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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1914
Page
7
Cartoon caption drawn for this paper by Fisher depicts a playful scene raising questions about modern introductions and guest appearances in newspapers. The vignette reflects lighthearted commentary on evolving editorial margins and audience engagement.
A group including aeer Sia Hunt and Artie chase a loud, distant fire that turns out to be a drill. They run with fatigue and misdirection, following a wagon and finally learn the engine stands idle, the driver claiming no fire is present. The narrator reflects on being the cause of the frenzied pursuit.
Household notes offer practical guidance on cleaning cane chairs with soap and hot water, buttering a sauce pan to prevent milk from boiling over, maintaining a child's sick room between 60 and 65 degrees, cleaning white paint with hot bran water, and mixing limewater with sweet oil as a burn remedy. It also mentions sugar in turnips and leftover egg yolks in a fragmentary form.
Newly built three family houses on Smith Street by Beardsley offer gas and electric lighting, furnaces, and complete improvements. Desirable and attractive with monthly rents of 16 dollars each. Apply.
The Bridgeport store advertises month of roses and asks if bugs are eating rose bushes, offering insecticides to stop them and save the roses. It also promotes Imperial Lawn Mowers at special prices and Walter A. Wood mowing machines with hay rakes and tedders.
Farmers Supply and Roofing Co at 256 Middle Street appears in this old notice. The text also offers household tips on polishing wax, washing chamois, frying tips, scalp care, and freshening asparagus, plus a short line about vases and window boxes from John Reck & Son.
Captain Kendall, hero of the Empress of Ireland sinking in the St Lawrence, served as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve. He commanded the Mowtroce, the vessel involved in the De murder case, and was featured in the famous Dr Crippen narrative.
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