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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1916
Page
14
A humorous verse laments evolving footwear from merry widow hats and hobble skirts to bold boots. The speaker, in Albany’s Knickerbocker Press, notes boots in colors from bronze to green, sneaking into dreams as a wife’s purchase yields a mounting bill and a comic moral.
The will of Ferdinand Fotch piano dealer and music teacher at 844 Noble Avenue was admitted to probate yesterday by Judge Paul J. Mill ha. The estate totals about 9000 dollars with 3300 left to Lydia daughter and the remainder split among Fred J Minnie Meyer Charien and Lydia. Frederick Fotch Jr is named executor.
Orders for 35 million yards of khaki cloth have been placed in England by the Russian government. HB. H. Morgan United States Consul General at Hamburg was a caller at the state department.
Instructional notes describe a women’s dress set including a corset cover with lace and delicate embroidery. It covers fabric requirements for medium size, suggests using 36 inch material, edging, and insertion, and outlines piecing for back gore, front, and petticoat, with steps for seams, hems, and lap handling.
A 1912 McClure piece unpacks marital strain and female jealousy. It argues faithfulness matters, flighty husbands harm homes, and a virtuous wife should balance love with practicality while upholding honest principles.
Personal notice from Miss Laura Jean Libbey Brooklyn about replying to letters. Correct name and address required for future attention. Initials printed and letters must be on one side of paper only. Personal letters cannot be answered.
Letter from a rural 18 year old girl describes a young man who works long hours and cannot visit after 8:30 p m He passes by at night without stopping yet sends occasional notes and a friendly bow The writer asks if he truly cares and whether future changes may allow visits and a better position.
A boy seeks guidance on whether his two younger sisters may camp with friends and their beaux this fall. The reader advocates a respectable chaperone aged about thirty to guide the trip and delay courting until the girls return home.
A letter-voice narrator, a twenty year old girl, says she could love a true partner and values honest work. She notes she is passably attractive and open to a stable marriage, seeking recognition of effort and mutual support.
A group including Ed Wernick Sid Hunt and Puds Simkins raid a grocery store sample plate at Coons to taste multiple chocolates and plan repeat visits. Mr. Coons admonishes the youths and hides the plate as they leave, some suggesting they try to buy items like buzzin mushrooms.
War Office commandeers the National Liberal Club and the Constitutional Club in London for war administration. Located near the War Office and Ministry of Munitions, they join clubs whose wartime member losses affect only a few older members. Charles W. Westbury elected president of the American Association of Travelling Passenger Agents in Philadelphia. Luxemberg Cabinet reportedly ready to resign after an unfavourable legislative measure.
Mrs W C Brown of Cleveland Ohio recounts four weeks in a hospital for lower body pain and fainting. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with substantial relief and urges others to seek the remedy at local drugstores. She invites readers to write for confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
A read through a period cooking page offering recipes such as Corn Soup with milk and herbs, Brown Sugar Drop Cakes, Cookies with sour milk and nuts, Walnut Kisses with vanilla and egg white, Oatmeal Bread for children, Peach Fritters with wine sauce, and a Chicken Pie with salt pork and gravy baked in a crust.
Mrs M Toscan Bennett treasurer of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage association will address the Bridgeport Philosophical Society on Woman's Place In Politics. She is active in suffrage work and labor questions and helped organize efforts for an eight hour day for women and minors. Chairman Ernest Berger will preside.
Rome reports rising living costs as war winter nears. Freight rates keep staples costly with sugar at 20 cents per pound and coffee 50 to 70 cents. Coal has jumped from 10 to 50 dollars per ton, with Italy aiming to import large quantities from England and the United States for industrial use.
Marie of Bourbon Naples widow of Francis II and exiled queen, lived in Neuilly near Paris in a palace once called the Palace of Naples. Born October 4 1841 in Munich to Duke Maximilian, sister Elizabeth wed Emperor Franz Joseph. Her life spanned royal ascents, revolts, exile to Gaeta Rome and finally Paris after 1894.
Mrs W K Norton will address a People’s church gathering on Wednesday the 4th at 745 p m. She spent seven years in India as a missionary of Christ and speaks with devoted zeal. Miss Mary S Clark hosts the event which is open to all and will include a collection.
Reports include Mrs Benjamin Powell improving after knee injury, visits from Mrs Dora Hyde and Miss Nellie Osborn, Frank Perkins returning from Newtown, church cleaning and stump removal at the 6 Methodist church, guests from Michigan and New Haven, Grange fair attendance, visits by Oscar Plump Beatrice Plumb and others, and infra work for a milk producer's cow barn.
Mrs Charlies Fitzroy and daughter from Bridgeport visit Mrs Fitzroys sister Mrs Charles N Evitts. Miss Cora E Beach with several companions depart for Springfield Mass. Dorothy B visiting grandparents in Norwalk. Huntington residents visit Charles Evitts and family. Local carpenters at work for Mr Whitney. Beach families host Mary Beach and others. Fire at Morris Co packing plant Omaha destroys building. $75000 loss. Four injured in Yonkers head on collision between autos.
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