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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1916
Page
10
An anniversary sale advertises trimmed felt hats for 2.00 and 2.50, colored feltays, children's trimmed hats, black long nap beaver hats, angora knitted caps and scarves priced from 2.00 to 3.00. It lists various headwear items and prices for immediate purchase.
A local listing offers velour hats at several price points. Hats priced at 1.75, 2.98, 3.98 and 3.50 and 5.00 are ready to wear, with multiple styles available. The ad emphasizes affordable headwear options for shoppers.
See a numbered list of fur scarfs and muffs with prices for Black Narobia Lynx Red Fox Fox Collar Tiger Fur and Natural Opossum, Raccoon, Blue Fox, and gray fox options. Includes anniversary sale note celebrating 24 years in Bridgeport and a push to view new seasonable merchandise along with waist and blouse items.
A vintage price list shows Silk Fibre, Wool and Angora sweaters ranging from 4.50 to 9.50 dollars, plus Percaline and Heatherbloom petticoats at 1.12 to 2.50. Taffeta Silk Petticoats cost 3.50 to 5.50, with Guaranteed Raincoats and Black Cloth Coats priced between 7.50 and 25.00 dollars.
A listing of decorative items with prices for fancy feathers and wings, including various feather breast pieces, ostrich plumes, and trimming per yard. Prices range from 0.50 to 6.00 dollars, with multiple entries for similar items and different quantities.
A catalog of ostrich boa and natural marabout feather capes with prices from 6.48 to 14.00 dollars and trim at 29 cents per yard. Describes natural marabout feather capes in multiple price tiers and a per yard trimming rate.
The Woodrow Wilson Young Men's Club will hold a smoker next Thursday evening in the rooms at 991 Broad Street. An excellent speaker is expected and many new applicants may join at that time.
Paris discusses using convicts as potential front line recruits as lawmakers consider exempting certain categories from sentences to fight in World War I. Critics warn it honors criminals and would yield few effective soldiers, while logistical and ethical hurdles demand a separate army unit to manage such convicts.
Washington report notes Treasury officials weighing whether the initials A Weinman on the new dime should be removed and coinage paused temporarily just as with the Lincoln cent. No law requires initials but a Treasury rule bars advertising on coins. The new dimes drew interest as they circulated yesterday.
An advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a fast remedy for grippe and severe colds. A dose every two hours for three doses reportedly opens congested passages and relieves feverish symptoms, with claimed minimal taste and no inconvenience. It costs 25 cents at drug stores.
New York October 31 report says an Ohio rubber company seeks Americans aged 20 to 40 for production work in a large plant. Unskilled workers can earn 3 to 5 dollars daily, with 2 dollars daily during a learning period. Eight-hour shifts, steady employment, no labor trouble, business not wartime dependent. Apply Wednesday, Thursday or Friday and present this advertisement.
Unsettled tonight and Wednesday with showery north of the lake region due to a disturbance over upper Michigan. Connecticut generally fair tonight and Wednesday with no decisive temperature change and light to moderate southerly winds. Much of the east remains cloudy with fog along the north Atlantic coast and moderate seasonal temperatures in central and eastern districts.
The Supreme Court heard re argument on the fate of the Long Sault Development Co. waterpower project on the St. Lawrence river. Proposed capacity 600000 horsepower, valued at 180 million dollars, with charter annulled during Governor Sulzer’s era after repeal of the enabling act.
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