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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1913
Page
7
An advertisement touts hygienic athletic underwear in Lisle cotton linen mesh and other fabrics in sleeveless short sleeve and long sleeve styles. Prices range from 50 cents to $3 per garment, emphasizing skin suitability and comfort for active wear.
A formerly limited one day a week clinic at St Vincent’s hospital has expanded to open to the public every weekday. The clinic provides specialist treatment for patients unable to pay or referred by doctors, with schedules for skin and diseases Mondays, ear nose throat Wednesdays, and other services for children and surgical patients.
Midweek meeting at Washington Park M E church features Mrs P B Buell state president of the W T U as speaker. Public invited. Franklin Bartlett camp Mo 11 Sons of Veterans reports enthusiastic G A hall meeting adding new members F J Greckbill W C Hat and H C Gray. Meger Clifford B Wileen to join next time.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle remedy to prevent constipation in the elderly. It promotes natural bowel action, calls them a substitute for calomel, and urges readers to take Olive Tablets to avoid forceful or painful attempts at movement. The ad notes prices of 1s and 25c per bottle and lists the Olive Tablet Co. of Columbus, Ohio.
A visitor notes that many well to do women eat too much, leading to overtaxed digestion and shortened lifespans. The piece urges spring dietary shifts toward vegetables and fruits, warns against heavy meats and pastries, favors water, minimizes alcohol, coffee, and spicy sauces, and promotes simple meals with limited starch or sugar.
Polls Theatre keeps cool as visitors enjoy a varied vaudeville program. Maglin, Eddy, Roy perform a strong acrobatic turn. Vissochi Bros present operatic and ragtime selections. Felix Haley and Co. deliver a witty sketch on women’s suffrage. Alice De Garmo dazzles on the trapeze. Wesley and Ford perform a Texas Tommy dance. Peart and Larkins provide two society colored entertainers. Three funny film comedies and a dramatic Edison reel round out the card.
Empire reports disappointment over not securing the Mary today but will have the picture next week. The exchange substitutes A Flag of Two Wars, a Selig Co. war drama, plus The Stolen Loaf featuring Bridgeport child Mildred Gordon and Prof. Wm. Nutt by Edison Co. Another well received comedy. Audience is promised a pleasant hour and a half.
At the Plaza theatre the Poli Players present The Greyhound in four acts. The nine dozen speaking roles center on a voyage from New York to Liverpool with detectives and a crook gang driving the plot. Strong advance sales prompt patrons to reserve seats by phone before 1 30 pm and 7 20 pm showings.
The Fox Lyric Press Agent reports strong receptions for Miss Cleveland and Robert Conness in Divorcens. Cyprienne and the Cleveland players delight audiences as one of Bridgeport’s best companies. The Cleveland club grows, plans to extend Miss Cleveland’s stay beyond six weeks, and advance sales for the remaining week are heavy. Matinees start at 2:30 daily, except Mondays.
Robert Hunter, famed socialist speaker, headlines at Park Theatre tonight with Man's Inhumanity to open a week of performances and political talks. Clergy praise the show as a powerful sermon while plans unfold for upcoming speakers on suffrage and prohibition at Bridgeport venues.
A Southbridge Massachusetts woman writes of severe ear eczema with intense itching and sores. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment she reports healing in two months and advises others to try the products for skin and scalp care.
Frances Ely becomes bride of Robert Lewis in a housewarming ceremony at the new Hawley home on Washington Terrace. The wedding at 6 30 pm features pink and green decorations, Rev George M Brown officiating, maid of honor Lela A Church, best man Learl Lewis, Bentley’s orchestra, and a reception by local caterer. After the honeymoon the couple will live at 951 Iranistan Avenue.
Weather summary from William Jennings shows May 1900 to 1903 extremes with a 92 degree high on May 3 the coldest day May 11 at 38 degrees and a monthly average of 53.6 degrees. Rainfall totaled 2.65 inches with 0.93 inch in 24 hours on May 24. Two thunderstorms May 6 and 16 and a killing frost May 11 caused vegetation damage.
A list of patent grants dated June 3, 1913 includes inventors from Bridgeport Hartford New Haven Norwalk Norwalk Stamford Plainville and other Connecticut towns. Items cover a sad iron heater push-button switch type-writing machine automobile tire metal-working machine grinding-machine can jar mushroom ling bullet escutcheon-plate adjuster baseball bat center-shaft head chuck willing-cutter gas burner laminated fireproof material and related designs.
Coroner J. J. Phelan concluded in Hawleyville that 17 year old Fred R. Russell died accidentally while trying to board a moving freight train near New Haven tracks. Russell, son of Yardmaster Russell, was reportedly helping a friend fill signal lights when he attempted to grab a coal car with an oil can in hand.
A pretty Tuesday morning ceremony united Miss Caroline Kulik daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Kulik with Mr Thomas F Ly at St Charles church officiated by Father Callahan. Bride wore a French embroidered robe with white plumed hat and carried white roses. Bridesmaid Miss Anna Kulik and best man Mr James Lovely attended. A breakfast followed and guests mourned. couple to reside at 200 Atlantic street after honeymooning at Niagara Falls. Both families known in local fraternal groups.
The Fairfield relic recounts the 1861 engagement and November wedding of John Pierpont Morgan to Amelia Sturges, her death in Nice, and Morgan's quiet devotion. It notes his art benefactions, the Fairfield burial, and memories of the Sturges family.
A sequence of summer concerts is listed for Seaside Park and nearby towns. Performers include W. & W. Band, C. A. c. Band, Bridge-Port Italian Band, and Olympic Band with dates from June 6 to June 29 on Sundays and weekdays, at Seaside, Wood, Beardsley, Lafayette, and Washington locations.
Sheriff Harburger reports Congressman Timothy D. Sullivan, recovering from a mental collapse, plans a summer trip to Europe and will attend Congress when it reconvenes. He appears more composed, with improved health, color, and alertness, and expects a full return to health with the Atlantic voyage.
Six building permits were issued at last evening's board meeting. Frank Pasztor receives a frame store and tenement on Elisnor Street South. Frankel plans an addition to 232 Halett Street Pequonnock Co. A frame storage shed goes to east Main Street Lastdo Pak and Herman Pak gain a frame addition to 1614 Barnum Avenue Ciro Garofano opens a tame shoe shop on North Avenue Vincenzo Mangione builds a frame chicken coop on Stratford Avenue. Aggregate value listed at 5353 dollars.
Washington June navy reports best long range scores by older warships in a recent target practice. The Maryland led the battleships Idaho Virginia New Hampshire Michigan Utah among top performers, with armored cruiser Maine also noted for strong torpedo defense. Victory trophy honors went to Captain William L. Macdonald and ship officers, followed closely by Virginia New Hampshire and Maine in overall efficiency.
In Woburn New York June Michaell tet tineki Buffalo youth who killed Officer George M Claus dies in the electric chair after a prayerful farewell to his sister and mother. Gostinski left a note for his mother detailing funeral directions. Three others faced sentences for related crimes following a Polish wedding incident.
The New Haven Supreme Court heard three Fairfield County cases yesterday. Frederick Boe er against Lewis PB Wakeman involved 86 offerings, with the court affirming the common pleas judgment. Other Fairfield cases included Joseph Europome versus Williac and Williac against Letbold, appealing from the writ court and the common pleas court respectively. A public notice notes small ads in the Farmer Want Column at 1 cent a word.
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