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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1919
Page
15
Summer heat spoils baby foods and cow’s milk, risking constipation and diarrhea. Keep foods cool and insects out. If a baby’s stools vary from twice daily to more than three times, constipation or diarrhea is suspected. A safe home remedy is Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin, with free trial offered by Dr W B Caldwell in Monticello Illinois.
An OCR fragment discusses sugar filled wafers and crackers and a tea hour scene with Nettie entertaining uptown guests. It references National Bidquit Company products and a tea hour mishap, with scattered phrases about housekeeping and flour usage.
A Glasgow era wire reports Frank P Walsh and Edward P Dunne issued a statement defending Irish American charges against the English government in Ireland. They promise evidence and list witnesses to assaults, prison abuses, and the mistreatment of Irish Republicans, including photographs and hospital records, with copies sent to Congress.
Washington School eighth graders in Stratford enjoyed a home entertainment last night arranged by Agnes Snyder at 2857 Main Street. L. H. Corbit presented the show featuring a Burton Holmes travelogue, a comedy reel titled The Commuter, and a Yankee Musical with Harold Carter and Rose Robinson as prize winners. The event was directed by Mrs. Page with attendees including Harold Carter, Rose Robinson, Gertrude Avery, Gladys Rockwell, Irene Carter, Irene Burritt, and Louis I. Snyder Jr.
Secretary Carter Glass spoke at a Washington reception about the Texas oil boom. He noted the boom has enriched many near Ranger but left others poor. Rangerites discussed Sapulpa’s millionaire buying leases and drilling wells. A light note about Crank the baseball star’s marriage and mobility followed.
A catalog lists masterworks by Rosa Bonheur Turner and Gainsborough with prices from 7.50 to 65.00. It features chests of cedar and mahogany with aromatic cedar scent, priced 14.00 to 65.00, and notes their appeal as wedding or graduation gifts. Location on third floor.
Fiction lineup offers Barec Son of Kazan The Alibi by James Oliver Curwood George Allen England Henry Owen Holman Day John Fox Jr Mrs Victor Richard E J Bath Jack London Tales include Mary Ellen Chase Gaston Olaf Where Your Treasure Is A Cumberland Vendetta The Light Above the Cross Roads Too Many Crooks Tales of the Fish Patrol Before Adam The Girl from the Big Horn Country priced 75 cents each Main door.
A Sheffield Silver Bowl and Plate set priced at 6.30 dollars suits mayonnaise or whipped cream and can serve fruit or small dishes for one to five people. A child’s porridge bowl, a plain silver spoon, a ladle, a generous iced tea pitcher at 7.35 dollars, and heavy silver plate Monroe iced tea spoons are offered. Also advertised are incense burners with a terra cotta kneeling figure, Charmeuse fabric at 3.00 per yard, Georgette Crepes at 2.00, and dress Taffeta 1.69 per yard.
The Tea Room offers a light breakfast in the morning and special luncheon menus from 11:30 until 2:00. An additional Special Afternoon Tea is available for 35 cents.
Summer wear features silk jerseys with smooth lines and no extra fullness at hips or waist. Colors include blue black henna tan and greens with many shade options and artistic color combinations. Finished hems with ribbon ruffles and taffeta edged deep flounces noted. Special Petticoat on sale at 2.95 dollars.
A catalog page lists Casque Combs and shell pins with sapphire settings priced at $1.00, fancy Spanish style sapphires at $10, hair pins in various forms, ash trays of clear glass with metal holders, and nests of three glass trays with brass trim at $2.00. Also offered are small bronze Indian head trays 50 cents and stationery items priced $1.00 to $2.50 per pair. Jewelry section highlights cut puzzles from Mother Goose and Arabian Nights for children, with 50 piece sets at 15 cents and 400 piece sets at 25 cents, plus 12 subjects.
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