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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1916
Page
18
Edge for shoppers tomorrow at 1106 Main Street where LOM s Wholesale and Retail Leading Milliners touts deep discounts on hats veils and gowns. Many velvet and silk hats priced well below typical costs plus assortments in white and colored crush felt lingeries muslins petticoats and raincoats with marks from 38c to $9.98 and up.
Milwaukee dispatch reports Vice President Marshall warning that a Republican victory this fall could lead to war. He argued the party would not pursue conflict and defended the Adamson eight hour law and tariff stance. The note follows a multi-item column including charity receipts and a Panama deportation case.
Old culinary notes describe how to prepare a sage sausage with boiled eggs and herbs. The text shifts to Plimsoll’s sea mark and the push for safe merchant shipping, citing Samuel Plimsoll and the Merchant Shipping Act of 1876. Anecdotes about Hetty Green and a cautionary piece on imperfect husbands close the excerpt.
London October 5 Professor Keith told the British Association that the national type is growing thinner. He noted a leaner English face and warned that future English faces may resemble lean colonial soldiers rather than bluff John Bulls. He cited City men farmers and retired officers as examples of thinning figures across society.
A Bridgeport resident Frederick cites nervous indigestion relief after using Lax-a-Tone. He, aged 63 and well known in Bridgeport and Stratford, endorses the remedy based on three bottles. Hartigan's Drug Stores at 81 Fairfield Avenue and Main and Congress streets sell the product.
The Manila municipal board, with one American and four Filipinos, voted to establish a city golf course on filled bay front ground. It will be open to the public, reflecting growing outdoor activity among Filipinos since American occupation, though golf is still new to them.
Providence Oct 6 James O'Brien a jewelry store messenger boy held since last summer on a murder charge was freed after the grand jury reported no indictment. Miss Beatrice Walter was shot July 7 near Fort Independence while walking with him and her father learned of the shooting later that night.
Mr and Mrs Ralph M Sperry of 951 Park avenue stay at the Hotel Aspinwall Lenox while Mrs Sperry recovers from a serious illness and plan motor trips through the Berkshires. George Brett Jr has returned to McAllen Texas to rejoin Squadron A of the National Guard of New York after two months with his parents on sick leave. Miss Helen Hayes of Fairfield will marry John Buckingham of Southport Oct 24 and Miss Dorothy Lauder hosted a miscellaneous shower today. Mrs Buckingham will host a luncheon for Miss Hayes next week. Richard Gordon, star of The Flame in New York, was a Sunday guest of Mr and Mrs John G Gerbich at 718 Lafayette Street, with several Porters from Bridgeport having seen his performance.
In Hanover New Hampshire today Ernest Martin Hopkins began his tenure as president of Dartmouth College with ceremonies led by Craven Laycock dean of the faculty. The procession moved from Rollins chapel to Webster hall for the inaugural exercises followed by a luncheon led by Frank S Straeter president of the board of trustees.
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