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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-11
ADVENT CHURCH DROPS
DISCUSSION OF PEACE

A resolution for the discussion Of
Tpence and opposing war was eH1ninat-
de from the conference of the Advent
church nj Park and Putnam streets
bterday- Tho delegates voted
unzuimous1y to drop the subject and
q cnnnmittee of three was appointed
10 revine tho Constitution
4 Delegates to other conferences were
n1ectcd rs follows East Connecticut
md Rhode Island, Rev. Thomas
y Soltun; Massachusetts,, Rev. W. s.
Bexanson, Cataldlls, Rev. E. v. Ellis;
Hoosick Valley, Rev. A E. Phelps
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-11
OBITUARY
MICHAEL GARDELLA.

Following a brief illness Michael
Gardella died at the Bridgeport hos
pital last evening. Mr.. Gardella was
the brother of Joseph Gardella, we'll
known fruit dealer of 1914 Stratford
avenue, and was widely known among
the Italian residents of the city. The
funeral will be held Friday morning
from the undertaking parlors of Culli-
nan, Mullins & Buckley, 2s3 Golden
i'll street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-11
BIT By AUTO

Edgar Atwood Of "a Arctic street
was struck by an automobile driven
by David Daniels of 402 Wood ave-
nue. while crossing the street at Wash
ington avenue and Catherine street
last night He suffered bruises on
the forehead and a cut over his left
eye.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-11
Workmen Injured AS
Scaffold Collapses

John Brio of $50 North Washington
avenue and Tony Mann of 6S Lexing-
ton avenue, worknen engaged in the
g. cotton OF a new building at Main
land Frankln- Streets had a narrow
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-11

specialize in Installing
hot all. heating systems. Furnaces
overhauied: Proper heating guar
anteed. Saunders, Sit East Wash
ington Ave. Phone, also plumb
ing and Timing. G IL dss =
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-11

examination, but there were a great
many who did not appear and were
not accounted for.
Orders for sending the final con-
tingent have not yet been received,
but they are expected to call for the
final 15 per cent about October IS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-11
BROKE LIQUOR LAW, FINED.

For violating the liquor law John
William of 35 Middle street was fined
$50 and costs. and Vincenzo Gauzzo
of 173 Church street was fined $50 to-
day in city court. Both fines were
paid.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-11
HONOR REV. MR. DAY.

Hev- William Horace Day, pastor Of
the United Congregational church,
has been appointed moderator Of the
National Council of Congregational
churches now in session at Column
bus. o.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-11
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs Leroy Sherman OF Long Hn
and her cousin, Mrs Jennie Clark, for
1nerly Of Aunroe, viii spend the win
Ter at s61 State street
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-11

One Gallon Stone Jugs, 25c value
sale price loo
Four Parlor Brooms- price
-. SIC
Four-side Graters, 1Oc value-sale
pIlCo CC
Rolls Of Crepe Toilet Paper, sc value
sale price ...... for 2c
Pint Size Ball Mason Fruit Jars, sale,
price, per doz ................. &c
Quart size Ball Mason Fruit Jars SALE
price, per doz ..afs79c
Heavy Copper nickel plated Tea sor
Water Kettles, seamless body,
No. s size-sale price ...... $3.50
No. 8 size-sale price 49,. ,$1.9S
Large size Perfection Oil Heaters,
guaranteed smokeless and odorless;
gallon oil tank with indicator-sale
price -. S4.4y
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-11

0-Cedar: Mops, 75c value-sale price
O-Cedar Polish, 25c value-sale price
northumberland. 19c
O-Cedar Polish, SOC value-sale price
...... 39c
Plungers for household use, very
handy when the sink or bowl gets
stopped-sale price ............ 44c
No. 7 deep steel Frying Pans-sale
price ........ 17c
No 7 cast-iron Frying Pans-sale
price .-...... 39c
No. 9 deep steel Frying Pans-sale
price ............. 47c
Old fashioned Flat-irons ....... &c lib
finch round white lined fire proof
Pie Plates, mounted in heavy nickel
plated frame for table use -. S9c
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-11
CLOTHES WRINGERS


