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LOCAL VEGETABLES

Prices quoted this morning on the San Fran
cisco wholesale market:
Potatoes tper ctD-Deta whites. 75c@S1;
sweets, Sl.50GL1.60, oregon Burbanks, s5cQ
SIPS; Idaho. S1.10G1.25.
Onions tper ctl)-Silyerskius, 50. 20G2. 35
on street, 25c higher: 0regons, S2.25 80.
egetables-Tomatoes, southern, per crate,
5dsc per lb; peas. sd121sc per ID: green pep
pers. southern. per ib, 4G5c: eggplant. south
ern. per lb, 4Q5c; rhubarb, Sl@l-50 per
summer. per box, s1Ql.50; do cream.
50G75c; Hubbard per sack. 709T5c; dc
marrowfat, 60@75c, sprouts. 4G6c per lb;
mushrooms, per lb. sG10c; buttons. I21s G15c;
carrots, per sack, 50@65c; celery, small crates,
sI@l.2j; large, S1.5O@2; garlic, per lb. ia
10c; cucumbers, per box. $1.25G1.50; lettuce.
per crate, S1Q125; caulidower per dozen,
40QT5c.
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THE METAL MARKETS

NEW YORK. Dec. 19.--Copper dull Stand
ard. spot. not quoted, December offered al
"a. 15e; January and February. offered al
a. 81 VI q 14.50c; lake. 15G soc; casting, 14a
14.12ihc.
Tin easy. Spot and January. SO. 6.ST15 G3T. .25e;
February. 37@37 Zoe; March, 81. .10Ql 81 .5Oc.
Antlmony dull. Cookson's. 7.45G1T .60c
Iron steady. No. l northern $i5m 1880; No
northern, S14.75615.25
The London marketsh closed as follows: Cop
per steady: spot. f63 l5s; futures. f63 It's Cd
Tin steady; spot. ff69; futures, f170 los. Iron
cleveland warrants. sod.
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PORK. LARD AND OF.

The San Francisco quotations this morning
on pork, lard, cooking oil and family beef are !:
Golden Gate lard. tierces. lac; do sos. per case,
arrow compound, tierces. 10hc; do SOS, IS.
DO los. $6.75; do 5s, Sc. SO; do as, So 90; vel,
low arrow cooking oil. 66c; white arrow cook
ing oil, Zoe; primrose salad oil. Toe: extra
family beef. $24; family beef, $24; extra mess
beef, $24; extra prime pork. $25; extra pig
pork. $50. Califene-Tubs 1IMc; half bhls
1I%c; 1 tierce. IKE; tierces. IiMc: 4
tierees, lie; cases. 81. Cottolene-Half bbls
lI&c; tieree. 11%e; uerces. 1111c; IS,
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oRPHANAGE PLANS PLAY

The annual distribution of prizes
at Pacific Hebrew orphan asylum, 500
Divisadero street, will take place Sun
day afternoon at o'clock In the
evening the children will present a
three act farct entitled Captain
Racket" in the gymnasium.
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Bid Ask
Int Con Rub Z s
Keystone :. Ia IL
Kerr Lake. Tic Al
La Rose Il 1910 2
Lehigh Val. $50 100
Man Shirt. So
Do pfd :. es 1o2
Man Trans. III / 9-18
Mason VAL. 3L4 3
Mines Of A. 2 2k
Nip ....... TX 8
Ohio Cop. y 1
Riker Hege. ~ IN
Savoy OIL :. 81 10
s Of fold) 1925
8 o Subs. .S25
s O Ex- Sub. 395 397
South Utah. Y Y
Temiek -. 13. Is
Tob Pro pfd SAL S4h
Tono Mining 81 6S
Tuolumne =. y
Tri Bullion. 1-1f| y
United Clgrs 95A 95k
Do pfd. .110 liz
United Cop. u n
w r 5s. ~. "a 10
WHY'S Over 81 81
Do pfd. 81 IS
Yukon Gold. 2 az
| Anglo told. 23X 24h
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Shipping Intelligence
DUE AT THIS PORT
FRIDAY DEfEMRFR 10

