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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1913
Page
2
The trustees of People's Savings Bank at 994-996 Main Street declare a semi annual dividend of 4 percent per year on all accounts over four thousand dollars and 3 percent on the excess of all accounts over four thousand dollars, payable January 2, 1915.
Bankers and Brokers of State Street Bridgeport Connecticut advertise fire insurance and surety bonds plus real estate services. They handle loans on approved city real estate and act as trustees and administrators of estates. Includes L. Holzer and T. Staples.
We offer subject to sale the following or similar items as listed in the notice. The advertisement implies a forthcoming auction with multiple merchandise lots to be sold under terms set by the seller.
A jumble of numbers and letters appears, with repeats of rates and values such as 100 6% 3 200 1,200 and 2,500 4,000. The text resembles a garbled data dump or OCR artifact rather than a coherent narrative or report. No clear entities or events emerge.
A mixed urban column offers humorous quips on aging and race, then promotes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a cold remedy. The ad notes the product comes in a yellow package and lists B Brill at Stratford Avenue and Sixth Street as the contact point.
The article argues for better prices ahead and urges investors to hold through swings with grit and margin. It cites Joaquin Miller to illustrate the pendulum nature of markets and notes many good dividend paying stocks appealing as investment purchases at current prices.
Various office baskets in rattan willow and woven palm leaf are offered by Jackson's Book Shop at 986 988 Main Street. The Crawford Laundry Co at 435 Fairfield Avenue promotes weekly washing service with six cents per founth, two thirds ironed and delivered. Nothnagle's January sale claims strong furniture value and big savings in Bridgeport. Foley's Honey and Tar promotes relief for bronchitis risk with trusted cough remedy.
S Z Poli announces plans to make his Poli playhouse the largest on his circuit and among the largest in the country. The east wall will be removed and additions built on land at George street. Frontage 171 feet by 200 feet. Plans by architects now. Reopening aimed Labor Day next September. Also notes an unrelated ad and a street incident.
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