Anchor Brand, for round or stationary
Wash Tubs
Household Clothes Wringers $500
value-sale price ............ 1897
Household Clothes Wringers $40
value-sale price .............. 1897
Universal Clothes Wringers $40
value-sale price ............ $4.57 :
Household Clothes Wringers-
bench-$5 $50 value-sale price :. 1924
Hardwood Folding Wash Benches
sale price ....... ........... &C
Round Clothes Baskets-sale price 39c
Folding Card or Sewing Tables-sale
price ......... $500. &c
Revolving Clothes Reels for the yard
sale price $4.4J
Selected Clothes Pins-saie price
........ 6O for &c
so foot water proof, Waxed Clothes
LlneS-sale price 47c
Hardwood Folding Safety Gates:
SO inch extension-sale price = CSC
48 inch 'extension-sale price $50
So inch extension-sale price $f.9S
81 inch extension-sale price $3.50
White enamel Saucepans-sale price
-. liz
White enameled Wash Basins sale
price lou
White enameled Tea Canisters-sale
price SIC
Round and oval fancy Jelly Moulds-
sale price .-... .......... &c
Large size galvanized iron Wash Tubs
sale price SIC
Gilman folding Lunch Boxes, 25c value
Three pint Aluminium Coffee Pots,
$3.50 value-sale price 1890. $1.0O
goth Century combination Light and
Gas heaters, fit any jet without the
use of pipe or tube-sale price :. SIC
Rag OF soft inverted Gas Mantles, 12c
value-sale price .....,...........2 &c
Genuine Lindsay Tungsten inverted or
upright Gas Nantes, Doc value-sale
price D 1Or $1.vU.
Inverted Gas Lights complete with
heavy brass burner and pilot light,
fancy globe and mantle, $1.75 value
sale price SL4(
Guaranteed Alarm Clocks, with inclao-
ed alarm, 1925 value-sa1e price Sk10
High grade table cutlery in sets of six
knives and six forks, sale price, set Of
II pieces 49c
Round tin Wash Boilers, made of good
grade of tin with pail handle.
Small size ........ ......... Sc
Large size ..--.....-...... S9c
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-11

SO lib white japanned Flour or Sugar
Cans-sale price ................9 &c
White japanned Household Set, con-
sisting of one Bread Box, one Cake
Box, one Tea can, one Coffee can,
one Sugar can, one Flour can En-
tire set of six pieces ...... $3.50
Dust Absorbing Floor Brushes, sale
price OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. CSC
Wizard Wall Dusters-sale price 44c
Wizard Window Washer = sale price
OC
SOC size Wizard Polish-sale price 39c
25c size Wizard Polish-sale price 19c
0-Cedar Mops, $i.25 vaIue-sale price
J(c
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-11

Five year guaranteed Electric Iron,
complete with cord and plug-sale
price ............ .......... - $3.74
White japanned overall Foot-tubs, sale
price ..........:........ 49c
Large size-sale price ........... &c
White japanned Infant Bath-tubs.
small size sale price ......... $1.39
Medium size-sale price ....... $1.59
Large slze-sale price ......... $1.97
Extra heavy galvanized iron square
Ash Slfters, sale price ....~..... Sc
Extra heavy galvanized iron rotary
Ash Sifters, fits any barrel; no dirt or
dust-sale price ............... $3.9S
Heavy tin copper bottom Wash Boil
ers with tight fitting covers
No. 7 size-sale price .... $1.97
No. size-sa1e price ...... 1929
NO. slze-sale price ... $2.49
White japanned Bread Boxes, medium
size-sale price CSC
Large size-sale price Csc
Roll top Bread Boxes, sale price 79c
White Enameled Medicine Cabinets.
with mirror door and glass shelves:
large slze-sale price ......... S1.49
Glass Towel Bars with brass nickel
plated ends, IS to 20 in. long = sale
price ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. SIC
White japanned Kitchen Sets, con-
sisting of: Id tea can, 2 lib coffee
can. Id sugar can, 10 lib flour can.
Entire set of four pieces for :. &c
IS lb white japanned Flour or Sugar
Can-Sale price Goo
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-16
;: CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE ::

in my car, and you need not come with
us into Dicks room. AS your physician
| am going to prescribe that you go to
your room and take rest. You look
completely done up"
I shook hands with DR.. Virot with
out a word. DR.. Atwater patted me on
the shoulder and said, run along
Margaret" and then he held me away
from him a minute and said, How
much you remind me of your mother,
child, when you are pale as you are
today"
/ wonder, little book, II my dear
mother, whom l remember only as a
mother and not as woman at all, ever
had the kind of problems to solve that
| have now. am quite sure she was
afraid would have them and that was
the reason she told me to confide in
you, little book.
When reached my room ] stood a
lIttle da8ed in the middle Of It, for ]
had caught sight Of myself in the glass
and the pale face and big eyes that
confronted me were most dtsconcert'
ing.
Then with trembling fingers I tore
open the seal Of Malcolm Stuart's let
ter.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-16
TERRIBLY SWOLLEN
Suffering Described As Torture
Relieved by Black-Draught.

