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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1923
Page
20
In Berlin a Gypsy camp near the city drew police attention after a band offered heavy gold spurs for sale to shops buying old gold. Investigators found all members wore similar heirloom spurs, with owners reluctant to part from them, tying the items to generational legacy.
A fragmentary OCR snippet hints at a discussion of trading, manure, and a larger sense of depreciation in paper markets. Names, dates, or concrete entities are not clearly readable, leaving the item as an uncertain archival fragment with economic wording.
Hartford April Trinity College students revolt against prescribed reading and a public library song, seizing turret room in Seabury Hall to set up a private library with books, chairs, lamps, and shelves. They evacuated a class, donated their cash to fund the project, and seek professional supervision for the collection.
The Amusements column previews Poli's Vaudeville Theatre with the feature film Oh Oh the Law and a brisk vaudeville bill. Aesop's Fables News and Fields provide laughs, plus Dick Knowles Mae White and two others perform skits. At the Plaza Doraldina headlines a new musical review with exquisite costumes and a six-change act, highlighting hand crafted gowns and 633 pearls in the LaRumba outfit.
Review notes Anatol Ebriedland's latest skit Anatol's Affairs of 1923 at Poli Palace, praising Friedland as a top composer of popular songs like Are You From Heaven Persian Rose and more. Cast includes Grace Fallon Fiske and Miss Marion in engaging routines plus The American Story Teller Frank Bush. Also mentions Pola Negri debuting Bell in Donna at Majestic and Hippodrome showcase If You Believe It I’ve So at Hippodrome with Themis McVeighan cast.
John Capper rose from a $2 weekly clerk to head of a haberdashery business empire. Starting with $1,800 borrowed, he built a basement store into a five city, one million dollar capitalization operation with annual sales around three million. He credits hard work and clear thinking for his wealth.
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