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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1920
Page
5
An old newspaper snippet notes ladies stockings in black white or brown at regular 1.25, with multiple extra bargains in hardware and house furnishing goods. The ad emphasizes value and selection for shoppers.
Judge Wilder in city court yesterday morning fined three jitney drivers for overcrowding buses in defiance of the law. He said arrests for overcrowding are becoming tiresome and noted drivers gave the same excuse that passengers keep boarding. He urged drivers to stop loading beyond the maximum and to call a spokesman if needed.
Live flashes report protests before the British consulate over Terence MacSwiney’s imprisonment for sedition. Fire destroys a tobacco barn in South Windsor with $6,500 loss. A Chicago Rock Island Limited wreck near Coralville injures a woman. Dancers urged to improve class standards by the American National Association of Masters of Dancing. Ten miners killed in an Oklahoma blast. Waterbury–Winsted train derailment halts service for an hour. Crown Prince Carol of Roumania arrives in New York en route to Europe. A Bronx car crash injures four at Beach Avenue. Deportation plans weigh on Australia’s unions. Bandits rob the American consul in Vladivostok. Moslem authorities in Anatolia say Bolshevism mirrors Islamism.
New London officials pursued a 191? request for a cannon gifted by British forces in World War I. Mayor B Prank Morgan asked Lorch’s mayor about disposal rules, London’s E C Cooper replied he would seek a piece from the war ministries but warned unclear regulations.
Peter Paraskevpoulis of 25 Warren Street was arrested Saturday for assaulting his wife and was ordered to serve sixty days in the county jail after arraignment yesterday morning. Two men nabbed at Seavide Park Saturday and Sunday for swimming without proper salts were each fined ten and costs in city court yesterday morning.
Hart, Schaffner Marx clothing workers and retailers were summoned before a Chicago grand jury today as part of an inquiry into high coat pricing. The probe aims to determine if dealers charged excessive profits.
The Yellow Mill Midgets defeated the Midgets from Tramstay Avenue in a championship baseball game at Seaside Park yesterday under the Recreation Board.
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