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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1915
Page
8
An article surveys how social customs around dress shift with money and leisure. It notes men increasingly favor comfortable hats over formal derbies, while women’s fashions reflect convention and finery. The piece also mentions changing attitudes in schools, dances, and business circles.
Prepared for this newspaper by Pictorial Review, the guide details a stylish plain cloth dress with optional drapery. It explains fabric needs, cutting methods, and sewing steps for a skirt with a belt, offering sizes waist 22 to 28 inches and noting finishing braid or buttons.
A young lady wears a beaded empire georgette gown with metal embroidery on the high girdle, a pannier hint in the skirt, and a stick-up collar at the back concealed by fur bands. A jaunty pressed beaver crown hat with a gold lace brim completes the look.
In Tee Pape's piece a boy in a home setting yawns at school boredom. His mother suggests tidying red refer and tying his shoe laces to pass time. The narrator reflects that boredom depends on mindset and task choice.
Special to The Parmer Sandy Hock reports in Newtown that two cows linked to a rabies scare were euthanized by owners Frederick Lockwood and Clark Page. Dr. Knapp of Danbury said one cow suffered from a simple ailment, with no milk danger. Officials will share vet costs in rabies cases. Gregory Ireland, chief examiner of the Municipal Civil Service Commission, died in New York at 69.
A reader seeks help about a vile tongue in the home, while a column on love argues that plain men win marital happiness. The advice suggests replacing the offending word with patience and a clever coping tale of reform.
Miss Laura Jean Libbey responds to readers with guidance on how to address personal letters and notes that only one side of paper should be used, ink required, and mentions the Brooklyn New York address for correspondence. The item outlines proper formatting and notes personal letters cannot be answered.
A reader asks for guidance about a fiancée who constantly boasts of herself and her conquests. He fears marriage to her after three evenings a week of hearing endless anecdotes about her life. He is not fickle but seeks a kind hearted talk to curb egotism and save the relationship. Time and honest conversation may reveal the misstep and possible remedy.
A wife recounts ten years of marriage with no gifts until her husband arrives with a large green parrot for her birthday and Christmas. She reveals she hates parrots and the bird only speaks swear words, prompting indignation.
Dear Miss Libbey an earnest 20 year old girl asks if she should invite a beau who has been paying attention to her aunts overbearing objections. The adviser warns against choosing a younger rival and notes the propriety of not cutting out an older woman, while suggesting cautious handling of the affection amid the aunt's disapproval.
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An advertisement for Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription claims it cures a wide range of women’s ailments from irregular periods to nervousness. It emphasizes all natural root and herb ingredients, no alcohol, and offers liquid or tablet forms. Readers are urged to obtain the remedy and seek free advice from Dr. Pierce in Buffalo, N Y.
An advertisement offers the Common Sense Medical Adviser a 1008 page book covering self knowledge physiology anatomy hygiene and home cures. It invites readers to send 30 dimes or 30 cents in stamps to Doctor W M Pierce in affalo for a cloth bound copy to cover wrapping and mailing costs.
The poem portrays the ruin of Great MacCaura’s stronghold once proud and defiant. Water encircles the tower as time and hate erode the fortress, with fallen battlements, a thorn tree blooming in a dungeon, and a crumbling keep watched over by sheep. Noted by Mary E. Gaffney in a Boston Transcript excerpt.
A list of traditional kitchen preparations includes mince meat mixing with suet and dried fruits, scale for a rich bake, scalloped oysters with cracker crumbs, cauliflower au gratin, cream batter variations, a spiced cake, and claret punch. The text blends instructions for mince meat preparation, oven baking times, and a punch recipe with citrus notes.
Toulon France Dec 31 The staff of the Russian legation has arrived here aboard an auxiliary cruiser The vessel also brought the Serbian treasury which was forwarded to Paris under guard of Serbian officers An earthquake caused much damage at Gracias Honduras No lives were lost John Rick & Co
Aunt Jane shares practical ways to prepare tilefish a staple of older menus. She recounts boiling broiling frying and saut meuniere methods with step by step instructions and timing. The piece reflects a domestic tips format with references to government guidance and a Boston hotel cook.
Retail trade must follow the spirit of the age by dressing shop windows and advertising. Once narrow panes and plain goods sufficed, but now handsome plate glass shows attract attention and boosts sales. The idea applies to advertising as well. without it a store risks a poor impression. The British cabinet’s Lewis Harcourt resigns to be Viceroy of India. An Austrian officer notes 7,000 Austro-German prisoners died of typhus in one Russian section.
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