Birthday party honors Mrs Emerson at 86
Social notes recount a birthday party for Mrs Annie Emerson at her daughter Mrs F H Downs home 1689 Noble Avenue with Easter decor and gifts. Attendees include Mrs Henry Hobbs Mrs Thomas Teace Mrs E J Orton and many others as plans unfold for clubs visits and upcoming events across Bridgeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Downs
Noble Avenue
Annie Emerson
Emerson
Henry Hobbs
Thomas Teace
E. J. Orton
George Wilson
C. & Joyce
Rosilimi Howard
Stuth
Ju ¥ A Keating
Chester Moore
Geard Neefus
J. R. Byron
West Haven
Edwin Jewett
Annie Hmerson
FL 1H Downes
Benjamin Thorp, Jr
North Maiistre
George Loth
Hallock Kain
Henry Loth
Emma Greenwood
Edward Stokes
Rudolph Loth
Benjamin Thorpe, Sr
M. Gallard
Eva Stokes
Eugene Card
Albert Loth
Instruction on Player Pianos by Harold Milligan
An article from Woman's Home Companion presents Harold Milligan arguing the player piano requires study and practice to reveal artistry. He notes early misperceptions, contrasts semi mechanical status with piano and reproducing piano, and gives guidance on pedal use tempo and expression as well as selecting pieces for meaningful practice. Milligan urges a conciliatory approach to form a rewarding artistic partnership with the instrument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Vincent Milligan
Paderewski
Thom
Mr. Milligan
Working Girls Accused of Extravagance
Newsmaker Grace Bartlett argues women on a 1500 dollar yearly salary may spend on luxury goods as a matter of choice and value. She urges budgeting for essentials, seeking quality, and stores to educate buyers. A broad thrift campaign will survey expenditures through allied women's groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Grace G. Bartlett
United States Treasury Department
Millonaire
America
Mrs. Bartlett
Mia Bartlett
Association of Collegiate Alumnae
Daughters of the American Revolution
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
National Catholic War Council
National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations
National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
National Tousue For Women’s Service
Women's Department of the
Civic Federation
Young Women
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Adverts in Bridgeport Times
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a premier cure for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It highlights quick, mild effects and a gentle vegetable formula. Sample requests offer a ten cent trial bottle addressed to Kilmer Co in Binghamton with a note to mention Bridgeport Times and Farmer-Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmers Swamp-Root
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
Bridgeport Times and Farmer
Bridgeport Teachers to Retire at Seventieth Year
Bound of Education votes to retire Bridgeport schoolteachers at age 70 immediately with those over 65 to be screened for retirement. Board cites a $73,000 deficit due to insufficient appropriations, with $45,000 carried from previous years and $25,000 for new salaries. Additional funds will be needed for the current payroll, risking another deficit next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bound of Education
Bridgeport
Committee On Schools
Llawnon
Whueaton
Urhe Board of Apportioment
Funnybone isn’t a bone it’s a nerve explained
A historical note describes the ulnar nerve behind the so called funny bone. It explains that a knock near the elbow twists sensation to the brain as if it came from the fingertips. It also notes phantom pains in missing limbs due to nerve signals.
Dainty Recipes Sugared Walnuts And Squirrel Bread
Quick and easy confections with sugared walnuts made by boiling sugar and water then coating walnuts until hard. Also a walnut bread recipe rises in twenty minutes and bakes an hour in a slow oven using flour walnuts sugar milk and egg.
