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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1925
Page
21
Numerous furnished rooms and small apartments offered for light homekeeping in multiple locations. Private baths, separate entrances, and modern conveniences noted. Some include board or meals. others emphasize reasonable rates and proximity to transit.
Local hardware and furniture dealer advertises a 19 piece aluminum set for $996 and a broad selection of dining room groups, bedrooms, living room suites, and wallpaper. Promises substantial savings with immediate sale, factory discounts, and custom order options at various Stamford area locations.
Miscellaneous notices advertise rose bushes two and three years old at 376 dollars per dozen postpaid with insured delivery from Reynolds Farms Norwalk and various plant bulbs dahlias and perennials offered by Geo Seltgam and Silvan Nursery. Livestock and garden supplies include cinders, lawn services, lumber and fixtures, pool tables, bowling alleys, and restaurant equipment. Several listings mention contact details in Stratford Norwalk Danbury and Bridgeport areas with postpaid bulb specials and plant sales.
A cluttered page lists lost items including a green and gray flat bottom row boat in Lordship Meadows, a black and wide English setter, a pocket book with money and keys, a red beaded bag with blue Rosary, a metal crystal locket with children's pictures, and a female Angora cat named Dickend. Contact addresses and rewards are given for return.
Fragmentary ad lists English Setters and Boston puppies for sale with broken phrases about price and guarantees. Mentions locations and contact hints but lacks solid terms.
Out of town owner seeks disposal of two lots on Paradise Town Stratford and North Ind Bridgeport. Interested parties inquire at 5 Rocton Ave, Noite 5656 7 RY. OK F building near Brooklawn Country Club, exclusive section, attractive proposition. Inquire Jordan and Selleck, Bar 4949.
Local and long distance furniture and piano moving firms advertise careful handling and insured service. Barnum Trucking Co and multiple movers list times, locations, and rates, with storage, crating, and packing options. Some ads emphasize prompt pickup, nationwide trips, and low monthly storage fees. Names include Barnum, Moran, Hartwell, Ganson, Rickard, Baskall, and Stowe among others with addresses in Stratford, Noble, and Hartford areas.
Short classified notice listing include a fine light factory space for rent on the fourth floor at 200 Cannon St with contact E S Sehwerdtle, plus several wanted ads for a two or small family house direct from owner, a country place with garden and chicken space near this or trolley, and inexpensive light housekeeping rooms with water near Bridgeport Milford Stratford Orange. Also a card of thanks and memorial notes for Timothy J Lane and Frank J Lattrell with expressions of gratitude to named societies and relatives.
An old classified style insert promoting FAN ASIA and PAN-ASE poultry remedies. It touts quick returns, promises money back, and cites multiple retailers including Wheeler & Co and The Farmers Flour & Grain Co. The text lists dosages, buyers’ guarantees, and local hardware stores as distribution points.
A crowded classified listing shows baby chicks ducks and hens for sale with red eggs white leghorn and Rhode Island Red varieties from multiple farms in Connecticut and nearby states. It also advertises incubators, hatching services, and numerous farm properties for sale or rent including 80 acre and 20 acre parcels, a 12 room house with barn, and a 4 horse wagon setup, plus various farm equipment and land listings.
Italian reports claim Italy plans to buy 20 000 600 bushels of wheat triggering a sharp rise in grain values. Wheat jumped 5 to 12 cents, corn 4 3 4 cents, oats rose 7 8 to 1 1 2 cents, while provisions eased. Market strength came from Liverpool price moves and Canadian pool hedging, with export demand and crop damage signals supporting gains before settling near day’s highs.
London and Norwalk reports describe the Canterbury Tale vellum manuscript, once stolen and sold to an American college library for 4000 pounds, being repurchased by its owner’s representatives for 70 pounds. Officials note no change in Fairfield County gas prices yet as Standard Oil confirms tank wagon pricing at 21 cents with tax, while wholesale rates hold.
Production of steel by electric furnaces rose sharply in 1923 with castings totaling 235953 tons, up over 50 percent from 1920s peak. Alloy steel from electric furnaces also set a record at 29054 tons, up 64 percent from 1922. A note at end restricts personal liability after April 1.
