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Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1914

Page

17

Fashion Powder Sale with Free Bijou Perfume Offer

Vintage ad listing Fashion Facs Powder at 50c with a free Bijou bottle of Liles Perfume Rigaud with purchase. Mentions talcum products and assorted scents from sellers like Manson & Jenks and Sobnson's Baby, across various prices and items.

Rigaud

Suppression of Lotteries Traced Through U S History

A timeline notes Massachusetts leading the first major suppression in 1829 and subsequent spread across states. It highlights the Louisiana State Lottery’s failed renewal bid in 1994, public opposition, and the long arc of lotteries being abolished in much of Europe and Latin America since the 16th century.

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C Shafer Emerges As New Newspaper Magnate

John C. Shaffer, born in Baltimore on June 15 1853, pioneers from commission merchant to guiding Shaffer Group papers. He built a vast empire including Chicago Evening Post Indianapolis Star Terre Haute Star and Denver News and Times facing a libel suit from Colorado Fuel Iron over Ludlow coverage.

A. C. Shafer William Randolph Hearst Atlantic Pacific Lord Worthcliffe Frank A. Mun Scripps Canada Hugh Graham Montreal Dataly Telegraph Montreal Star Gale John Charles Shaffer Shaffer Central ‘West Baltimore Marynad John C. Shaffer & Company Chichso Street Railway Company Richmond Ind Indianapolis Chicago Fourth Chicago Ovening Post Indianapolis Star Terre Haute Star The Star Louisville Herald Rocky Mountain News of Denver Denver Times News Colorado Rockus Colorado Fuel & Iron Company Rockefellers News and Times Ludlow

Germans Honor St. Boniface Patron Saint Day

The piece notes St. Boniface celebrated by Germans and Catholic communities in the United States. It recalls his birthplace Crediton in Devon, his missionary work in the Netherlands, and the observance encouraged by Pope Pius X and Emperor William.

St. Boniface Fatherland Kaiser’s Land Germany Pius X William Atlantic Baltimore Crediton Devonshire

Saint Boniface and the spread of Christianity

St. Boniface journeyed through Bavaria Thuringia Friesland Hesse and Saxony facing danger from roaming bands while planting churches on former idol sites and felling sacred trees for construction He was consecrated bishop by the pope and established religious houses before his martyrdom with fifty two attendants.

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