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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1919
Page
3
Police failed to locate Susie Shorba who vanished from her Willard Street home since Saturday night. Her husband reported she said she would visit a nearby drug store to get medicine for their year old baby, but he offered no explanation for her absence.
August Verinoca of Warrencourt reported a bold burglary Saturday night. Thieves entered while he slept and stole his feather bed, Sunday trousers with a $60.33 bankroll, three rings, a stick pin, and other valuables totaling about $200, leaving the owner worried as feather beds approach season.
In Bridgeport the Lyric Theater drew capacity crowds for a program led by The Midnight Man featuring James J. Corbett. The bill included The Midnight Patrol, The Silent Stranger, a Chaplin short, and a Bond of Love feature. A concert by the Lyric orchestra and other acts filled out the evening as a bustling theater column notes.
John Farrell of Long Hill was injured when a motorcycle hit an automobile near Bethany chapel at 2 pm yesterday. He received stitches for a deep cut to the right leg at James-Beney hospital. Vehicle owner William Halstead of Great Barrington, Mass. cooperated as police investigated. no arrests.
George Kelly injured his palm at home on Hansen street while cutting bread yesterday. Dr Pasuth treated him at Emergency hospital for a deep laceration.
A Waterbury man, ALEX SABIN, tells how he transformed from a sickly weakling to a strong college athlete at Columbia. He credits using CINOT, with testimonials from his recovery, and notes Hartigan's Drug Stores in Bridgeport and Switzer's Drug Store in Southport distributing the remedy.
Limited quantity of pure wool warm motor robes in blue green and maroon. Size large enough to tuck up 18 inches snugly. Actual value ten dollars, offered at special price on the third floor.
An ad lists knitted and crocheted baby garments for cold weather on the second floor. Items include carriage covers in white and pale pink, knitted loggins, silken veils, mittens, sweater sets, bonnets with ear tabs, little sacks, and bootees. Prices range from 25 cents to $14, with colors white, blue, khaki, or Copenhagen.
A bookstore or library display lists many titles priced at 75 cents, inviting readers to choose from works by Mary Roberts Rinehart, Ruth Sawyer, Basil King, and others. The notice emphasizes broad taste, with a note that items are on the Main floor Fear.
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