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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1913
Page
8
An old advertisement urges readers to carry a large fifty cent case of Pape's Diapepsin at home for quick relief from indigestion sour stomach gas and dyspepsia. It claims the medicine neutralizes acids eructations and undigested foods within moments once it contact the stomach.
In Newtown residents press for a morning commuter train from Bridgeport to Yankee Hook area and consider public support from local civic groups. The issue follows long-standing service cuts and a push by business leaders to restore convenient rail options for daily workers.
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Miss Hazel Sherwood visits friend Mrs. Martha L Andrews in Easton while Miss Mary Gillette returns to Suffield teaching duties after a visit with her parents. Agnes Gustavson stays with her parents. Arthur Sherwood and Henry Osterne finish eight weeks of jury duty in Deidreport. Mrs. Mart returns to Bridgeport after visiting friends. Yellow School pupils present an entertainment with songs recitations and papers on Lincoln Washington and Lowell under Miss Edith Logan. Visitors attend the program. Minnie Sherwood and Fates Geden visit Redding for Viola Sanford funeral with sorrowful family. Pastor of the Methodist church officiates at the Coppary bedside service.
Funeral services were held for Mrs Sanford at Congregational Church with the pastor officiating and Bedding Grange pallbearers attending. Surviving relatives include her husband three brothers and one sister and her parents Mr and Mrs Wood of West Redding. William H Lockwood’s funeral followed at his home with Rev Clark of the Baptist church officiating and burial in Union Cemetery.
Trumbull residents receive updates from the State Board of Education on designated candidates for state normal schools. Community events include basketball practice at Town Hall and a Christian Endeavor meeting supporting the State M C A. Local health notes mention Mrs. Ward and Mrs. French recovering. social visits noted in Waterbury and Port Chester. New Blau Gas plant in Congregational church operated Sunday night.
A vintage health note warns older people about constipation from a few bad days and promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle, natural aid. The ad claims no pain or cramping, suggests using olive oil with the tablets, and lists price points of 10 and 25 cents.
A Bridgeport auto show drew a throng at Park City Rink with high attendance over two evenings. Dealers reported strong sales especially for enclosed coupes and high powered roadsters, with Elm Auto leading in display and several models from Moon, Studebaker, Maxwell and Cadillac drawing crowd attention.
Donnie Kelly died last evening at his home on 158 Main Street after several weeks of illness. A longtime Bridgeport resident he was well known in the North End. He is survived by a wife and daughter.
The garment features a high waist with a closing using large pearl buttons that wrap around to the back panel of the skirt. The revers, collar, cuffs and buttonhole bindings are in rose cloth, with gold gauze ornamental buttons and loops and a black satin accessory.
The Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association outlines a March suffrage hearing before joint house and senate committees. Only Connecticut men and women will plead for votes for women, with ten to twelve women leaders and several male allies speaking on state constitution suffrage. Mes Mosc an Bennett of Hartford leads the speakers, among them Mrs Carlos P. Medcard Miss Bente Pierson Mrs Edward Pupritt and others.
The funeral for Mabel Pinetite Kippen was held this afternoon at 2:20 from 24 Fee Mon street with Rev. Henry D.B. Kelly officiating. Attendees included W. P. Pritem and James T. Titeretin, with burial at Mountain Grove Cemetery.
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