11I1NHSAI1sA4Lt
From Puget sound, stmr Umatflla.
. From San Diego and Los Angeles, stmr
Governor
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 20
From Seattle and Tacoma stmr Watson.
From Portland and Astoria, stmr Bear.
From Portland and Astoria stmr Roanoke.
From Eureka. Fields Landing and Arcata,
stmr +. A KHburn.
From Eureka and Arcata, stmr North Fork.
From Fort Bragg, stmr Brunswick.
From San Diego and Los Angeles, stmr
Harvard.
From Los Angeles. stmr Beaver.
FROM Los Angeles. stmr Northland.
From Grays Harbor, stmr Coronado.
From Wiilapa Harbor, stmr Santa Barbara.
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CALIFoRNIA RANK CLEARINGs

Bank clearings as reported to the
California Development Board by the
several clearing house cities for the
week ending December IS. 1913, show
ing the amount OF increase or de-
crease from the amount of clearings
reported for the corresponding week,
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Increase surplus 1913 over 1912. $2e7, ,es4. 81
X X
WESTERN PACIFIC EARNINGS
MEXICAN PETROLEUM

Advices from Mexico City state that
the rebels are in control Of the Pear
son, the Waters-Pierce and the Huas-
teca petroleum oil storage tanks near
Tampico. The Huasteca Petroleum
company is a subsidiary of the Mex
lean Petroleum company. The Mexi-
can company is in no danger of seri-
Gus oil losses at Tampico, as within
the last two or three months the COM
panys tanks have been emptied Of
the 1000, 600 barrels of oil which were
stored there in order 70 avert the
possibility of any losses. Mexican
Petroleum has other large storage IA
cilities near its camps at Ebano and
Casiano, the former of which is in
control Of Federals and the Casiano
plant in rebels control
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aIoDEsTo IRRIGATION BONDS

Chairman J. B. Trask Of the Modesto
irrigation district has announced that
an election will be called for the mid
die Of January to vote on the question
Of Issuing $4,000 bonds. the proceeds
to be used in completing the upper
works, extending canals and laterals
and bringing the system up to its
maximum capacity.
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Hides Ann sKINs

Prices quoted IN San Francisco.
Hides tper lb)--Dry cattle: Butchers. o7e
murrains, 26c; dry salt hides. 1Sc; stags. lsc
kip, 37c; veal, 31c; calf Sic.
Horse (each)-Laree prime. s250as: me
Wet Saited tper lb)--Cattle: Steers. medium
and heavy. 16e; cows, heavy. 15hc; stags
lie; kip. 16 TO 30 lbs, Ice: calf. I91ac.
Sheepskins teach}-Long wool peits ooc0
81 10: medium wool. 45@90c short wool. Is n
45c; lambs, long wool, $4,000; do medium
i0@3oc; shearlings, No. /, 20G30c; No. 3
l5@20c
Tallow (per lbl-No. / clean and hard. 81
G6ci No. 2. 4Q5hc. grease. 2G3c.
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NEW YORK BONDS
NEW YORK BUTTER AND EGGS

NEW YORK, Dec ls-Butter- Barely
steady: Receipts, 5,5os tubs. Process extras
24is 0I25c.
Cheese-F'irm, unchanged. Receipts, 2se
boxes
Eggs-steady, unchanged. Receipts. e,soa
cases.
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WATER COMPANY COMPLAINT

John T. Escher has filed a COM
plaint with the railroad commission
against Harry S Atwood, manager of
the Encanto Mutual Water company
of Encanto. Mr.. Escher complains
that the company has not been sup
plying his property with water. and
asks that the commission compel ii to
furnish service
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FOREIGN GRAIN anorAr1nns

Liverpool wheat closed u lower Corn x a
Il higher.
Buenos Aires wheat opened unchanged, quiet
Corn unchanged to q higher.
Berlin wheat closed Is lower Budapest u
higher.
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LOCAL PRODUCE
RECEIPTS INTERIOR PRODUCE. DEC. ]!
BUTTER. CHEEsE AND EGGS

