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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1911
Page
10
Stratford and Fairfield reports list road oiling progress on Main Street and the beach road, with additional notes on local parades, church events, concerts, and social gatherings. The week includes a Dingbat Civ launch, wedding notices, club gatherings, and civic concerns like sewer planning and bird preservation donations.
Newtown notices report a Tuesday June 20 cake and ice cream sale on Mrs Edward Taylors lawn replacing Wednesday event. A Strawberry festival and supper on June 21 begins at 6 o clock in the Guild room with cake and cream served. Clippings cover a 50th anniversary party, Clams Day exercises, graduation program notes, cast list, and local church and club notices with various speakers and activities across Congregational, Trinity, and Men’s Federation groups.
Attendees at the dance hosted by Mr and Mrs Randolph Wradley of Reatine include Mr and Mrs John Patterson Mr and Mrs Burr Tucker Miss Mary Wheeler Jeroy Wheeler Miss Hazel Sherwend Willard Gillette Miss Dorothy Mallette Clark Mallette Misses Ruth and Grace Mallette Miss Minnie Sherwood Erwin Edwards and Mr and Mrs Chirence Andrews Also present were Miss Agnes Seeley of Sport Hill with Mrs Grace Rutch and several others. Edwards has purchased a pew.
Waterfront scene as the Sally W. Ponger, a two masted schooner, arrived Saturday with over 100 cords of wood stacked on the pier. Captains Brown and Johnson arrange to load cargo, while the Kathleen sails to New York with new owner S. P. Gallliard. Weddings, a motorized revival, and a Greens Farms accident round out town notes.
A New York Sun quotation notes the railroad shopper must avoid needless overspending in clothing for injured railroad patients. The article stresses disciplined purchasing to duplicate outfits across the year, ensuring cost efficiency while meeting needs. It also references saws for armor plate fabrication and explains how high speed causes local molten transfer in cutting processes, per Cassler’s Magazine.
A Philadelphia Times item recounts a substitute teacher in the city’s lower districts where a pupil brings a picture from the principal saying her family cannot hang it, revealing the child’s crowded living situation and poverty. The anecdote ends with the girl explaining they “live in the saddle.”
A newspaper fragment depicts a mother defending traditional views on women and marriage. The dialogue suggests that some girls must marry to avoid becoming old maids, reflecting era-specific social expectations. The source presents overheard remark without fuller context.
A terse meditation on friendship as the constant in human life. The text contrasts moments of distress and joy, urging reliance on friendship as a steady companion through both hardship and celebration.
A fragment quoted from the New York Telegraph about hideous cards pasted on a wall and a Lowell remark on what makes a great man. The lines reflect contemporary newspaper humor and a reference to public signage and character.
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