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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1914

Page

14

Sun Care And Summer Skin Rules From Old Page

The article cautions light and dark complexions about sun exposure and tanning, recommends talcum powder or corn starch as a skin shield, and outlines cooling methods for sunburn. It also notes primary elections in North Dakota and a funeral escort for air disaster victims near Vienna, with references to Captain James Wilson and John Wilkes Booth’s body return.

Vienna James Wilson John Wilkes Booth Washington Lincoln Philadelphia

Practical Flamé Dress Making Lessons by Pictorial Review

The newspaper features a Practical Flamé dressmaking guide prepared for readers, detailing pattern construction, fabric choices, and step by step sewing techniques. Instructions cover waist, collar, sleeves, seams, perforations, tucks, and buttonholes across multiple sizes.

Gary Practical Pictorial Review Perso

Vacation Dangers and First Sight in a Letter Page

A reader asks Laura Libbey for advice on a broken marriage and a temptingly proposed second marriage. The advice urges honesty with her husband, leaving the affair, and returning to the first marriage. A second letter reflects on a young office girl who faced unwanted attention after a man professed love at first sight. The columnist mocks her naivety and warns against impropriety. A later item celebrates new half day Saturdays for working girls, describing excursions, dances, and rest in rural weekend retreats.

Miss Libbey Miss. Smith New York Joist

The Poet Whittier and the Moral Vision in Praise

A reflective verse examines John Greenleaf Whittier as a poet not for grand fame but for perceiving divine purpose in common life. The speaker honors Whittier as a prophet who finds soul and life in a simple clod, sees the world in his garden, and reads deeper truth in human faces, offering enduring affection.

Little Benny's Notebook by Lee Pape

A humorous tale in rough dialogue about Benny teased by his cousin Artie and his mother rebuking him. Benny endures insults about looking like a monkey and receives a slipper slap from his mother, with the family arguing over the prank. Baremer Want Ads, One Cent a-Word.

Saloon Law Rehearing Upsets Minnesota Counties

Saloon keepers in Minnesota counties formed from Indian lands won a rehearing as the supreme court upheld federal power to forbid the sale of alcohol to minors. The decision may affect tribal regions and enforcement across the state.

Minnesota Supreme Court

Glass Industry Begun In North America by Dutchman

The glass manufacturing industry in North America began June 25 1754 in Brooklyn when Dutchman Pamber opened a small factory. The first bottle blown bore his name and date. Earlier attempts were made by Spaniards in South America and glassmaking traces go back to Egypt and Rome.

North America Brooklyn Pamber South America Hermes Syria Tiberius England Jamestown Glassboro N. J Boston Pittsburg Pittsburgh

Nellies Hero Dog and Penny Moral

Nellie visits Aunt Alice at a seaside cottage and, after a brush with a strong wave, is saved by a dog named Hero who brings her back to safety. The family adopts the brave animal and he lives happily in the city for years. The issue also recalls a fable about a dollar and a penny and notes a Massachusetts senate mashers bill. A missing Amsterdam man’s body is found in a cistern.

Virginia Vale Nellie Alice Hero Massachusetts Senate

Empress of Japan at 30 Prefers Monogamy Amid Turmoil

The Empress of Japan, born June 25, 1884, is celebrated as the Emperor’s exclusive wife, breaking decades of polygamous custom. Described as modern in dress and tastes, she champions education and philanthropy while elder statesmen warn of upheaval as monogamy shifts traditional norms in Nippon.

Japan Jimin Tenno Nippon Matsuhito Yoshihito Welling Kujo Michitaka Hirohito Michi No Miya Tokio Sadako Iage Paris St. Paul Ermiperor

Grandmother Goose Rhymes Recited By Cary

A playful piece by David M. Cary encourages children to collect Grandmother Goose verses in a scrapbook. It urges tidy pasting, care, and soon readers will discover a grandma goosey mood and memory.

Grandmother Goose David M. Cary

New York Wholesale Prices Gathered for Dairy Eggs Fruits and More

A period listing retail price ranges for butter creamery eggs including eyes fresh gathered and hennery varieties, fruits such as cherries currants and strawberries with quality notes, hay and straw prices by bale and grade, vegetables like potatoes onions lettuce mushrooms peas radishes romaine and rhubarb with unit prices, and poultry quotes for dressed turkeys chickens fowls and squabs. A warrant is issued against Ty us Cobb for disturbing peace.

Bermuda

Only for Those With Bad Stomachs

Albany man George Galaise endured 15 years of stomach distress with no relief until trying a self published account in a small book titled A True Story. He claims his condition improved after seeking help at Hindle's Clampett's and Ballard's drug stores, encouraging others with similar ailments to seek treatment.

George Galaise Jay Street Albany N. Y Hindle’s Clampett's Ballard

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