Died Beardsley at 1408 Linden Avenue Stratford on April 6 1925 Elbert M Beardsley age 53 funeral April 9 at 2 pm Union Cemetery Curtis Victor Stuart Curtis died Bridgeport Hospital April 6 1925 funeral April 9 2 30 pm Reid Memorial Chapel North Avenue Mountain Grove Cemetery Sailder Susan Lo Howarth widow of Liederick Sailder died in City April 7 1825 aged 89 private funeral April 10 2 pm Mountain Grove Cemetery thanks extended for sympathy and floral offerings signed the Tather and Wendland family
Marcus Weingarten, president of the London Shoes Company of New York, confirms the purchase of the C. & Marshall Company Shoe Manufacturing concern in Brockton. The plant will be operated by the buyer starting next Monday. Purchase price not disclosed. The Marshall Company employs about 400 persons.
Elbert M Beardsley 93 of Stratford died Monday at home. Funeral from his 1406 Taden Avenue home tomorrow afternoon with Rev H Francis Hine of Christ Episcopal Church officiating. Burial in Union Cemetery Stratford. Survived by four children and four brothers. Also noted is the obituary of Victor Stuart Curtis 63 from Bridgeport Hospital with funeral tomorrow afternoon at Read Memorial chapel and burial in Mountain Grove Cemetery.
A sequence of funeral notices from Danbury and surrounding towns lists services for Sarah Burton Blake Frank Serre Augusta Stud wards Aurelie E Brown James Banning Rozl Ferencek Selle Mesamata Margaret I Dean Collins and others. Masses and burial sites include St Patrick’s St Stephens St Michaels Lakeview and Wooster cemeteries with multiple survivors noted.
Funeral services for Timothy Collins will be held this morning in a double service with his wife. Burial follows at St Michael Cemetery. He is survived by three children a sister Miss Mary Collins and a brother Joseph Collins. He was a member of Park City council Knights of Columbus Forresters of America and the Holy Name Society of St Patrick's church.
Real estate transfers list warranty and mortgage deeds in Bridgeport including Clare H Kumerer to Frank Neal on Stratford Avenue for 4500 dollars and John H OConnell on Anson Street, several other transfers involve Boston Avenue, Mountain Grove Street and Chamberlain Avenue with varied sums. Banks such as Bridgeport Savings, City Savings, and Mechanics and Farmers Savings appear as trustees or beneficiaries in multiple entries.
Building commissioners yesterday issued a permit for an illuminated electric cross for Olivet church at North Avenue and Main Street. Twenty four permits were granted for small construction, including garages, frame cottages, and remodels across multiple streets, such as 574 Taft Avenue, 414 Wood Avenue, 295 Palisade Avenue, and 759-775 Grand Street. Other noted items include an electric sign for Olivet Church at North Avenue and Main Street and various frame or cement block structures.
Copper and tin hold steady in New York trading with electrolytics at 13 12-13 58 and futures at 13 58. tin spot 5112 and futures 61 37. Iron and lead show little change with iron prices unchanged and lead at 825. East Souls and antimony mix with spot 14 76-1400 and futures 710.
New York trading shows an early strength curb market reversal after Standard Oil of New Jersey announces gasoline price cuts. American Light and Traction dips after a dividend news, with other utilities and radios stock movements mixed amid selling pressure and gains in some mining issues.
New York April 7 Expansion of German shipbuilding and a rise in motorship construction are highlighted in Lloyds Register’s world shipbuilding survey for the quarter ending March 31, 1925. Germany and the International port of Danzig show about 120000 tons more than a year ago, ranking second to Great Britain and Ireland, which declined about 919000 tons. The United States falls to seventh, with 81000 tons on hand, down from 119000 in March 1924. Forty two percent of shipbuilding is motor ships, with total world shipbuilding at 2396000 tons, including 1022000 tons of motorships. An additional note cites 74000000 square yards of U S road building in 1923.
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