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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-15

are enjoying a fishing trip through New York State this week. They vii! stop for several days at Salem Center
 Mrs. GoodseH, who was nurse for Miss Harriet French, has left for q visit with relatives in Bridgeport.
 MT. Earle Wales and a friend from Chicago are visiting at the home of MT. and Mrs. SoIon Wales.
 B. Haw1ey & Co. are enclosing their sheds to be used temporarily in place of their barn which was burned last week.
 A State shoot will be held on the grounds of the Hillside Gun Club on Saturday of this week
 MT. and Mrs. Lang have spent sew eral days as guests at the home of MT. and Mrs. Edward Booth
 Between three and four hundred attended the union picnic on the will ternOon potato races, running races, driving nail contests and other games and sports which were arranged by. Messrs. William Poten and Mi1on Hawley, were enjoyed by both old and young.
 MT. W. Van Kuren has sold his place here to Dr. s. M. Gar-lfck of Bridgeport, who will. take possession in about three weeks.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Nichols of Danbury, are spending this week as the guests of MT. and Mrs. Stephen B. Hayes.
 Mrs. Herbert Botsford of New Ha- ven is visiting at the home of her father. Mir. Edwin Morgan.
 A young lady from Ansonia has been engaged by Committeeman Jesse Lewis to teach in Gregory's Orchard for the coming year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-15
EASTON

MT. John Sherwood of Maple Row Dairy Farm's has returned to his home, having spent few days at Sunny Bank" Fairfield beach.
 MT. and Mrs. Sylvanus Mallette of Sweet Brier'' are entertaining Mrs. Samuel Thorpe and children of Bridgeport.
 Miss Mabel Edwards of PlattsviIIe friends at Sunny Bank cottage, Fair field beach.
 The regular meeting of Easton grange was held on Tuesday evening. The program was prepared by Miss Hazel E. Sherwood which was as fol- lows: Selection from grange melodies; violin solo by Clifford Gillette, ac- ocmpanied by Miss Mary A. Gillette: talk, Farming when I was boy compared with the Farming now" by Phlo Lyon; reading, by Arthur Staples: violin solo, by Clifford Czf1- lettes The grange voted to hold their annual picnic at Savin Rock. The committee in charge of arrangements are MT. Clarence B. Andrews, Mrs. Edward D. Gillette. and Mrs. John Candee.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Keller have returned to their home here. having spent few days in New York, the guests of MT. and Mrs. Bass of that place.
 Miss Hazel Sherwood is confined to her home by illness.
 State Master and Mrs. J. Arthur Sherwood are spending a. few days on an automobile trip.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-15
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

To get rid of ants nests pour pe- troleum over them.
 Old fruit stains can often be remov- ed by oxalic acid.
 To keep the hands white, wash them with oatmeal water.
 A new kind of washable cotton thread for embroidering is called ra- tine.
 Always iron pongee on the wrong side over a heavily padded ironing board.
 To curl an ostrich feather, sprinkle it with salt and shake in front of a hot fire.
 To keep butter cool while camping, tie the butter crock in a cloth and suspend from a tree limb so 1t just touches the water.
 A red brick kitchen floor will keep beautifully clean and red if a drop of paraffin oil be used in the water it is washed with.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-15
TEN GIRLS BUT ONLY ONE BOY BORN IN STAMFORD
 DURING MONTH OF JULY
Vital Statistics Show That the Stork In Stratford Favcrs the Females
 Rather Than the Males.
Especial to the Farmer.)

