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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1916
Page
5
A fragmented recipe note outlines steps for a maple Bavarian cream using gelatin, maple sugar, eggs, and whipped whites, plus procedures for roiled potatoes and grape jelly. It details soaking gelatin, cooking sugar syrups, tempering yolks, and folding in stiffly beaten egg whites, with instructions to chill, mold, and finish the desserts. It also covers preparing thinly peeled potatoes, draining, resting in a warm oven, and serving.
The article describes a fashion feature with a Buff Georgette crape contrasted with satin, a deep cape edged in beaver fur outlining pannier pockets, and a narrow girdle with ends. Embroidery patches on each item use gola threads for detail.
The article describes cape designs with open neck options and blue broadcloth as a main material, noting three neck styles and a hood. It highlights satin and velvet variants, interlining possibilities with canton crepe for warmth, and recommends bright ribbons and silk accents to complement blue tones.
A 1913 Ehtea page features Laura Jean Libby's daily talks on heart topics. The verse echoes a bridegroom's pledge and praises a bride's worth, noting joy divine and the value of true happiness beyond fame and glitter.
A moral essay urges patience with youthful brides learning domestic duties. It argues older relatives should be lenient, as a girl aged fifteen to sixteen lacks experience in cleaning and cooking. It warns against fault finding and stresses supportive praise to help the marriage succeed.
Column advice discusses how an engaged woman should handle a gentleman’s advances and expectations. It stresses modest refusals, parental consent, and delaying marriage to avoid future regret. It advises patience, avoiding haste, and seeking calm, thoughtful resolution.
Benny and Ed Wernick approach a butcher shop with corn husks for smokes. Mr Smit refuses to give corn husk. They pilfer husks, roll them into cigars, and share a reckless attempt at inhaling, with peers mocking the effort before retreating home to their mother’s questions.
Pierre South Dakota figures show support for Wilson as holiday season polling hints at a large plurality on November 7. James Holm notes casual polls in Pierre grocery customers favor Wilson by nineteen to one, while travel polls on trains from East and West yield Wilson thirty eight to nine and Wilson twenty seven to Hughes seven.
Naomi Childers, famed Jeanne d Arc of film, endorsed President Wilson in a National Committee letter. She appears as Miss Columbia in Wilson campaign pictures, praising the president for keeping the nation from war and vowing to aid in vote support nationwide. Her St Louis home and 24 years shape the portrait, with a plug for Lydia E Pinkham’s remedy.
The fifty year old Marquis of Townshend, heir since 1899, weathered a strange life of gambling, failed engagements in America, and a later marriage to Miss Gladys Sutherst that yielded a son. His cousin Gen. Charles Townshend is a Turkish prisoner of war in Constantinople. An ancestry includes Quebec’s surrender commander and a poetess Marchioness active in London literary circles.
A reflective poem by John Davidson laments spring’s end as swallows depart and Hamadryads fade. It celebrates river landscapes with vivid imagery of water plants, including marish pimpernel, silver-weed, water-plantain, mint, and the glowing garland that dresses the stream, evoking a late season bloom.
Ninon de Lenelos died in Paris at ninety on October 17 1705 leaving a legacy of wit libertine charm and a famed salon that gathered Moliere Saint Evremond Abbe Chateauneuf and the youthful Voltaire among notable guests. Her life linked love scandal and generosity and she inspired poets and writers in seventeenth century France.
The article traces the Hohenzollerns reliance on divine right from William I’s 1861 Koenigsberg speech asserting Prussian crowns come from God, to 1894 and 1910 declarations by the Kaiser and heir that the ruling family is placed by God and accountable only to Him, viewing the crown as heaven’s instrument.
The first meeting of creditors in the Jacob W. Schwartz bankruptcy case, a dentist from East Main Street, was held before Referee John W. Banks in the U S district court. The meeting resulted in the appointment of Nathan Schwartz as trustee. bonds were set at 100 dollars with no opposition to the appointment.
The German authorities reportedly issued about 630000 Iron Cross decorations in circulation with 10000 second class awards. Roughly 15000 pounds of metal used, half cast iron and half silver, each cross on a ribbon. Once a rare honor, it is now common among many units and risks losing value.
The veteran Lobert turns thirty four with fans hoping for luck but doubts linger. Once a top third baseman, he endured many injuries, a knee blow before 1905 season, and later trades. His career spans Cubs Reds Phillies and Giants, ending amid ongoing physical setbacks and lingering misfortune.
Berlin reports with Vossische Zeitung that idleness attracts Belgians as the American Relief Committee uses relief funds to build bridges for the unemployed. It notes a large unemployed total at end of June: 666,913 men 309,552 women and 587,132 children, with 146 million francs distributed to the unemployed.
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