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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1914
Page
12
The piece traces rumors that Sweden could become a republic, highlighting Gustaf V as possibly the last monarch. It weaves Bernadotte’s revolutionary origins with royal vengeance, Napoleon era plots, and a volatile romance with Desiré, shaping Sweden’s royal fate and political tilt.
A Philadelphia reader endorses Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from fatigue and weakness. She claims severe symptoms improved after taking the remedy and urges other women to try it. The testimonial also mentions other women reporting similar health gains.
Town Clerk Joseph Flint records May births, marriages, and deaths with 11 births 7 marriages and 10 deaths including several elderly. Sherman school children held a charity sale for Wheeler school while local property trades occurred on Broad street and by Fairfield Realty. Examinations, Grange meeting, and a fire department dance were announced along with Boy Scouts camping plans and minor local notes.
Easton social activities include the Laxties gathering at the Con gregational church social with attendees from Bridgeport and town. Guests later enjoy a light collation and residents John H Wheeler, Miss Theresa Porter, and families join various local visits and school events through the week. Rev F S Clark attends the Northern Baptist convention in Boston.
Tashua and Long Hill residents visit hospital patient Kohler shows improvement after appendicitis. Hillside Gun-club hosts state sheet event at Cutler's Farms June 20 with shooters from around the state and a featured Indies team. Local guests celebrate a 20th wedding anniversary with neighbors from Derby Long Hill Tashua Chestnut Hill. Camp meetings begin at Long Hill Radcliffe grove with preachers arriving. Various visits and summer schedule items from Bridgeport Derby Mount Clair and Southbury. schools close for summer.
The Department of Insurance completed its tri yearly examination of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. The Chief Ksim praised the company for prompt claim payments, voluntary bonuses totaling millions, and commendable practices in policyholder treatment.
The obituary notes the attendance of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Helmrich and the siblings at the service for George Helmrich. He spent several days in the city with his aunt, Mrs. Laske.
Southport marks 40 years since the potato bug first appeared in town. Miss Dora Bulkley sails for Europe on the Kronprinzessen and will be away two months. Farmers begin haying with crops appearing larger than last year. Judge J. H. Perry returns from Canada after good luck fishing. Summer pleasure boats go into service and Yale alumni attend Commencement in New Haven. John Woodward improves at home. A fawn draws visitors as its parents fearfully deserted it yet it is being cared for.
The Department of Connecticut G A R chooses the Lehigh Valley Railroad as official route for the forty eighth encampment in Detroit Michigan week of August 21 with a special train from New York August 29 at 6 00 p m over the Lehigh Valley to Niagara Falls then Great Gorge route to Lake Erie steamer to Detroit rates include all expenses first class hotels Cadillac and Wayne return by rail boat or via St Lawrence and Thousand Islands Montreal city contact N W Pringle 129 Church St New Haven Conn phone 1140 About 400 strikers and 300 engineers and officers at Union Switch Signals and Westinghouse Pittsburgh have returned to work
Portland Mayor Oakley C. Curtis won the Democratic nomination for governor at state primaries. With returns from most cities and all but 83 towns, Curtis held a 4,036 plurality over Augusta Mayor Elmer E. Newbert. Republican Governor William T. Haimes was renominated without opposition. All Maine congressmen also faced no opposition.
A dermatologist touts bold sulphur cream as a quick remedy for eczema and itching. Apply to irritated skin like cold cream. two to three applications may clear the eruption, leaving skin smooth. The paste is praised for parasiticidal and antipruritic properties and long-standing use in skin treatments.
A large summer hotel named the Cliff House at Cape Elizabeth Maine burned down causing an estimated loss of 30000. The New York coast area saw a flood of news from arrests to political bids and scientific ventures.
Mr. Chas. Trimble of 1532 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn suffered catarrh for years. An operation removed bone from his nose but did not cure him. He published a book titled A Man's Story claiming his cure and offers it free at local drug stores.
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