Quotations on the San Francisco wholesale
Dairy Produce exchange:
Butter-Per pound:
Grades Dec 16 Dec. IT Dec IS Dec. 10
Fresh extras. $3.50. Sic 3Olsc SOC 2e1ac
Fresh frsts.. SOC zoe 2S12c 2515c
Eggs-Per dozen:
Grades Dec 10 Dec. II Dec Is Dec. 10
Fresh extras. $500. 46he 45c 421ac Ace
Selected. pullets . 43c Ale 3sc Ale
Cal. storage extras 55 1ac 35Mc 351ac 30 nc
Cheese California fancy fats. lie per 10;
nrsts. 16lae; fancy Young Americas. lie; do
hrsts. 15c
Receipts today--Butter. 80 ctls; eggs, Ss.97o
dozen; cheese 55 ctls
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IHICAGU. Dec. IB.--Hutter--HieherC Cream
cries. 22@36c. Eggs--Recelpts. 2,d4 cases,
unchanged. Cheese-Unchanged Potatoes
Receipts, 70 ears; unchanged.
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LEAD AND sPETTFRR
cHIcAGo RuTTER Ann Eees

NEW YORK. Dec. l9.--Lead quiet at g. 95M
4.05c: London. GIT lis 3d. Spelter quiet at
5.1sm2.25c; London. f21 los.
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N. Y. Curb Market

Am Marconi. 3A Az
Anglo Oil. :. 12A 12A
Bay s Gas. u *
Braden Cop. 6A tx
:, Do IS. 40 I42
Do Is. 40 142
Br Am Tob 23A 23h
Br Col Cop. 2M 2ss
Brown Shoe 40 53
Do pfd. :. Sc o2
Buffalo NJ. IN 2
Chicago Sub III 2h
Can Marconi 2 2N
Crown Res. liz 1%
Cluett Pea. SO So
Do pfd. :. 93 81
Con Ariz. -. n u
Con S 8 Rec 10 "a
Cons Cop NJ 2 2s
Davis DAILY. 1% 17s
Ely Cons. -. 2 4
Emerson b. % 26
Do pfd :. Is SO
Eng Marconi - Is
Do pfd :. IL 13
Est Natl Cop 25s 2H
Greene Can. 5la
Do new. 20 30
Giroux -. " "
Gid Cons :. 1% / 7-16
Havana Tob 3 4
Dc pfd = s L
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rRE9H FIsH

Fresh nsh tcleaned and iced. Z. o. b. prices
per lb)-Halibut 121fc: carp. &c; CATFISH
12lsc; goldfish, 10c; red rock, 10c; barra-
cuda 10c; soles. Sc; sand dabs. Sc; tomcod
12hc; smeIt. 12lac; white bait. 121ac: salmon
16c; striped bass. 15c; crabs. $225@3 per
dozen.
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LOCAL BANK CLEARINGs 5

LOCAL BANK CLEARINGS
Bank clearings as reported by the
San Francisco Stock and Bond ex
change follow:
Monday, December b.. SS,283. .241.94
Tuesday. December 16.... 9,74S,535.7e
Wednesday. December II. 9.615,312.79
Thursday. December 49,. S,371. .459.29
Friday, December H.. 7,373,23S.47
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DRIED FRUITS AND NUTS

