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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1918
Page
5
In the heat yesterday two women fought on City Hall green amid a large crowd on State and Broad streets. They swapped blows after a brief prelude, one hat ripped apart, and two men separated them. No names released.
Herman Streicher sues Mary Papalia for 5000 dollars claiming she drove a car at reckless speed at Main and Eli and struck him, hurled him into a hydrant, pinning him for minutes. He says his face and body skin was stripped and he suffered a severe nervous shock, spending six weeks in hospital and being unable to work for 11 weeks. The writ is returnable to the September term of court.
The 1918 Connecticut Motor Vehicle Register, issued by the commission on motor vehicles, will be sold after the subscription list fills, showing 83,704 state vehicles including 61,400 passenger cars and 13,400 commercial cars. Commissioner Stoeckel promises severe action against reckless passers and urges engine control on slippery hills.
Washington August 9 Director General McAdoo after a Cincinnati to Hot Springs trip found passenger coaches crowded with travellers without seats. He ordered additional cars on second sections and railroads conduct investigations to relieve crowding on eastern and midwestern trains. Government jobs open in Civil Service with positions for bookkeepers stenographers and more. Henry Horhostal a New York architect received a major commission in the Chemical Warfare service awaiting deployment to France.
Special clearance prices slash summer dress stock in this annual sale. Dresses, sweaters, tub skirts, waists, and children’s garments are marked down with itemized prices from 1.57 to 16.94, reflecting substantial savings on goods previously valued up to 19.75. Act quickly to take advantage of closeout prices.
Alderman Joseph H. Stage chairs a committee with Henry C. Stevenson and Thomas J. Pardy to confer with United Illuminating Co. on possible contract concessions if street lights are reduced in line with fuel administration directives. They will review the city payments tied to the contract.
Alderman Vincert Whitney, longtime foreman at Ashcroft Foundry, resigns after 23 years to join city service as a board member. He will begin new duties next Thursday and exit the council after Monday’s session, having run unsuccessfully for votes in the 12th District. An additional $900,000 Red Cross aid pledge to Armenian and Syrian relief will be issued in three installments August through October to aid civilians beset by hunger, disease, and displacement.
A city committee notes street lights status and proposes halving counts. It believes power use will drop and asks the company to reduce price per light and modify the contract accordingly. Bridgeport is cited as patriotic for cutting lights and the panel seeks a midway concession from the company.
President Wilson today approved extending the maximum copper price to November 1 set at 26 cents per pound after a War Industries Board agreement with copper producers. The price may include charges for copper shapes approved in June, with producers pledging no wage cuts and to sell to government allies and the public at the same price. The note recalls Red Cross contributions to Armenian relief totaling about 3 million dollars for near eastern relief.
A woman embraces double economy by buying inexpensive silks and sewing them herself. Featured are washable silks at 1.00 yd, silk pongees at 1.98 yd, messaline silks at 1.39 yd, and transparent organies at 19c yd in popular shades.
Silk hosiery praised for comfort and lasting quality. Women’s pure silk hose in black white and shades at 1 50 a pair plus fibre silk hose with lisle top at 79c pair. Men’s silk hose in striped or plain effects in all colors with or without clocks at 79c a pair.
A local advertisement touts a comfort driven undergarment sale featuring Men's Union Suits in mesh and Nainsook underwear shirts, Women's Union Suits, and Colton Vests. It promotes a special sale on summer Pimps and Oxfords with prices reduced from regular $6.98 to $7.88 to 4.00 per pair for Saturday only.
Summer suits for sturdy little fellows offer comfort and joy for outdoor play. White imitation linen and repp fabrics feature blue pink and yellow trim sizes 3 to 8 with prices marked down from 2.49 to 1.95 and 2.95 to 2.09 plus wool mix trench styles at 1.98. The store argues that prices have risen postwar but maintains value and service with stable prices and 100 percent value for every dollar spent.
A Saturday sale features silk shirts from the Piccadilly brand in new designs, with tub silk and striped plaid options priced around 2.08 dollars. High grade shirts in madras, percales, and mercerized shirtings offered in fresh colors at 3 to 4 dollars, plus English four-in-hand neckties and bargain table selections at 95 cents and 19 cents respectively.
Readable sale catalog lists numerous household items with drastically reduced prices from baskets to appliances. Includes baby bassinets, screen doors, clocks, kitchenware, lamps, pans, knives, chests, irons, mowers, vacuums, and more. Prices show wide variety and bold savings across categories.
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