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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1913
Page
4
Bridgeport readers are urged to arrange a Europe trip through our service. The ad claims many locals have already purchased tickets for Europe with us, noting the value of the experience for the cost and time. We handle all details.
Miss Clara S. Loewus of Towanda Pennsylvania has sustained herself on fifty cents weekly for twenty weeks to finish violin study at Ithaca Conservatory. Her tiny meals include tea, toast with peanut butter, bread with peanut butter, cocoa, a boiled potato with dairy butter, and occasional tomatoes or an egg. She stands five feet tall and weighs 115 pounds, with rosy health. she won a scholarship and declined parental aid to educate herself. BARS JAPANESE BATHERS.
Denver reports a Park Board complaint about a group of twenty five Japanese bathing in Washington Park lake, drawing white bathers’ concern. An order barred Japanese bathers with Park Commissioner Thum stating a color line banning nonwhites from lake use to match prior restrictions on negroes.
President Charles S. Mellen offered ten thousand dollars for an automatic stopping and speed control device for steam trains. By July 1, 2,816 entered from many nations, but only 704 submitted plans. Requirements include fail-safe braking, weather operation, and snow resistance. Tests will run on Hartford to Newington, with Webb and Union Switch devices leading. no award before 1916.
A dense price list from a historical newspaper items many goods across dairy eggs fruits hay straw poultry and vegetables with unit prices for butter creamery eggs fresh gathered fruits berries cherries strawberries raspberries currants hay and straw poultry live and fresh killed vegetables with per unit costs and quantity notes reflecting era pricing and market conditions.
A local dealer announces a major diamond sale with substantial discounts. Purchases made now can be exchanged later at full purchase price for larger diamonds or other merchandise.
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