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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1913
Page
7
A large assortment of suits in blues, rays, checks, and mixtures is shown. Fabrics include fashionably soft materials and firm worsteds plus cassimeres. Other suits are priced from ten to twenty five dollars, with various colors and patterns on display.
Anamml meeting of General Silliman Steech outlines Line Officers for the season. President Tracy Warren and secretary Bretertee AL Doolittie lead a list of officers. a separate gathering names Mrs Jonathan Cot-Srey and others as officers. Reports mention tariff views by Coner Loneragh and fraternal orders planning recruitment and improved standing led by Grand Warden W G Coxeter and others at the Atlantic Date stout.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions May wire updates from the census bureau and cotton stock in April with bale counts and imports. Also references to a race, livestock, and local trades with names like LYFORD BROS and Stanny. Content is garbled and inconsistent.
A 1920s style appeal urges women to stop abusing their bodies and start daily routines for health and complexion. It recommends morning market walks, a short nap, light meals, and gentle skin care, arguing that consistent small acts restore vigor and hide aging signs.
Four male singers from Bridgeport join the Campus Cops in The College Hero. A studio portrait shows Kohn T L Hubbard Halsey R Pabrick Clarence Hall Louis Ginand. Plot follows Senator Fiske escorting his wayward son as campus cops assist, with rehearsals at Masonic Hall and tickets available at Park Theatre.
Capacity crowds prepare to welcome Thomas Megan Irish tenor in a sacred concert at Park Theatre in Bridgeport on Sunday evening under St Patrick's Church Holy Name Society. Egan, making his second appearance in Evnnceticur, will be accompanied by vocal and instrumental artists. The program promises grand opera selections and old Irish songs, with tickets sold through Holy Name Society members.
The piece notes society attendance reaching a capacity audience as tickets are sold in advance. It mentions Peeley’s in the Post Office Arcade, Consoli dated Piano Co, and the theatre as outlets for the items, implying strong demand.
Montclair N J May 15 The Unity Church annual session voted unanimously to have the pastor Rev Holkar Wiers require a medical certificate of good health from all persons seeking to be married in the church. The move follows a prior declaration by Rev Henry E Jackson of the Christian Union Congregational Church that he would perform no marriages without a groom’s health certificate.
A truncated classified-style notice markets scalp treatment by a specialist at 412 Security Building and 1425 Main Street. The ad lists a contact phone number and references oiling and maintaining hair care. The text is fragmented but identifies a hair treatment service and location in Sherwood.
Miss Martha Hurd appears this week in the Old Home Week vaudeville at the Park theatre playing Princess Panay with the giant actor. Yesterday's matinee and last night drew large crowds for Jack the Giant Killer staged by Captain Auger with Ernest Rommel as Jack. The act, one of vaudeville's highest paid, draws women and children to matinees. Bridgeport townsfolk applaud the giant returning to help Old Home Week. The Ceballos siblings, Mona Desmond, Theo Were Babenck Co., The Three Who Fans, Sara and Jane Le Baron also scored big with the largest audience of the week. Red Men night, a Saturday souvenir matinee, and popular Old Home Week prices mark the attractions in Bridgeport.
Poli's Theatre presents a new vaudeville bill headlined by High Life in Jail with W. Mack known for his singing and humor. Aubrey Pringle Violet Alleng Co plus The Tishors Ida Shes J. J. Duffy and Almond and Ia Salle perform variety acts. Debutiful new talking pictures and photo-plays will be shown today and through the week.
The Plaza presses praise for the Poli Players stock production of The Man From Home with endorsements from Daily papers and critics. Paul McAllister draws comparison to William Hodge, while The Telegram and The Farmer converge on high praise. The venue touts strong stage management and a clean, homelike appearance. Daily matinees feature ten and twenty cent seating, evening prices modest, and next week debut of A Butterfly on the Wheel with souvenir albums for ladies.
At the Connecticut Master Plumbers Association 23rd annual convention held here yesterday officers were elected President W Day New Haven. Vice presidents Daly Waterbury Rock Bridgeport. Financial secretary George Bull Hartford. Recording secretary F M Coleman New Haven. Treasurer John Troland Norwich. Delegates to national convention AE Welant New Britain and A Herman New Haven.
Miss Cleveland and associates open the week at the Lyric with a melodramatic Playlet “A Close Call” set in a West Side fiance hall attic. The cast includes Harrington and Lewis with a strong supporting lineup, plus the American Comedy Four and Three Stadospe. a Kinema color reel “Keeping Up With Father” and Pathe Weekly program follow, while a Nathan Hale film strengthens the matinee bill.
The annual meeting of the Hom Pulssent Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of Connecticut was held yesterday in New Haven. Officers seated included Burton F. Strickland of New Haven as M. P. GM and WC Twomblay of East Norwalk as BD. W 0. Shirty of Hartford as TL GM, Isiah Baker Sr. of Hartford as grand treasurer, James McCormick of Hartford as grand recorder, and others.
The article notes F N Sunderland of Danbury as retiring Grand Master honored with a past-master's jewel. It mentions upcoming grand cabinets meeting to be held in Hartford and lists several officials including Brend, F. Wardekisn, Dantuiry, George, Lsumia, and Hart ford. The remainder discusses fringe fashion and attire details.
The readable text shows a discussion of attire details and facial expressions in a seated figure, mentioning drapery and ties. Names or clear events are not present to identify a person, place, or organization.
A garbled extract shows Johnson submitting an annual report with figures including a listed total of 99,680.70 and hospital related costs. The text references supervision, benevolent ministries, and efforts for better facilities, but details are obscured by OCR errors and unclear sentence structure.
A damaged market brief mentions New York, beer, prices, and titles with illegible phrases. It references muted movements and unclear equities, with fragmented names and dates unreadable.
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