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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1916
Page
14
A 1913 McClure essay warns against rushed marriages and teaches practical home skills. It argues many youths marry young with little means and knowledge, leading to hardship, while stresses the value of thrift, cooking, sewing, and self‑reliance for a stable home life. It urges preparing women for homemaking and cautioning men about supporting a wife.
Decoration Day is near and Caesar Mischs offers deep price cuts across many goods. Cheerful Credit Corner invites shoppers to buy now with the usual easy plan of one dollar a week, no money down. Memorial Day flowers are advertised by John Reck & Son.
Fashion item describing a two frock design in blue batiste for summer wear. Details include surplice front, V-neck, gathered waist, possible side abirred skirt, and instructions for front and back perforations, yoke, and sleeve assembly. Alternate neck frill may be embroidered muslin. Sizes 34 to 44, price 15, prepared by The Pictorial Review.
Miss Libbey replies to letters with corrected name and address for attention. Initias printed. Write short letters on one side of paper only in ink. Personal letters cannot be answered. Address Miss Ura Jean Libbey No. 916 President St Brooklyn NY.
A letter writer asks how to regain a boyfriend’s friendship after jealousy over another young man at a show. The response urges offering no reasons, avoiding talks with other men, and showing less interest to prompt his return, warning that jealousy is natural and should be tempered by restraint.
A letter recounts disappointment with a once trusted young man. The writer notes intermittent contact, a borrowed book given during illness, broken appointments, and unreturned favors, urging self-respect and moving on to a better, truer friendship. The tone counsels forgetting the deceit and seeking new trustworthy companionship.
A reader letter from a thoughtful 18 plus young man asks how to properly meet and court a well mannered, affable young lady. He emphasizes seriousness and respect in pursuit of a suitable match.
The note advises you to seek a respectful approach to meeting her, emphasizing tact and observing social cues. It suggests asking friends for introductions only with her comfort in mind and to rely on courteous references rather than pushy or invasive tactics.
A reader asks if a girl over 17 may visit a boyfriend’s parents before engagement. Guidance suggests letters of invitation or waiting until they know each other better, noting many slip ups occur between courting and in laws.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw wed Virgil James Montani known as Jack Clifford in Ellicott City Maryland on a Wednesday afternoon. The ceremony followed a swift license process after their Baltimore arrival. Clifford, a former jockey and cowboy, vowed to share happiness with Thaw while planning a Adirondack camp retreat. Next fall theater signs will advertise Evelyn Nesbit and Jack Clifford.
A newly formed women’s club by Remington Arms Works female staff names Miss H Walsh as president and Mrs an as treasurer. An informal dance is planned for June 2 at Slocum’s Hall to inaugurate the club, with anticipation among workers about invitations. The dance committee includes Misses M Dunn BE Morehouse M Meyer J Hall M O’Brien and K Kelbe.
Features a one piece dress for young girls in king's blue linen chambray cotton gabardine or Madras. It has a pointed yoke belt inturning pleats white braid trimming cuffs and collar silk lacing and a red chevron to match a candy hair ribbon.
Hens in the Storrs laying contest produced 4533 eggs in week 29, 200 fewer than last week but 420 more than the same week last May. Albert T. Lenzen’s North Attleboro pen led with 59 eggs, with Deming of Winsted and Laurel Hill Farm of Bridgeport tied for second at 58. Several pens tied for third with 57, while broody hens reduced totals in several Rhode Island Reds pens. The report notes Sussex and other breeds, plus a new bulletin from Storrs on lice and mites and pest control for flocks.
Poem extols the sky and open range with rolling hills and verdant sod. It celebrates prairie solitude, dawn light, dew on grass, and distant water holes. The speaker yearns for trail, herd, dust, and night watch, contrasting harsh work with the luxury of desk and office chair. Published in the Springfield Republican.
A collection of vintage kitchen notes describing German style fried potatoes with cheese and flour cream sauce, mashed potatoes with butter and cream, Chinese fondue with bread crumbs and cheese, pork scallops baked with onion, a strawberry whip custard in custard glasses, and a Minnehaha Cake recipe with butter sugar and eggs.
A vintage kitchen note describes making Maple Cream Fudge and a Maple syrup fudge. It lists ingredients including vanilla and lemon extract, sugar, cornstarch, boiling water, raisins, walnuts, maple syrup, light brown sugar, and sour cream. The method mentions boiling, cooling, and a fork test, with nuts as a suggested addition.
Weather continues changeable with moisture needed. Local chatter covers race mishaps and petty gossip about Miss Gertrud Simons birthday party and Miss Maud Jonson. Japan plans to send officials to study markets in the United States and other regions for wartime and postwar trade.
A testimonial from Anamosa Iowa shows a woman with displacement and general fatigue improving after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Her sister’s illness led to trying the remedy and within two bottles the headaches and back pain diminished, with continued relief reported.
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