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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1922
Page
11
Hartford August 15 creditors of Herman Ruben report the state hearing at 1218 Howard avenue regarding a grocery and meat margin. John Keogh studies commission agreed to take 15 cents on the dollar for such use, with motions to shape the plan before the senate chamber.
Dear Evelyn. Chris and T are in New York while our husbands are in Maine. We plan a motor trip to Babston enoge Island and a bridge party tomorrow. Mr Brandon, Theodore's Harvard roommate, showed us The Monster and then the Biltmore Root. I prefer Priscilla Tea Room meals and note William Auch’s meat market at 301 State Street offers roasted chicken at same price as raw. We discuss beauty treatments with Mrs. Kamerling in Bridgeport and plan a Long Island drive Tuesday.
A national Rinso campaign targets women who soak clothes and those who scrub and boil whites. The ad claims Rinso loosens ground in dirt through soaking, and even stubborn grime rinses out with a dry Rinso aid. It promotes Rinso as best for boiling white cottons.
Westport Aug 16 The St Pauls Evangelical church on Imperial Avenue plans a three day bazaar to run from Thursday evening to Sunday at Arion Hall Riverside Ave Rev RE Wentel leads the event. Local groups will attend Canterbury fare and other community happenings are noted including D ambarr Day observances and Boy Scout activities with swimming and badge efforts set for August 23.
The Charles Sutter Post American Legion of Shelton will meet Thursday evening at Howe Avenue rooms. A third annual block party is planned for early September with local officials Mayor and Mors, J. J. Nettieton, and Drs. D. E. Brinsmade noted away on a Canada auto trip. Clara Wats returns home from England after months with her mother. Shelton Looms office staff on vacation include Marguerite Waters Johanna Fetirth Mabel La Nona Cronin Nars Manion Auer Mofart and Jeannie Jers. Harry Downe resumes duties at Shelton Rooms, Frank Ix also on vacation, George Raffles enjoys two weeks’ vacation.
The article promotes a practical chambray dress design with large hip pockets and decorative as well as functional features. It notes fabric cost around $60 at 2 cents per yard and provides pattern No 1477 with bust sizes 34 to 42 inches, yardage details, and trimming specs. Pattern mailed upon payment of stamps or coin to Pattern Department Bridgeport Telegram.
Personal notices detail Mrs Dory and guests from Washingtonville New York visiting for two weeks, Mrs Edward A Galtney of 325 Park Avenue vacationing in Portland Maine returning via Boston, and recent social entries from The Castle Newtown. Other items include church food sale, lodge outing at Short Beach, and families traveling to Wilmington Georgetown Dover Philadelphia and Baltimore plus birth announcement for a son to Mr and Mrs Willson of Omaha.
Burglars entered the stationary store of William Steeney Union on Main Street after midnight but failed to pry the safe. They lifted a cash register drawer and two desks, leaving nothing taken. Entry was through a rear window. A theft notice shows a garage on the tack yard was also entered nearby.
Redding reports a summer camp close near Mouthville on the Flousa tonic directed by Rev. Cunningham Edwin Brooks M G Kewsport and D Sanford Jr. Camp activities included hikes to Brookfield Bridgeview Shenae and Peach Mountain with the Ark built as a fighting beat. Camp fires and storytelling were featured with thanks given to multiple counselors. The Redding team lost 2 to 1 to Crescent A C of Norwalk.
Health officials warn boys not to swim near the Tanity oo wheet Wasin plant due to pollution and disease concerns. The board plans actions to stop ongoing swimming, citing contaminated waters and nearby harbor pollution. Parents urged to halt the habit until the situation is resolved.
A garbled list of names and addresses appears, with multiple entries for marriages births and other vital events. Names include Hornk Zelinasy Charles Williams Rostenberg Primrose Dastino Aarons Marsh Carrano Le May Argo Gared Baran Upton and others with street addresses in various avenues and streets.
Hartford reports Mr Holt conferred while in Bridgeport with G Howard Dunbar chief of the sanitation division of the department of health regarding a creation in the city. Long Hill dairy farms inspected by Thomas Holtstoner, state dairy commissioner, with little trouble found in salt and small ice cream. Standards for butter fat required by the state department are well observed. The cucumber quarantine noted, some 2,000 cats ago, probably in India.
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