a prize.
A reader asks about a brother objecting to a romance and about a gentler approach to aging love. Laura Jean Libby advises candid talks and time, urging patience and better judgment for a young woman seeking happiness.
A sixteen year old girl asks how to handle a timid suitor who won’t propose. She and her parents favor marriage and seek guidance on whether she should propose or discuss the matter to move forward.
An article argues there is no fixed marrying age for women. It suggests by age twenty love matures, by thirty women gain steadiness and depth, and by fifty five to thirty five they retain appeal if kindness and vitality endure. It encourages single women not to despair and to hope for new prospects.
Children search anxiously for a ring and Jimmy spots it on the floor beside Ted's small white foot. The ring's recovery ends the suspense as the missing heirloom is finally located.
The article recalls Rev. T. R. Malthus who died in Bath on December 29, 1834. It notes his role in formulating Malthusian theory and his 1798 Essay on the Principle of Population, arguing that unchecked population doubles every twenty five years while subsistence grows arithmetically, urging birth rate restriction.
Petrograd struggles with a disrupted Neva water supply after ice blocks the conduits, prompting a move to pure water from Ladoga Lake. A commission chaired by Prince of Oldenburg will study the issue as British engineers criticize the current river-cleansing method. The city’s water shortage led residents to fetch water from rivers and canals, highlighting the scale of the problem.
Blackie schemes to dodge money while Vittoreo Matteo orchestrates table theatrics at the Cafe Haut. Umberto confronts Blackie over royalist tensions as Wallingford and Hickey watch, then a quick exit for air precedes a tense hallway confrontation.
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