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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
5
Read of extraordinary values in New Millinery Cloth Coats Shirt Waists Silk and Percaline Petticoats Sweaters Rain Coats Summer Furs and related accessories. Prices feature straw hats leghorn hats children hats trimmed hats and discounted auto caps, raincoats, white wash skirts and cloth coats with bold discounts for shrewd buyers.
Public notice states income taxes are payable on or before Friday, June 16. Internal Revenue offices will stay open until Friday evening. Bridgeport office is in the Federal building at Broad and Cannon streets. Delinquent payments incur penalties.
Rev Joseph Yankowski, recently ordained at St Joseph's Cathedral Hartford by Rt Rev John J Nilan, will assist Rev Matthew Pankovsky at St George's Lithuanian Church Park Avenue. Yankowski reports Friday and will officiate at service as parish duties grow after pastor's auto injuries. He studied at Holy Cross Worcester and American College Louvain with St Bernard's Rochester, and celebrated his first solemn mass last Sunday.
A daughter named Martha Bird Rose was born yesterday to Mrs. William Wallace Rose, wife of the Universalist church pastor, at their home on 85 Cottage Street. Both mother and newborn are reported to be doing well.
A Bridgeport resident requests free copies of the Home Canning Primer from the Agricultural Department via the Fairfield County Association for Mobilization of Resources. The letter seeks inclusion on the mailing list for price lists of canning supplies to be sold at cost and provides space for name and address.
At a sparsely attended hearing of the ordinance committee the proposed fire prevention bureau and detailed premises inspections were discussed. Commissioners Leonard and Tague spoke in favor while insurance men believed to be involved did not appear.
At a Kiev Jewish conference of 360 delegates representing about two million Jews from eight Ukrainian governments, 324 voted to press the Peace Conference for an autonomous Jewish center in Palestine and civil and national rights for Jews worldwide, especially in Roumania. Bund delegates withdrew in protest.
A Cyrus Plaster claims to relieve lame backs quickly. It targets backache due to kidney issues or cold, and treats sciatic and lumbar pains rarely responsive to internal remedies. The ad promises to refund if not better and notes in-store sale details.
Dresses for small women in sizes 36 to 53 and 46 and 18 years are offered in gingham, chambray or percale with Dutch necks and embroidered fronts. Styles include stripes and checks with pockets and embroidery. Priced at 1.50 dollars for house or porch wear. regular dresses 1.85 dollars.
Gingham dresses priced at 1.39 with eight to ten models including stripes checks and chambray trim. Also 2 piece breakfast sets and a coat style with separate skirt. Regular price 1.55.
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