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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1914
Page
7
An odd ad blend promotes bread and eye health warnings. A New York health official urges anti typhoid vaccination for summer travelers. A Providence Journal quip contrasts a French market scene with inflated chicken prices.
Washington June 12 Senator Hamilton Lewis of Illinois demands clerks write his full name Ham Witen Lewis and drop J Ham He says through the Weet he is known as Jim Ham Senate leader Kern approves the joke but Lewis refuses to trim his whiskers In Trenton Joseph Raywood a jailed man for intoxication pleads for life and is released after promising prayer to the judge A college honors Root II is noted and Frederick Hines of Oshkosh Wisconsin is killed by a highwayman.
R I Garner of Philadelphia reports capturing two gorillas after a three year East Africa search. A rare jolly female about 32 inches tall and a savaged young male are aboard his New York Zoological Park expedition. The daughter Harry H Garner lives in Philadelphia.
Officials admit a payroll padding scheme at Colorado Fuel and Iron Co in Pueblo has stolen thousands of dollars over years. EF Welborn, the company president, says a considerable shortage is noted but amounts and number of involved employees remain unclear. A separate note mentions four balloons starting from Portland, Oregon, in a national balloon race.
An old magazine blurb argues true beauty comes from health, not cosmetics, blaming constipation for headaches and dull skin. It promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as ideal for women and all ages, claiming gentle, permanent relief and easy availability with a guaranteed money-back offer.
A night mischief tale follows youths urging a dare to switch off a lamp by a letter box on a lamp post. One climbs the steps and box, then lowers the light as a pie cashier, Flatfoot, questions the act. The lamp stays burning and the narrator ends back with the others as the adults warn restraint. Caesar Misch sales info and a Washington Star joke fragment follow.
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