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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1915
Page
8
Instructional excerpt describes making a coffee substitute from common oatmeal mixed with water baked into a cake then ground to resemble coffee. It suggests using the ground chunks in a grinder as a coffee substitute, boiling briefly. Advises watering down hard water with washing soda or lye and notes Javelle water is for laundry. requests stamped envelopes for washing fluid.
Fragmented recipe notes describe Jackie Cookies with egg sugar butter and raisins, lemon and chocolate tapioca desserts, milk and minuté tapioca custard, unsweetened chocolate with fruit Panch, and a fruit punch syrup blending tea strawberry juice lemon and orange.
The illustration showcases a blue net gown named dragonfly with glittering blue sequins and winglike blue chiffon panels. It proves the favored silhouette features bold flaring skirts and a buoyant, subtler design appreciated by fashionables.
A collection of quips on aging, military service, and politics. The author laments postwar prospects, notes Wall Street cycles, and jokes about crops and insects while railing at government handling of the war and missing the chance for Mexican target practice.
Jane writes to Kate boasting of her latest title the best dressed girl at the hotel She recalls chic outing suits golf links afternoon gowns and weekly hops envy from onlookers She recalls visiting Rockwell’s store and a helpful saleslady that solved her dress problem.
The advertisement urges readers to prepare by purchasing a coat or suit for Decoration Day. It emphasizes taking action now and not delaying the purchase.
Miss Libbey counsels on trust and engagements in a 1913 column. She urges women to value punctuality, demand explanations, and drop faithless suitors for more reliable suitors, emphasizing self-respect and choice in matchmaking.
Miss Libbey answers readers questions in a short note column. Readers are instructed to provide correct name and address to ensure attention, and to write single sided letters on plain inked paper. Correspondence is addressed to Miss Libbey, 916 President Street, Brooklyn, New York.
A woman writes that she has been a sweetheart for two years and had two wedding dates. He postponed again and now she wonders whether to continue. Advice suggests dismissing him temporarily for three months, then reassessing marriage prospects.
A reader asks whether to wed or wait as her brothers oppose the engagement and her father ages. The columnist counsels patience, staying with her father a while longer, suggests a brother may wed to ease duties, and notes a dutiful daughter earns respect and a loving partner will defer to her choice.
Two nineteen year old girls write seeking guidance about sharing a single suitor who alternates dates with each. They emphasize their friendship and lack of quarrel while asking for advice on how to proceed.
A sixteen year old girl describes loss of her mother, family indifference to education, and false rumors from suitors. She asks for counsel to counter slander. The adviser urges avoiding melodrama, joining peers, reading uplifting books, and finding small joys to lift spirits until time eases the heart.
An 18 year old Harry Sprague employed at a Connecticut lunchroom on Congress Street received severe scalds to his right arm when a water pail slipped while lifting the coffee urn. He is confined to his home at 77 Parrott Avenue after treatment at the emergency hospital. The article also notes statistics on foreign built vessels admitted to American registry under the 1914 act, totaling 146 with gross tonnage 517,737.
The Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association reports on Helen Todd's California example and contrasts anti-suffrage views among Greeks. A Boston suffrage banquet drew 600 women and 100 men, while Massachusetts campaign plans rely on personal canvassing, signing pledges to vote yes, and targeting weak spots for speakers and organizers ahead of November.
Federal authorities issue a fraud order against the Central Neckwear House once at 491 Ogden Avenue. Baldwin, its head, is in custody awaiting trial in New Haven district court for fraudulent use of the mails. Funeral designs and John Reck 2 Son.
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