PRUNES-1913 crop, bulk basis: 30-4os, let
4o.c0s, 614c; 5o-60s, &c; 60-T0s. &c; Io-eos,
0%c; 10-SOs, &c; S0-90s, 5Mc; 9o-10os, 51e.
The above for Santa Clara Prunes, outside
sections Ac lower. 1912 crop stock worth
practically as much as the new crop
Other Fruits, Stand Extra
oo lbs boxes ard. Choice. Choice. Fancy.
Evaporated Apples. TIC Sc sHc &c
Apricots .12e i3c 1870 1Sc,
Pears - Sue Dc Zoe -.
Raisins-The following prices are {. o.. b..
Fresno, as given out by the Associated Raisin
company: 1918 crop. per lb-Loose muscateis
Soo), l crown. 4Ac; crown, 51ac; crown,
&c; crown. &c; seeded fancy, 16 OF packages,
!z2c; do IL OF. &c; do bulk 6Ac; do choice,
10 oz; &c; do IL OF. 5%c; do bulk. Ghc; Sui
bleached Dos, &c; 10 oz. fhc; IL OF. 5s4c; re-
cleaned, Nc advances do foated. 1Ac advance !;
London layers. 20 lb boxes, 3 crown, 81. 40;
Z crown, $1.65; crown 1925; Q crown, 81. 70:
uo Id cartons, Sl.T5: clusters 20 ib boxes
$z-oO Local representatives Of the association
are asking Nc higher. while several OF the
large packers are quoting 7sc under the asso-
ciations figures.
:, Nuts-Almonds: Nonparell. 2lc; / X L, zoe;
Ne Plus Ultra, 19c; brakes seedlings, lee:
Lsngnedoc, 15c. Association prices on wal
nuts; T. o. b. Los Angeles, per ID: No. soft
smell, l6c; No. hard shell, 15Ac; No. 2 wal
nuts, IL 13c; budded, l9c. Local prices range
about iac higher. Manchurlan nuts are
quoted at 1015 5@1Sc per lb. Peanuts-Unpol-
ished. 5is g6c; polished, 6@6l4c: sheiled Jap
anese 6Aq6Ac. Chestnuts-California. per
:. doney-New crop, 1913: Comb, water white.
i4gloe; amber, l2G13e; dark, l0Q11c: ex-
dracted; fancy white, 7H@Sc; light amber,
o1pci dark amber, 31h 6Q4c
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NEW YORK SUGAR QUoTATIoNs

I NEW YORK, Dee. lB.--Kaw sugar unset
| tied. Musocvado. aide centrifugal 324c;
molasses, 2.49c; refined quiet
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WEATHER REPORT

SPECIAL CALIFORNIA REPORTS
SAN FRANCISCO. FRIDAY. DECEMBER
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-11
BANKERS IN CONVENTION

One of the most important conventions of the year is that Of
American Bankers Association for the past few
days in Boston It is interesting not merely index Of bust
sentiment, it assemblies Of who
troll the fortunes of millions of people.
Often the banker has been the auocrat of his community
Before his penetrating there daily in review the
and the failures of the little local business world One
gets his renewal easily while another apparently far
brought to time with jerk Long training makes
the banker keen judge of mental and business habits
AS the country has richer and the loanable CAPT
has vastly increased the banking business has been remen
dousy overdone Recent Statistics instance Nebraska
one bank for every 1,75O people,
Consequently competition for the good accounts grows
sharper Ambitious who to posbll
ties urged start little checking deposits though the profit
their balances not half the cost of bookkeepng
always chance that them develop into
a big fellow.
the banker financial life and death with
the curt Indifference of old Instead of sitting passive in pr
little office puts tiled floors and silky to give
of prosperity and out thererom to hustle
the incorporation
filed.
The banker holds the balance between cold prudence
hand and cherica enterprise the other Realizing the al
superhuman difficulty the task he is considerably given
going that he may consult with others of his call
bankers gathering is of the best
attended of the big professional meetings.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-11
THE VALUE OF ATHLETICS.

many noralists athletic field looms too big in
The pages of sporting and gossip
fed daily the press not merely rot but positive
obstruction to all serious thought.
They complain that formerly interest in sports began to die
when the baseball ended Now October first brings
front of the stage all winter the sporting
is full Of basketball bowling boxing and advance dope for
baseball To the this diverts the popular mind
politics. social all weighty subjects
radical Demoshenes his point of view about the
other He athletic originally patronized by
the middle to divert the people from thinking
wrongs city that became excited the old
did much about high taxes
military SERVICE similarly today he sad capitalism
sports divert the people from thought about their
need of social reconstruction which partly
Bridgeport recently leading captain of industry Civ
his views how to city, suggested that Sunday base
be played to attract workngonen to the city
far accepted that distinguished
clergyman who suggested that higher might be eff
Bridgeport popular with the oringWomen
was roundly censured by of the newspapers.
Nevertheless innocent sports helpful and do
MI better and happier
the ball park football field give
motor And
many not permit them to many
games newspaper provides the luxury Of theatre print
Through grapic work of the sporting reporter illustrated
by score he the almost clearly if he
beachers Many tedious hours thus while the
itans field struggling before his minds It
ugbrious philosophy that would deny this d
to workingman.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-11
COLUMBUS DAY.

