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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1916
Page
5
Ayacacka marks the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles beginning this evening and continuing to Oct. 20. The celebration centers on booths built by orthodox families to recall the wanderings in the wilderness and the harvest ingathering described in Exodus and Leviticus.
This centenary feature profiles Richard Burleigh Kimball born Oct 11 1416 in New Hampshire and Henry Howe born Oct 11 1814 in New Haven. It notes their careers as lawyers and historians with titles like The Reminiscences of an Old Man and Our Whole Country.
In a Ottawa Free Press note the piece praises stylish winter outfits with colored broadcloth and lynx trim as a fashionable finish. A barrister recounts defending a Zulu accused of stealing a gold watch, resulting in acquittal amid the case’s circumstantial evidence.
A detailed home dressmaking lesson shows a satin basque with chiffon trim and elbow sleeves. It explains cutting and assembling the basque with lining, front, back, collar, flare, and ruffle, plus options to wear with or without a skirt and to combine fabrics for variations.
Laura Jean Libby explores the fate of working women in 1913, noting how long hours and rigid rules erode youth and appearance. The piece contrasts career persistence with pressure to marry, detailing shifts from counter to office lines and the lure of youthful energy in industry.
September deaths total 153 with five infantile paralysis fatalities. Diarrhoea affected under two, pneumonia and cancer caused numerous deaths, typhoid diphtheria and tuberculosis each claimed one, 63 from other causes. Most decedents under age one, 49 city residents among in institutions.
A 28 year old woman asks for advice on meeting a wealthy suitor while her uncle blocks access. She says they know each other, speak openly, and that inviting him to her home would rest with the uncle. She seeks guidance on the best plan to pursue marriage prospects.
A group of youths on Skinny Martins steps boast quirky skills from wiggling ears to lighting a match with teeth. Joe, a quiet cousin, surprises them by performing his ignored abilities, showing being silent does not mean lacking talent.
A brief quip notes arrival of CH and FRENCH RULES with John Beck and 8on. The exchange mentions a scenic route and a long card game, highlighting a lucky day and pleasant journey move by the speakers.
In St Louis on Oct 11 Bishop Daniel 8 Tuttle led the 44th Triennial in a sermon from Acts 27 31 urging unity and a distinctly American church flavor. He praised Americanizes, missions progress and the churchs growing reach including funds for emergencies and clergy pension and highlighted global crises demanding support.
A widow with four sons in Forest Gate fell gravely ill, craving to see her corporal son Cecil Thuey of the Second East Anglian Brigade, R F A. The king intervened after a sister's appeal, securing extraordinary leave so Cecil could travel home and comfort his dying mother. The tale ends with the corporal kneeling by her bedside and her rally. Coffee houses rise in Turkish towns with coffee’s spread and moral opposition noted, tracing origins to 1564 Constantinople and the word kahveh meaning that which takes away the appetite.
Fire commissioners plan a brief meeting tonight with only routine business on the agenda. Mme. Sarah Bernhardt arrived in New York aboard the French liner Espargne.
A fragmented verse by John Davidson envisions seasonal change as swallows depart and landscapes lose bloom. Yet flowering plants along river sources, including marish pimpernel and silver-weed, glow amid green and lilac scenery.
A recipe snippet describes patty crusts with a half pound flour and five ounces butter, sugar, egg yolk, and water, plus a filling of eggs, sugar, cream and ratafia crumbs. It also covers butterless cookies, a shrimp sauce, a prawn garnish, a chocolate cake, pastry shells, a suet pudding with hard sauce, and hints of Dutch and French bulbs arriving from John Reck.
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