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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1918
Page
13
Amsterdam dispatch describes a severe typhoid outbreak within the Bulgarian army and Sofia. Travellers report thousands of casualties, with the medical service breaking down. King Ferdinand reportedly fled Sofia after two royal palace cases appeared.
James T. Moran and H. C. Knight of the Southern New England Telephone Co. attended a Bell Co. executives conference in New York on government control of wires. Knight said Connecticut telephone service will remain under governmental direction until further instructions are given.
A health column discusses hypnotics and their proper use for sleep, naming paraldehyde, chloral hydrate, bromides, hops, lettuce, and coal tar drugs. It warns against misuse and favors safer options like hops and lettuce, noting regulatory needs and physician guidance. The piece includes Q&A on infant gas pain and nursing, emphasizing consulting a family physician and limiting letters to fifty words.
The August Sale offers deep cuts on Limbert Oak armchairs and rockers, library tables, china cabinets, and day beds. Oil paintings and Thompson’s photographic art prints are heavily discounted, with many items now priced well below former figures. Furniture pieces emphasize durable oak and mahogany with period styling and generous storage.
White middy and wash suits for ages 3 to 6 with two trousers priced 3.00 and 4.50. White and colored wash suits for ages 2 to 6 from 2.95 to 4.50. Seersucker rompers in pink and blue stripes for ages 2 to 5 now 1.00. Located on second floor with fabric 70 inches wide reduced from 1.75 to 1.50.
A newspaper advertisement offers Jardinieres Baskets and Hanging Fern Bowls in brown and green mottled finishes with prices reduced from 3.25 to 2.50 and other items from 4.50 to 2.25. White openwork Fern Dishes drop from 1.50 to 75 cents. Jars and Fern Holders cut from logs show rustic prices from 1.50 to 4.00. A spinet desk, mahogany, $32.00 now $25.50, is highlighted as an attractive roomy piece for a lady. The little Tip-Table is praised as a convenient artistic furniture item that blends with rooms and can be tucked away when not in use.
The ad outlines remaining hats and straws with price cuts across several lines: best quality straws down from 7.50 to 6.00 and 6.50, down to 5.00, brown navy and sand hats. white Panamas from 6.50 to 5.00. navy straw at 5.00. gloved straws at 1.00. Roma Ivory Fern Dishes at 0.25 to 0.35. Green matt Fern at 0.40 from 0.59.
A vintage department sale features Nippon China dressing table sets priced from 1.50 to 2.00, linen tablecloths and napkins at discounted rates, damask luncheon cloths, and assorted white and moire bags. Mixed fabric trims, belts, and jewelry items are offered alongside children dresses and undergarments. Housewares include table pieces, chairs, and decorative fabrics, with multiple items marked down to clearance prices.
Four Post Beds in colonial turning with turned foot tail and mahogany headboards offered in full and twin sizes. Special price 22.50 with other patterns priced 29.00 35.00 and 38.00. Sheets in August sale 81 by 90 inches 1.59.
Catalog note lists Petticoats in white muslin with embroidered flounces and elastic waist bands priced 95 cents and 1.19 dollars. Wash skirts come in pique and white end tan with wristbands 26 to 34. Boudoir caps described as dainty dotted swiss at 59 cents and other styles.
Good weight striped outing flannels with pattern for children. Regular 29 cents, now 25 cents.
Advert describes Celery Sets and Whipped Cream Sets in multiple sizes and designs. Regular prices listed as $1.25 $2.00 and $2.25 for sale values $1.00 $1.50 and $1.765. Numerous price points appear with varying sale figures from 1.10 to 1.90. Contains many garbled figures but centers on decorative tableware sets for purchase.
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