The American people have been strong holidays
Formerly the farm boy expected to July off the
Even merchants in small cities keep stores
open holiday mornings.
Columbus day. legal holiday Oct H. IN 24 states, is
the latest in the family popular celebrations To
dusrious persons public holiday of popular
dissipation at the best time when people take
aunts, uniting themselves work them growing
this October festival simply soppage
production loss of for working people, and the waste
Of purposeless loafng
elderly who remember when there
vacations often 2 hour periods of work
habits oafng absurd They
that the simple old times while there great
there little speed. The could
the bench gossip with his neghbos took his holidays
went along.
In these days efficiency when every motion timed
revolutions machinery the office clock the
under strain There many breaks day
may the escaped night
wholesome break been made in the
toll.
AS for the that draws out in the sunshine
makes little difference Christopher Columbus worthy
that may offered to him by those who recognize
real significance the day. time of
stood enghent progress and heroism Had this continent
properly would have been called Columbia
stead Of America
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-11
THE PUBLIC AND AVIATION THRmLERs.

Lincoln Beachey aviator says the morbid expectation
accidents the chief factor public interest
ton Strangely enough having expressed this opinion he
cded again. and at the first swept girls off
hangar roof with fatal results.
Whether not Beachey is right the public
the spice danger legion public entertainers crcuat
ing about the country doing the olive of DEATH performing
"Cage DEATH taking the Leap Of Death
find that there advertising
he
This puts aviator ugly position eye
and feeling detect pe atmospheric conditions that the
not Dependent the
decately adjusted machine he does
until every last nut has been tested and frightened.
average spectator why aviation
should not be off like the rise of
paid his good money let the performer
fulfil his contract If
better chance to display. skill.
aviators not circus tent graduates They
enthusiasts profoundly
technical achievement, but who value their
them aviation interesting
all times contrary to scientific Judgment
entire exhibition.
them experiments performed illogical
tons.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-11
SAYS AMERICAS
MUSCULAR GIRLS
LOSE FEMININITY

New York, Oct ills the ,Ameri-
can girl about to lose her trim figure,
her small ankle, her taste in dress ana
her delightful 'feInininity?
Is she abandoning those dainty lacy
frilIs for shirt waist and boxer coat
and wearing fiat hee1ed shoes and
walking like a, man with a cigar IN
the corner of his mouth?
adv Northcliffe is afraid SO.
Her husband, owner of the London
Times, the Daily Mail and other Eng
Iisr periodicals, who sailed with her
on the Adriatic yesterday, declined to
DISCUSS the American woman, but he
seemed to enjoy his wife's observa-
lions and her plea that "a girl should
be a GIRL
REALLY. you know" said Lady
Northcliffe, your girls are becoming
so robust their muscles show. Per-
haps we English women are to blame
because we were pioneers in golf and
tennis, and now I suppose you will
say the militant suffra gettes have
spread their doctrines here.
THE American girl has become ia
nous throughout the world because of
her distinct femininity. 1t would be
too bad to lose her. But In my six
tours of America I see change. She
is becoming so athletic she is in dam
ger of losing that delightful femininity
which has won her distinction.
|'No longer does she wear the lacy
fri1ls that endeared her to the hearts
of all. Now she wears a shirt waist
or a boxer coat. Her shoes have flat
heels and she walks like a man snok-
ing a cigar in the corner of his mouth.
''In England, you know, the girls
play the more violent sports, like
soccer football, and they show it.
Their muscles are drawn and tense.
They may be in perfect health. but
are they attractive to men? Are they
attractive to their husbands ?"
Lady Northcliffe said she had been
perceptibIy shocked when recently she
met in Boston several young women
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-11

for Jonathan Godfrey.
Work is steadily progressing on the
operating room, nurses home and 9TH
er. additions to the Bridgeport hosp1-
tai.
Adolf Reich has let contracts for a
moving picture theatre which he Will
have built in stratford avenue.
Contractor H. D. Moon is building
home for himself in the Stratheld dis
trict-
A business block on East Main street
owned by Louis SiIverstone is now up
to the second story in the course OF
construction.
Richard Keeton has given contract
for a family house in Capitol ave-
nue..
Architect G. E. southey is preparing
plans to remodel the Seaside CLUB 8
building in State street for a Kitchen
dining room and rathskeller
Work on the new school house IN the
Holland Heights district, Fairfield, will
begin soon.
Edward Lincoln has let the contract
for his new home in Brooklawn ave-
nue..
Work has begun on a one-family
house for Michael Morrissey in Long
Hill.
G. w. Hudson has given a contract
to have a seven room bungalow type
house built in Brook1awn avenue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-11
A COMIC OPERA IN GARBAGE.

