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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1916
Page
5
A reflective piece argues that moodiness and blues are common among women in various life situations from healthy girls to wives and workers. It urges gratitude, cheerfulness, and resilience, noting how cheerfulness supports home life, work, and personal dignity despite hardships.
A quirky local page mixes a backyard boxing bout with multiple oddball notes and comical observations. It mentions Skinny Martin, Puds Simkins, and Reddy Merry amid humorous asides about glasses wearing kids, stray ads, and silly facts. The item blends sports-ish antics with light community gossip and a Flowers for Mother's Day promo.
Detailed sewing steps describe front edge gathering, underarm and shoulder seam construction, stay adjustments, and sleeve joinery. It covers placement of gathers, perforation guides, cuff assembly, armhole sewing, plaited skirt modifications, trimming with smacking, shirring options, and hem turning. Includes size range 34 to 44 inch bust and price of 15 cents.
Miss Libbey replies to reader letters with instructions on how to submit inquiries. The notice requests correct name and address for attention, initials printed, and that letters be written on one side with ink. Personal letters will not be answered.
B H J and M white recount a shared engagement to the same man. They discuss handling jealousy, unequal gifts, and the need to reveal intentions by gathering together and choosing the right partner. The piece advises against accepting presents before formal engagement to avoid breach of promise.
A reader asks if a bashful bachelor she has dated for months truly cares for her. He attends church with her, treats her well, sends loving cards, and avoids other women, but avoids expressing heartfelt sentiment. She wonders about future compatibility and timing.
E writes that it is important to know soon what is given for the fourth wedding anniversary and urges a prompt reply. The entry notes that the fourth anniversary gifts are fruits and flowers.
Cooking guide fragment presents multiple recipes and methods. Includes onion and green pepper with butter, tomatoes olives and noodles with steak. brown sugar pie with sour cream and jam. fruit jelly with gelatine pineapple and citrus. crullers fried dough. Hamburg steak with onion and crackers. corn boats with potato shells and white sauce. lima bean cutlets with beans parsley egg and butter. receita style notes on quantities and steps scattered through text.
Shape cutlets by forming, rolling in crumbs, dipping in beaten egg with water, rerolling in crumbs, resting hours, then frying. Orange bread pudding uses stale crumbs soaked with water, sugar, orange juice, lemon juice, eggs, butter and salt, baked until firm, topped with meringue and browned.
Mustard colored pussy willow taffeta lined with white silk showcases an evening wrap designed to replace winter furs. Chic ruches of taffeta plaited are bordered with black velvet ribbon and a wider bow. The design may be reproduced in any suitable material.
The piece, attributed to Harold P. Rice Pulsifer in the Outlook, rails against national self contentment and calls readers to awaken. It evokes dead leaders and historic figures while mentioning American marines landing at San Domingo, framing a charged wartime sentiment.
War pressures push raw silk to 10 dollars a pound by late summer while dye shortages and limited supply curb imports. Italian and French silk industries crumble, leaving American consumers paying 1.35 for 1 items and higher for others. Silk worms suffer, jumping from skin as demand soars, and long-term relief hinges on postwar European upheaval.
A 12 pound baby boy arrived Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Herman Tober of 51 McKinley Avenue. Mother and son are reported thriving. Carlos P. Heine, assistant cashier in the finance department at the local post office, is spending a four day vacation on his farm in Black Rock.
The ad recalls grandmothers gathering roots and herbs for family cures and notes how modern granddaughters use ready made extracts from common druggists. It highlights Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a favored remedy for women’s ailments.
A historical jumble of public health maxims on hygiene and sanitation, home health guidance, and warnings about leprosy. It references the U S Public Health Service distributing hygiene materials, the belief isolation halts leprosy, and notes on headaches as body warnings. Also mentions a proposed general strike and wage notices from H C Frick Coke Co to miners and coke workers.
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