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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
4
Boston August 15 Captain Rasmussen reported a tanker salines bound from Port Lobos Mexico to Boston sighted off the Cape Cod shore. He expected to reach at high tide.
Trimmed dress hats offered at various sale prices from $4.00 to $7.00. Banded straw sailor hats and floppy hats featured with discounts. Ribbon sport hats and organza selections priced around $1.00 to $3.98, highlighting reduced costs on assorted headwear.
New York August 18 James Shevlin federal prohibition agent began an investigation to learn if the souvenir bottles passed out during the opening performance of a local show contain whiskey. Aisle clinking whiffs drew murmurs as audience members sniffed and laughed at the gifts during the encore of a song titled Ye’ve Got Something.
New York August 18. Bellevue Hospital reports a rise in alcoholism cases reaching treatment levels similar to pre prohibition days. Commissioner Bird G. Coler said many patients deteriorate rapidly after one or two drinks and wake with blurred memory, unaware of events until the next morning.
A cloudburst in Liberty Sullivan county New York floods a valley damaging homes and shore buildings to the second floor. Highways washed out and thousands of dollars in property destroyed as cars ferry residents to safety.
Jackson Daily News reports that five Democratic congressmen were renominated in the Mississippi primary. The sixth district shows Congressman Venables defeated. Ross Collings, former attorney general, opposes the current administration’s nominee.
In Washington on August 1 1912 Yam and McAdoo met President Wilson for the first time since the Democratic National Convention. As he entered the room the executive officer halted the photographer. The president quipped that he wanted one photo before leaving, saying he did not want anyone to think his team unhappy over the San Francisco outcome.
Senator Calder of New York said a nationwide housing shortage of at least one million homes exists, based on questionnaires from large cities. He chairs a committee holding a hearing today in Baltimore on the housing situation.
Mrs Edlan A Boole of Brooklyn announces on August 18 that she seeks the United States Senate nomination from New York on both the Republican and Prohibition tickets, with her designation petitions balnged today.
Mexico City reports Francisco Villa has been ordered agricultural machinery and school books by the government. An official bulletin states these items were sent to him. London notes Ambai Daits and his family departed for the United States today.
An advertisement claims Danderine stops hair from coming out and doubles beauty after regular use. It promises new life, vigor and brightness, with thicker, fuller hair and fewer tangles as a result of tan application.
Adit Lewis Larkin arrives in the city last evening in the absence of Commander Dermody. A veteran officer of over 19 years, he has served in prison work immigration and Chinatown projects in New York. He travels with a guitar and plans to win over Bridgeport crowds at the Army Citadel on Lam Street, speaking on The Man Who Lost Out, with events Monday Thursday Saturday and Sunday evenings inviting all.
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