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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1926
Page
14
Telegram describes a new pattern featuring a clever slash openings front of a skirt with contrasting insets, boyish scarf tie, and a Lavin green polka dotted silk for Jersey. It lists sizes 16, 36, 28, 40, 42 and 44 inches, fabric yardages and a 15 cent price.
Polish lyric poet Jari Kasprowicz died yesterday in Zakopane. He translated Shakespeare Shelley and other English and American poets. Born in 1860 to a peasant, he became a university literature professor at Lemberg. Also note mentions BH Beatty as youngest CPR executive head at age forty.
Edmonton reports trapper and explorer PP Murphy recalls meeting an Indian on the trail with a vanity box instead of a scalp knife. The man powdered his face using a puff and checked his appearance in a small mirror tucked in the bag, signaling a shift from traditional tools to makeup.
A nine year old finds a brand new baseball under a maple tree and lies about its origin. His mother and neighbor Bud Wesley confront him, urge honesty, and arrange to return the ball to the shopman. Patsy confesses, faces shame, and pledges not to steal or hide things again.
The piece reads as a playful, diary like note from a Connecticut resident to Evelyn. It mentions WCWS in Bridgeport, Meiga & Co’s store, a baby department, laundry and washing days, and a planned home at Knobwood on Stratfield road. Names include Harold, Helen, John, Peter, Rastus, Fluff, and William A. Nichols. It touches on shopping, furnishings, discounts, and future home development near St Augustine's church and a golf course.
A mother describes using a damp sheet hung before a window to cool a sleeping baby and reduce direct drafts. She also mentions placing newspapers or bugay under the sheet and in the crib to help keep the baby's body cool.
Miss Alice Bernadette Brady daughter of Mrs. Charles J Brady 652 Brooks Street and Francis James Rock of Staten Island will wed Wednesday at 11 in St Charles church. The ceremony will be by Rev Hugh Lavery of Maryknoll Preparatory School Clarks Summit Pa. Attendants include sister Mrs Otto Weller matron of honor and bridesmaids Rosanna Brady and Catherine Murray. Best man George A Englixi and ushers Otto Wieler Harold Pitt George Madden Lawrence McMalon. A reception will follow at the bride’s mother's home. The couple will reside at 314 Main Avenue Westerleigh Staten Island after Sept 1.
Stamford Aug 2 A special report says Paul Kuzeo pitched as the Stamford Elks defeated Derby Lodge 4 to 1 in a Halloween puck game yesterday. A large crowd witnessed the Brame. Mayor Frank J Conway of Derby led the visiting delegation. In appreciation of fifty years of service as private secretary to Lord Matory of tondonir William Soulspy has been presented with a $40 000 fund.
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