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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1916

Page

9

Dollies Dollg and Five Part Drama Led Poli Program

A quaint musical comedy Dollies Dollg tops a Poli bill with sweet songs and dancing dolls. Black comics Dunbar draw steady laughs while The Love Thief features Gretchen Hartman and Alan Hale in a gripping drama. Pathe News and a variety skit Shopping also entertain, making the program lively and well received.

Poli Dunbar Gretchen Hartman Alan Hale Pathe Pictorial News

Vaudeville Act at Lake Theatre Promises Fun and Music

The program, a lively musical comedy titled Love is Causing Much Favorable Reception, features a gala of novelty songs, cross talk, and amusing performances. It highlights an attractive female star, a five act lineup, and witty acts by Italian and other comedians, delivering a full hour of lighthearted entertainment.

Creo Coffee Dan

Empire We Present Old Time Theater At New Year Ball

Colonial ballroom on Avenue hosts New Year festivities with a stage program by the Fan Pi stock company featuring comedy and drama fromHappy New Year to all. Prof Quilty arranges two afternoons and an evening show with an orchestra, novelties, and a grand Year ball. Popular admission charges invite attendees for a pleasant celebration.

Khee Pany Fan Pi Quilty Pepsi

New Process Promises Big Sugar Savings for Planters

Honolulu reports a new sugar from final molasses process announced by Maui inventor J N B Williams at the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association meeting. The method could save at least 2.6 million dollars annually for Hawaiian cane growers and may extend to Cuba and other regions. The association calls Williams discovery the year's greatest achievement, noting it recovers sugar from molasses that was previously lost.

Honolulu T.H Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association Hawaiian Islands Cuba Williams Maui Didvovery

Sugar Extraction Through Enhanced Centrifugal Process

A crushing stage blends material with water to form a molasses like texture. It then passes through a specially built centrifugal that runs at about 2,000 rpm, roughly double the standard speed, successfully extracting sugar that had previously been lost.

Swiss Sample Fair Planned for Basle

Swiss industry plans the first Swiss Sample Fair from April 15 to 29 1917 in Basle. Exhibits must be made in Switzerland and highlight textiles watches jewelry machinery chemicals foods and dairy products. The event runs daily 8 am to 7 pm with public access 2 pm on weekdays and all day Sunday. The fair will feature general and firm specific sample displays and an official review titled La Foire Suisse d Echantillons Die Pa Mustermesse.

Basle Switzerland Berne Casin Sunae Suisse d’Echantillons Bergasde

Remarkable Armenian Mangasarian's Journey from Turkey to America

A biographical sketch traces Vangasar Mangasarian born in Asiatic Turkey, his Armenian identity, early schooling at Robert College in Istanbul, ordination, move to America in 1880, Princeton and Philadelphia ministry, independent preaching, Chicago lectures, and his later atheistic writings. It notes his daughter Brora Zabelle and mentions a local Christmas sale at Dillon & Co. with seasonal millinery and goods.

Turkey Vangasar Magurditch Mangasarian Constantinople Robert College Byristopher R. Fobert New York Mangasarian Marsovan America Princeton Theological Seminary Spring Garden Philadelphia Independent Religious Society God Mangasarlan Brora Zabelle

French Peasants In Dire Distress Reported By Returnee Worker

Miss Annie M. Coleman recounts her Paris dispatch as a voluntary Emergency Aid Committee worker. She detailed dire conditions behind the trenches, with villagers lacking clothing fuel and basic necessities, and described delivering two carloads of supplies and aid via ambulances to frontier towns. She urged continued funding for care of soldiers and postwar relief for ruined villages.

Annie M. Coleman Paris Emergency Aid Committee America Mias Coleman

Masquerade dances brighten Newtown holiday scene

Special to The Farmer from Newtown describes a Girls' Friendly Club masquerade at the town hall with an orchestra and spectators. It notes other Christmas events at St Marys, St Roses, and St Johns halls, plus local residents' holiday activities and upcoming dances at St. Marys.

Newtown Charles E. Hawley Edward Pitzschler Flushing Long Island Septimo Club St. Mary’s Hall St. Rose’s Church St.Mary‘s Hall Sandy Hook Santa Claus St. John's Parish Floyd Haviland Huntingtown Stamford John Lynch Cooper Institute New York Berkshire W. H. Loughran New York City Mary Margaret Calahan E. J. Thrall, Jr P. J. Kelly St. Nicholas C. H. Peale W. H. Kiernan Gus Martine Remington Arms Co Bridgeport Boston William Conger Brinton St. Rose's St. Mary's Hall Adam Cervanansky Galicia

End of Epiphany Reflections From a Newtown Farmer

Ending on Epiphany January 6, residents reflect on the war's toll on their native land while grateful for security under the Stars and Stripes. Mr Cervanansky is praised as a good citizen and successful farmer cultivating about twelve acres whose surprising yield this year inspires local neighbors in Newtown.

Mr. Cervanansky Newtown

Ireland's Soldier Material and War Impact

Ireland's Registrar General findings show only 161 239 Irishmen of military age could be spared for front line service if needed. Of 547 827 males of age, 245 875 must stay home for agriculture and industry, with 33 221 volunteers since Aug 15 1915 and 107 492 unfit. Farmers prosper from modern methods while Irish troops uphold Hibernian fighting reputation.

Ireland Emerald Isle Isle of St. Patrick Hibernians

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