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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1915
Page
14
The piece discusses wedding fashions and decorations as a popular June tradition. It contrasts affluent tastes with practical costs, noting the burden on the bridegroom and bride's father, then shifts to lighter musings on graduation timing, a mock liberty charter anniversary, and railway etiquette. It ends with floral arrangements by John Beck & Son.
A gown features three ruffles layered over a plain foundation skirt and a tightly fitted buttoned bodice without decorations except a lace neck frill. The frock is crafted in taffeta as the material for this new fashion.
Early this morning the Congress street drawbridge on East Bridgeport stalled after lifting for a tug, leaving a two foot gap that blocked trolleys cars and pedestrians. Jitney drivers urged riders to Stratford avenue while awaiting the fix. In other news, Junius Spencer Morgan, son of J P Morgan, wed Louise Converse at St Pauls Church Westwood near Boston.
Our long note promises stylish, affordable garments for Bridgeport women. It emphasizes courtesy and meeting women’s demands with an exclusive, complete stock from morning wear to dinner and dance pieces. Sold out odds and ends at very low prices to attract approval.
Funeral industry notice notes Boug John Reck and Son offering design services and arrangements. Local readers reminded to contact the firm for memorial floral work and funeral design consultations regarding service planning and tribute arrangements.
Laura Jean Libby’s daily talks advise husbands to keep loving, engaging their wives after marriage. Readers are urged to read aloud, discuss topics, and dedicate evenings to shared happiness to avoid loneliness, dissatisfaction, and mismatched love in married life.
A young girl writes about correspondence with two schoolmates who may become roommates. She asks Miss Libbey whether both would object to her friendly letters and whether their knowledge would justify stopping the letters.
The reader requests how to end a relationship without hurting feelings. Miss Libey suggests a direct heart to heart talk, stating you will not continue with the romance. Deliver the message kindly and firmly to avoid harming the other party or their parents.
A 17 year old girl asks if she can learn to care for a well behaved, financially stable young man she has just met. The advisor urges giving him a fair trial through time and companionship to see if love develops.
A German girl asks whether to heed sister and brother in law or her parents and herself in marrying an Italian suitor. The response says love and the partner's morals matter most, and if he can support a wife, marriage is blessed by parental sanction.
Brief notes report Princeton awarding degrees to 360 members of the class of 1915 at the 168th commencement. Other items note a major summer storm in New York, a large portion of a NZ loan unsubscribed in London, the Rochambeau arriving in New York, Cardinal Gibbons ill in Baltimore, Scofiled Co increasing local employments, a Colt order for rapid fire guns, and a $5000 bank robbery in St Louis County.
A call to housekeepers to choose Royal cream of tartar baking powder over inferior substitutes. The piece stresses health, urges checking labels as laws require ingredient disclosure, and recommends consulting a family doctor before deciding. Royal Baking Powder Co. New York endorses the advice.
A mixed page of household recipes includes Cheese Fondue with milks and eggs, Milk Sherbert with lemon juice and freezing steps, Varrant Cake with butter sugar eggs flour currants and baking powder, Cream Pie with cream filling and two layers, Salmon Souffle with salmon eggs bread crumbs lemon juice and a baked mold. The piece ends with light social commentary about music, boarding houses and President Wilson’s summer plans at Cornish New Hampshire.
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