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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1921
Page
13
Dance studio ad listing classes at 733 Central Ave and 848 Park Ave. Afternoons and evenings available. Telephone Bar 1635 provided for contact.
Westmoreland Country Club, Evanston, Ill Aug 24. Play in the second round of the women's Western Golf Association championship opened the third day of matches. Feature match pitted Miriam Burns of Kansas City against Louise Fergus of Glen View. Burns, who yesterday eliminated Mrs Fred C. Letts II of Onwentsia to defend her title, appeared to hold a clear edge if she repeats her form.
Montevideo reports Captain Larre Borges, a military aviator, claimed a new altitude record for two passengers as his craft climbed to about 22,000 feet. Separately, the U S Civil Service Commission will hold October 28 examinations in Bridgeport to evaluate Senator McLean's candidates for Naval Academy entry.
Brownsville Texas reports the Stillman family sells most of their historic Texas holdings. Deeds filed show the New York and Brownsville Improvement Co sold the property for 326 dollars to Homer 1 With. The parcel includes 14 city lots and 900 acres within city limits, valued at about a million and a quarter dollars.
The Fryer family reunion at Seaside Park in Bridgeport drew over 30 members. Celebrations honored Herbert Fryer’s birthday anniversary as the Civil War veteran shared memories and spoke. Families from Derby, New Haven, Bridgeport, Shelton, Hartford, and Rome attended with dinner, games, music, and water sports. The group planned to meet again next year at Lighthouse Point.
Advocates for Sunday motion pictures in Stratford abandoned their drive for legalization. The issue would have faced town voters at a meeting, but the petition was withdrawn amid strong opposition. It will not be reconsidered until after the new council manager plan begins in October.
A crowded Stratford scene on Main Street near Fairfield features motorists, cabbies, a police officer shouting for an ice wagon to move, and shoppers. Patrons like Henry Warner and John Orr look on as shopkeepers and hotel staff mingle with locals, traffic wavers, and streetcars run on a strict schedule.
New Britain editor Johnston Vance and Anne E Ganer will wed tomorrow at St Mark's Episcopal Church in New Britain with close relatives present. Cardinal Gianni, archbishop of Bologna and ally of Pope Benedict X, has died in Rome.
A Moscow dispatch to Politiken reports Soviet officials are displeased that the United States holds control and distribution of relief in the famine district. The wire cites a Soviet source claiming American actions rest on exclusive authority and cause friction with local authorities.
A Rostov district doctor reported in Warsaw that twelve thousand Russians died of cholera in July. The figure, arriving from Russia, reflects severe outbreak conditions affecting military and civilian populations.
Fragments describe famine and cholera zones fueling madness among peasants and villagers. Mediaeval beliefs appear revived as fear spreads through communities, with inhabitants clinging to old superstitions amid scarcity and illness.
A city strike by electric light and power station workers disrupted streetcars and water power operations yesterday. Newspapers were forced to suspend publication amid the stoppage.
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