Stratford, Aug 15.-In Stratford during the month of July, 10 deaths, II births, and g marriages were re- corded. The deaths were as follows: Judy 1, E. w. Doolitt1e; July 1, liar riet Schenck; July 5, Henry G. Vince Ter; July ,12, Christine Yost; July Is, Berkley Tracy; July 22, John Jursick; July 26, Mary Oehlsh1eger; July 29, George w. Graham; July 31, Annie Stebler; July 6, Catherine M. Matson.
 The births: July II, a son to AdoFph Ludwig Burstefn and Dorothy HoI1oday; July 20, a daughter to Ja- cob Pekar and Hannah Fried; July II, a daughter to William Clarence Scranton and Alice Josephine Shee- han; July 30, a daughter to Louis arford; July 24, 8, daughter to Charles M. Wakeley and Elizabeth Foot; July If, a daughter to Cleaveland Wilson and Anna Kocis; July 3, a daughter to Eugene Blersdi and Julia Traessa; July 27, a daughter to Adam Sakelski and Mary Tinko; July Is, a daughter to John William AdIard and Hattie Lewis c. Hull and Clara May Ellis; July IT, a daughter to Joseph Sabol and Anna Higuish. (Only one boy in the lot. It looks as if Stratford is fast becoming a suffragette commun- ity.)
 " CCO141S CS14S Id11S 4OI- IIIe 1OlIOW- ing: Kenneth ,Fenton Birmingham of Hamilton, Bermuda and Dorothy Birdseye Wheeler of Stratford; Will liam Pope BoecheIer of St. Louis, Mo, and Anna Regina Unmack of New Haven; Frederick B. Williams and Beu1a.h Thom pson, both of Stratford; George Henry Roberts and Elsie Hell en Anderson, both of Stratford; Carl L. Wachter of Bridgeport and Mary Barko of Stratford; Andrew Ordos of Stratford and Mary PcsoIyon of Pennsylvania; Leonardo CaggianielIo of Bridgeport and Maria VaranelIo of Stratford; Stephen Nemergut and Mary Krivy, both of Stratford.
 Building House.
 William Blan1ey, the local carpen- onter is building a house for John Dram on the latter's property near North avenue.
 A New Haven Visitor.
 Miss Emily, Clinton of New. Haven has been the guest of Miss Mildred Holmes of Stratford avenue. Miss Clinton ig a former resident of Strat- ford and has many friends here.
 Repairing Fence.
 Men were at work yesterday repair ing the iron fence in front of the Bun nell property in Main street. An automobile recently ran into the fence doing much damage to it
 Having Fine Time.
 George Hale, Ralph Parks, Lee CIin- ton and the other Stratford young men camping at Short beach, report that they are having the time of their lives. All the boys are tanned brown as berries and5what with fish ing, swimming, etc, are spending most enjoyable vacations.
 Red Mems Outing
 
 excursion of the members of Okenuck tribe of Red Men at Sayin Rock last evening was a fine success would hard ly be using strong enough terms to describe the affair. It was the most successful and enjoyable affair ever held by a local fraternaI order and the members of the committee in charge of it. are to be Congratulated on the smooth way in which every thing was carried out
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-15
PADS AND FASHIONS
Magpde vei1s are new.

Magpde vei1s are new.
 Afternoon frocks of soft silks in a pale color have girdIes of a darker hue. developed in plain or lowered silk and wide lace.
 A stunning white parasol has a
 Fashions eye seems to be centered on the waist line It should receive much attention in your planning.
 A flight of four fiat bows of blacE, wetvet holds up the draperies of one smart gown of eyelet embroidery.
 The corsage bouquet is rivaled by wired loops of velvet ribbon bent into a French bow and placed at the waist line.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-15
STEPNEY

Mrs. Lydia CrandaM, who has been i'll in Danbury for some time past. has recovered sufficiently to be able to visit her daughter. Mrs. Eugene Northrop.
 MT. Lester Burn. accompanied by MT. Davis Anderson of New Jersey.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

was found 70 I IRE the water n the floating bins
lar conditio, near the east end of Jamaica Bav
ties of tat were found to exist and large quaint
some ~ +t""Ceu oysters We're seized there From
ture ,rb yphod bacilli were isolated in pure cu
titles Of lnuan Creek oysters yielded plentiful guam
donb+1 tne So-called paratyphod" bacli which were
49, iess lne cause of the minor intestinal troubles
C aSSdHed the Danqueters at Goshen
-, Oy9teIS from Jamaica Bay generally sold under
ti tG name OF Rockaways They appear under that
@ On the menu cards of hotels restaurants. The
eoS OF the bay leased by the State and constitute
e largest oysterproducng district in New York State
waters yielding from 100000 to 100000 bushels year
~ Inc principal shipping points at Canarsie In
Woou and near Flatbush Bay, though large quantities
are carried direct to New York City by schooners
me chief sources of pollution are four immense
seWage.dlsposal plants at Sheepshead Bay East New
YORK, Jamaica and Far Rockaway In addition, how
ever numerous Summer resorts, cottage colonies and
hotels discharge their directly into the waters
OF the bay-ln some instances almost Immediately over
the oyster beds, or near where clans dug the
flats.
AS a whole, according to the statement of the Gov.
eminent Chemistry Bureau, Jamaica Bay may be re-
garded great basin into which muttudinous
streams of sewage continually foNing-the total
quantity amounting to great many millions of gallons
daily. In any large community there all times
many of typhoid that the oysters should be-
able Other disease germs of minor Importance they
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

