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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1916
Page
6
A mother sees a brighter ten year younger look since Billy Sunday visited town. The child notes father’s changed heart and attempts to curb alcohol spending. Neighbors debate Billy Sunday’s influence while the family anticipates Christmas with hope for joy and a great tree.
A German proclamation lauds Britain and France for mobilizing female labor in munitions, noting Englishwomen’s contribution under Ministerial praise while cautioning German social views. It cites wartime labor trends, worker shortages, and shifting gender roles amid war, with reflections on prices, furniture, and a closing line about Xmas trees from John Reck & Son.
An advertisement filled note mentions a gray angora skating cap with ear laps and cape, a white satin motor hat with braiding, and a tippet with a fur button. It notes Had ford B. Smith’s Saturday sale with before inventory prices and urges reading another ad for details. It also references food supply control politics and safe flying machine ads at county fairs.
A detailed note on Bolivian cloth coats highlighting a warm, ample, enveloping design with a large collar that can be worn high or rolled. It covers cutting guidance, fabric layout on the fold, and the coat's versatility for sportswear or general wear using tartan plaid woollens or checks.
Reader questions about proper conduct after evening escorts, handling suitors, and family interference. Advice covers not inviting a late call, avoiding contradictory attachments, and honoring elders. The column also reflects Christmas gift dilemmas among lovers and practical tips for homemade gifts and supporting soldiers with cards and small remembrances.
Two boys, Benny and Ed Wernick, trade apple bites and discuss Christmas gifts. Ed boasts of his big bite and shows interest in swapping a present, a Flowers of the Field book, while Benny mentions his Boys Book of the North American Birds. They decide not to swap.
The Caesar Misch Stores announce their annual event starts this Saturday to readjust stocks after a record Christmas rush. Prices are sharply reduced on heavy stock items, with a policy of fresh goods and no carryover between seasons. Cheerful Credit terms continue despite the reductions.
Cheaper cuts of meat can be tendered by long slow cooking with acid additions, grinding or pounding. The article cites Colorado State University guidance with detailed steps for chuck stew, pot roast, Salisbury steak, Swiss steak, French steak, and croquettes in a paper bag, including time, quantities, and seasonings.
The Skaters Palace presents a natty outfit for the champion, featuring Hunter’s green silk jersey a short skirt with a farthingale tilt white spats and a white angora cap, achieving a dressy look.
Queen Mary, showing keen interest in food supply, summoned Walter Runciman to Buckingham Palace for a long conference on new food regulations and their impact on the poor and middle class. She praised thrift and warned that Parliament action may be needed to curb excess spending by the well to do.
The article contrasts American housewives with foreign cooks, praising soup variety and the value of hot soup for fatigue or illness. It urges housewives to use vegetables from gardens or markets, and to prepare soups as nourishing stimulants while avoiding waste.
Dr Reeder discusses rising living costs, price factors, and distribution waste impacting milk eggs and butter prices in Chicago. He argues urbanization shifts producers to consumers, harms health, and urges reforms in production and distribution plus interest in Home Health Club pamphlets.
Fragments of a vintage confection recipe describe making clusters of sugar syrup, glucose, and maple with nut meats and chocolate. Steps include boiling to a soft ball stage, beating into stiff whites, folding in nuts, pouring onto waxed paper, and forming individual candies. An alternate method uses roasted peanuts and chocolate for grouped clusters.
A collection of candy making instructions detailing sugar and water mixtures, cooking times, and methods. Recipes cover chocolate coconut balls, almond brittle style nuts, gelatin sugar treats, and boiled sugar candies with steps on boiling, cooling, cutting into squares, and finishing with powdered sugar.
A fragmented recipe from Smith College describes melting butter then mixing sugars, cream, and chocolate. It instructs boiling the mixture briefly, adding vanilla, and pouring into a buttered pan before cooling. The text is garbled with several misspellings and stray characters.
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