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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1919
Page
16
Annual Halloween prize masquerade to be held Thursday night at Quinby’s Colonial Ballroom. Murray’s Orchestra will provide music. The event attracts a large crowd and offers prizes for costumes.
Readers urged to discard pills and try Turkish Baths at Hotel Atlas Turkish Baths 247 Fairfield Avenue Bridgeport as a cure for constipation and related ailments. The ad claims impurities in the system cause constipation and that massage and Turkish baths remove them, promising relief and permanent health benefits. Open days and nights with ladies hours listed.
Review notes enthusiastic reception for Poli Players new comedy One Barn Every Minute by Phil Dunning of Bridgeport. Yale students, misadventure to Maine, wealth for community, strong performances by Arthur Chatterdon and Jack McGrath, with a promising run and two daily showings. Also previews George Chaos musical extravaganza A Little Cottage, plus The Egg Crate Wallop and other acts at Plaza and Valleyville theaters with notable performances by Louise Vernon and The Reubens.
Mrs Theresa Colons a 40 year old Derby resident died suddenly this morning after rising for work. She had a history of heart trouble and suffered a fatal attack, with medical examiner F N Loomis attributing death to heart disease. In a separate note, Miltot Campbell of Gr field Mass was fined five dollars and court costs for theft after a shoe store incident led to a confrontation with Officer Frans Manton.
The advanced class at Muilty's Colonial Ballroom Fairfield Avenue will resume Friday night. This private session allows former pupils to renew their practice for winter festivities. A live orchestra will accompany dancing with a single admission.
In White Hills on Saturday Rev AL AL N Bickford joined Miss Jeannette Shelton Beardsley daughter of Mr and Mrs Clark Beardsley Willis to former Lieutenant Harold Austin Thompson son of Mr and Mrs Ira M Thompson of this city. Attendants were Marion and Susie Beardsley with Sterling Beardsley as best man. Edward S Hawley married in New York last Wednesday to Mrs A Frank, a childhood friend. Hawley, a prominent farmer, has long been involved in town and city government. In City Court Judge John B Dillon fined Said Butterbiew $25 plus costs 86.61 for indecent language to a woman. Frank MacCandless was fined $1 plus 15.01 costs for intoxication.
A mixed notice lists New York to Plymouth Cherbourg and London sailings with dates in November and December, plus a private dancing ad at Quiltsy's Calanical ballroom offering Waltz and Fox Trot lessons for $7. It references ships like Mauretania and Pannonii with routes to Havre piræus and local social event details.
Republicans will hold a rally tonight in the eighth district at 168 Thompson Street. Speakers include Mayor Wilson John T. King and John Corr.
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