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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1916
Page
14
A fragmented poem depicts a twilight prayer as coast guard cutter from Charleston, S C. is ordered to locate the derelict American schooner Dunne. The item blends literary verse with a maritime update from the same column.
Modish Materials presents a diagonal teal serge suit in terra cotta tone with distinctive fur trim around the coat hem. A pointed cuff and wide, decorative pocket detail accompany a turban style crown, creating an eerie mespet look.
The Yale total registration reached 3,305 this year, up from 3,260 last year. Yale College enrolls 1,509 and Sheffield Scientific School 993, with gains in law medicine religion and fine arts. C. L. Tiffany won the University Club Golf tournament at Piping Rock and Nassau.
Instructions describe cutting a dress from damask, shambray, or linen with collar finishing, an optional shoulder yoke, belt options, and careful placement on lengthwise folds to avoid waste. It emphasizes trimness without restricting snugness and outlines sleeve, cuff, and waist fullness handling.
A1900 era column argues wives face a larger foe after marriage when husbands drink. It urges women to avoid marrying drinkers and outlines the difficulties of reform, stressing the need for strong pre marriage resolve and warning that children may suffer from a drunken home. It includes reader questions about love, separation, and reconciliation.
A group of boys text and tease Persey about a forthcoming party. They joke about invites while sharing dares and small gifts before pursuing him briefly as the streetlight scene fades.
A thirty three year old bachelor writes seeking marriage prospects to women over twenty five. He notes speech impediment but says he is a good farmer and salesman who benefits from leisure writing time. He favors country life and hopes to improve his condition with a suitable partner. He believes Providence favors those who keep hope.
The battleship Nebraska returning from Vera Cruz to Hampton Roads and Boston told the Navy Department it survived the West Indian hurricane in the Gulf undamaged. Secretary Daniels urged President Wilson to appoint Marine Corps officers as Brigadier Generals per the new naval appropriation act. Six hundred Edison plant workers in New Jersey who quit over Neal F. White’s discharge voted unanimously to stay off the job until his reinstatement.
Mrs Dewitt Lincebaugh of West Danby New York says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her lifelong nervous trouble and helped her daughter and oldest girl. She keeps the tonic at home and recommends it as a valuable female remedy derived from native roots and herbs.
Army physicians note premature aging in millions of front line soldiers as hair turns gray after months in trenches. Subconscious worry, not visible danger, purportedly causes the change, with officers showing more graying than enlisted men and nurses also turning gray from hospital life.
A flow of home canning directions covers making Ohio style mixed pickles grape chutney and preserved grapes with steps for simmering syrup vinegar and spices. The piece notes two leading American tennis players George M Church and Harold A Throckmorton Jr arranging a tour of Japan the Philippines and Hawaii and announces Dutch and French bulbs arriving from John Reck & Son.
Connecticut editor recaps Louis D. Brandeis life from Louisville birth to Harvard Law School oration. He details two pivotal fights: savings banks industrial insurance and railroad rate cases, praising Brandeis for fiscal scrutiny, advocacy for low cost insurance, and reform measures.
The famous lawyer Brandeis urged railroads to adopt efficiency methods used by large shoe manufacturers. He described a Boston firm producing 25,000 shoes daily, with pre determined costs and sequence of over 100 production steps guiding each shoe from factory to factory like clockwork.
Founded less than six months ago the Newtown Country club has earned a six percent dividend after erecting a home and laying out grounds. The semiannual meeting last week announced the payout, credited to land and material donations by members and capable leadership. Officers include William Colds president Dr C H Peck vice president William Leonard treasurer and H Carlton Hubbell secretary.
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