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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1912
Page
9
New York June 26 Mrs May Beachy Beachy filed for absolute divorce from Lincoln Beachy a famed aviator who accompanied her husband to the city last year indicating the marriage has deteriorated while details of the suit are not fully disclosed.
A decorative coat features a heavy material with coarse pen strokes adapted to embroidery. Navy blue color with a collar of fine drawn work and Taian lace trim. embroidery extends around the coat and sleeves. Top is cut high and closes at the sides.
A jumble of household guidance covers preserving colors in fabrics, beating eggs, cleaning with soda chalk paste for marble, lemon honey for desserts, ironing tricks using a sheet, natural hair curling with newspaper tubes, and cleaning delicate crochet with gasoline soaked jars. Also mentions farmers' want ads at 1c a word.
A survey of current dress trends notes washable fabrics like crepe and satin blends, sleeve lengths reaching almost to the knuckles, and bell shapes. White remains dominant with innovations in sashes, belts, and capes, plus toiles de Jouy patterns, Pompadour effects, and long slees for tailored frocks. The pannier sash dominates styling, cascading from the waist back in two loose bands toward the knees.
The verse recalls the battlefield where the dead lay in mangled heaps and cannons strewn. lamplight and pity search for sleepers beneath the dawn sky. Newark notes Ninety seven years since the Waterloo battle, lauding the era's famed military genius.
Former California Governor George C. Pardee told a Chicago luncheon that woman suffrage will become universal in the United States. Speaking at a luncheon honoring California delegates to the national convention he said California has had suffrage with no sane reason against it and that women’s vote is “in the ring” and must be accepted.
Report from the Democratic convention at the Belvedere describes Senator Gore from Oklahoma being kissed in the lobby by a woman, later clarified as Mrs. Gore. The piece notes boisterous scenes with Woodrow Wilson supporters, badges, and notable figures like F. D. Root and Champ Clark followers, plus anecdotes about officials and attendees.
The report cites United States Senator Watson of West Virginia saying delegates are instructed for Clark while most West Virginia Democrats prefer Wilson. He notes a Roosevelt preference over Harmon and criticizes “reactionary” rivals.
Miss Fannie Crosby of Bridgeport spoke at the Congregational church Sunday afternoon. The Sport Hill male quartet and the mixed quartet performed, with Marsh and Loper soloists, as townspeople from nearby areas attended. Other notes mention Ida Ogden visiting Assetuck and Lillian Booth returning home, with several local church events and social calls noted.
The Coast Artillery Corps band performs at Beardsley Park next Tuesday at 2 p m. Seaside Park hosts Wheeler and Wilson band at 8 p m. The Fourth of July program includes a Coast Artillery Corps band at Seaside Park and a closing performance at Beardsley Park.
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