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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1915
Page
14
The Carnegie Foundation reports 700000 for college professors pensions, while public school teachers gain pension laws in twelve states. The movement attracts young women to teaching by offering old age security, influencing career length, location choice, and a shift toward cities with pension plans.
Instructional sewing excerpt outlines a one piece side pleated skirt for misses and small women in serge, taffeta, or ongee. It details cutting, piecing, yoke placement, perforation guides, pleating, back seam sewing, and finishing, with size notes and cream serge usage.
Parisian fashion notes describe a blouse with lace and net guimpe paired with pale blue taffeta jumpers. The jumpers connect skirt and blouse, replacing traditional girdles, and are shown as a smart modern innovation in the illustrated gown.
London indicates severe wartime impact as 180 widows reside on a single street at Chatham naval base. Most lost sailor husbands in the Formidable Hermes and Princes Irene sinking. Also notes new baggage value declarations by railroads and station disorder. Local ad shows hats at B H Dillon & Co., Main Street.
The catalog touts indestructible records of success and a wide range of prices, promising quality, style, workmanship, and pleasing customers. It invites shoppers to visit the store to view apparel for ladies and misses, including new waists, tub skirts, and coats priced at $1.95, $1.95, $5.95, and $7.50.
A 1913 column by Laura Jean Libbey discusses the plight of newsboys, noting many are orphans fending for themselves. It urges kindness, describes street harshness, lack of homes, and the small mercies of a smile or a kind word amid harsh urban life.
A brief instruction column urges readers to send corrected names and addresses for replies. It emphasizes using ink on single sided paper and addresses letters to Miss Us-President Street, Brooklyn, N Y.
A 38 year old bachelor seeks marriage guidance. The columnist urges him to abandon wealth and pursue true love, suggesting he compete honestly with principled, humble suitors and use a mutual friend to meet eligible young women in town. The piece emphasizes that a worthy partner values love over money.
The question asks which greeting to use with a acquaintance. Use "Hello" for general politeness, or "How do you do" as a formal, dated greeting when meeting someone for the first time. The address of
A correspondent seeks help for blushing in company and self-consciousness. The reply urges an active effort to forget oneself through determination, arguing that restrained shyness can be charming and that a girl who blushes is seen as attractive, likening it to a flower with future potential.
A Wheeler and Wilson band concert is set for Wood Park at 8 o clock with Louis F Chernak conducting. The program includes Fair Bridgeport Overture Elaine Nabuco selections and a Musical Melange. The notice also advertises Cyrus Wart Remover at Cyrus Pharmacy and funeral designs by John Reck and Son.
The poem asks how biblical fathers such as Nebat Nimshi and Jeroboam lived and faced strife while their sons acted in bold and perilous days. It laments fathers who might have acted to save their country and questions how they perceived bloodshed, duty, and leadership. Laura E. Richards is cited in Heston transcription.
Cairo June 10 A nameless hero of Sed-el Bahr is revealed as Major Doughty-Wylie who, under heavy fire, led a bayonet charge up a hill armed only with a small cane. The hill is now known as Doughty-Wylie's Hill. He died in the assault, staff duty ignored by wartime urgency. Also notes Chicago this week marks fly week with a vigorous campaign against pests.
A Victorian era kitchen roundup offers recipes for tapioca blanc mange mock mince pie and tapioca pudding with steps for dressing lettuce and a guide to preparing dinner efficiently. It emphasizes soaking times cooking methods and practical tips to organize meals and reduce last minute orders.
At midnight last night fishermen pulled Wiiktenine nets from the Connecticut River marking the end of the 1915 shad season. The year proved disappointing yet still profitable due to high prices. Analysts cite the absence of a freshet as a major factor in limited catches.
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