Two years Mayor Wilson candidate
body of East Side citizens called his attention
contract for the reduction garbage which
termination of the existing
agreed to invoke these protective provisions
waited
before doing it. In the meantime the
the years afflicted frutessy
81 900 of their money getting rid of the
been laid upon them.
Under these circumstances it will better keep
oral promise stop the opera
town farm Everybody that
sons boards aren't pulling against each other without
There will glory therefore
arrived at the appropriate moment crying with
fervor, Williams, unhand the maden!"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-11
OUR sHUDDERING CONTEMPORARIES.

Several of The Farmers esteemed contemporaries who love
the Democratic party much they always
of its candidates. of fearing
contest destroy Democratic harmony. We
their alarms groundless There primary contest in the
Republican party There reigns therein the palsed
preaching dissolution The difficulties in the Democratic
gantzaon the strong life
able to combat whatever threatens its we'll being
Our contemporaries remember there vigorous
IN the Democratc convention at Baltimore and pretty
steady stream Wall street
Convention Hail. mpeled by the vigorous
eved that the Democratic party ought to belong Democrats
and not to special privilege
The result the greatest victory forty
The result in Bridgeport will likely entirely helpful
and wholesome both to the Democratic party the
which accounts the anguish felt
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-11
NORTH END SANITARY
BARBER SHOP OPEN

The last word in barber shop equip
ment and service well describes the
North End Sanitary Barber Shop at
2O12 Main street, opposite Goodsell
street. Not only is there a corps OF
expert BARRIERS always in attendance
with resultant high class service to
patrons but special attention is paid
in every detail. Sanitary conditions
assure the feeling that surroundings
are such as are maintained in the best
metropolitan shops, separate towels
being furnished and the attendants
being clothed in white costumes.
S+eriIized cabinets are used for all
articles in the shop. The fixtures are
up to date in every respect. Shaving,
hair cutting and other work of the
modern barber shop is now to be OBJ
tanned as well in the North End as in
the center of the city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-11

originality or genius can be put in for
Butter. His merit consists in the sim
pie fact that he was the first to print
what had long been written-to put
into type what he and others had been
accustomed to supply in MS; the first
to give the news-1etters of his time
the one characteristic feature which
has distinguished newspapers ever
since He offered the public a printed
sheet of news to be published at stated
and regular Internationally a week
apart, and...numbered in regular sue
cession, as are the newspapers of to-
day. Holding to this description of
what a newspaper is, and on the au-
thortty of the earliest printed papers
in the public libraries, to Nathaniel
Butter belong the renown of being
foremost as a newspaper protector.
Like many projectors, both before and
since, it would seem that Butter gain
ed more notoriety than profit by his
invention. The wits laughed at the
news writer, and the public barely
supported his paper"
News of wars and muors of wars
filed the first copy of the "Corant,"
and it Contained many such items az
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-11

october the IL, 1921. Out of the Low
Dutch Copy" This indicates that the
newspaper depended for it's news Of
the journals which had been establish
ed some time before in Holland and
Germany. The pioneer English news
paper contained onlp foreign news, as
it was a dangerous proceeding to COM
ment on domestic matters The editor
and publisher concealed his identity
behind the initials IN. b. and is sup
posed to have been either Nathaniel
Butter or Nicholas Bourne, both or
whom were a little later openly con-
nected with London Journalism.
It is likely that the credit for the
'tCorant'' belongs to Nathaniel Butter,
who joined the staff of the weekly
Nerves. after the failure of the Cor
ant OF the man who may thus be
called ''the father of English journal
ism,' F. N. Hunt says, in his Eng
lish Journa1ism:''
''Butter...seem to have been the edi-
tor and writer..and, with varying
titles, and apparently with but indff-
ferent success, his name is found in
connection with newspapers as late as
the year ,1640-No- claim for very great