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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1924
Page
20
The Post-Telegram Want Ads Christmas Gift Suggestions column offers a ready made catalogue for holiday gifts. It promises easy economical shopping and urges readers to follow the daily column through Christmas to find suitable presents for every relative and friend.
A fragmented retail ad listing various Christmas gift options from national and local firms. Mentions radios, watches, diamonds, clothing, house furnishings, patterns, and decorative items. Includes multiple shop names and street locations with scattered product notes and specials.
Classified ad fragments show a flood of job requests and recruitment pitches. Mentions include theatre, teaching, sales, chauffeurs, mechanics, painters, cooks, grocers, and other roles in Bridgeport New York and Stratford areas. Many lines indicate pay, hours, and training promises, with street addresses and contact directions scattered throughout.
Fragmented ad copy offers a panacea for pullets to start laying, claiming hormonal toning and feeding methods. It lists distributors Wheeler & Co and The Standard Feed Co along with several addresses, urging customers to invest in quick results and eggs.
A garbled advertisement fragment lists various garments and fabrics including long coats and furs. The legible portions reference names and brands in a disjointed string, offering little coherent detail about products or prices.
Classifieds advertise multiple employment openings including sewing machine operators for athletic underwear, waitresses, housemaids, and saleswomen. Various locations, wages promised, contact details and hours vary. some ads request references and letters or in person applications.
A scanned page offers multiple help wanted and situations sections for private secretarial, clerical, driver, domestic, and general work. Entries list individuals seeking employment with brief descriptors, ages, and partial contact addresses, including a president’s private secretary seeking high credentials, a track worker, a mechanical office assistant, drivers, general laborers, attendants for invalids, housekeepers, companions, and domestic workers. Several entries include phone numbers or street addresses, and some mention wages, hours, or job conditions.
A jumble of automobile listings and parts ads at Stratford Avenue and nearby streets. Dense with model names, prices, and condition notes ranging from 1923 to 1994 makes and models. Includes garage names and addresses in Stratford and nearby towns.
A private service on Park Avenue offers auto livery space at 708 for rent. The listing notes secrecy and a vehicle barge ward context with a Nubile descriptor.
Local and long distance furniture and piano moving offered by Barnum and others. Empty vans heading to Northampton and New York three times weekly, with padded trucks, insured service, and low rates. quick quotes for long distance moves.
A garbled list of lost items and rewards including a female police dog with collar, a tan handbag between Danbury and Bridgeport, a travel bag near Congress between Bridgeport and Danbury, various watches pins and umbrellas, and a brindled hound named Sporty. Contact details Nob le 124-12 or Barnum 4219 for returns. rewards offered.
Front rooms and flats available in private homes and buildings in central area. Listings include private family board, breakfast and supper options, heat, electricity, and kitchenettes. Several locations specify near Barnum Avenue, West Liberty, Fairfield Avenue, and neighboring streets with varying rents and occupancy for one or two adults.
A rough classified listing notes fruit stock tools and 8 percent miles from Bridgeport with farm buildings hay and weeds sale or exchange. Several properties are priced around 1500 with cash or balanced terms. Also mentions a 20 acre farm for 600 cash with barn henhouse and outbuildings. Widespread want ads seek 25 to 40 acre country land and country salt place near Darut.
Fragments describe local items and names including 1804 Laurel Ave and 152 Union Ave. The text references costs, events, and a possible erection by Steedlejack, James Kiley, with scattered phrases about tubes, ashes, and a mud bug. Unclear context and dates.
Fragmentary notices show typewriter rentals including portable Royals and Alden models with mentions of repair changes. The illegible text also references owners or dealers such as Ul derwood and Walefield Avi in a rental context.
A dense set of classified rental notes across streets like Brooklawn, State Street, Beardsley Park and Fairfield Avenue. Listings include one to six room flats with all improvements, hot water heat, garages, and rents from $14 to $40. Contact numbers Barnum and Noble are given for morning or evening inquiries.
An OCR fragment advertises mortgages and real estate loans claiming low rates and favorable terms for a second mortgage. Names and addresses appear garbled, including Bant and Stourlasne Co-poration and others, with scattered improper formatting and place names like Realty Ch and 38 Palrfeld.
Listings describe multiple rooms for rent on the second and third floors with improvements. One unit offers two baths with heat and high glass, while another mentions a heated apartment. Contact Bar Prete for details and pricing.
Household goods include wallpaper and wall patterns with low prices. Local buyers pay top dollar for unneeded carpets sewing machines and clothing. An ad seeks a Victrola and top desk, with contact at 419 Male St and phone number 2921.
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