servants VINO make the personnel of
the millionaire home. She employs
and discharges all who live in the
house; she buys all the supplies, and
she has charge of all the linen, etc.
In fact, she is responsible to the
mistress for the conduct and the con-
dition of the home.
The chef, whom she employs at
500, selects his own assistant,
kitchen maid, usually an Irish girl,
who receives $50. Her duty is to
help him and to prepare the food for
the servants.
The butler is at the head of the
men servants, though he has not the
position in this country that he has
in England. where he is the absolute
arbiter below stairs, and does all the
purchasing of food.
Another great advantage of the
millionaire's home from the ser
wants point of view is not the short
hours Of service. or the more at
tractive surroundings, but the fact
that there is no loneliness. There
are plenty Of people to talk to in
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

IT. HERE is a woman in New
York who supplies a large
percentage Of the servants for
the homes of the milionaires. 1t is
not surprising that she is a French
woman, for most of the servants
with whom she deals are foreigners,
and she needs all of her Gallic
quickness TO be able to decide at
glance whether Maggie Murphy will
make an acceptable chambermaid
for Mrs. Van Nroom. What she
has to say upon the subject is in
teresting.
THE lot of the servant on Fifth
avenue is Fortunate says madame,
for she works for mistress who
understands her business. This is
not the mistress of the house, but the
housekeeper although the mistress
herself gets on well as n rule with
the servants with whom she does
come into contact, 1t is the woman
who has never had servants VINO
does not know how TO treat them
The housekeeper thus has au-
thority over the twelve or fourteen
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

are bound to pick up such as the paraIS Ind
which cause less serious, though uncoiii'0'
final ailments. .s of
Within the last few years, in various p %de
country there have been a number Oh tp ovstd
typhoid, seemingly attributable to III ,ono+ed hd
One of these, at Wesleyan University. oIlen for
bivalVes which had been allowed to iatsen ntIet ID
or two in creek, within 800 feet OF Ihe o ~ NH
private sewer. Two persons in the mouse down n
this sewer belonged then just coming uJoh
typhoid. Result, Twenty-Five cases OF the 3a IN
greatly increased prevalence OF |! pnoiu ~ a
lantc City during the Summer and Autumn u cam
was traced to oysters "loated' in PehTUoe , wed
which highly polluted with sewage lnL s I'M
later at Lawrence L. l., twenty-one cases VI SpnJ
were traced to oysters and clans grown OF AO''1
in Jamaica Bay, near Inwood. ND
The picture series at the left OF TINS pdse CIV
step by step the progress of the typhoid germ 5iG
sewer through the oyster to man as discovereu l"
Government detectives .
The fact is that oysters have no business ~
grown in the near neghborhood of cities. lle
is bound to be contaminated by sewage, anu u"
produced under such conditios are unsafe 10 cav
Sooner or later, in the opinion OF the GoFe,n n1
experts, most prudent people will give up the p Io
of eating oysters raw, and will be content l" y
them served cooked in one way or another I'D
There is no other article of food that is suscepH1
of palatable preparation in many different "d!s
oyster and neither the typhoid germ nor any U~
kind of disease-producting microbes can survive 'n'
cooking.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

the maids sitting room. WneIe
may receive outside callers, OF
mems smoking room. There ais
tomobile rides for the maids Nd
the car is not required by the laI'
and there are frequent concert ]
theate tickets, which for some !
son the master and mistress
not care to use. p,,saEOd
"The call for general hou ls,ysd
ers-in fact, for competent ~, 4
of any sort, is one that Is l O.ort 4
isfed. The all-round compe.gGnil al
want who is a good cook, d IAN Lri hi
dress, a good cleaner ana so W."
to put in from twelve 10 lo li.Sl
hours a day of work has y'n'I "a
never to return. If she y 'rha
cook she takes a posillo 90, "a
wages are better than the &C. ovp !.
sibly $50. which is all she can e mi
as a general houseworker u .a n
a good laundrcss she goes ll,, oo-5I
work-in private house. 4 G 5o"ndr
house, or even in a hanl 't t5e
AS in every other calling 'a ,o h
wards of service are better "
specialist"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22
Tracing Oyster Beds from Shells.

