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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1914
Page
12
In a practical guide the author admits old stigmas about vermin in hair and offers a contemporary cure. She warns about public brushes spreading pests and outlines a home treatment using petroleum and Peru, plus steps to remove infestations and prevent recurrence.
London reports Lady Lyveden later known as Julia Emory plans to join the Poor Clares in Edinburgh. The背景 traces her romance with the late Baron Lyveden, a shopkeeper’s clerk turned heir, and notes the convent’s strict vows including property abandonment, meat abstention, and a daily great silence.
A fashion note promoting a Rootes Pop one piece frock in crepe de chine and soft silks. It outlines pattern placement, collar styles, waist yoke, and four-piece skirt with options for straight or rounded fronts. Guidance covers material, costs, and stepwise perforation based cutting for size adjustments and finishing touches.
A rural apple-paring party shows country girls vying for escorts, with mischief and laughter as a stranger tries to pick a partner. Farmers, dances, cider and treats frame a social rite where the crowd weighs charm, wit, and athletic talk before the door.
Miss Dorothy Marie Beach and Frederick Richmond Silliman wed at Old Trinity Church in Fairfield avenue and Broad Street with Rex Charles Boylston officiating. The ceremony drew 600 guests, bridesmaids in rose and white, orchids and sweet peas bouquets, and a Beach family reception at 3166 Main Street. The couple, both prominent local residents, plan a three to four week wedding trip and will reside at 1590 Fairfield Avenue postnuptial.
At noon today Miss Esther L Carney and Samuel P Beardsley were married at the bride’s Elmwood Avenue home. Rev John R Brown officiated. Katherine Beardsley was bridesmaid and James T Carney the best man. Beardsley, Yale 1911, works at International Silver Co. They plan to visit Washington DC then reside on Beechmont Avenue.
The piece questions if walking remains a gentle exercise given modern traffic. It argues walkers face constant danger from cars and trolleys, noting frequent city accidents and near misses. It mocks era writers who praise walking while urging safer commuting choices.
A collage of witty observations and sharp vignettes on social norms politics and everyday life. Notes on women in power readers literacy Mexicans reading rates fashion and a tragic death of Col Stanley Milward in Lexington Kentucky after a fall.
An advertisement claims Hill's Rheumatic Remedy cures rheumatism for twenty years, provides relief within twenty four hours, and guarantees results. It promotes one dollar per bottle and directs readers to purchase at drug stores or from Hill Medicine Co. at 117 East 24th Street, New York.
Poli's theater on Main Street offers a New Year program headlined by pianist C Al fonso Zelaya son of Nicaragua's deposed president and one of the nation's top earners. The bill includes skilled jugglers comedians singers and a Lubin two part photoplay The Silver Jubilee decorations cap a 25 year Poli career celebration.
Charles Kleine’s dramatic play The Third Degree which ran a season at the ud son Theatre in New York will be shown for three days starting New Year’s matinee at the Lyric Theatre. The production, directed by the author with a strong cast, has toured nationwide and is praised for its powerful, motion picture friendly stage work.
The Third Degree, a dramatic hit across the United States and Canada, has won international fame for its thrilling sincere portrayal of the era. Critics hail it as a premier dramatic work and it will debut on the world stage in a motion picture at the Lyric. The Lion and Mouse, Cherlea Kleine's other drama, will also be shown exclusively at the Lyric in the coming weeks.
The Plaza played to capacity during the first half of the week with strong audience response to the Kidleta act. The three juvenile stars, ages seven to ten, headline and charm younger audiences while Page and Newton deliver reliable comedy.
A Lotus Club New Year dance is described with names of attendees and arrangements led by Martin Karlstrom. The Amater Athletic Union is discussed as the governing body for amateur sports in the United States, outlining its formation, districts, and officers, including James E. Sullivan, with notes on finances and impact on athletics in schools and communities.
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