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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1919
Page
12
Washington report indicates Colonel Edward House, longtime member of the American Peace Commission in Paris since last November, will return to the United States next month. The British ambassador in the United States is identified as Lord Crewe.
Edwin Host daughter of Mr and Mrs Jauis BR Powe of Sea View Avenue sails today on the 8S Canople to join Mr Hoyt in Rome. A Bon Voyage basket and silk hosiery gifts greeted Mrs Hoyt at a Hincks home farewell party with Miss Mary Hincks and John Hincks dancing and cards. Mrs Hart, popular Little Sister, received ongoing farewell events before Mr Hoyt’s sailing. A long guest list included Mr and Mrs Powe and many friends from New York and locally listed names.
Babies christen the playgrounds with a weigh in and display at Yellow Mill and Old Mill treen grounds organized by the Board of Recreation with help from the Board of Health and the Visiting Nurse association. Mothers share news and nursery tips as medals and honors are awarded in a neighborhood gathering.
Miss Mary A Steele daughter of Mr and Mrs John Steele of 1044 Iranistan Avenue and Stephen B O'Brien were united in a high nuptial mass at St Peters Church with Rev Thomas J Kelley officiating. The bride wore Georgette crepe and carried a bouquet. matron of honor Mrs Stacy B Dollenmayer wore grey Georgette crepe. Best man was Thomas J Lee. A reception followed at the bride's home and the couple departed for a Canada honeymoon. The bride teaches at Waltersville School and is a High School graduate. the groom is a wire chief with Southern New England Telephone.
Mexico copy Aug 27 Excelsior reports Mexican consuls in major European capitals instructed to assist prospective immigrants and organize September excursions from Germany and Belgium. The secretary of agriculture told Excelsior that Japanese, linked to colonization rumors, would be admitted on equal footing with other foreigners.
New York August 27 science warns humans risk losing legs through disuse as automotives and air travel rise. Mme Mistinguette Wartress, famed for insured legs, quips on leg beauty and generational feet shaping, noting women’s aversion to leg use may threaten future appearance and strength.
Hartford August 27 officers of women’s organizations across Connecticut attended a luncheon hosted by Mrs. Richard M. Bissell director of war savings. Resolutions pledging aid to the war savings campaign were adopted. Mrs Myra B Lord and Miss Agnes Denham spoke on education through clubs in budgeting and economy to create a surplus for investment in government securities.
A Bridgeport firm, Thomas J. McNamara & Son, files a $2,000 suit in Superior Court against William Laughlin and Mary Laughlin of New Britain. The suit alleges Laughlin, employed last May as a distributor, misappropriated $1,601.96 by using collected funds to pay a mortgage on property listed in his wife's name.
The International Mercantile Marine Co announces a new trans Atlantic route from New York to Constantinople and Constanza Romania via the Near East and Black Sea. The inaugural voyage will sail September 16 on the American liner Black Arrow, formerly the Hamburg American Rhactin.
Olga Semonova Petomtzeva, 22, captured by Canadian troops at Uvosozera while in Red Guard gear, worked as a cook for a Canadian mess. She traveled from Petrograd on April 4 to join a Finnish regiment husband fighting the Allies on Lats front. Allied officers report she shed tears over a baby photograph cut from magazines, seeking a likeness of her deceased son.
Bridgeport Castings Company Incorporated files papers for £100000 capital stock. Directors include WH Houghton J J Quinn Thomas Stined John Pullman and others from Waterbury and Tarrytown. The firm, owner of Bridgeport Tool Works premises, will produce iron and aluminium castings with bites and bromes.
At the Navy recruiting station 62 Cannon reef several men enlisted yesterday including Michael Towchilk Steven Wo Ising C Lattin Edward A Daley Willi 4m Conn h ie Andrey Sandy Andrew Slavesky Albert R Clements Joy H Wikund and Merhert A Reltx.
The listing shows Che Read Annex pricing for kids and big girls shoes. It includes sizes 8 to 12 at 1.49, 12 to 2 at 3.25, 4 to 8 black shoes with medium heels, 4.25 dark tan with military heels, 24 to 660 sizes priced 4.25, 5.95 white canvas shoes and oxfords with French or military heels, and Havana brown kid shoes at 2.15 to 5.95.
A listing notes Huck towels as good quality in large 18 by 40 inch size with a price of 22 cents. The item emphasizes practical textile use and value for buyers seeking durable linens.
A compact sale listing notes a Japanese hand drawn scarf size 17 by 50 inches offered for 79 cents, suitable for dressers and bureaus.
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