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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1916
Page
4
The Houston Post shares a playful verse about city girls returning from country summers, and country boys with broken hearts. It blends nostalgia and humor as the speaker recalls both city glamour and country charm, noting how summer romances unfold under the ideas of class, boards, and hired hands.
Women share experiences after suffering, reporting relief from female ailments. Letters describe recovery and urge others to seek guidance, presented as helpful testimonies for readers. Also note arrival of Dutch and French bulbs from John Reck & Son.
Boston suffragist Elizabeth Glendower Evans, founder of the Massachusetts Commission on wages, declares strong support for Woodrow Wilson's re election. She praises his record, urges progressives to favor his leadership, and warns against unsubstantiated claims that Hughes would pass the Susan B Anthony Amendment. Evans argues universal suffrage comes faster through a federal amendment, not state action.
The article details jabot and collar, vestee and two cuff sets designed to smarten tailored dresses. It notes fabrics such as chiffon cloth, estepe, faille, satin, brocade, organdy, and silk. provides cutting guides, placement on lengthwise folds, and optional decorations like hemstitching, picoting, buttons, or braid.
Laura Libby discusses romance in small towns, noting how new visitors spark quick infatuation and how long standing friendship sustains affection. She argues for steady acquaintance over mushroom growth and urges readers to write thoughtful notes to correspondents. Also answers readers' questions on love letters and postage stamps.
John Armstrong Chanler born in New York fifty four years ago is described as a major fixture of high society and a literary figure. Once declared insane, he fled Bloomingdale to Virginia, later returning as Chaloner. He married Amelie Rives, divorced in 1895, and published works including Hell Scorpio and sharp attacks on New York’s rich. His brother Sheriff Bob Chanler married Lina Cavalieri then divorced.
The Oblate Fathers based in Lowell Massachusetts will open a two week mission at Sacred Heart Church with a 10 30 Sunday service on October 15. Three members will conduct the event with women attending the first week and men the second. Mass times for winter remain 7 8 9 and 10 30 with a high mass closing.
Berlin on October 10 reports Carl Clewing of the Royal Theatre, now at the front, has received his fifteenth Iron Cross decoration making him one of Germanys most decorated actors. Only Ludwig Barnay and Sigmund Lautenburg are said to surpass him with more than fifteen orders. Most honors are for his trionic art rather than military valor.
Soak bread crumbs in milk for lemon crumb pie then mix with butter sugar yolks lemon juice and rind bake in crust. Beat eggs with banana pulp and hot milk to form custard bake with meringue topping. Pepper and celery salad uses chopped celery and peppers dressed with mayonnaise and served in shells.
A collection of vintage kitchen directions covers banana preparation with butter and lemon glaze, bake times, and oven positioning. It adds biscuit style oat batter, cake baking tips, cucumber and pickle canning steps, and a cornmeal pancake style recipe with sweet milk and eggs.
German women activists built the National Women's Service League to aid starving families as food prices rose. They card-indexed every poor family, provided temporary aid, opened budgeting schools, and helped locate employment to avert disaffection in the army and protect the government. Dutch and French bulbs advertised afterward.
Elizabeth Towne of Holyoke Mass a leader in the New Thought movement writes to the Democratic National Committee explaining why she supports President Wilson and views the Democratic party as progressive. She notes she remains Roosevelt loyal but calls Wilson the only candidate offering a constructive policy and criticizes Hughes and Taft endorsements.
In Damaschewitschi on October 10, Russians along the front urged German and Austrian troops to quit as hopelessly defeated. Sentries found placards carried into no man’s land written in broken German calling for surrender and noting Romania’s declaration of war on Austria Hungary Germany and Turkey.
Manila reports an experimental criminology program at Iwahig prison where long term inmates from Bilibid are sent as a reward for good conduct. There they govern a self run community with guarded freedom. Families may join and life is easier than in prison. Many graduates gain prominence in their home communities and move on to notable positions.
Locust swarms endanger Central Luzon’s promising rice crop in the Philippines. The Bureau of Agriculture monitors the invasion and calls Bulacan residents to combat the pest. Ten towns and 37 hamlets have already been attacked.
An inventory of Ferdinand Fotch late of 844 Noble Avenue filed in probate court shows 9502.28 in personal property including notes mortgages and cash in Bridgeport banks. The estate will be divided among surviving relatives. Alderman Charles H. Roder and Charles E. King are the appraisers.
A child recounts a game where he proclaims himself king and subjects remove caps and bow as he walks with a hat box crown. Friends mock monarchy, declare a republic, shout down the king, and chase him as the pretend regime crumbles. The piece ends with the line that people tire of being subjects.
The first president of Mexico was Manuel Felix Fernandez later known as Guadalupe Victoria. He led the republic after Santa Anna's revolution, served as provisional government member, and became president retiring in 1829. His notable act was abolishing slavery in 1825.
Advertises Brownstone hair stain from Kenton Co offering easy use without mixing. Claims no rubbing off, instant results from light golden brown to black, and warns against faded hair. Sample booklet available for 10 cents. sold through Riker Drug Stores and other dealers in Covington, Kentucky.
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