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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1916
Page
14
Corner for Cooks and Bananas Baked in Skins
Recipes for Yankee Puffs Parsnip Soup and Curried Veal with butter sugar flour milk and baking powder. Par nips potatoes onions and water boiled mashed served. Veal simmered with onion butter water lemon juice added before serving. Bananas baked in skins with lemon juice finishing touch.
Take Your Pick of These Smart Turbans
A Paris turban described in blue velvet with silver trim. A maidens style offers a plain black velvet model bound with blue satin ribbon, picoted and trimmed with a pink rose appliqué.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Evening bodice design with chiffon and self material girdle
An intricate pattern for an evening bodice in chiffon with a self fabric girdle and sash closure. It describes front and back neck shapes, underbody construction, sleeve ruffles, embroidery trims, and detailed perforation and stitching instructions for assembly.
Daily Talks On Heart Topics From Laura Jean Libby
A 1913 essay warns that mothers spoiling sons create unready husbands and lists consequences. It argues mothers should teach sons chivalry and respect for women, noting temper, selfishness, and entitlement deform future marriage dynamics. The piece critiques overindulgent parenting and urges balanced training for sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Jean Libby
Advice column on relationships and family concerns
A long excerpt from a local advice column discusses marital elopements legal notices and parental guidance. Readers ask about how to contact estranged spouses and whether young couples should follow parental wishes over romance. The tone urges respect for elders and prudent choices to secure future happiness.
Oswald the Brave Play Sparks Street Scene
A boy and cousin Artie stage Oswald the Brave on the pavement using caps as masks. They tease neighbor Gertrood Simsin on her front steps who calls them names and chases them into the street, ending with the children fleeing after the disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artie
Oswald the Brave
Cailiff
Caitiff
Boddykins
Aryaunt
Oswald the Brave Tank
Gertnrood Simsin
Gwennyvere
Gertrood Simsin
Centenary of Philip Pendleton Cooke Virginia Poet
This notice recalls the centenary birth of Philip Pendleton Cooke highlighting his popular lyrics Florence Vane and Rosa Lee, his Froissart Ballads, and the Cooke family’s Virginia prominence. It notes his Martinsburg birth in 1816, Princeton education, brief law study, and shift to poetry, plus family figures like John Esten Cooke and Philip St George Cooke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Pendleton Cooke
Virginia
Florence Vane
Lily
Rosa Lee
Europe
America
Cookes
John Gers Cooke
Zinger
Bermuda
Old Dominion
Richmond
Philip St. George Cooke
California
John Esten Cooke
Eagle's Nest
Martinsburg
Princeton
Knockerbocker
Southern Literary Messenger
Old South
Cooke
the Shenandoah
Chevalier Merlin
Two Weddings Highlight Bridgeport Social News
Miss Glaggs gy wora daughter of Mr and Mrs T J Ford 1963 North avenue and Mr Charles F Kunkel of 1302 North avenue wed at St Augustine's church The ceremony was led by Rev J B Nihill P R with nupital mass The couple will honeymoon in Washington D C and reside on North avenue The bride is a popular vocalist in the North End The groom runs a meat and grocery business with his brother at 1282 North avenue A second wedding Miss Marion Doris McPherson wed Hector A Letourneau at Holy Trinity church Greenfield Mass The bride wore white chiffon taffeta and georgette crepe with veil The groom is a gauge inspector at Ashcroft Co The pair will honeymoon in New York and Philadelphia and plan to settle in Bridgeport briefly Also noted the Hinkee Dee club Thanksgiving Eve dance at Slochm's gymnasium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glaggs Gy Wora
T. J. Ford
North Avenue
Charles F. Kunkel
St. Augustine's Church
J. B. Nihill
P. R
Bertha Kunkel
John Nugent
Naugatuck
Bridgeport
Washington, D. C
North End
Oscar Kunkel
Arneau—Mcpherson
Holy Trinity Church
Greenfield
Marion Doris McPherson
Hector A. Letourneau
Alice J. Boland
Leon Demaris
Providence
R.1
Ashcroft Mfg. Co
Ashcroft Co
Holley Avenue
Mass
Los Angeles
Northampton
Holyoke
Chicopee
Rutland
R. I
Quebec
Canada
New York
Philadelphia
Remington Band to Become Moose Band in Bridgeport
The Remington Arms band announces it will affiliate with Bridgeport lodge No 289 Loyal Order of Moose and take the name Moose band. Members will be received into full membership next Sunday at Colonial hall Fairfield avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remington Arms
Moose Band
Bridgeport Lodge
Order of Moose
Colonial Hall
Fairfield Avenue
Moose Lodge
Tenth Militia Field Artillery Band
Olympic Band
Musical Union
Cannon Street
Union
Sheet Metal
Bakers
Bridgeport Musical Union
Reservist death ruled accidental in Norwalk
The coroner found Emil J. A. Boen’s death accidental after his body was found beside railroad tracks in Norwalk. He had boarded a city train and was put off at Norwalk while attempting to board another train. Accidental death also ruled in W. C. Waldner case near Hawleyville. In Vermont, Mrs. BE. W. Benjamin died in a Northfield fire that destroyed the Northfield House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil J. A. Boen
John J. Phelan
Boen
Norwalk
W. C. Waldner
New Haven Railroad
Hawleyville
Walter Estile
Sylvester Foster
Waldner
Estile
BE. W. Benjamin
Boston
Northfield House
Northfield
Housing crisis in Petrograd sparks student lodging struggle
Refugees crowd Petrograd forcing hotels to fill and rooms to vanish. Universities plead for aid as students sleep on benches and share crowded rooms. Proposals include low rent rooms from hotels and converting theaters to lodging to ease the shortage. Advertisements show rental bonuses up to 500 roubles for tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Neva
Prince Band Seeks Patriotic Dance Showcase
The group known as Prince's Band has built a reputation for Yankee enthusiasm and now eyes a program blending patriotism with dance, aiming to expand their appeal in a creative, nationalistic performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince
Fifth laying contest at Storrs shows leaders held steady
Only one week remains in the fifth laying contest at Storrs and the top pens are unlikely to change. Oregon Agricultural College leads with 47 eggs for the week, followed by Obed G. Knight's White Wyandottes at 38 and Tom Barron's English White Wyandottes at 36. Total weekly yield reached 1497 eggs as birds head to Canada, England, and California for the closing days and a new sixth contest opens soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storrs
Agricultural College of
Bridgeton
R. 1
Tom Barron
N. W. Sanborn
Holden
Mass
Canada
England
Pacific Coast
California
Oregon
Katonah
N.Y
Albert T. Lenzen
North Attleboro
Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
Vandotte
G. Knight
Bridge_ ton
Catforth
Latham
Brierfield
Rhode Island
Groton
Mabe
A. W. Rumery
Danville
N. H
Jacob E. Jansen
North Haven
Conn
Secret of keeping young linked to liver and bowels
The article advocates keeping youth by monitoring liver and bowels and avoiding a sallow complexion. It mentions Dr Edwards and a product Olive Tea claimed to improve health, with a price of 25 cents per box and availability from druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Ed Edwards
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