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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1922
Page
11
A compact guide to festive dishes and old-fashioned desserts. Cranberry pie methods include lattice and simple fillings. Old-Fashioned Apple Pie recipe blends molasses and spice to bake until fragrant. Charette Russe and Floating Island showcased with steps, tips, and colonial touches for holiday feasts.
Lucrezia Bori promotes a beauty evening plan stressing short, manageable nightly steps. Start with a warm bath, thorough grooming of hair nails and hands, and finish with a restful sleep routine to improve skin and overall appearance.
Washington December 23 Justice Stafford in the District of Columbia Supreme court denied the petition of Charles W Morse New York financier and ship builder to go to Rome Italy to consult a physician The court found it lacked jurisdiction Morse is under indictment for alleged conspiracy to defraud the government in the sale of surplus war supplies
A fashion note describes daytime and evening attire in black and white. It highlights a velvet one piece frock with a white broad cloth coat, a Spanish shawl style ermine scarf, and black velvet evening gowns with black ermine edging.
Bridgeporters join a New Haven gathering for the third annual American Catholic Historical Society meeting. The banquet at Hotel Taft on Dec 28 features speakers such as Rt. Rev. John Greggory Murray and Rev. Francis A. Donnelly, with papers by James J. Walsh, Leo F. Stock, and others.
The Municipal garage budget requests 69000 for the fiscal year ending March 21, 1924, approved by the Garage Control commission. It is 100 less than the amount for the current year, while 69000 was used for the year ending March 21, 1921 to maintain the garage.
Miss Edith C Breckenbridge assistant town clerk becomes probably the first woman justice of the peace in the state. She qualified and took oath yesterday. Judge J Shapiro is the only fusion besides Miss Breckenbridge to qualify to act.
Winifred Black profiles a wealthy New Yorker famed as the Prince of Goodfellow who deserts his wife and children after a life of luxury. He is arrested in San Francisco for desertion and sentenced to two years in jail to set an example for wealthy fathers.
Four city boards and committees plan sessions next week after Christmas. The Ways and Means committee will meet Tuesday night to resume talks on a special janitors' salaries appropriation. On Thursday at 4, the Board of Apportionment will hear transfer requests and draft next year's requisition. The Claims committee meets Thursday night to hear tax abatement petitions, and the Board of Appraisal sits Wednesday to consider property damage benefit petitions.
The Board of Selectmen elected Michael Tassogna as president and Howard McCabe as clerk at last night’s meeting in City Hall. A $2000 requisition for the coming year was authorized to be filed with the city auditor. The board referred clerks’ pay, lacking funds at the last session, to the city attorney for an opinion. Miss Anna Connors from Mill Plain Fairfield is home from Smith College for Christmas with her parents.
A reader described a festive Swiss Christmas scene featuring Samiclaus in Bt Gallen. Eleven companions wear white outfits with cow bells, parading through town to distribute treats and candy to children, while the distinctive bell sounds create holiday cheer.
Tomorrow's horoscope notes interesting planetary rulings may lead to unexpected opportunities for advancement in employment and public positions. Favorable for preferment and honors with recognition for industry and initiative, though some disappointment may touch household or social circles. Birthdays on this day foresee advancement or recognition with growth in business, while domestic affairs may disappoint. A child born today may rise through clever thinking but should be careful early in life.
Fragmentary aphorisms on duty honesty and happiness. The piece muses on hypocrisy misperception and the value of a sunny temper, noting no mystery exists only mist, and true happiness comes from retirement away from pomp and noise. It ends with warning against excessive grief.
Dicky dislikes Mrs Barker yet accepts her help as RS Barker assists Claire Foster, grooming the narrator for a social ruse. Mrs Barker meticulously prepares the narrator’s appearance, turning travel wear into a stylish, era-appropriate ensemble. The narrator admires the resulting transformation and feels ready to face Dicky.
Missy Mousie leaves cellar life to join her cousins the field mice in the meadow. Mama Mousie hesitates, calling neighbors fickle folk who won’t work for a living. Missy meets Mr Green Frog by the brook and asks to be neighbors in this nearby meadow community.
A whimsical tale where Missy Mousie struggles to jump like a tiny kangaroo, meets a jumping mouse, and imitates a burrow adventure. She learns to jump on hind feet, teaches barnyard children, and meets a sad ending reflecting the moral about envy and accepting one’s limits.
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