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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1925
Page
3
Outdated measures and small claims plague old ARDS, while advertising safeguards buyers. Manufacturers with strong brands and merchants who sell trusted products value their names in the millions. Advertised goods must deliver full measure and fair price. advertising is your protection against misrepresentation.
Theodore Porter of 19 Beach Road Fairfield was aboard the steamship Rosalind when it was rammed by the tanker Harvester near Point Judith. The Rosalind sustained a bow hole, 21 feet from the stern, and the Harvester suffered a ten foot breach. Porter and 115 other passengers were uninjured and landed at Greenpoint, N Y, before continuing home by train and auto.
Three Stratford accidents were logged Sunday. One involved an auto at 124 Bergen Avenue Kearny New Jersey and a New Haven car at 184 Orchard Street while another Stratford car clashed. A motorcyclist riding Ferry Boulevard was thrown into a telegraph pole and hospitalized. A Stratford collision occurred between a local car and Andrew Krinsky’s vehicle on West Avenue with no arrests.
Stratford, Aug 24 Special Stephen Merker of Long Island City received a 10 day jail sentence after arraignment on breach of peace. Two men involved in a late night dispute discharged guns into the air. Bond forfeitures followed for failure to appear in court: Frederick Baldwin of New York Reckless driving $40 and Harry Andeside Westerly RI no operator license $25 bond. Mrs. Mary Hurlister Heights drunkenness $26 bond and T G Wesley Baltimore Md passing a standing treley $80 bond. George K F Ash Barnum Ave evading responsibility note granted. Thomas Burke Aven Deed burglary suspended sentence placed on probation for one year.
A barn fire at Semulnole Lodge was controlled by the local training force aided by a police dog alert. Firefighters used a bucket brigade and water from a nearby pump to prevent further damage, with officers believing neighborhood youths may have started the blaze.
The notice highlights a third floor stock bag with leather handles priced at 12.75 plus up-to-date scarfs ties and jabots on main floor with Crepe de Chine pieces from 1 to 3 and a Leonard refrigerator sale on the fourth floor with several models discounted from 26.50 to 54.35. Also mentions foot care pads and metapads on the fourth floor.
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