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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1920
Page
4
Advertises Ivory Soap Flakes to wash children's dresses flannels and delicate garments quickly and safely without rubbing or boiling. Claims gentle foamy suds clean woolens without shrinking and that Ivory Soap has 41 years of safe laundering reputation.
A 3:30 p.m. jittney ride near Congress street car barn turned theatrical when a man with a handkerchief mask and a revolver halted the bus. Passengers were ordered off while a second thief rifled the crowd. a shot rang out and the bandit fell as if the takings were his. The act was a ScreenCraft Corporation stunt for a film about boys running from home, directed by Derre Darts. The crew, including Mickey and Wilbur Hagerty, used the incident to promote a reformist project to be shown in reformatories and orphanages nationwide.
Ase Annie G Porritt of Hartford, famed as a national advocate for social progress, will address Bridgeport Philosophical Society members on Wednesday September 1. Her talk, The National Woman's Party, opens the seventh lecture course, highlighting Bridgeport’s new women voters and a broader political program with future speakers including G. W. Bolinson or Robert C. McCaulty.
A report by Alejandro Bunge shows startling housing strain in Buenos Aires with eighty percent of families occupying a single room. Four person households comprise 19 percent, while two, six, eight, nine, or eleven member groups share one room, highlighting stark cost and living disparities compared to the United States. Berlin also notes Frau Margaret Brunht becoming the first woman admitted to the Berlin Stock Exchange.
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