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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
4
One third barley flour and rice boiled in water mashed to pulp with two thirds regulation flour, salt, yeast, baked into economical bread. Stuff fish with suet crumbs and herbs, bake with drippings, served with brown gravy. Nut creams: sugar syrup with orange or vanilla. mix in nut meats, roll into balls, dip in melted chocolate. Beans highlighted as protein rich and soil nitrogen source.
White tussore fabric cut on straight lines forms a swagger topcoat with a monk like hood. The hood and belt ends flash a gayly striped lining and three silk tassels adorn the hood and belt ends.
The Riverhead Band arrived by steamer from Port Jefferson and spent the day touring the city yesterday. Musicians entertained local leaders and the musicians' club with an afternoon return trip, while passengers on the crossing enjoyed lively revelling. The draft slackers were noted for no longer ornamenting curbstones and street corners as before.
Laura Jean Libby's daily talk examines trust in men and jealousy within marriage. It argues a wife’s fear can trap a husband, while confident women stage practical warnings to maintain loyalty and avoid temptation. It includes reader notes on recovering cherished items and handling romantic missteps.
Instructions describe a young woman’s frock in rose marquisette with destling satin girdle. Steps cover gathering, yoke depth, underbody and waist alignment, sleeve perforations, tape stitching, and placket finishing. Front waist trimmed with bead embroidery. wide satin girdle. sizes 14 to 20 years. price 20 cents.
The piece argues against war tax plans targeting newspapers and magazines. It warns that taxing ad revenue or gross profits would be unfair and unicausal, given newspapers already support the war with free publicity for Liberty bonds and face high paper costs. It urges not to overburden the press, essential for patriotic mobilization.
Social and personal notes describe a Monday night gathering at the Black Rock Mission Sunday school on Brewster street featuring an entertainment by the Wellington May Concert Co. The entry also lists Flower and Vegetable Seeds from John Sreck & Son.
A young girl writer explains her father’s objection to her courting a boy. She attends parties with him and his sister, but a missed dance led to silence. She asks how to handle the rift, advising dignified, pleasant meetings without forcing reconciliation, urging patience and maturity.
A mother of three Khaki-clad sons speaks of the Red Cross as her training camp and military duty. She recalls their marches, the soldiers’ immortality, and the resolve to sew Red Cross garments that may aid any mother’s son. She celebrates motherhood, sacrifice, and the hope of aiding soldiers worldwide.
Providence June 21 Brown University at its 149th commencement yesterday awarded degrees to a class of 197 members, fully one fifth of whom were absent on war service. The list included 34 graduates of the women's college.
The speaker laments war's toll as a trench scene unfolds with wounded groans and a dying subaltern. A charge of ten thousand men advances under fire, casualties mount, and youth are cast as “painted” heroes. The poem contrasts young soldiers’ idealism with grim death, ending with a plea for a truer measure of valor. The author, John B Kennedy, signs as in New York Evening Sas.
Me and Puds Simkins Leroy Shooster Sid Hunt and Sid’s cuzzin Joe discuss who is hardest to wake in the morning. Benny boasts his father must call him twenty times and shake him awake. Friends trade tricks as they plan to play Red Rover after breakfast.
On this day England mourns the authoress Anna Maria Porter and recalls the death of Elizabeth Grindell of Goshen New Hampshire at age 104. Porter’s Waverly Novels elevated her name with sister Jane as collaborators. Grindell is remembered as a devoted matriarch without public renown, lauded for multigenerational family roles.
Incorporation papers filed for Lyric Co Inc Bridgeport to start a theatrical enterprise with 60000 capital. Stockholders includ e Z Pol i E Poli and L M Sagal of New Haven. Follows sale of Lyric theatre property to Mr Poll.
The National Association of Fisheries Commissioners urges Congress to enact uniform regulations regulating discharges into inland streams and tidal waters. The aim is to prevent damage to fish and shellfish, convert some waste into usable byproducts, and protect food production while allowing safe water use.
Detroit on June 21 notes a shift in toy making as children’s figures turn into mini military units. Toy shops now stock up to date armed forces including sailors, marines, aviators, engineers and Red Cross units. The Washington report cites wood scarcity and wartime needs driving the trend, with officials watching but not fully acting.
The Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association Executive Board met in Hartford for the last regular meeting before summer. Reports praised war service work, food production drives, and new canning courses at Storrs. Plans include demonstrations, a community canning center, and Liberty Bond sales with expanding Red Cross efforts and patriotic activities.
Fairfield County reports detail a car toppling down Noroton Hill pinning Rev. Charles Reynolds his wife and Miss Foster with severe injuries to all except Mrs Reynolds who escaped. Marcus Burr, Danbury, narrowly avoided serious harm after another crash with a Marmon vehicle before his car wrecked. A large Danbury barn fire destroys Edward H. Rifle’s property causing about $6000 loss with cattle autos and wagons destroyed.
In Colchester on June 21 thieves in a car raided a general store on the Agranoyiteh estate. Shoes were ripped from boxes and loaded into a machine set in an alley, then tracked toward Middletown. Loss estimated about 700 dollars.
Washington June twenty one Secretary Daniels summoned the entire staff into conference and urged immediate work to determine the cost of production of basic raw materials used in munitions and power for the navy. Copper steel coal iron and tank.
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