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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1916
Page
10
A damaged ad lists meat prices with cents per pound, including 22¢ and 18¢ items and multiple references to beef andIBC. The fragment hints at weekly grocery pricing but lacks complete item names or market context.
A Civil War veteran recalls a dramatic episode in Georgia in December 1864. Buck, a trusted comrade, is wounded by a bullet and has his leg amputated to save his life. Buck calmly orders the surgeon to begin the amputation and requests his fiddle as the leg is sawed, never missing a note.
Southeastern Europe faces harsh winters with extreme cold and heavy snow that affect campaigning. A veteran observer notes autumn starts in September with October bringing deep cold as Sofia, the Bulgarian capital, experiences the seasonal shift.
The passage notes severe Balkan winter conditions and brief springs, with Bulgaria showing snow from October to April or May, Sofia using double windows for warmth, and Serbia and northern Macedonia experiencing extreme cold. It compares Tran syria and Roumania to hot summers and harsh winters, highlighting climate as a factor hindering military operations.
Advertising copy touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick safe cure for indigestion gas and sour stomach. The tablet is advertised to digest food in minutes and promise relief within five minutes for a fifty cent large case.
The Waterbury Democrat reports Hughes accuses Wilson aides of southern bias and claims the bloody shirt tactic misuses patriotism. It notes southern share of land, value, population, and expenditures, plus quotes Harry Garfield supporting Wilson to preserve unity and avoid sectionalism. Also mentions the Cora F. Cressy grounding, the death of Montclair official Robert B. Harris, and a Bronx fire destroying three unfinished frame buildings.
The Woodrow Wilson Business Men's National League asserts the September 1 1915 eight hour law for railroad workers will take effect January 1 1917 with no wage cuts and a presidentially appointed commission to study its impact. It credits Congress and the President for averting a national catastrophe and notes the law benefits the public, not railroads or workers, while warning against reopening the dispute under Mr Hughes.
Prince Andrea Boncompagni of Rome sought a license in Washington for his October wedding to Margaret Preston Draper. The ceremony will be a private Rome style nuptial mass conducted by Cardinal Gibbons at the Draper home, with Monsignor Russell as celebrant, and a short service in a private chapel. About 100 guests attended the evening at the Russian Embassy ahead of the noon wedding.
Felix Lauter of the Labor Information Relief bureau reports the first annual bureau summary. The war reshapes American industry creating munitions demand, expanding some factories while closing many peace factories, leaving thousands unemployed including skilled and unskilled workers, engineers, and chemists.
A group led by architect H Liebau opens a Labor Information and Relief Bureau to aid jobless men. Felix Lauter, Mechanical Engineer, heads the Warner Building office at 83 Fairfield avenue Rooms 807-308. In its first year it placed 1 833 men in various positions. service is free and nonsectarian.
The Kokaris & Shebe painting firm on the Connecticut Bank building’s second floor is closed. Former Jitney Owners' Project association treasurer George Kokaris and ex-president Schadwald were accused of not returning about 500 entrusted to them. No definite restitution or location is known. Just arrived Dutch and French buler.
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