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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1925
Page
5
The sale copy highlights narrow winding roads and close to home discoveries as new 1925 Columbias arrive. Finishes include Berkshire Blue and black with Berkshire Blue combos, inviting customers to come in and inspect.
London on April 27 reported a steady improvement in stock market conditions over the past week. Opening was quiet, then firming as soundness and improving forecasts appeared. except for a few speculative sections, gains were modest. Public interest rose in several sectors while money demand remained tight.
Stamford April 27. In city court George Muldeilo of 9 Chapel Street and Cainio Teleera of 61 Liberty Street faced liquor law charges. Each was fined 200 dollars plus costs for selling cider of too high alcoholic content. Muldeilo’s fine was suspended. Teleera’s jail sentence was suspended.
The Coca Cola company announced a quarterly dividend of 1.756 per share on 600000 shares of common stock and a semiannual dividend of 3.50 per share on preferred stock. Both dividends are payable July 1 to holders of record June 15.
Stamford reports Bartle Masai of 4b6 Atlantin Street held up near his home at midnight. He was assaulted and robbed of 40 dollars by three men who fled despite nearby residents' cries. Masai could not describe the assailants.
Massachusetts Congregational council announced to be held in Holyoke from May 1 to 20 with Rev Charles H. Williams of Jamaica Plain as moderator and Rev James G. Gilkey of Springfield delivering the conference sermon. A number of distinguished speakers are slated to attend.
The Warren Harding High School Board of Education awarded contracts totaling 19 248 75 for equipment at a special meeting. Three of four contracts went to Bridgeport firms or local affiliates, with material quality cited over price in three cases. Cooking apparatus went to Albert Pick and Company for 10 367 75, stage equipment to Lee-Lash Studios of New York, library equipment to Library Bureau via Bridgeport, and a refrigerator contract to Blatchley representing Frigidaire with lower bids from Kelvinator and Coldak. The board plans to meet Friday to award remaining equipment contracts.
Clifford B. Wilson addressed the Raymond W. Harvin post Veterans of Foreign Wars on Americanization Day. Rev J W Davin gave the invocation and G A H members sang patriotic songs. Murray Cohen urged many post members and ex servicemen to join the parade escort from 189 State streets to open their convention. The parade, led by the post fife and drum corps, leaves Stratfield hotel at 7 30 p m for United church.
In Norwalk on April 27, Policeman Charles Thorpe was thrown from his motorcycle when it struck pedestrian John Oldenschlager who stepped from the curb on Washington street. Oldenschlager was briefly unconscious and later went home. Thorpe suffered a dislocated shoulder and bruises. Thorpe termed the crash unavoidable.
In Bushire Persia on April 27 Commander De Pinedo, the Italian aviator, arrived this afternoon from Bagdad en route to Japan and Australia. He began his hydro airflight from Rome last Tuesday.
In Boston on April 27 Judge George W Anderson ruled that the United States cannot deport Lew Bonder, described as an alleged Bolshevik, to Russia due to the lack of diplomatic relations. The order frees Bonder. A stray line about flowers at weddings appears in the text.
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