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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1922
Page
11
Adele Garrison outlines a plan to evade Dr Pettit and protect her husband Graham from a confrontation with his fiancée Claire Foster. She seeks Mrs Barker’s aid in arranging a rapid telephone contact, travel by car, and a safe route to New York while avoiding Pettit’s pursuit.
A tale illustrated by Neva Harrison centers on Field Cricket who longs for a longer summer and considers moving to a farmhouse for winter. He learns quiet daytime singing is required, faces a difficult journey, and ultimately accepts the home’s winter rest with his family.
Mr Field Cricket feasts then hides near the chimney as crickets scurry about the big room. Mama Cricket cries all run out of house and home after a vetee threat. The tale follows the family’s anxious night and a question of safety.
Bundar's Horoscope suggests a year with minor annoyances and few major changes. Those with birthdays this day may face limited changes and possible restlessness, while a child born now may seek novelty. The chart hints at favorable but cautious openings, urging avoidance of quarrels and legal disputes.
The piece muses on New Year’s Eve and the calendar’s change. It contrasts year number shifts with the quiet, nightly moment of midnight. It suggests welcoming each day with thoughtful prayers and love, even amid busy duties and modern routines.
An etiquette piece by Wanda Barton outlines choosing formal or informal tea setups, from table arrangement to serving order. It covers decorations, savory and sweet sandwiches, avoiding soggy fillings, and safe serving of New Year cakes like ton cake and fruit pastries, noting two tea wagons for efficiency during gatherings.
Wise maxims warn that genius and eccentricity clash, forgiveness heals most, and true strength must match ability. The piece notes restraint, harmony, and the danger of boasting in victory, while cautioning that neglect of remedy destroys life and expedience can mislead.
Washington Dec 30 New Mexico Republican Senator Budsum a member of the farm bloc introduced a Senate bill seeking extension of 1 billion dollars in credits to Germany for food stuffs and raw materials under the Treasury Secretary's direction.
Mrs Elizabeth Firth Holmes Robbins widow of Col George Robbins long in command at Sol Home Noroton Heights died yesterday at 74 Survived by two sons Frank of Darien and Richard who is in the West Burial will be in Phillipsburg New Jersey Monday Lady Manners Browless Eyebrows shaved to play Queen Elizabeth in a motion picture in London on December 30
Winifred Black imagines a society where faults and follies could be amputated by surgeons. She cites the "Man of Mystery" on Blackwell’s Island and extols a hospital cure for temper, vanity, envy, and egotism, urging a New Year of happiness and self-improvement.
Grace Thorncliffe chats with Madame about a striking fur street frock made of broadtail. They visit a tailor, admire the pliable fur and its black lustrous surface, and discuss wearing it now or converting it into a jacket later.
A series of reader questions on teen romance covers jealousy dating norms and parental rules. The column advises girls to accept other invitations to avoid dependency, to charm the young man, and to have parents set curfews, with responses about whether a 16 year old may host callers and appropriate visiting times. Readers include Annie Laurie Teddy Eddy Brown Eyes PDrown Eyes Dolly Ollly and others.
Amy Bowell the Brookline poet spoke against new by laws at a special town meeting. She questioned penalties for sledding on sidewalks and the eight to ten miles per hour speed rule for horses. Moderators noted her satire while others supported revisions and limited enforcement. Also reported is the death of James N Wheeler aged 68 at the Babcock Printing Press Co plant in New London after a heart attack. He leaves a wife and three children.
New York dec 20. The Carp family of 18 spreads melody through blocks as landlords and tenants ostracize them. Bandmaster Mel E Carp, once in St Petersburg, fled after a pogrom and settled in Brownsville. Now nine Carps remain, many playing instruments from piano to horn. They face social banishment and failed attempts to rejoin civility.
Glenrock Wyoming December 30 six different men have held the job of city marshal in the last six months reflecting turnover in local law enforcement amid unsettled leadership and public safety concerns.
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