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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1914
Page
2
Advice on facial beauty urges readers to study their features in a mirror and cultivate a pleasant expression. It emphasizes eyes brows and lashes, nose shape, and lips, arguing that calm expression improves beauty and that anger or discontent affect appearance.
A cat named Muggtts adopted a baby squirrel born near her home. The squirrel, tiny with eyes not yet opened, was nursed by the cat while a small kitten watched. The two youngsters grew up together, forming a gentle trio that played and nursed side by side, a charming sight the narrator recalls with warmth.
An advertisement urges readers to use Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound to soothe throat irritation and calm persistent coughs. It promises immediate relief, loosened chest congestion, and easier breathing without opiates. Hindie’s Drug Stores and John Reck & Son are noted sellers.
A Victorian era sewing note outlines fabric needs including 4 yards flowered material, 1 yard batiste, and 1 yard all over lace for a summer dress. It details cutting, puff and ruffie assembly, gores on folds, gathers, perforations, and a sash finish, plus fabric options and prices.
A playful piece compares a boastful, independence loving girl with a realistic suitor who values honesty and shared effort. He presents plain truths about finances, living standards, and responsibilities, leading to a practical, humble marriage built on mutual devotion and acceptance.
A 22 year old woman describes her self supporting career in stenography and teaching, her long childhood acquaintance with a fiancé, and her decision to remain prudent about marriage due to financial concerns. She notes six months engagement and urges independent thinking before wedlock. Flora D. endorses a sensible choice and suggests urging patience as the lover contemplates a future.
A reader asks for party planning ideas. Suggestions cover food on a lawn porch or park, inexpensive meadow or cultivated flowers, and decor in vases. Games chosen by guests with music help. R. S. V. P. meaning Respond if you please, typically on the invitation’s lower left corner.
A narrator describes dating a young man for six months while another girl flirts openly. She asks if the man truly loves her or is merely encouraging the rival, noting that true love cannot favor two hearts. The exchange ends with reflection on whether the engagement is serious.
Delegates at the General Federation of Women’s Clubs biennial meeting led by Miss Lutie B. Stearns of Madison Wisconsin started a campaign to remove sex novels from public libraries. The plan seeks a boycott at all branches and asks members to pledge not to buy read or allow their children to read such works.
Jessie recalls her mother's guidance that an elder woman should precede a younger girl when entering a room or greeting a host. The note mentions etiquette during introductions with the youngest girl last, and notes June 27 Washington plans for National Woman Suffrage officers. Vases and Window Boxes Filled by John Reck & Son.
Word origin questions on money slang revive in Boston Herald notes with references to plunkers bones and nicker terms. Later Caesar Misch inc announces June sales with deferred payments. Chicago pursues a White Clothes for Men crusade soot stains outfits black.
St Louis on June 19 Norman Sadler city attorney drafts an anti doll ordinance featuring quieting measures for bread wagons and street noises. Proposals include noiseless bread box lids and silent tram tor tires while banishing screeching of certain vehicles and drivers slamming lids. A separate notice mentions rabies quarantines in fifteen New York counties and public health alerts in Albany.
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