But just oysters from locality differ in shell
from those from all other localities oysters in yari
parts of locality will differ from those in other
parts of that locality. 1t is therefore possible to tell
in many cases from just what beds in field the
oysters under inspection come. The next question
washow did the Indian Creek oysters the cpl.
demic?
1t was found that 900 of these Indian Creek bivalves
had been delivered at the Music Hall ready shucked-
that is loose-but accompanied by their shells The
latter scrubbed with fresh pump water before
the oysters were placed on them. They then
served at the tables The detectives found that the
scrubbing had been done with clean, brushes and
they satisfied themselves that the water in which they
had been washed not polluted
The infection, therefore must have been inside the
oysters themselves. And at this time the Governments
men came across two important bits of confrmatory
evidence. They learned that October ~ 1911-
within week after the Goshen banquet-half barrel
of oysters had been shipped by this same Dealer A
from Indian Creek through Fulton Market firm to
Newburgh, n. Y, where they were eaten on the fol.
lowing evening at a socaled "schoolmasers banquet"
in local hotel At this dinner fty-sx teachers and
their guests representing eight counties If the Sat-
sat down. circular letter sent to every one of
the fy-sX, asking if they had suffered afterward and
it was learned that thirteen of intestinal trouble
and one Of typhoid fever had followed tn fastvity
In the town of Sufern New York, anot-er epidemic
reported
The Government detectives decided that they now
had enough evidence to investigate the condition of
affairs at Indian Greek where the infected oysters had
come from.
1t was found that Dealer and eight other dealers
along the creek-which is small stream flowing into
the northwest portion of Jamaica Bay-were in the
habit of bringing oysters from the beds and unloading
them into the cellars of their buildings through tran,
doors the sides Of the latter The cellars being subs
merged at high tide, in some the boats enter
them at the food for the business of unloading
At low tide the creek is nearly dry There are
springs of fresh water under the house. and by closing
toodgates during the ebb, the salt is kept out
almost entirely. Meanwhile the cellars fill up with
fresh water, and the oysters drink" assuming that
bloated arthcaly "fattened' appearance which is
required meet the market demand.
The practice of "fatening' oysters by this method
is highly disapproved by the Government authorities
partly for that it renders them unhealthy
and more liable to rapid decomposition, but mainly be-
cause in the neighborhood of cities the water is more
or less contaminated by sewage.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

O-The wait.
1O ress S e is
the plate of half
shells containing
the infected BIZ
on the table.
Every thing else
may be scrupu-
lousy clean, but
the dormant germ
untouched by its
m any journeys
is a spot of dead
ly poison.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

1~-T h e ty.
Io phoid germ
which was in the
oyster has found
favorable condi-
tons within the
quest who ate it,
has multiplied,
and the victim
is shown here III
with the deadly
fever, the cause
Of which is "a
mystery TO him.
Thus a banquet
becomes a de ath.
feast.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

11-The unf0r-
Ii tunate guest
takes up the in
fected oyster on
his fork and eats
it. There is no
taste to betray
the presence of
the microbe, the
food indeed can
not be told from
the other oysters
on the plate that
may be harmless.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

1c-The germ
~ which float
ed days before
Ut from the
sewer on the tides
has caused the
death Of it's eater,
a thing which
could have been
avoided If the oys
tiers had beer
cooked or ade
quate Legislation
protecting tn {
beds from sewage
pollution had beer
provided.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

4 1-The infect
Ill oyster is de-
livered among the
others ordered by
the housewife. 1t
has escaped de-
lection because
the germ could
only be discoV-
cred by a micro
scopic examina-
ton which would
destroy the oys-
ter commercially.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

10-The cook
LIZ after wash.
ing the shells on
which the oysters
lie, prepares them
for the table. The
she'll washing has
not removed the
danger because
the germ is by
now firmly imbed.
ded in the tissues
of the soft body
of the oyster.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

0-PIaced in a
~ basket with
others in the win
dow of the re-
taller it is bought
by some house
wife, who in her
turn is no more
able than the re-
taller to tell
whether it is good
or bad and has to
take it on faith.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22
How They Tracked Down the typhoid

This Picture Shows Typhoid Germ Outlined
Health the sewer
Until the Eater of the OF IT, FOR the Purposes
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

1OHa;'yI'""' re. re,
housewives order
for so many on
the half SHE'LL"
the retailer opens
the oysters at his
store. A m o n 9
those opened is
the one contain
ing the typhoid
fever germs.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

3 Swept along
with frag-
ments of sewage,
the germ enters
one of the oys
ters, finds it a
congenial dwell
ing place and is
now ready to
start on the sec.
ond stage of it's
deadly journey.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