Rossville, Gains. Kate Lee Able, OF
this place, writes: "My husband is an
engineer, and once while lifting, he in
iured himself with piece Of heavy ma
chinery, across the abdomen He was
so sore he could not bear to press on
himself at all, on chest OF abdomen. He
weighed 1865 lbs, and fell off until he
weighed ITO lbs, in two weeks.
He became constipated and itlooked
like he would die. We mad three different
doctors, yet with all their medicine, his
bowels failed to act. He would turn up
a ten-cent bottle Of castor oil, and drink
il two or three days in succession. He
did this yet without result. We became
desperate, he suffered so. He was swol-
len terribly. He told me his suffering
could only be described as torture.
lsent and bought Thedford's Black
Draught. made him take a big dose,
and whenit began TO act he tainted, he
was in such misery, but he got relief and
began to mend at once. He got we'll,
and we both feel he owes his life to
Thedford's Black Draught."
Thedford's Black DraughtwiIlhelp you
to keep fit, ready for the days work.
Try It'll NC-l3l
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there was no one left at the Badgers
but Charles and none left at the Muir
rays but Rosalind. How she got along
1t was hard to say, but, she had stead
lastly refused to give up the house
or even part Of 1t.
This evening Charles looked as
usual when he was directly across from
the gate. The tulip beds were gorg'
eous IN their reds and yellows, the
hyacinths in their puppies and pinks
And from the shrubbery beside the
house came the dangerous perfume OF
lilacs. A bird perched on Cupid's good
wing in the fountain suddenly let out
volley Of joyous notes.
Charles paused to hear and to have
a better view. Then he looked keen
ly around for Rosalind. He didn't SEE
her. 1t was curious.
He turned again and went on, dis
appointed. 1t was upusual. He had
learned to look for her and to count
upon his evening greeting
Again came the birds call, and at
the same instant whiff Of lilac made
it's way to Charles's nostrlls. He was
feeling very curious and, withall, lone
". He stopped again.
Still no sign of Rosalind.
Then he did an unusual thing, for
somehow or other he seemed to have
lost the power Of will. His feet seemed
to carry him forward without the least
volition on his part. He stepped OIL
found himself opening the rusty iron
gate and mounting the variously In
clined steps to the house he had not
visited for years.
The next instant he was ringing the
bell and trying in vain to think OF
what excuse he should give when
Rosalind opened the door.
But he need not have worried, for
Rosalind didn't open the door. A
stranger answered the bell, an Older
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-16
HEALTH HINTS

One Of the most serious problems
growing out of an epidemic OF infantile
paralysis is the after.care Of patients
who have been crippled by the disease.
Muscle training to help establish a
new route for nerve impulses through
partially destroyed nerve centers is Of
the greatest Importance.
Unfortunately few physicians and
nurses have the precise knowledge and
special training necessary to under
take this muscle training.
Absolute rest is advised in !nfantile
paralysis during the course of the dis
ease. Every effort mast be made to
make this rest complete, The limb
must not be allowed to drag on par
alyzed muscle, but should be support
ed by pillows, or pads or bandages.
Partial paralysis is much moro COM
mon than total paralysis. After the
patient has passed the acute stage Of
the disease thorough examination
should be made to determine which
muscle or group Of muscles are normal,
which show weakness and which par
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-16

