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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1920
Page
7
The notice promotes a Saturday sale featuring wide unbleached muslin at 19c per yard, smooth heavy unbleached muslin at 25c per yard, wide bleached muslin at 25c per yard, and extra heavy standard unbleached muslin at 89c per yard. Formeri Sales appears as the seller.
New lot sheetings received this week at Bic Mohawk with low prices. Mohawk unbleached sheeting 8 4 and 9 4 at 95c. Mohawk bleached sheeting 9 4 at 1 58 and 1 98. Large feather pillows 4 45 special lot large comfortables at 3 95 large double grey blankets.
Sale notes multiple garment deals with reduced prices for ladies crepe kimonas mohair bathing suits and wash suits for boys, middy blouses for girls, children's socks, ladies stockings and men's socks. Includes regular prices and bulk offer details.
Specials for men and boys with low prices. Bathing suits cut from 2.50 to 1.36. Men’s white undershirts 39 cents. Shirts with collars 1.69. Boys negligee shirts 69 cents. Boys pants 78 cents.
The ad promotes a three piece aluminum cookware set labeled Quality at 3.95, a Wizard Dust Mop with long handle at 1.50, offset pliers at 69c, and Sexto wrenches at 75c. It markets practical auto and handyman tools with affordable pricing.
An 85¢ Fruit-of-the-Loom item, 63 4c yard wide cheesecloth, 22 1 2c large rolls cotton batting, Ieee s toy brooms, 10c large cake para wax, 10c box of 100 fish hooks, 1c lead pencils with eraser. Not over five to a customer.
Washington reports ten European nations suffered population losses totaling 9,829,000 in the World War since 1914. The Society for Studying the Social Consequences of the War, via the American Red Cross, cites war deaths, economic blockade effects, epidemics, and birth-rate declines as major factors in the downturn from 1913 to an expected mid 1940 population.
At the American Bar Association convention Charles E. Hughes urged free legal aid bureaus nationwide to offer counsel to the poor in civil and minor cases. He warned discontent grows when people believe their basic rights are unattainable due to poverty, a path he said leads to Bolshevism.
A burst water cooling pipe in a 58,000 unit transformer at Thamasville caused the idle Wart transformer ice to trigger a regional power stoppage. Eastern Connecticut Power and the New England Power Company halted all electrical service east of the Connecticut River, stopping trolleys and factory motors. Repairs began by 1:15 PM, with crews working through the afternoon. The outage marked the worst disruption in eastern Connecticut in two decades of wartime power use.
Paris report quotes former Greek king Constantine asserting he never abdicated and remains seen as sovereign by many Greeks. He says Premier Verizetos cannot restore Greece among nations and accuses Leon of plotting to assassinate the premier. Also in Waterbury coroner reports Peter Aversa killed Mrs. Scorzio with a pistol during a dispute over moving furniture from a house.
Simpson, president of the hospital, predicts the institution will be the best medically between New York and Boston within a year. The medical team will comprise top doctors and surgeons in the city, many affiliated with Bridgeport as highly regarded specialists. There are many replies.
Fragmented lines indicate General Edwards plans to attend a reunion of the Yankee Division this Saturday. Committees report a message from General Edwards promising presence in the morning and return in the afternoon to issue orders. Wire program to Boston. Constantinople reports Sultan Mohammed VI ordered Turkish troops against nationalists to dissolve the empire.
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