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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1912
Page
6
In New York a talk of fashion notes cites light travel fabrics and seersucker looks as ideal for the season. Designers emphasize crisp silhouettes while shoppers report crowded shops and eager crowds for fresh gowns and summer wear.
The article discusses undecided designers on enlarging skirts, noting fullness added at the bottom and draped overskirts. It emphasizes a continued straight silhouette, with extra fabric inserted to ease movement while maintaining the era’s style.
Fairfield County report: Kenneth Fitch, five, son of Fitch of Weston, fell from a cherry tree Friday afternoon and sustained a left arm fracture. Other items note car operation penalties, and two men from New York area fined for unmuted cars. A Shelton man died by suicide Monday after ingesting poison. colleagues deem him mentally deranged.
The post office department raises Village from fourth to third salary effective July 1, increasing pay to $1,100. A man in Pine Meadow attempted suicide by shooting himself in the jaw. In Plymouth, George Tomlinson fell forty feet spraying trees, sustaining a broken arm and serious internal injuries. Alice Bradford Bridgman of Norfolk named trustee of the Henry Whit Held house, filling a vacancy from Mrs. Cheney. Torrington reports the capture of a car thief in New York City, using the name Hobert G. Bushnell, arrested upon alighting from an vehicle in transit.
Miss Jennié Crocker heiress of 10 million dollars will marry Malcolm D. Whitman former national tennis champion of the United States in a July wedding. A summer home procession to the church is planned and guests begin arriving. Ambassador Reid and Mrs Reid have sent an elaborate aluminum dinner for several thousand dollars as part of a lavish reception.
A Devoe & Co advertisement mocks rival paints and promotes Devoe zinc white paint as cheaper, longer lasting, and needing fewer gallons. It cites Mr. Aaron Higgins of Plainfield who used 16 tons of mixed paint but switched to Devoe, buying 15 gallons and framing savings.
Chicago reports Mrs. Gertrude Atherton, author, declaring she will smoke when she wishes to protest prejudices against women smokers. She says she smokes at meals and sometimes last Monday night at Shore Country Club, arguing European women face no such scrutiny.
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