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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1913
Page
8
Stratford notes report evening meetings, social events, and community sports. Descriptions include a women’s club supper, plans for a watch night dance, school and youth activities, a Rambler and Easibler junior practice, and a bridgeport bowling score with the Stratford Fire Department beating U M Co.
The funeral for Sarah Jane Nichols, former Teshua resident, was held at Christ Episcopal church. Pallbearers listed include William Northrop and John Treadwell. A Christmas gathering and family notices follow from Tashua and Long Hill communities.
Long Island trainer promotes New Year resolutions focused on exercise and diet. He urges outdoor activity in winter, consulting physicians, hiring a physical trainer, dental care, moderation in smoking and drinking, and retiring earlier. He shares a frog story to encourage persistence and notes his Babylon health farm offers wholesome meals and vigorous acts like boxing and wood chopping to purge impurities.
Newtown residents and relatives recount a month of visits and return home. Arthur Beard receives a leadership offer for the Washington Connecticut brass band while Danbury and Bridgeport guests share Christmas festivities. Local officials prepare to list railroad properties for tax assessment and widening investment.
The item lists visitors and residents in Sandy Hook and neighboring towns during the holiday season. It mentions the Misses Callahan, Miss Elizabeth Callahan, Master Thomas Mullan, Miss Anna Mullan, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bradley Cur tis Hall, Miss Mary Corbett, Master Stephen Horan, Rev. and Mrs. F. W. Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beard, M. J. Lynch, Miss Loretta Houlihan, ex-Senator M. J. Houlihan, Master Charles Miller, Master Matt Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Bison, Herbert and Ernest James, Miss Erelyn Chapin, Julia Chapin, and Edmund Shatter among others, with various visits and travels noted.
A concerted effort by railroads manufacturers and large New York interests launches the Country Life Exhibition in New York to attract city residents to Bridgeport and nearby areas. The 16 800 square foot display at Grand Central Terminal opens December 20 and runs ten years with programs daily and over a million invitations yearly aiming to showcase rural advantages. M Steinart & Sons Co showcases Steinway and Weber pianos through Aeolian in Bridgeport as part of local participation.
Westport hosts a regular monthly dance at the Cantry Club with about 50 attendees. The Equal Franchise league schedules a Friday meeting at Fable's hall with talks on voting rights and women's roles. The Girls' Friendly Society plans a dance at National hall. Miss Beulah Boardman hosts a January 8 event. coal being unloaded by E. W. Hubbell Co. at Riverside avenue. Mrs. Jeliff remains hospitalized after a yard accident on Comi Street.
Wakeman Hill charged with reckless driving in the Greenfield Hit district on Christmas night. The case was postponed until Friday before Judge Bacon Wakeman because Michael ODonnell is hospitalized with injuries after the collision. Local social notes mention barbers to close Sundays and various residents visiting relatives in nearby towns.
Easton reports Miss Olive Standish of Wethersfield spent time with her mother Mrs Piandigh at the Centre. Miss Helen C Marsh of sport Wilis a guest of grandmother Mrs John H Candee. Baptist Sunday school officers elected led by Supt Clarence B Andrews and DeWitt Candee as treas, with a dinner planned for the parish. New Year events include Greenfield Country Club reception and Christ Church Holy Communion observance.
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