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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
2
A narrator recalls a constrained life in Hillsboro with family and neighbors who hover over her. She misses a past romance, fears judgment from the missionary society, and reflects on marriage to Mr Carter while pondering a future tied to community, memory, and faith. The passage blends personal longing with rural social expectations and domestic routines.
In a vivid diary style, Molly endures a surreal ordeal as she melts under heat while Judy administers a strange ritual, then recovers with strength and a blush of affection for Judge Benton Wade, whom she admires from her garden fence. Billy's playful antics during a garden race link childhood mischief to budding romance.
Whimsical scene at a Hillsboro garden party features Mrs. Carter, Judge Wade, and Billy quarrelling over the fences. The judge teases Mrs. Carter while Billy defends her, prompting admonitions and a shared moment of laughter before Aunt Adeline intervenes on the porch. A separate Danbury City court note reports John Reid of Bethel found guilty of operating a motor vehicle under liquor influence. fined $25 with costs and appeal pending.
Louisville reader says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made her weaker state vanish and she can work daily again. Romayor Texas resident Mrs Viola Jasper reports displacement and bladder trouble improved and calls the medicine finest for suffering women. Contact Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass for confidential advice.
A column extols well cared for feet, arguing large feet convey support and that daily massage with almond oil plus an oatmeal mash keeps feet youthful. It advises air baths, barefoot time, pumice for calluses, and proper stocking length to avoid discomfort and facial scowls.
Eleanor Cleveland and company perform The Bridge at the Lyric this week with two daily shows. Next week Eleanor Cleveland presents Merely Mary Ann, praised as a great play, with Saunders giving a special audience watch at each performance.
Twenty years after their trek, Morton and his son, now engineers, journey west with Laughing Water. Big Hagie, her father, explodes the mine in a fit of rage and all in the Morton party perish. Laughing Water pleads for her dead son’s body at the cabin where he was born.
E H Dillon Co at 1105 Main Street showcases a crowded store with a Friday fish special. The list includes bloater mackerel, native flatfish, fresh sea bass, opened long clams, salt mackerel, butter fish, halibut, lobsters, crabs, and salmon. Bridgeport Public Market and Branch.
The Plaza features Edgar Selwyn's The Country Bay with Poli Players led by Paul McAlister and Marion Hutchins delivering acclaimed performances. Scenic work mirrors original settings creating convincing environments as Belasco’s The Woman is promised for next week with autographed photos for lady patrons and a guest appearance by Miss Hutchins for the operator staff.
Poli's new theatre opens with Pat White in a three day engagement leading his Gaiety Girls. Kath erine Miley joins as Irish Song Queen with acts by Black Hume and Thomas Bud and Clare Zito and Powder and Chapman. The popular Country Store closes Friday night with lively skits and comedy.
Indian classic in two parts features Morton a settler who is nursed back to health by Laughing Water an Indian girl whom he marries Their life is fractured when Morton deserts them taking their child East with him Laughing Water Is portrayed as the title character in this dramatic story shown at the Empire.
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