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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1916
Page
10
Four features fuel the millinery store’s rising popularity. The collection is complete and always current with the latest fashions. Hats sell and are quickly replaced by newer styles to keep pace with fashion. Street, sport, and tailored hats are smart and becoming. A wide variety makes selection easy with convenient displays and expert salespeople aiding customers.
Miss Ruth Bartlett, daughter of Mrs. Henry Bartlett, to wed her organist fiancé in Christ Church Stratford with the full choir in vestments for the first time. Bridesmaids include Waterbury and Bridgeport names. reception at Mrs. Reed’s home. The couple to reside at Ferry Boulevard and Riverview Place after December 1.
Attorney William B. Boardman, eight years on the board and six as secretary, failed to secure renomination. Dr. Alfred C. Fones was named as his replacement. Alderman John Y. Caldwell won a senate nomination in the 23rd district, while others sought renomination for Bartlett O'Connell and Comley. Comley refused the nomination. Caldwell seeks re election in the Twelfth district.
Louis R. O Neal leads Tonight s informal Y M C A talk introducing the Pace standardized course in applied business English. The program runs 34 weeks with lessons on grammar punctuation and business correspondence for local business men and returning students. Free passes available at the YMCA educational department.
Judge Edward P. Nobbs will address the Men’s league of Grace Methodist church on Commission Government. The group seeks mayoral date change to November 7 for the charter vote, while the mayor fixed November 29. A chicken supper, toastmaster Frank Calhoun, and organizers H. Calhoun and EB W. Nielsen accompany the event. Beatrice Foster of Cambo Michigan died from burns when a match lit her kimono.
The Democratic party expanded federal support for farming, boosting agricultural spending from 24,077,000 to about 36,129,000 for 1917 and enacting landmark laws including the Cooperative Agricultural Extension Act and the Federal Aid Road Act. It emphasizes better farming methods, disease control, marketing, and rural road development with strong federal cooperation and long term funding.
A Bridgeport advertisement features Mrs Hess praising Lax a Tone for her husband's gas bloat indigestion and sour stomach. The herbal remedy touted as beneficial for malaria stomach liver kidney and blood conditions is sold at Hartigan Drug Stores and local intersections. Also notes a Commerce Dept move film plan and a Pascoag woolen mill strike settlement plus new Dutch and French bulbs from John Reck & Co.
Aimaro Sato, the new Japanese ambassador, was formally presented to Secretary Lansing and other officials at the State Department and may present his credentials to President Wilson upon his return to Washington for the winter. Sato, a seasoned diplomat educated at DePauw University, Indiana, previously served as minister to the Netherlands and had just been appointed ambassador to Austria Hungary when the war began.
John J. Meyer owner of a Fairfield avenue barber shop returned from a four week trip through nineteen states. He met former Bridgeport residents Charles Saur and Cliff Forrest and compared western scenery unfavorably with Connecticut hills and Yosemite snow. The party traveled by chartered car from Bridgeport to Chicago Seattle San Francisco Los Angeles and back via Santa Fe route stopping at Colorado Springs Pike’s Peak mining districts and Indian reservations. Cliff Forrest from Pomona Rancho California hosted them in his bungalow while Charles Saur in Los Angeles managed a drug firm and reported on local business.
Fairfield Democrats held their town hall convention with Edward A. Russell and Harry Edwards named as representatives. Bacon Wakeman, Republican nominee for Judge of Probate, was endorsed. Justices of the peace nominees included John Hawkins LeRoy P. Beach James Smith William T. Bulkley Clayton S. Elwood William London William O. Burr and Walter H. Pafford. Elwood presided, Burr elected chairman, Horn secretary.
The Bulgarian war office reports limited activity across fronts. Macedonian front shows unchanged conditions with artillery action near Gradesnitsa Tarnova and Vardar patrol skirmishes. Romanian front remains quiet along the Danube and Dobrudja sees weak artillery firing.
Report states two batteries and three battalions of the enemy were dispersed between Ku jas Manut and Eniges. The foe abandoned their guns and ammunition cases in the retreat. The Black Sea coast area is described as quiet following the engagement.
The Woodrow Wilson Eight Hour club formed after breaking from the Woodrow Wilson Marching club. Frank Long was elected president Hugh F Keegan vice president James J Cooney secretary B B Allen treasurer and T J Leary sergeant at arms. Headquarters opened on Mainstreet beside the Democratic headquarters in the Newfield building with plans for prominent speakers. Expected speakers include Secretary of Labor Wilson and immigration officials Skeington J L Rowe of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Regular meetings set for Thursday nights.
New Haven forecasts show increasing cloudiness tonight and Thursday with rain. Connecticut and New England expect cool, pleasant conditions tonight. A Gulf disturbance nears the coast near the Mississippi mouth, while New Orleans reports 29.54 inches and Pensacola is missing. Heavy rains hit southern districts. another energy disturbance centers over Ohio.
Bridgeport factory workers join a city wide effort to raise ten thousand dollars for Day Nursery and Visiting Nurse associations. Ten thousand people targeted to contribute ten dollars each with plant envelopes and foreman led donations. Campaign runs Monday through October 30 with 1000 workers in 40 teams mobilized.
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