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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1914
Page
15
The article discusses affordable perfume use and application ideas for women. It covers methods to avoid staining fabrics and how to scent hair and skin subtly without overpowering, noting perfumes contain alcohol and vary in appeal. It advises wise women to discover preferred scents before long wearing.
A杂 fragment from The Young Catholic Messenger portrays honesty's value in work and commerce. A Detroit grocer questions a job applicant who suggests high pay and barters with deceit. A cashier backs the claim that truth builds trust, while a vendor hints at honest labor and fair wages.
An inexpensive girls dress crafted from soft lawn or batiste, trimmed with ribbon and embroidery. The pattern describes a low drooping blouse, gathered skirt, Japanese collar, and sleeve options, with material estimates and step by step construction notes from The Pictorial.
A fragment from Laura Jean Libbys column presents advice on youth, romance, and propriety as a visiting niece clashes with a stern country aunt over dances, dresses, and social freedoms. It also includes letters from readers about love, aging, and relationships with replies urging honest talk and self-control.
A fox touts cleverness while a stork fishes by dipping bill and swallowing a mouthful. The fox seeks to share but is outsmarted when the stork keeps the dish. A separate line reports Dr. E. A. Wheeler and three others killed in a Tonopah, Nevada automobile crash after a hedge meeting.
Lucy asks which is proper to say to a caller. The mother notes several options are acceptable but prefers softer forms such as Won't you be seated or May I offer you this chair near the window, avoiding blunt phrases like Have a seat or Take a chair.
A fragment shows a quip about Mr Nuskads possibly buying a car, with a reply noting he once wished for one but now argues he cannot afford it. The snippet mentions JOHN RECK & SON and references signs, cases, and window boxes as context.
The English club at Courtland School held its annual meeting in the Ft Congrega tional Church chapel. Twenty eight members attended as Miss Dorothy C. Lyon presided. Part 1 featured three graduates essays and two choruses. Part 2 presented Gringoire, a one act French drama translated for the club by Miss Louise J. Gerlach. The program ran under Miss Edith W. Peck and Miss Gerlach, with choruses led by Miss Emma M. Halleck, Miss Elizabeth Durand and Miss Mary Coggswell at the piano.
Mrs Humphry Ward plans a women’s parliament as an unofficial advisory body of ten women to influence legislation on women and children. The proposal excludes woman suffrage from debates. a joint committee would meet in London with MPs and women workers, plus sub committees reporting on welfare bills.
A reading fragment presents Grandmother Goose's Bed Time Rhymes by David M Cory. It references Little Jack Horner in a candy shop and includes stray notes about pasting verses, with quoted phrases and a playful critique of a “lamby-pamby compromise” attributed to a novelist.
Miss Florence Witherell and Mr Clarence Lavey of Bridgeport wed at the bride's Le Pieteb home in a double ring ceremony conducted by Rev Theodore A Fisther. Attendant Ruth Holton of Stamford wore blue brocade with pink taffeta drapery and pink sweet pea bouquet. Best man was Fred Lavey of Manchester. Couple received many gifts and left for a western trip, planning to reside in Bridgeport after.
A narrator recounts a surreal night where a ringing telephone spurs confusion. Pop answers in bare feet, mishears calls, and accuses a caller of being a fraud while family members move between rooms. The episode ends with a return to sleep as the phone rings again.
A classroom moment shows Tommy struggling to name a simile. The teacher prompts and the joke lands, with a quip about bright hours at school. The Home Journal Farmer Want Ads note adds a humorous aside about word prices.
Washington Park M. E. Church celebrates 60 years with a series of events led by Rev Mooré and Bishop Hamilton. An organ recital by Miss Blackstone, speeches on Damascus and Cairo, and a lecture by Prof. Elmer Joyes precede a pastors reunion and Sunday Sch reception. Bishop Josh W. Hamilton of Boston will close the observance with a public service.
Spectators at a United States district court trial witnessed a humorous exchange between Judge Putnam and Frederic P. Fish as they recalled famed horse Flora Temple. Fish cited her racing time of 2 37 while Putnam noted she had been a plow horse, sparking laughter among judges and lawyers.
Dialogue notes a teacher asking if anyone helped Fo with a map. Sam replies no, his brother did it by himself. The fragment emphasizes independent effort and family involvement, set in a classroom context.
A fragmentary line from an era newspaper hints at party tactics and slogans. The text mentions Brophy's Standard Union and a push to advance a bill to beat the Whitman party, referencing vases and window boxes as possible campaign imagery.
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