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Newspaper

Bridgeport Times

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1920

Page

11

Unseen Hands Chapter V1 Synopsis

Detective Odell probes the deaths at Richard’s home linked to Lorne and Julian Chalmers. Gene Chalmers resists deeper probing while tensions rise over Farley Drew. Odell guards doors, seizes letters, and presses Gene on Drew, family ties, and past clashes as a missing puzzle piece remains.

Richard Ater Barry Odell Samuel Titheredse Oftell Lorne Julian Chalmers Ease Chalmers Gallan Mr. Drew

Puritan dress urged for women in new movement

Boston authorities promote Puritan attire for women as a return to modest, respectful clothing. Rev. Talmadge Root of the Federation of Churches argues modern fashion harms virtue and stresses long cloaks, high necks, and enveloping garments as appropriate for today. He condemns iron necks and high heels as obstacles to moral example.

Boston Talmadge Root Secre Sary The Federation of Churches Massachusetts Root Kuce-Aishakir Ariovs Drestins

Buy a Brick for Roosevelt Home Sold as Fund Drive

New York December 24 thousands of title cardboard red bricks have been sent by the Women's Roosevelt Memorial Association to raise funds for restoring Theodore Roosevelt birthplace at 28 East Twentieth street. Contributors sign and return bricks with 1 each, and those bearing names will be placed in the cornerstone of Roosevelt House, laid January 1921.

New York Women's Roosevelt Memorial Association Theodore Roosevelt East Twentieth Street Roosevelt House

College Girls Make the Best Farm Wives

Berkeley December 24 The American method of selecting a farm wife is a happy go lucky approach says Tr Le Adame professor of farm management at the University of California. He spoke before a meeting of the Agrarian group noting that a girl with farm experience may better handle the duties and challenges of rural life.

Berkeley Tr. le Adame University of California Aguains ‘Che Seo

Breakfast cap fashion revival inspires morning bonnets

Readers are treated to a breezy fashion meditation on the return of the breakfast cap as a chic morning head covering. The piece traces the cap’s cycle from decline to comeback, notes lace and rose embellishments, and stresses choosing a style to suit color and face. It cites lace, ribbons, and small bonnet ideas for a refined, demure look.

Isas Mademoieelle

British girls flappers vs American flappers in New York

New York dispatch reports Bruce Bairnsfather, famed English cartoonist, assessing American flappers as superior to British imitators. From Hotel Pennsylvania he notes American girls embrace fashion and nightlife, while English flappers imitate but with weaker impact amid parties, dances, cabarets, and theater scenes.

New York Bruce Beirnsfuther Bill Alf Bainsfather England Imperator America Pennsylvania

Advice To The Lovelorn And Miss Fairfax Columns

Advice to the lovelorn urges reform for a son after his father’s death urging his mother’s faith should guide him. A letter from MAY discusses female appeal and slow-building relationships, noting men seek friendship, sympathy, and understanding not vampish charm. The piece mentions five hundred patrolmen in training in New York for January 2 readiness.

Miss Fairfax

Beauty Chats on Footwear and Fashion from Edna Kent Forbes

A column by Edna Kent Forbes laments abused feet and poor footwear across nations. She contrasts French high heels with safer English styles, urges American makers to produce better round-toe dancing slippers, and notes cosmetic tips overlapping with reader fragments on wart treatment and hair care.

Dee France Mself London

Teddy's Delight linden nominated for trees hall of fame

Washington December 24 The American Forestry Association announced that Teddy's Delight a linden tree named for Theodore Roosevelt by Dr F H Wisewell of Phelps New York had been nominated for a place in the hall of fame for trees with history The tree is a triplet formed from one root base Wisewell notes the practice of triplets in the annual kingdom and the nomination highlights the unique multiple trunk arrangement The note adds that stock exchanges list J and P Coats thread mills Pawtucket Rhode Island will close until Sunday and the Senate has recessed on Monday.

Washington American Forestry Association Teddy Wisewell

When A Girl Marries sn ANN LISLE Continued

Anne and Jim clash over control and independence in their marriage. He demands obedience while she seeks trust and equality. They face a stark choice between power and partnership, finally tentatively agreeing to a compromise.

Sn Ann Lisle

Quaint Christmas Customs and Swiss Traditions

A nostalgic survey of Alpine Yuletide practices across Switzerland. It notes early markets, Saint Nicholas appearances, Christkindl gift lore, weather omens from onion peelings, fountains for matrimonial luck, Bible Psalm omens, wing clipping for poultry, and festive New Year rites as bells ring across towns.

Little Alpine Republic

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Robert Orr Chipperfield Burt Gene Stam Fr. Chalmers Odell Ode Gene Mitch Farley Drew Jim Inquirer Nee Morey Drew Y Bret Tatan Mr. Chalmers Julian Afr Chalmers Roosevelt Hrooklin City Railroad Co Flatbush Milady Beatrice Fairfax Edna Kent Forbes Jane Doe Triple Linden Titus Lata Claus New Stock Exchange J. & P. Coats Pawtucket R. I Senate Clyn- 1 Anthony Norreys Weimler Anne Fis Anthony Neys Sim Jips Switzerland Yale Liberiua Christ Wren Marie Widmer
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