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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1920
Page
11
Washington labor representatives from navy yards began hearings before the navy wage board to seek a general raise. About 200 craft members attended as trades were to be heard in alphabetical order. The average increase requested was roughly 25 cents per hour above the current scale.
Emil Antonio of 024 Jefferson Street Hoboken and Liberity Cesaro of 327 Hackensack Avenue Hoboken with others faced breach of the Voisteid Jaw charges. Commissioner Lavery adjourned the hearing to today after a car accident delayed their 2 p.m. session. They remain on bonds. Antonio Cotucci posted 500 dollars and Cosata 400 dollars. The truck seized in Green Rich contained 100 cases of alleged whiskey.
New York August 5 Thirty days in jail the sentence for Harold Hoff convicted of killing a baby with his automobile when he lost control of the car and caused an accident was imposed today by County Judge Mitchell. The judge said nothing should discourage use of the automobile but all must respect the law and violators must be treated as criminals. He declared speed maniacs drunks and the incompetent have no right on the highways.
A Mexican government summary issued by the embassy says President De La Huerta ordered pay increases for all government employees starting August 10 and a 50 percent raise for consular agents. Within two months, only graduate doctors with authorized diplomas may practice in any part of Mexico or any medical field, and fakers may not display signs or advertising.
Aug 5 Merico City dispatch notes agreement signed July 28 by Franciscola surrender. Villa retires to private life with a guard of 30 men for protection. Remainder of followers to receive a year's pay and a farm stand. Villa to reside at the A Hacienda de Canutillo in Durango.
The advertisement promotes an August sale of furniture and fur coats made from top quality furs. It notes higher prices due to a ten week fur workers strike and guarantees reliability of the garments. It highlights affordable pieces like desks chairs rockers and wing chairs as customers buy one at a time.
Separate neck pieces in choker and tie effects from Baum' Martens and Hudson Bay Sable to skunk and fox skins with prices from 22.50 to 675.00. Also beds spreads in Marseilles patterns and satin finishes on third floor with lots of sale prices. Home furniture on fourth floor includes Colonial and Queen Anne tables and desks with various sizes and price cuts.
White Nile cloth pumps on sale as season ends. Sizes 5 to 8, white pearls on instep, originally $8.0. Also on offer are high-back Wing Chairs, Baronial Armchairs, Rockers, and a Baronial matching suite with significant discounts. Lingerie and child pajamas featured with marked-down prices. Second floor.
Wide discounts on mahogany bookcases and oak cases with multiple doors and sizes. Includes Colonial and Adam styles with reduced prices, plus Queen Anne and quartered oak pieces. Also offers flatware sets with sale prices on spoons forks and knives. Main floor showroom items and generous price reductions.
Crowds gathered in downtown New York as a man on the fifth floor clung to a window ledge for four minutes while firefighters spread a net. He jumped, fell past the net and hit the sidewalk, then was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
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