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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1916
Page
15
A leather trade insider explains that raw hides and finished leather have risen sharply since the war, with most goods 100 percent higher. He argues price jumps are modest for staple shoes but substantial for fancy high cut styles, noting uppers and labor drive costs, while wholesale prices in large factories reflect a wider inflation in footwear.
New York reports a jittery start with irregular trading amid speculative talk on overseas developments. Steel and copper lead a noon rally as petroleum and Texas issues jump 1 to 2 points. paper and sugar rise 2 to 3 points before prices ease. International ads heavy pending abroad data.
Confirmation of the death of Princess Caraman De Chimay formerly Miss Clara Ward of Detroit came by cable to Calvin Fentress. She died at her villa in Padua, Italy, leaving behind a Detroit fortune linked to O B Yard in Hartford.
A Bridgeport brokers report lists intraday quotations from the New York and Boston stock exchanges as of 1:30 p.m. December 19. Prices cover Allis Chalmers to U S Smelting and include many heavy industrials, railroads, and utilities with percentage figures and noting private-wire transmission.
Generally fair tonight and Wednesday with cloudy to partly cloudy skies. Winds shift from northwest to variable as temperatures remain low east of the Rockies. A southern storm tracks northeast off the Maine coast bringing high winds and snow along the Virginia to New Jersey and eastern Massachusetts coasts. A western disturbance near Kansas adds unsettled weather between the Rockies and Mississippi. The Norwegian tramp Juno runs aground near Little Egg Harbor south of Atlantic City while en route from London to New York.
Poli's theatre celebrates its fourth anniversary with Tiny May's Circus European novelty and a baby elephant act, plus dog and pony, appealing to children and adults. Charley Chaplin in The Rink provides two reels of humor, and The Enemy stars Peggy Hyland in a seven part drama. Pathe's Pictorial News rounds out the cinema program. Vessie Farrell and a selected company add vaudeville.
The Victoria Cross, a five part Lasky Paramount cinema epic with Lou Tellegen, is the evening’s feature. Tomorrow also offers The Black Butterfly an interwoven love and war drama with scenes from France and Russia, alongside The Crimson Stain Mystery with Maurice Costello and Ethel Grandin, plus Mme Olga Petrova headlining an all star cast.
The Lyric stage showcases Neil Toomey's The Angelus with Santa Claus Week nightly. Santa delivers carloads of presents to all, including silk umbrellas and dish sets, with no ticket price changes. Matinee orders hold until 1 30 and evening until 7 30. The week ends with William Brady's Sinners.
Attorneys William A. Redden and Joshua Meltzer told the common council that the charter and ordinances revision and codification would be completed before April 1. The notice appears in a city article under a Christmas trees and decorations heading.
In Pittsburgh Miss Nettie Richardson a 40 year old former hotel cashier was awarded $170000 in a breach of promise suit against 78 year old Henry Deniston Swissvale millionaire. The case went to the jury after a week long trial in common pleas court and the verdict was sealed and read at court convened today. Francis J. O Donnell of Grand Rapids was elected captain of the St Louis University football team.
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