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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1916

Page

14

Cocoa butter content in chocolate percentages

The note states that second place contains exactly 24 percent cocoa butter and warns that chocolate with as much as 28 percent cocoa butter is too tight and indigestible.

Texan play draws crowds at Lyric Theatre

Amusements notice highlights the comedy drama Texan at the Lyric Theatre. It praises Texas West and Oklahoma roles by Louis Thiel and Jane Wett, hailing the production for thrills laughter and wholesome appeal to women and children.

Texas Lyric Theatre Wesk Texas West Lone Star State Louis Thiel Oklahoma Jane Wett

Polls vaudeville program showcases stars and novelty acts

The program features William Farnum in The Fires of Con, a lauded Headliner piece, plus Pathe News reels with world views. Patenteer & Robinson perform a sharp blackface routine, Frank Hartley delivers comedy thrills, and The Great Howard entertains with ventriloquism.

Iimner Willam Farnum Pathe News Tpetenterse & Robinson Oddity Frank Hartley Howard

Plaza vaudeville bill offers mixed acts with musical highlights

It was a working show at the Plaza with Halla Musical Minstrels delivering tight music and singing. Mumford and Thompson sparked laughs with brief sketches while Valyda and the Two Brazilian Nuts drew ovations in a lively fantasy. The Hennings opened with juggling feats and The Jungle Child with Dorothy Dalton and Howard Hickman held interest across five reels. She Loved a Tailor provided strong laughs as two thousand carriers went on strike.

Plaza Halla Musical Minstrels Mumford and Thompson Valyda Hennings Dorothy Dalton Howard Hickman Harry McCoy

New York Dems Predict Wilson Victory in Empire State

Democratic leaders in New York forecast Woodrow Wilson winning the state by a wide margin with strong cross party support. Plans for an energetic campaign include cooperation between the DNC and state and city committees, highlighting a shift toward Wilson among farmers and industrial workers.

Woodrow Wilson New York Hughes Empire State Democratic National Committee New York City Avoi Wilson Vance C. McCormick Edwin S. Harris Democratic State Committee Upstate Harris McCormick New York State Seabury McCombs Bacon Repubican Whitman General Electric Company Schenectady Erie County Buffalo

Obituary notices for Johnson Bennison Bray Rosenfield

An obituary summary notes Louis Johnson eight months died after pneumonia at home on Bunnell street. Robert Bennison four day old son of William T and Ida Bennison died at 2 Palisade avenue. burial at Park Cemetery. Vera Bray 17 year old daughter of Edwin and Olive Bray died, service at 690 William street conducted by Rev Loomis. burial at Lakeview Cemetery. Dora Rosenfield widow of Samuel F Rosenfield died at 661 Broad street aged 80.

William Francis Crudginton William Francis Cridginton Deaco Street East Bridgeport Mr. Crudginton England St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Frances Lillian Crudginton James Crudginton Louis Johnson Louis Louis A. Johnson Bunnell Street Robert W. Bennison Robert W William T Ida Bennison Palisade Avenue Park Cemetery Vera M. Bray Edwin and Olive M. Bray William Street Mr. Loomis New Haven Lake I View Dora Rosenfield Samuel F. Rosenfield Broad Street

New Canaan and Nearby Towns Vote on Licenses in Local Elections

Across New Canaan Redding Brookfield Monroe Wilton Ridgefield Stratford Darien New Fairfield Easton Newtown Trumbull and Easton voters weighed liquor licenses and party registrars. Totals show mixed outcomes with towns voting for or against licenses and reporting Republican and Democratic registrar tallies.

New Canaan Rodney Light Louis B. Sutton Redding H. Sanford Osborn Walter H. Perry M. Joseph Sullivan Brookfield William B. Roe J. H. Peck John Elmer Jackson Herbert A. Barrett Sherman Moreland Ridgefield Orrill W. Holmes Howard Hibbard Benjamin F. Crouchley Stratford James Lally John J. Williams Fred W. Nettleton Darien George M. W. Schlichtsing Hiram B. Taylor W. R. Pookey Ammi D. Giddings John N. Blantin David H. Barlow New Fairfield Marshall Treadwell M. H. Disbrow L. Knapp Easton Wakeman B. Wheeler Edward P. Mills Edward 8. Williams Newtown William B. Glover Newton M. Curtis B. D. Briscoe Trumbull

Doors Open At 7 Sharp For Event

Referee Joe Terry Lee presides as doors open at seven oclock sharp with announcer Frank Braithwaite and timer Al Burdick handling the timing duties.

Joe Terry Lee Frank Braithwaite al Burdick

Bradbury Centenary Highlighted By Old Singing Traditions

The column celebrates William Batchelder Bradbury born October 6 1816 in York Maine and died 1868 Montclair New Jersey praising his hymnody and school music works with millions of copies sold. It recalls his early music study in Boston London Berlin and New York and notes his popular child solo concerts and teaching.

William Batchelder Bradbury McGuffey Bradbury York Maine Montclair N. J Boston London Berlin America New York Brooklyn Golden Chain Laurels

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