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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1921
Page
12
About forty bids cover all work for two new Dranc libraries planned in the south and east areas to serve residents. Awards expected today. A central main library plus six branches planned. appropriation noted. Borrowers' usage cited with 33,060 borrows in recent figures.
Two jitney drivers faced fines in city court for speeding and overloading offenses. Edward Cables of Read Street paid five dollars plus costs for speeding, while Benjamin Orenik of Century Avenue was fined five dollars for overloading. Additional charges covered improper registration, driving without valid lights, and intoxication incidents with minor penalties listed.
A damaged OCR fragment advertises pills and druggists, mentioning Hinds's Drug Store and tablet products. The text is garbled with weight and energy claims, offering to post or increase energy and urging readers to obtain items quickly from a local druggist.
A historic advertisement claims a new method to end corns quickly. It promotes Bine Jay liquid or plaster as painless, instant relief that loosens and removes corns, urging readers to begin tonight and visit their druggist for the product.
An old advertisement touts Wendell Pills Ambition Brand as a nerve tonic claiming to restore vigor and mood within days. It targets nervousness from tobacco use and overwork, noting Hindle Pharmacy as a dealer and urging broad purchase.
A long expose outlines bootlegging networks across the Southeast and Northeast. It details master planners financing, disguising operations through legitimate businesses, and using ships, trucks, and hidden storage to move whiskey from Bahamas to U S markets. It notes federal seizures, illicit stills, and the scale of profit, with methods ranging from disguised warehouses to mobile delivery in cases, satchels, and clothing.
Liquor law violators were sentenced to ten days in jail plus $200 fines by Judge Arthur M. Comtey. John Fognrass and Michael Kinton operated a 1 galpon at 802 Pem broke street. Others named facing August 11 include Philip Baun Michael Kanter John Woderesi and Frank Karasgosky. A separate report says jitneyman John Pantaleo was held up and beaten, robbed of $45, and is recovering at home.
A writ seeks 10000 in damages for the death of Mrs. Fife after a clothesline accident. The worn railing caused a fall from a height of seven feet at an estate linked to Pasquee Petring. Darjinickh Tiengo, administrator of Ant Tiengo’s estate who died July 1, claims damages at Parqualyrina, England, alleging injury from the premises at 254 Imela papalition.
Tsador Belinsky of 27 Lexing Avenue was convicted after a beating that left the stepmother with injuries. The court sentenced Tsador Belinsky to ten days in jail for the assault.
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