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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1917

Page

5

Sunday Church Services and New Year Plans Highlight City

The list details morning and evening worships across many churches including Sturch Stratford Ave Rev W H Jepson Holy Communion at 10 46 sermon 7 30 GPPSET UAL Sraceone focus at Washington Park and Epicopal Church led by Rev Bea m Root with 10 30 am services and watch night prayers. Christmas carols and New Year sermons feature at First Presbyterian First M E Sumnerfield Calvary Baptist and others with watch night services and youth programs across Park, Stratford, Central and Broad avenues.

Sturch Stratford Avenue W. H. Jepson Woman's Guild Epcopal Church Kosath Peosite Washington Park Beam Root First Presbyterian Church State Street Myrtle Avenue Alexander Alson, Jr Young People's Society M. EH Fairdeld Avenues Broad Street George M. Brown Epworth League Debert Ostrander Barngm and Noble Avenues Burnsa Altice Chapman Wartet Newfield Summerfield Church Uniting B. F. Kidder Calvary Baptist Church Connecticut Avenue Bunnell Street W.B. Oakley First Baptist Church West and Washington Avenues John Richard Brown Grand and Catherine Streets H. Wehmeyer First Evangelical Church Newfeld and DeForest Avenues H. ‘W. Voight William Herring

Parish Mass Schedule Priests List Across Local Churches

A resident directory lists multiple Catholic parishes in the area with their worship times. It names St Augustine St Marys Blessed Sacrament St Charles Holy Rosary St Peters St Patricks St Johns Nepomuck St Anthonys St Michaels St Stephens St Georges and Church officials including pastors Rev Matthew J Traynor Rev Terrence B Smith Rev Richard Moora Rev Patrick McGivney Rev John Lynch Rev Andrew Komara Rev Alphonse L Figlewski Rev Stephen Chernitzky and M A Pankovaki, detailing masses from early morning to 10:30 am and vesper hours through the day.

Midwinter advertising drives bargain hunting in stores

The piece argues that after Christmas is a slow period for stocks and urges stores to actively advertise to move winter goods. Merchants who push value at this time keep crowds steady, while passive shops risk carrying regressive stock into March and losing impulse buyers.

Overtures to buy Rogers & Peet property near Putnam Park

In Redding, a Danbury man acting for unnamed New York interests considers paying $50,000 plus for the 70 acre Rogers & Peet property adjoining Putnam Park. Frank R. Chambers, former owner, seeks $6,000 and has rejected higher offers. Rumors tie Jacob Schiff and Nathan Strauss to the bid, possibly for an orphan asylum project or water company use. No sale steps yet, and opposition to state purchase in past is noted.

Redding Rogers & Peet Putnam Park Danbury New York Old Put Club Frank R. Chambers Rogers & Peet Co Chambers Jacob Schiff Nathan Strauss Lkely John Todd Scofield Beisy Bene Dayton Fins LiJe Sanford Pedding Center Schofield Sanford Commodore Lattgen Laura E. Peck Commodore Luttgen Edward M. Bradley Red Cross Georgestown Center Methodist Church Center Congregational Mr. Woolworth Gilbert & Bennett Co Redding Home William Bennett New Jersey Branchville

Prominent Connecticut Men Back Woman Suffrage

The list of Connecticut figures endorsing the Federal Suffrage Amendment grows, led by Congressmen Schuyler Merritt and Richard Freeman. Prominent lawyers, judges, ministers, and business leaders support suffrage, with labor leaders and all parties in favor. Connecticut plans ratification after Congress passes the amendment, and the Suffrage Association prepares for outreach and speaker requests across the state.

Connecticut Schuyler Merritt Richard Freeman Thomas Spellacy Isaac M. Ullman Chambers of Commerce Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association Hartford Washington

Profits tax may survive the war say analyst

Yale economist T. S. Adams told the American Economic Association that the excess profits tax could outlast the war if it succeeds as a progressive income tax on business. He urged provisions for war-plant depreciation, full corporate interest deductions, and explicit recognition of partner salaries to ease hardships and equalize effects of the new levy.