A-The germ in
fected oyster
is torn from its
bed by the crap
Piles of the oyster
men, and is car
ried to the sur
face into their
boat with hum
dreds of others
to supply the New
York markets.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

CT The oyster
" when it has
become properly
bloated by its inn
mersion in fresh
water, Is carried
to the New York
market for sale
in bulk to the
Wholesale dealer
or market man
of the great city.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

w 18th tn c
- germ lying
dormant within 1t,
the infected oys-
ter is placed in a
cellar, flooded at
high tide. Here
1t is "fattened" by
flooding and those
not hitherto in
fected run the
risk of being SO.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

. goes to the
wholesale market
and orders from
the stores as
many hundreds of
oysters as he
needs. Among
them is the in
fected she'll fish
whose progress is
being traced.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

Here the ty. 0-The &c !"
Il phoid fever % floats with
germ is seen float the tides over the
ing out into the oyster beds which
river from one of Weld from 100000
the city's sewers, to 100000 oys-
to be carried tiers yearly and
along with the are mainly con-
stream into ia. sumed in the
maica Bay. City of New York.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

O-The infected
. oyster is next
carried away to
t h e retailers
store. II is to all
outward appear.
ances, healthy;
the dealer having
no power to de-
termine from the
she'll the presence
of microbes.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

1t Is in Fact Microscopic
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-22

(Above)
A Shack
on Indian
Creek,
Showing
the Window
through
Which the
Cellars
Containing
Oysters Are
Flooded
in the
Dangerous
attening"
Process.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-06-03
MEXICAN RAILROAD


NE WYORk, June with d
view of making arrangements for
meeting $10.O0O.0O0 in two years, Az
Der cent notes of the National Rail
ways Of Mexico, which mature Mon
day, bankers for the road here held
q conference today. Plans for financ-
ug the maturing notes were discuss
d. it was made known. Another
difference is expected tomorrow
night or on Monday.
That the needs Of the road will be
fully taken care of was the assurance
XprcSsed by banking interests.
The National Railways Of Mexico is
Ia government enterprise and its
financing IS closely interlocked with
that II the government itself 1t had
been hoped that the negotiation Of
the $75.00O,000 loan pending in Parie
in which French. English and Amer
lean bankers has interested them
selves would have ben completed be-
fore now. Lack of recognition OF the
lIuerta government by foreign ma
tons. including the United states. is
ssid to have ben a factor in delaying
the execution Of the loan.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-06-03

from the heat of the pavcments.
Fully five thousand persons left the
heat behind and rode out to Sand
springs park Starting early in the
forenoon, it was constant stream
from that time on until o'clock at
n ght. Almost one-third of those
who went to the park took baskets
with them, and both at noon and in
the evening. the grounds resembled
nothing so much as an old-fashloned
p.cknicking spot. The Sand Springs
park has this year been made most
attractive place in the way of pick
nicking, a lunch pavilion having been
erected for the accommodation Of
picknlckers, well equipped, and a
dozen or so tea houses added.
Lee Leverlng tailor made suits and
shirts. Baltimore Hotel Bldg. across
from Tulsa Hotel.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-06-03

KANSAS CITY. June 2.-Hogs-
Receipts $4,000, sc lower; bulk, $S.55
aS.7O; heavy, 8.6214 pack
crs and butchers, $S.67 p a $40; light,
SS.6OmS7212; pigs, $75OGS.OO
Cattle-Receipts 5000, including
500 southerns; steady to strong:
prime feed steers, &S.25@S65, dress
ed beef steers, $7.4OqS25; southern
steers $5.5Om 7.65; cows $475@7OO;
helfers, $6.25@S.4O; stockers, &6.5Oq
SOS; calves. $7O0a1O25.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-06-03
GRAIN.
Wheat Declined.

CHICAGO, June 2.-Wheat today
declined sharply chiefly because OF
rains IN western Kansas and parts OF
oklahoma. The market closed weak
at net loss Of is a NC to S a l ~
fastest prices for corn were a shade
to i,c off and oats a shade down to
a sixteenth up. Provisions were . &c
lower to an upturn Of nc.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-06-03
CROWD WENT TO THE WOODS
1t Was too Hot To stay In the City on
Last sunday.

on last Sunday with Tulsans. II
was the hottest day o' the Season, and
that always makes the woods and the
green places of inviting attraction.
All day long Sunday the roads lead
ing frCen Tulsa were lined with auto
mobiles and other vehicles conveying
people out into the country. fleeine