Pinex cough remedy promises fast relief at home
An advertises a home made cough syrup using 2 1/2 ounces Pinex in a pint of sugar syrup or alternatives like molasses or honey. Claims to soothe throat membranes, stop tickle, loosen phlegm, and cure coughs in 24 hours with bronchitis and hoarseness noted as helped. Pinex described as Norway pine extract with guarantees and a Ft Wayne Indiana address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
People's Church Frees Building From Debt Celebration
On March 28 Reverend Henry A Davenport marked his 75th birthday as the People's Presbyterian Church of Laurel Avenue celebrated. Trustees led a service announcing the church edifice would be debt free after members pledged nearly $6,000 via Liberty bonds War Savings Stamps and cash. The building, erected in 1909, had $4,500 debt remaining, now extinguished with the crowd’s generous giving. R. J. MacKenzie praised the congregation for its generosity and the pastor’s long service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Presbyterian Church
Henry A. Davenport
Robert C. Mallettee
Board of Trustees
Davenport
Laurel Avenue
R. J. MacKenzie
College Club To Have Sale In Bridgeport
Mt Holyoke College club of Bridgeport and vicinity schedules a Saturday sale from 1 to 6 PM to benefit the college endowment, targeting Bridgeport quota of 20000. Sale features homemade bread cake cookies candies salads jellies and canned fruits vegetables. Lead organizers include Dan Summers Marion Cleveland Evelyn Davis with student helpers Helen Shelton Gertrude Graffin Jeaner Taylor Edith Knight. store donated by owners near State Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt Holyoke College Club
Bridgeport
Colck
College Endowment Fund
Lyman
State Street
Dan Summers
Marion Cleveland
Evelyn Davis
Helen Shelton
Gertrude Graffin
Jeaner Taylor
Edith Knight
Stuents
Cudege
One Way to Bring Down Present Prices Salad Recipe Note
A mixed excerpt describes a cheese toast dish with egg addition and a pineapple salad with mayonnaise dressing and cherries. It then shifts to a note about subscribing to reduce debt on the Manse property and hoping to cancel the remaining balance within a year. The passage blends recipe instructions with a fundraising message.
Smith and Day Lead Holy Week Services at United Church
Dr. Robert Seneca Smith of Smith College collaborates with Dr. Wm. Horace Day for Holy Week services at the United church. Smith, a Yale graduate and author, speaks on Christ the Read and Christ the Saviour, and presents informal talks on Fundamentals in Daily Living. Open to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Seneca Smith
Smith College
Wm. Horace Day
United Church
Smith
A. E. F. University
Beaune
France
First Congregational Church
Poughkeepsie
National Training School of the
New York
Silver Bay
Yale College
Yale School of Religion
Kent
Yale
God
Campaign drives under new world movement sweeps New England
Reston March 30 Baptist meetings push a New World Movement campaign aiming to raise up to 100 million by May. States outline quotas led by Judge E. K. Nicholson of Bridgeport and other directors. Bolshevists ordered to work dampened enthusiasm for Russian government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reston
New England
New World Movement
Connecticut
E. K. Nicholson
Bridgeport
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Barnum
Mail
Itoe
Mary and
Catherine Dowles
Rochester, N. J
J. C. Minor
Whitney Avenue
Sybil
Edna Gorman
Atlantic City
N. J
Thimble Club
Jules Guerin
Bridgeport Art League Rooms
Elwood Stratton
Wayne Street
Clifford
Pressant
Edear Porter
Legrand Stratton
L. C. Taylor
Liltian Gledhill
Bessie Hitchcock
Rose Nastry
Donald O'Nef
Edward Or Jeppte
Donald Smith
John Sabjoy
Angelus Cunningham
Stratfield Road
Karryahkoo Club
Katherine McElroy
Viorence Rtichards
Isabel Evers
Frith Halsey
Catherine Russell
Cunningham
Jewsie V. Burges
Maud Burses
Laure
New York City
Adelbert Knox
Alpine Street
Orange
Sigmund Leewith
Park Avenue
Eine
Leslie M. Palmer
Petrie Street
Bridgeport Hospital
Mra Palmer
Charlotte Plumb
Trumbull
Pratt Alumni Club
Harold W. Gillette
Mc. A
Pratt, Institute
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mises Alice
Fathers McKenna
Norman Errest
Elizabeth
Veronica Coughlin
Grove Street
Daniel Jones
Beechwood Avenue
Wattrore Club
Puth Slosson
Clinton Avenue
Christine Newman
C. M. Newman
Doris Booth
James EK. Booth
Stratfield
Capiain Edward Mora
Main Street
Springfield
Mars
William Chew
Fairfield Avenue
Robert Newman
Manasas
George Bowers
North Avenue
Jacob Goldstein
Weils Street
David Marholin
North Whitney Street
Hartford
Young Men's and Young Women’s Hebrew Association
Louis Lefkowitz
Alfred ‘Title
Morris Price
Samuel Lefowitz
Bridgeport Ladies’ Charitable Society
Bassick
Brrs
Nathaniel Worthen
City Food Hut
Giadys
Green
Erwin Hoyt
Roma
Jenly
Elias Howe, Jr
Lower East
The
East End
People's Church
Rockwell & Co
Main ST
SALE
Ana
Nicholson
Ephe
Secretary of Agriculture
Meredith
la Thelma
Madame Irene
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