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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1914
Page
8
A vintage style beauty column offers tips for keeping hands soft and nails well groomed. Advice includes regular gentle care, using a flesh brush, pruning rough skin, avoiding tight accessories, and keeping hands warm to maintain a pretty, cared-for appearance.
A scrambled OCR fragment references a tragedy at Portid and a poet reacting to events, with stray phrases about a bond market and a counterpart. The readable text hints at a chaotic scene mixing tragedy, poetry, and economic tension without clear details or dates.
A fragment from the Washington Stag shows an old-timer refusing to engage a man’s arguments about ongoing dispute. He says interest in the monologue will die and he will not help turn the controversy.
A damaged Baltimore American fragment references a leading figure and past events. The legible text hints at a discussion or reminiscence involving John Reck and a window or wartime topic, but key facts remain unclear.
Fashion page presents a silk taffeta dress design copying a French pattern. It details fabric needs, trims, sizes, and sewing steps for a white satin blouse and matching girdle with lace, buttons, and belt, plus construction notes and alterations.
The column offers letters and advice on romance and home life with wartime flavor. It features young women asking about love letters, staying faithful, and managing jealous partners while soldiers away, plus a widow seeking guidance on a roving husband and a teen contemplating relationships.
A girl Julia and brother Earnest discover their calf Star, a white spotted calf with brown eyes, whom they teach to follow and share breakfast. Star protects them and the children enjoy days feeding and bonding, until Julia wanders off and finds them asleep together in the woods as a humorous pillow moment.
A Washington Star quotation questions the scope of the committee on foreign relations and notes that its duty may include tracking marriages of wealthy girls, implying a perceived link between social alliances and diplomacy.
A fragmentary court transcript clue mentions Mrs Willings and a man named Moneybags. The speaker jokes about a marriage age given as 25 and whether she lied for money. The text also notes vases and window boxes filled, and references John Reckson in a curt, conversational tone.
A wartime public health note warns that measles affect many children, with coughs, sneezing, watery eyes, and a feverish head cold onset followed by a facial rash. It emphasizes protecting delicate or lung-prone children from exposure.
A historical column marks Fraser River pioneer John Fraser, the first white man to navigate the Fraser and establish a settlement, alongside Sidney Howard Gay’s 100th birth anniversary. It recalls Gay’s abolitionist and editorial career, and notes Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman’s ascent to Cornell University presidency and his Canadian roots.
Bridgeport based Publicity Glub elects W Boney Ketcham of the Scare Co as president and F Guineey of Bridgeport Brass Co as treasurer. By bylaws revision three committees remain Truth Seal Protective and membership, with a streamlined executive setup and an emphasis on promoting Truth Seal usage in ads and across papers. The club moves meetings to the last Wednesday and urges members to organize weekly copy campaigns to strengthen Bridgeport advertising standards.
An advertisement extols painless dental work using nitrous oxide and oxygen with brand names like EZO and Doze-a-While. It criticizes novices and touts a high quality setup, urging patients to trust experienced dentists over unaffiliated operators. The copy hints at aggressive marketing and questions about safety.
Fragmentary OCR mentions a health treatment month at the Meigs Building and Dr Dow BR Beelx. Details are unclear but reference to a medical event or notice appears. Further context needed to identify exact names, dates, or actions.
Members vow to unite and strengthen efforts for advertising goals. The retiring official urges total commitment and collective support to achieve success and create a lasting mark in advertising history with the motto Truth in Advertising.
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