woman with sharp features, black
dress and a Bingham apron.
rs Miss Murray at homer? tnquir'
ed Charles, startled.
miss Murray doesn't live here any
MORE" answered the woman. "She
moved out today"
ooh, yes, see," stammered Charles
turning to go. 81 beg your pardon"
Then, "She didn't say where she was
going, did she?"
mo. She's going to be nurse, ]
believe, but don't know more than
that. I've bought some Of her things.
I'm going to conduct fashionable
boarding house here, and l hope you
won't mind mentioning it to your
friends"
mo, indeed. I'll be sure to remem'
ber," murmured Charles, not knowing
what he was saying.
Through his brain were pounding
the words, Fifteen years and you've
lost her, fifteen years and you've lost
her. Fool! Fool!"
He reached the iron street gate at
last and again turned heavily UP the
hill, the same words ringing in his
brain.
Then he heard some ons calling, and
looking up he saw Rosalind coming
down the steps Of the house next
oooT.
'Ive been waiting to say good by"
she said quietly. I'm going away,
Charles, and may not see you again
for long, long while"
But Charles had her hand and held
it as if he would never let go. mo,
you're not going away, Rosy, you're
going to stay here and marry me this
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This morning DR.. Virot came to see
me. He was very formal and very
sad. l could see that the death of NAL
oolm Stuart had grieved him almost
10 heartbreak. 1t seemed to me also
that he was bit annoyed that he did
not find me in tears or something very
feminine in the way of sorrow over his
friend.
He shook hands with me and asked
me about Dick. l told him that DICK
was still delirious. At this he looked
grave and asked me the name OF our
physician. ...o
When named DR.. Atwater, his face
lighted up, for he had become intimate
with him during my long illness.
"My dear Mrs. Waverly," he said
rather ponderously, although both his
voice and his hand shook as he held
out to me bulky package, u have mere
a sealed communication from the dear
est friend I lave ever known. do
not need to tell you that. although /
have absolutely no knowledge OF lts
import, any commands that you may
have for me after you have read II
WIN be carried out to the letter.
"Thank YOU" said, and my breath
came cold through lips that tried 70
form the words without O tremor'
Il seemed to me as held that pack
age as though Malcolm Stuart was
standing beside me just as he STOOD
that day on the shore before he start
ed to his death.
Before could say more, DR.. At
water came in and 1t relieved the ten
sion somewhat, for IL / was to nave
been killed the next minute ! could
not have uttered another word with
Malcolm Stuart's last letter clasped IN
my hands.
DR.. Atwater did not seem to notice
that there was anything IL the strained
attitude Of Dr. Virot and myself out
o. the ordinary, for which DR.. VroE
seemed quite as relieved as was.
II am very glad, DR.. Virot, to meet
you here" he exclaimed holding out
his hand.
81 have wanted for a long time to
consult with you about Mr.. Waverly,
but was afraid to ask you to do so as
know how busy you arc with the at.
( fairs Of the hospital, and Of course ]
4 know also how the death of Mr.. Stuart
must have affected you"
DR. Virot bowed and ! found my
voice, Twill you and DR.. Virot 90 in to
see Dick now, dear DR.. Atwater| ]
asked.
.'Yes, my dear Margaret" answered
Or. Atwater. Then for the first time
iieseemed to observe that ] was pale,
and he exclaimed, Ny dear child, !
VIM take y, pirot back 2 tho beapital
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-16
Amazing Power Of Bon-Opto
To Make Weak Eyes Strong
Doctor Says 1t Strengthens
Eyesight so per cent in One
Weeks Time in Many Instances

able time and multitudes more will be
able to strengthen their eyes so as to be
spared the trouble and expense Of ever
getting glasses. Eye troubles Of many
descriptions may be wonderfully benefited
by the use Of this prescription at home.
Go to any active drug store and get a
bottle of Bon-0pto tablets. Drop one
Bon Optic tablet in a fourth Of glass Of
water and let it dissolve. With this
LIQUID battle the eyes two to four times
daily. You should notice your eyes clear
up perceptibly right from the start, and
inflammation and redness will quickly
disappear. If your eyes bother you even
q little 1t is your duty to take steps to
save them now before it is too late.
Many hopelessly blind might have saved
their sight If they had cared for their
eyes in time.
Note: Another prominent Physician 10 whom
the above article was submitted, said: YES;
the Bon.Opto prescription l.. truly wonderful
eye remedy. It's constituent ingredients are well
known to eminent eye specialists and widely
prescribed by them. have used Il very sue
cesSfllly In my own practice on patients WHOSE
eyes were strained through oveiwork or misht
glasses. can highly recommend 1t In case Of
weak, watery, aching, smarting, itching, bum
ing eyes, red lids, blurred vision or for eyes In
famed from exposure to smoke, sun, dust Of
wind. It Is one Of the very few preparations l
feel should be kept on hand for regular use 10
almost every family" Bon0pto, referred to
above, Is not patent medicine or secret
remedy. II Is an ethical preparation, the for
mnla being printed on the package. The man
ufacturers guarantee It to strengthen .eyesight
90 per cent In one weeks time in many instances
or refund the money. II can be obtained from
any good druCEist and Is sold IN this city "
Mountain City Drug Co. and other
drnRRista.
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A Free Prescription You Can Have
Filled and Use at Home

