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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1917
Page
11
A May 24 1911 editorial analyzes the city manager and commission plan. It discusses centralization versus checks through initiative referendum and recall, comparing to New England town meetings and evaluating petition requirements and practical obstacles.
Red J Miller, general manager of a major American typewriter firm including Bridgeport works, speaks on Scientific Management. He cites a factory where costs fell 19 percent while wages rose 24 percent, arguing administration must be just and include workers' viewpoints. Benefits reach workers, employers, and consumers.
The Farmer condemns a March law banning liquor ads in dry towns and pledges no special editions. It argues liquor advertising is legal and taxed, opposes censorship, and states it will continue to publish ads while the liquor trade exists.
Boston report shows State Treasurer Charles L. Burrill proposing that graduating classes give a $50 Liberty bond to replace pictures or statuary. Bonds would be hung on school walls as display. Also noted is a local fine of $25 for a jitney driver who passed a trolley car on State Street.
American navy engineers arrived in England and met with War Office officials after visiting Ambassador Page. Luncheon hosted by Earl of Derby. Additional officers and hospital units arrived, with nurses from Cleveland and Harvard units in blue uniforms and Red Cross armbands. Over 1,000 American soldiers now in Great Britain.
Guidance on avoiding empty preserving jars, securing cans and jars, and using tight sealing containers. Recommends concentrating foods to maximize content per jar, cork or paraffin sealed jams and jellies, and drying beans for winter. Advises drying or storing produce like cabbage potatoes and root crops for winter without canning.
A concise history notes hats from fur hoods to modern headgear. It traces early origins in Phrygia and Rome, English manufacturing from 1510, Elizabethan shift to felt hats, Kosciuszko’s influence in the U S, palm leaf straw hats around 1800, and colonial Virginia tobacco rewards for full wool or fur hats.
Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, England’s leading dramatist, was born sixty two years ago. The London born writer began in law, joined Theatre Royal Edinburgh, then Globe Theatre London, and soon rose to fame with hits like The Gay Lord Quex and The Second Mrs Tanqueray. He later joined Henry Irving’s company and eventually authored many noted plays. Pinero was knighted in recognition of his prominence in English theatre. His favorite work remains his first play Two Hundred Pounds a Year.
Louis Richards a creditor petitions probate court for administration of Giovanni Gozzi s estate. The estate is valued at 115 dollars and police have no clue to the murderer. Melville Hobson of 45 Winter street and Miss Genevieve McKeon daughter of John McKeon of 160 Hurd avenue were married this city.
The Read House advertises a May Sale with glassware bowls, water goblets, and etched designs at $1 per dozen. It promotes summer dining room items, household goods, kitchen soaps, powders, polishing agents, hats, collars, and books, with discounts across floors and limited quantities.
Glove notes advertise Kayser Chamoisette gloves described as leather like yet washable linen in white, priced near $1.00. Glass shades for electric chandeliers with side brackets and cluster lights show white frosted glass designs priced 25 to 75 cents.
An advertisement promotes Silver Tint as a hair color enhancer that provides a fine lustre and the right silver color selling for $1.00 a bottle. Sempre Giovine toilet cream in cake form praised for wind burn and dry skin, offered in the toilet section on the main floor for 39 cents.
The ceremony, a nuptial mass at St Patrick's Church, was led by Rev John Lynch. Bride wore champagne broadcloth. bridesmaid Miss Mary McKeon wore magenta gaberdine. Carl Helbig served as groomsman. couple honeymooned and will reside on Winter Street. Army recruitment reached 1,542, with 79,920 of 183,899 needed to full strength.
Fire of unexplained origin caused slight damage to the latter hold of the seized German steamer Ockenfels at a East Boston dock early today. Vernon Harrs a time keeper aboard tried to extinguish the flames. The Norwegian Foreign Office reports the sinking by a German submarine of the Norwegian Ashiid and that part of the crew is missing.
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