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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1918
Page
3
The text notes a Saybrook town representative who served in the general assembly in 1887 and was born in Corning, New York, on September 15, 1856. It mentions a wife from Goshen and a summer home used to consult a physician.
A humorous exchange about an organ grinder where a character remarks on people gathered. Gothym responds that the performer has not passed around his hat yet, delivering a playful punchline.
STRATFORD Aug 1 Special. Builders raise a one story frame shop for John Cataline on Main street just north of the railroad station as the North Main street business expansion begins. The move follows Cataline moving his shoe repair shop from the center to make room for new construction and signals more development between Barnum avenue and the rail line.
Norwalk man Miner D. Randall was awarded $1,359.59 by Judge John R. Booth of the Common Pleas court after suing Samuel D. Gant of Greenwich for $1,900 for a failed commission in locating a purchaser for an estate known as The Rocks in Darien. Gant arranged a buyer at $25,000 but did not pay the commission. In a separate Norwalk suit, Frank B. Roberts lost a $2,? dispute against Ada A. Pagan of Danbury when the court ruled Roberts failed to prove ownership of the disputed East Norwalk land used by motorists to reach Pagan’s garage.
London August 1 British official report states that patrols captured several prisoners at night near the front. The July total of prisoners taken by British forces reached 4,603 including 39 officers amid routine artillery activity.
Burn and Crump, Newark lumber contractors, were awarded 374 damages in the Common Pleas court after Metropolitan Lumber of Newark New Jersey failed to deliver a carload as agreed on May 7 1917. Judge John R Booth ruled yesterday afternoon noting the delay handicapped business operations and that damages originally sought reached 1000. The trial occurred several months prior.
Luther Brown a local contractor testified for Barnith Sachs in a 50000 suit against Park City Construction about defects in 19 houses on Sachs Street Stratford. He said defects would cost 2000 per house to cure, while opposing counsel argued his brick experience limited. The case resumes next morning. Also Fred and William Jayson of 416 State Street arrested for theft of a suit case and clothes valued at 20 dollars after rooming with Anthony Hughes.
Rugs for hall and general use nine feet long and three feet wide. For general service rug rugs that lend bright and cheerful note to either living room or sleeping room.
Promote bloomers as durable laundry savers for children and women. Describes striped and plain chambray bloomers in multiple colors for sizes 2 to 8, khaki bloomers with full pleats for ages 6 to 16, and white jean bloomers fitted to a yoke for sizes 4 to 15. Mentioned as vacation wear suitable for camp or shore.
A compact travel tip promotes carrying cream in an Auto Vacuum freezer to freeze before departure. It supposedly stays frozen during transit and ready for use, claiming a worry free experience and a price of four dollars.
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