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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1919
Page
4
Editor Barbara Burick advises in Beauty Culture to choose hairstyles that suit each woman's beauty. Styles are very elastic now, so select a simple Grecian form for well shaped heads and high brows, with natural waves and a knot at the back. Avoid high piles, false hair, or ear-over styling. aim to follow the head’s outline and frame the face naturally.
Reverend William Horace Day spoke to a large congregation about four months of overseas work. An Overseas quartet sang, and Day described Paris as the world hub, noting sacrifices made and the high cost of war. He recalled observing devastated areas near Verdun and the Romagne cemetery where 22,000 American crosses mark fallen soldiers.
A fragment reflects a burial service noting hallowed spots and United Church men interred. It contemplates the awful cost in human sacrifice and asserts the world cannot go on without the food that comes through sacrifice, citing the cross as the path.
A mob stormed the Pueblo jail and overturned two Mexican suspects tied to a police murder. Officials say the wrong men were seized and hanged near the Fourth Street bridge. Police reported arrests for theft of a bag of potatoes from a freight car.
Cap- tain MacIntyre, inspector of small arms practice, announces a twelve man team from the State Guard to meet a feeder force from the fifth military district in a preliminary match at the Ansonia state armory. The lineup includes sergeants, company captains, lieutenants, and privates from Stratford, Bridgeport, Stamford, and other towns. The squad reports at 1 p.m. Saturday with uniforms and rifles, then travels to Ansonia by auto for a five shot standing, five prone slow fire, five kneeling rapid fire, and five sitting rapid fire series.
A Yale G A overseas quartet toured Bridgeport Hospital wards yesterday delivering songs and a lecture program. The performers sang the same numbers used for invalided soldiers in France and were warmly received by local veterans. The group, part of industrial work efforts, volunteered to visit the hospital outside its regular schedule.
A steady stream of income tax payers has filled the local internal revenue collector's office. Today is the last day for the third quarter payments and officials expect several thousand dollars to be realized as final returns are tabulated tonight. Large corporations often wait until the last minute to save interest, making today a big day with plans to handle mail money orders and checks alongside a rush at the cashier's window.
Police raided a Drouve street venue dubbed the coffee house on Saturday night seizing 18 men and two women. Dominic DeMarko faces a disorderly house charge while Nellie Murphy and Katherine Pinola are charged as residents. All men are held as frequenters. Chinese Deportation Ban Ties Northern Califor nia to Mexicali Move.
A 12 year old newsboy, Alex Rabinvitch of 73 State Street, was bitten by a dog on State Street Saturday afternoon. He was taken to Emergency Hospital for treatment.
Advertisement listing Little Gents black calf shoes sizes 9 to 43 1 2 priced at 3.00 with sale at 2.25 and Little Gents tan oil grain shoes sizes 9 to 13 1 2 priced at 2.25 and 1.69.
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