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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1912
Page
8
Fashion notes discuss waist belts for gowns, belt designs with buckles and front high points, and the use of satin or velvet, with embroidery and appliqué patterns. Recommendations emphasize harmony with gown style, modest touches, and practical finishing like bows and ties. The piece cites patterns, materials, and sewing skills, plus a brief note on a publication and a product reference.
The article discusses primitive cures and natural foods for health, praising greens like lettuce and tomatoes as medicine. It cites remedies such as lemon juice and watermelon for kidneys and liver, and mentions a reader with fecal impaction treated with a hospital nurse and a high enema, followed by diet to maintain bowels.
Household notes suggest rhubarb oxalic acid tones the system and onions supply sulfur rich oil. raisins soak to ease plumping and spinach is valued as a spring vegetable. Guidance covers storage, packing tissue use, boot care with olive oil, waxed paper for wrapping, and methods to keep foods fresh and clothes crease free.
Postoffice announces altered hours for Decoration Day with general delivery and stamp windows open 5 am to 12 noon and 6 pm to p m money order and registry 9 am to 12 noon carriers window 7 pm to 8 pm and one delivery leaving at 8 am Skeleton unearthed near Beachside Inn Greens Farms workers uncover a potentially Indian skeleton on Charles W Gordon estate and rebury it as a busy scene unfolds. a Chicago Record Herald quote notes a man supporting a family on 60 dollars monthly.
Meeting in the West Side at the Church of Christ on Maplewood and Iranistan avenues led Fifth district property owners to form the Fifth District Improvement or Protective Association. They will protest the Naugatuck Valley Ice and Coal Co plan to build a storage and distributing house at Norman Street and Linwood Avenue. Attorney Paul L. Miller and Alderman C. E. Williamson said public sentiment could influence the Building Commissioners hearing set for May 31. Harry W. Walker of the Ice Co said the project is a 30 ton ice storage and feeding site for horses, with no coal pockets planned, and the firm could not find a suitable nearby site.
An odd early 20th century ad extols TIZ foot baths with humorous Homeric praise for relief from corns bunions and sore feet. It weaves in Crater Lake Oregon as a grand natural backdrop and cites a publication on Crater Lake formation to boost credibility. Endorsed by readers and drug outlets with testimonials.
May Dalon O'Donnell vaudeville performer, estranged from her husband, allegedly struck him outside the county courthouse shouting Take that you dirty blackguard. He worked as an assistant engineer at M Y N H H Co power plant in Cos Cob. The pair, with two sisters and three sons present, resumed the divorce suit today amid claims of cruelty and neglect for the stage.
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs Charles H Poland in Seaview avenue for Mrs Henrietta Bull with Rev Father Erickson officiating. Interment followed at Mountain Grove cemetery as friends gathered around the bier with floral tributes. Meanwhile Lyman Merwin, a former Fairfield hotel keeper, died at Lakeview Home aged 87 after a long illness. He leaves a brother in Jennings Woods Fairfield. once prosperous, his fortunes declined after selling his hotel and his wife's death. Ladies of St Patrick's church hosted a pinochle and whist party in the new church Parlors last night to benefit the church fund, drawing about 50 tables of games and offering handsome prizes.
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