Philadelphia American Economic Association T. S. Adams Yale University Congress

News From Troop 4 Black Rock Scouts Reports

Scout notes from Troop No. 4 Black Rock cover yearly memberships 36 in 1916 26 in 1917 with seven boys departing. They earned five War Medals for Liberty bonds and a prize for a scout garden. News covers garden yields and camp attendance, leadership changes, conference attendance, rally preparations, first aid demonstrations, and troop meetings led by Albert F. Noren and others.

Black Rock Troop Black Rock Troop 4 Springfield Mass Lordship Park Albert F. Noren France W. Noren Noren New London Providence R. I Clarence Godfrey John Wade Fairfield Troop No Bridgeport Stamford No. 5 Middle Street Chris Wesche Horace Moorey Arthur Sidon Appleton Stratfield Way William McClellan F. E. Maitland Maitland East Side Boys’ Club Stephen Sherman Newfield M. E. Church Smith Steinhoff Seymour Edward Sheehan

Fairfield County Death and Seed Cost Struggles Highlight Local News

Theodore Byxbee, 49, died from burns after a lamp exploded at his home near Norwalk hospital. An administration petition lists an estate over 1 million dollars, with 450000 in real estate. Farmers face high seed costs and labor shortages, reducing cultivation to meadow grass.

Theodore Byxbee Norwalk Hospital Mr. Byxbee Robert J. Walsh Greenwich Fairfield County Bridgeport Vegetable Growers’ Association Greens Farms Farmers’ Club Agricultural Committee Connecticut State Council of Defense William H. Burr Westport Burr

What Is Concrete How Cement Sand And Stone Make It

Concrete is a manufactured stone made by mixing Portland cement sand and stone or gravel. Proportions vary by use. The mix stiffens about a half hour after mixing and becomes hard to dent in a day, hard like stone in a month. We offer booklets on concrete and cement work.

Workers Willing to Take $2 Daily for Clean Uniforms

A fragment notes that millions of young men may accept work at two dollars a day if provided with clean laundered uniforms including cellar and cuffs. The text is incomplete but implies labor appeal tied to attire.

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North Jay School Sraceone Oor Findy Christiam Erhontk Mins Carrie Brealey G. A. Brierley North Avenues People’s Presbyterian Church Seard and Perk Avenues HA. Dayersport Frank Goodman Re Mve Dhdrah Rev Witte Beck German Reformed Church Congress Street Main Street H. G. ‘Wiemer Mozart Quartet First Church of Christ, Scientist Lafayette Street Christian Science First Bridgeport National Bank Universalist Church of the Redeemer Fairfield Avenue William Wallace Rose St. Augustine’s Washington Avenue Pequonnock Street St. Mary's Pembroke Street Steuben Street Matthew J Church of the Blessed Sacrament Jcorner Union Avenue Orange Street Terrence B. Smith Sacred Heart Church Myrtle Avenuas Richard Moora St. Charles East Main Street Patrick McGivney Holy Rosary Angslo de Toro St Peter's Howard Ave Thomas Kelly St. Patrick's North Avenue John Lynch St John’s of Nepomuck Slovak Brooks Street Andrew Komara Pester St. Anthony’s St. Michael's Sterting Street Alphonse L. Figlewski Stephen St. George's Lith R. C. Church Park Avenue M. A. Pankovaki Midwinter Advertising Bridgeport Hydraulic Co Cabies Pleasant Valley Georgetown America Father Shortelle Father Burns West Norwalk A. G. Barnett State Food Board J. B. Sanford H. S. Barnes D. S. Sanford Chester Sanford Marshall D. Sanford Albert Baldhuin Lone, Town Emory P. Sanford Fairfield The Harold Sanford W. C. Sanford John Reck BOY Scouts OF America Trade School John Street Fairfield County News Boston Wheeler & Fones Co Masons W. K. Mollan Main St Poli Bert Robin Paris Curtis Chemical Co 23Rd St J. Gan Imausoleumb M. G. Keane Stratford St. Michaels Conn M. J. Ganno Lieberum & Heaphy State Streeter Barnum George P. Potter Hawley & Wilmot Undertakers and State St George B. Hawley Washington Terrace Edward Wilmot Clinton Ave
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