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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1913
Page
4
A collection of aphorisms and anecdotes on tact, manners, and dangers from Appalachian life, Scilly wreck lore, and social quips. The items include cautions about approaching cabin doors, historic wrecking tricks, a joke about looking young, a quip on wealth and liberty, and light courtship exchanges.
Westport news reports a weakened Bridge Street bridge near Saugatuck showing a draw and main supports giving way under two trolley cars from Norwalk Sunday School. The incident prompts talks of closing the span. Also noted are chicken thefts, local obituaries, and various town updates including the Westport Gun Club planning a clam bake and shoot on August 14.
An advertisement contrasts the summer girl enjoying heat and activity with the summer woman described as weary and in pain from kidney trouble. It promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a direct help and cites F. B. Brill at Stratford Avenue and Sixth Street. The snippet includes a Life magazine joke about leaving servants in charge.
A compact review touches on famed writers dying with quiet dignity and cites Hugo Rousseau Petrarch Berthelemy Bayle Waller and Keats. It shifts to light retail humor about fashionable hat hunting for women and a needlework comparison to stamp machines and shopping headaches.
A fragment from a Washington Star piece recalls Jones insisting he and his host are twelve guests despite the host counting thirteen. The exchange ends with Jones accepting to stay to mock the wife’s superstition about the number. Also included is a quirky note on how Spaniards eat eggs and a stray joke about a magazine editor and Benjamin Franklin.
A note indicates a surge in diamond activity with promises of large discounts. Buyers may exchange stones or merchandise for larger diamonds, while purchases of existing stones are accepted at full price as part of a broader market push.
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