Bargain The Besse System Christmas Store Offers
A long advertisement highlights Besse System stores promising value beyond Christmas, exchangeability after the holiday, and a wide range of men’s and boys wearables. Items span ladies handkerchiefs, shoes, gloves, scarves, silk accessories, shirts, and outerwear with prices and box sets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Brighton
Columbia Dollar
Adler’s
Lisle
New York
Mackinaws
Golden stream of gifts sent abroad in busy postal season
Bridgeport post office reports a record parcel post rush with money orders totaling 7.78 million dollars issued from New York to foreign lands this month. Small orders to Serbia and other nations help spread Christmas cheer to Italy, England, Russia, and beyond as extra clerks and carriers handle the surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Italy
Russia
Santa Claus
England
Ireland
Hungary
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Bridgeport Post Office
Servia
Parcel Post Department
Breckbill
Peeecu
Union
United States
New York
Morgan
Mauretania
Cunard
France
St. Louis
Lusitania
Lorraine
Amerika
George Washington
Lloyd Line
New York Post
Adams Express Co
Express Company
John Street
Writers with no commercial instinct spark catalogue satire
A fragment discusses writers and commerce, noting one will assemble an automobile catalogue for 50 cents, while another will add a plot to the catalogue and earn big royalties from a motor novel. The exchange hints at satirical views on literary business.
Read Reappointed to Park Commission for Eight-Year Term
David F. Read was re elected to the park commission at a special Seaside Park meeting last night. The unanimous choice extends his eight year term from January 1 1914. Read, 5 year veteran, is son of the late D M Read founder of D M Read Co and holds posts as president treasurer of the company and vice president of City National Bank. The board discussed but did not finalize the next budget.
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David F. Read
Park Commission
Wilson
Seaside Park
Read
D. M. Read
D. M. Read Co
City National Bank
Bridgeport
Park Commissioners
Engrosser's delicate hand shown in two tribute pieces
Beautiful examples by Earl A. Risher, the engrosser and illuminator, displayed in Hub Clothing Co. windows. One piece is a vote of thanks to retiring Commander William H. Dougal of the Department of Connecticut, the other a G A R post resolution on Major Boudren’s death. The pieces use black and gray shading, with Dougal’s department badge faintly printed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl A. Risher
Hub Clothing Co
William H. Dougal
Department of Connecticut
Boudren
Dougal
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Foster-Besse Co
Besse System
Gus C. Mullen
Staples
Austria
Belgium
Egypt
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
Liberia
Luxemburg
Netherlands
Portugal
Ee Ae
Switzerland
Union of South Africa
Iss State Street
Engrosser
American Wool and Cotton Reporter
Rhode Island
Conecticut
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New
Engiana
Boston Globe
Astrachan
Serge
Isabelle Opossum
Real Cloak & Suit Co
Main Street
Sstratfield Building
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