A Free Prescription You Can Have
Filled and Use at Home
Victims of eye strain and other eye
veaknesses and those who wear glasses,
will be glad to know that according TO
DR.. Lewis there is real hope and help LOT
them. Many whose eyes were failing say
they have had their eyes restored by TINS
remarkable prescription and many VINO
once wore glasses say they have thrown
them away. One man says, after using
It: az was almost blind. Could not see
TO read at all. Now / can read every
thing without my glasses, and my eyes DO
NOT hurt any more At night they would
main dreadfully. Now they feel fine all
the time. It was like miracle to me-"
A lady who used it says: 1.-THE atmos-
phere seemed hazy with or without
glasses, but after using this prescription
Tor fifteen days everything seems clear
/ can read even fine print without
glasses" Another who used 1t says: II
was bothered with eye strain caused by
overworked, tired eyes, which induced
fierce headaches. ] have worn glasses for
several years, both for distance and work,
and without them / could not read my
own name on an envelope or the type.
writing on the machine before me. ]
can do both now and have discarded my
long distance glasses altogether. ! can
count the futtering leaves on the trees
across the street now, which for several
years have looked like a dim green blur
to me l cannot express my joy at what
1t has done for me"
It is believed that thousands who wear
glasses can now discard them in reason
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-16
THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
Fifteen Years and a Day.
BY LOUISE OLIVER

copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure
Newspaper syndicate)
RR Badger came putting up tho
M street with as much effort and
4V4 commotion as the 5.5S accom-
mediation which he had just LETT
smoking its way noistly to the next
surburb.
There were three reasons for this
first, that Mr.. Badger was gaining In
weight; next, that Maple lane diver:
ged 25 degrees from the level, and
third, that the evening was warm With
the sapping, clcgglng heat of the first
hot days Of the season.
On both sides of the street very
comfortable looking frame houses,
much terraced, had the appearance
two rows Of soldiers marching side
ways UP very steep steps. OF course
IA summer this illusion was softened
considerably by the trees from which
the street derived its name. With all
Of its steepness and sameness, Maple
lane had long been the harboT OF
acaste" in the little borough Of Glen
port, which was neither glen nor a
port, by the way, and Mr.. Badger
nrobably endured the climb to his
own pretentious domicile at the top
because Of the feeling Of pride he
felt In having these first citizens call
to him familarly that the weather was
or wasnt-at all that 1t should be-,
or "What did he think of the war
now?" and so on. Mr.. Badger agreed
with Caesar that it we're better to be
first man in a village than second
man in Rome.
About the sixth house up on the
= right side OF the street was house
of indiscrimate brown, wide porches,
turreted effect on one sire and q
fountain. In summer, with Its setting
Of trees, 1t looked imposing, but In the
nakedness Of winter one could have
seen from quite a distance that 1t
needed paint, that the water conduc-
tors were wrapped, that the timing was
hanging here and there from the ewes,
and that the steps were in drunken
disorder The Cupid in the fountain
lacked a wing, and attempts at filling
the much.chipped edge Of the stone
basin with cement had long since
been abandoned.
Toward this house Charles Badger
pfdtocrat, now turned the tail Of his
eve. as he had every night, summer,
winted and seasons in between, for a
number of years. Sometimes it was
only the flutter Of curtain, some
times the opening Of the front door
to get the evening paper, in the spring
1t was the hyacinth and tulip beds
that needed attention, but always
when the 5.59 train came in there
was evidence that Rosalind Murry
was somewhere on the premises.
To go back bit into the archives
Of GIenport: The Badgers and the
Murrays had at one time divided the
honors of overload And in those days
before Sylvester Murray had lost his
fortune in the failure of the First Ma
tional, the scion Of one house was
betrothed to the daughter Of the other
But when the Murray fortune was
swept away, Althea Badger, Charles's
mother, had taken her darling aside
and showed him his duty, not to the
girl he was to marry, but to her. So he
had allowed Rosalind to withdraw
from the contract when she also had
insisted
Years had rolled along and brought
vacancies In both families. In fact
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very day. rye got duty to perform
as well as you. I've got to spend the
rest Of my life trying 70 make you
as happy as it's possible for a woman
to be. Rosy" he pleaded, don't go,
| know I'll die II you do"
"WelI, If it's to be my duty to save
lives, Charles" she answered half Sc,
riously, "1suppose It may as well be
Ynnrs."
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Copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure
Newspaper syndicate.)