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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1914
Page
12
Cool Organdie Blouses priced at $2.50 feature a soft rolling collar with hemstitching a black braid accent and a tassel. Other organdie styles add plaitings and emerald voile piping priced at $4.50.
In Fairfield open of the Red Men will be at town hall with a concert, fire display, speeches and a potential nominating committee for officers. A parade from square to the hall precedes the program, with many town notables present and plans to organize a new Fairfield Tribe at Pickett Brook near the post office.
A reader describes a five year battle with eczema and how Cuticura Soap and Ointment helped. The witness notes improvement after using the products, claiming a cure within weeks and urging others to try them. Signed Bre. George.
A large group of residents from Southport to Bridgeport attended a dance at Miss Anna B. Jennings's home with a New York band arriving to provide music. Sherman and Washington schools held a field day with Sherman winning 76 to 64 on a committee certified score. Miss Anna Burns returned home from Milford visit, while an advertisement promotes Foley cathartic pills as a regulator for stout individuals seeking comfort.
Mrs Bertha Sutherland, teacher at STEPNEY Birdseye Plain School, received a silver knives and forks set from pupils at a closing picnic. Other items note redesignated trains at Pepper Crossing Station and local visits including Mr and Mrs Edward Booth at Long Hill. Town events include salutatory by Miss Marion Summers at Newtown High School exercises and a tuberculosis related obituary for Estella Sherman Lyon, 58. Other brief notices cover visits, guests, and changes to telephone numbers for Dr Geo Smith and L A Slade.
At Matthew Mullane’s Hawleyville farm a sale of 30 registered Holstein cattle drew buyers from New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. Top price reached 143 dollars for a three year old cow while a two year old sold for 55. Local farmers including Hawley, Egan, Hungerford, and others acquired stock to improve herds. First Selectman W C Johnson bought lot No 26 for 103 dollars.
A Pittsburgh note from East Belle Vue describes a bantam rooster named John as the sole male guardian of a brood of 37 chicks. Owned by A G Shaw at 104 Georgetown Avenue, John has reared and protected his family since hatching, caring for them day and night until they are fully grown.
Mrs Edward E Curtiss returns from visits including Willimantic. Mrs Harry C Morgan likely to teach at Center school next term. Miss Margaret Balcome and the Haber sisters return for summer. A Monroe town hall playlet by local writer Arthur W French features Beardsley sisters and others. Harmony Grange plans a new two story building 65 by 40 feet with hall banquet room and kitchenette. Building committee picking site near Albert Wheeler property Lord Sand and Doctor Wales lot. R F D mailman Victor Burr delivers by car, improving service. Local river scenes near Zoar bridge attract outings and launches from Derby or Shelton. Foley Kidney Pills advertised for health.
Citizens praise the Elm Street Park improvement as a barren rock slope gains a lawn and hedges reflecting community spirit. A protective fence has been erected and the project is described as permanent and secure.
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