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Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1915

Page

13

Mieonal Egg Laying Contest Yields and Leaders

The article reports on the Mieonal Egg Laying Contest with weekly production trends, peak yields in the 27th and 40th–41st weeks, and a general decline to 1,009 eggs per week by year end. It notes Windsweep Farm pen and James H. Lord leading with 58 eggs, Branford Farm second with 67, and three pens tied for third with 56. It highlights Salmon Favorelle hen No. 994 achieving 122 eggs in 136 days, a 90 percent average, and lists top pens and Connecticut entries. The piece ends with a note about New Haven Railroad clerks settlement and a segue to funeral designs.

Togo Massachusetts Windsweep Farm E Redding Ridge James H. Lord Methuen Branford Farm Starrs Station George M. McMillan Springfield Wm. H. Lyon Levanna N. Y Groton Conn Favorelle Elliott City Hoghton Preston England Hillview Poultry Farm St. Albans Rhode Island Reds Tom Sparron Catforth Windeweep Farm Jes. V. Thomas Ballston Lake N. H Pinecrest Orchards Mass Rhode Island Colonial Farm Temple Meerritt M. Clark Brookfield Center Homer P. Deming Winsted Rhode

Colleges push endowments amid reunions and praise

A college veteran recalls how reunions mix memory with fundraising as class officers urge at least 25 toward equipment. The piece questions whether perfect equipment is vital or if leadership and teaching endure without immediate riches. It notes the value of a resourceful faculty over flashy facilities. The column ends with ads for Radford B. Smith and a torpedo flotilla division formed to support new destroyers, with bouquets from John Reck & Son.

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Gifts for brides and graduates at our store

Brides and graduates occupy the center of the stage and the question of what to give them is a puzzle easily solved at our store. A large variety of appropriate gifts in diamonds, jewelry, watches, silverware, cut glass, clocks and other pleasing articles all priced in our moderate profit way. Visit before buying elsewhere.

Tim

Redding Churches Weigh Joint Pastor for Center Congregational and Methodist

In Redding, leaders of Center Congregational and Center Methodist weigh sharing one pastor without merging churches. The plan aims to cut costs and raise ministerial quality while each church remains separate. Legal hurdles could arise from Methodist oversight, but Congregational approval is unlikely to be an issue. The Congregational church is the town’s oldest, with history dating before the Revolution.

Redding Center Congregational Church Center Methodist Church Congregational Church

Center Methodist church born from early New England mission

The piece recalls the Colonial era split with a Congregational minister deeming Rev. Jesse Lee’s doctrinal exposition too unorthodox. It notes unity now possible despite historic theological differences and mentions a Wheeler & Wilson band concert at Washington Park tonight at eight.

Center Methodist Church Jesse Lee New England Lee Wheeler & Wilson Washington Park Marcia Bethany Commandery Meyer First Love A. Holzman Franz Shubert Foore Suppe Mr. A. Vernon Adele L. Bridguet Lyon Chas BH. Koelling Stern Louis T. Chermak

German Court Martial Sentences Young Belgian Countess

A London report says sixteen year old Countess Helen Janglie d Ardey was arrested after a dispute with an officer in Ghent. She and her grandmother wore medals bearing King Albert's portrait. The court martial $sentenced her to three months in prison.

London Helen Janglie d’Ardey Ghent Albert

Variety Groceries and Fresh Produce Advertised Prices

A dense grocery ad lists stewing fowls 16c per lb and fowls up to 26c. It features roasting chickens 25c, native squab, Long Island ducks 22c, turkeys 24-26c, broilers 32c, and a range of fruits and vegetables including lettuce, beans, peas, celery, tomatoes, potatoes, berries, and melons. Also offered are juices, olives, walnut meats, root beer extracts, salad dressing, soap, marshmallows, crullers, bread, pies, and various baked goods.

Long Island Williams’ and Hire U. S. Mail

William Smith First Provost of Philadelphia College

A brief note on William Smith born June 25 1728 the first provost of the College of Philadelphia later University of Pennsylvania. It covers Franklin's role in founding 1749 1751 governance expansion funding trips to England and the 1791 rename to University of Pennsylvania and Smith as historian educator.

College of Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania William Smith Smith Benjamin Franklin Fourth Street Arch Trustees of Academy and Charitable School Province of Pennsylvania the College and Academy of Philadel Phia England West Indies

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