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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1916
Page
14
Alum and phosphate powders cost less than Royal Baking Powder, which is made from cream of tartar from grapes. Cheap powders vary in leavening power, risking wasted materials on failed cakes. Royal Baking Powder yields the finest foods, justifying its use and promotion by the Royal Baking Powder Co. New York.
King Frederick August III of Saxony, 51 tomorrow, ascended the throne in 1904 after divorcing Princess Louise of Tuscany. A noted critic of Prussia’s dominance, he has clashed with Emperor William during the war, while resisting calls for Rome’s intervention. He has three sons and three daughters. his eldest, Crown Prince Frederick, has served at the front.
May 24, 1883 marked the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, the first of Manhattan to Brooklyn structures. Once hailed as an engineering wonder, it now stands among five East River bridges. Construction began in 1870 and required 13 years before traffic began.
A personal shower for Miss Beatrice Fenton of 230 Smith Street, soon to wed Joseph Tickey of Adams Street, was hosted by friends at Miss Katherine Camellia’s home on Jones Avenue. Guests included Mrs. Bouneau, Mrs. McGrath, Sara Ennis, Jane McGrath, Elizabeth Savage, and others. Gifts were a surprise, with singing and dancing, luncheon served at 10:30.
The description notes six yards eight six inch taffeta and two yards forty inch taffeta for Bodine and Skit differ costumes. The underbody uses silk for sheen on chiffon and lace. One yard of taffeta suffices. construction involves closing shoulder and underarm seams and hemming the front and facing the neck. The lace overblouse requires closing underarm and shoulder seams.
Instructions describe gathering and attaching fabric edges, aligning perforations on front and back pieces, stitching underbody and shoulder seams, easing neck edge to fit, closing sleeve seams, and applying a narrow ribloon strip over gathers. It covers girdle plaiting, joining front and back girdle sections, and arranging on blouse with perforation alignment plus shoulder stitching. Fashion trims include braid and buttons for frocks.
A 1913 editorial stresses that a young man’s success with a chosen partner hinges on character and public reputation. It argues that a bad name sticks, complicating courtship, while reforming a proven scapegrace is nearly impossible. It warns fathers against permitting social lepers near daughters and urges prudent judgment in choosing a partner.
Miss Laura Jean Libbey answers reader letters in a Brooklyn notice. Instructions request correct name and address to ensure attention with initials printed. Personal letters cannot be answered and replies must be written on one side of paper with ink.
B. E. P. asks about an age gap of ten years with a 19 year old girl. He has dated six months and wants marriage while she asks him to wait until she is 23. He worries about giving expensive gifts and breaking his heart. The response urges patience and cautions against costly gifts.
A writer laments divorce and seeks a sincere life partner hoping for a pure sunny future. He invites opinions and expresses desire to meet others who have failed to find loving marriage, suggesting worthy individuals may find each other.
A 29 year old single man seeks guidance on meeting a suitable partner. He describes timidness in social settings and longing for a decent girl's company. He recalls two nearby girls and a Sunday school encounter, urged to attend gatherings, look pleasant, avoid flirting, and project steadiness to attract interest.
A fragmentary letter quotes "New broom sweeps clean" and discusses relationships with an escort, a former girlfriend, and a request for regaining friendship. The writer recalls alternating care and devotion, betrayal, and seeking a fresh start, implying a desire to move on from troubled ties.
A humorous verse about a boy Benny and his dollar watch that runs slow or fast. He tinkers with the back using a screwdriver and sewing machine oil to see why it misbehaves, hoping the clock shop man can fix it, and jokes about selling it cheaply.
Under Fairfield County Farm Bureau auspices a Farmers Field Meeting will be held at John T. Hunt's Ridgefield farm at 2 PM Saturday May 27. Attendees will view high producing cows, discuss dairying with Musser of the Agricultural College, and tour alfalfa, wheat and oats plots. Train riders will be met at Ridgefield and motorists urged to attend with neighbors.
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ills and infertility. A Worcester, Massachusetts testimonial from Mrs. Bert Garvey claims the remedy restored health and enabled her to bear a healthy baby boy after prior advice for an operation. The piece frames motherhood as a natural destiny denied by derangements and promises confidential advice.
A deep stock with flare top is daintily hemstitched and wired. Shirren into a graceful front is a square of georgette crape, picot edged. Worn with a dark shirt waist this fixing is most effective.
Waterbury May 24 B H Bristol owner of the building where Rev M J McGivney founder of the Knights of Columbus was born said negotiations are underway to sell the house. The NJ State convention urged the national body to purchase the birthplace despite a relocated site near Platts Mills. The home once stood in Hopeville then moved to Terrell property near Somecreek by the Naua Railroad. The Knights of Columbus, founded by Father McGivney in 1882, has grown into a major Catholic organization.
Cologne May 24. The Woman's Alliance of Cologne and thirty five allied groups petitioned the governor of the fortress to issue a decree forbidding high-heeled shoes short skirts and other apparel smuggled from war enemies or copied from foreign fashion. The petition says such clothing mocks patriotic sentiment and shows lack of patriotism amid suffering. It cites that pleas and cautions have failed and calls for action against these evils.
An essay weighing large versus small colleges. It argues large institutions offer better resources and salaries, attracting top faculty, yet provide less student contact. Small colleges offer intimate teaching, closer attention, and opportunities in non athletic pursuits.
The passage notes many shy boys with limited social, athletic, or scholastic prowess can be overwhelmed in big student bodies. They drift through routines, watch games from the stands, and primarily act as spectators. Smaller settings with closer contact to leaders may benefit them.
Billa Wheeler Wilcox pays tribute to her husband Robert M Wilcox who died on Monday. The poem speaks of destiny and karma guiding a man meant to add daily light to life for those who walk with him in sun or storm.
A collection of old kitchen notes detailing CORNER FOR COOKS recipes for lamb with peppers served on toast, NUT CAKES with walnuts and spices, LEMON DROP CAKES, orange sauce for venison or lamb, cheese sauce for pasta, STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE with berries, and remarks on a luncheon fruit salad with a bacon fat fried spinach and toe cakes method.
Instructions describe parsnips prepared in boiling salted water until tender, cooled, then halved and fried in butter until brown with a touch of sugar. Boiled parsnips combined with fritter batter and fried in deep fat is another favored preparation.
A quaint gown is described in black ninon reinforced with Diac taffeta. Five bouffant skirt flounces feature taffeta piping and shoulder strapping, with a simple waist and white georgette crops. A jeweled Russian cross serves as the sole trimming.
An extended guidance piece on courteous driving stresses sharing the road with pedestrians and other motorists. It urges leaving room at turns and when parked, avoiding safety zones, not cutting in front of streetcars, and considering pedestrians and children. It condemns speeding in cities and notes courtesy toward police and officials, with a note about the tax office hours through May 31.
A man named Muay Stick, 45, was run over by a trolley car on the Hartford Springfield line in Suffield. Car crew say he was lying on the track in the dark and the motorman did not see him. The medical examiner ruled the death accidental.
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