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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1924
Page
25
Miscellaneous listings offer a piano or player piano for Christmas at low prices. Various ads mention delivery, rent alternatives, and nearby locations in Stratford and Pembroke Street with contact numbers Nobles 5851 and Drake’s for inquiries.
Numerous small ads seek buyers or partners for businesses. Listings include a loan request, apartment and real estate opportunities, a cash register, a theatre concession takeover, delicatessen fixtures, auto air shop, grocery stock, manicurist, general store for rent, and several sales offers. Contact details: Stratford Ave, aine, 771 Park Ave, 1427 Stratford Ave, 224-225 Railroad Ave, 715 Cherry St.
An old time Poultry and Supplies ad lists White Leghorn seekers for sale from high egg strain stock. J Wolfegie YS Stratford Ave advertises special mash and improved production. Hens for sale after 3 PM at 3 Suburbay Ave Albert Angell Jr. No credentials or signature, image on bag. BROOKLAWN FEED AND COMPANY Bridgeport Wood Ave Fairfield. KOAN RIE Poultry Ma wena UT
Instrument item notes indicate a ban on certain musical gear and tones. The fragment mentions Gant and Oss Prn, with unspecified wea related to the prohibition. Details are unclear, but the piece hints at a restricted instrument list and regulatory action affecting production or use.
For sale or exchange a note of a local item appears garbled with missing details. The readable bits indicate a request to trade or sell something with a good customer focus and a rough price or condition hinted by the fragmented text.
Classified listing of used furniture and appliances including beds tables chairs couches pianos sewing machines steel frame beds gas ranges and dressers. Several items priced around ten dollars with contact details and locations in Stratford and nearby areas. Some entries mention delivery or arranging viewings and a closing time for offers.
Pedigreed fox terrier pups and other dogs with prices listed. Also canaries, parakeets, and various birds offered by multiple sellers. Names of contact people and streets such as Turk Ave Extension and Robinson Kenosla Ave appear, with miscellaneous notes on breed and availability.
A jumble of lost and found notices lists a light brown collie with white neck spots missing its collar and license, various contact leads including J. Golosky 1402 Boston Ave and 142 North Ave, plus rewards. Several cats described with colors and marks appear, with multiple phone numbers and addresses in Bridgeport and surrounding areas. Conditioning requests to return pets, rewards offered, and contact names such as J Moyers 174 Cathormin St Stratford appear amid scattered OCR garbled lines.
Various radio parts listed for sale including Acmeflex with loop tubes and complete radio sets. Prices range from affordable to 35 dollars. Contact evenings from 647 State or 1982 Kossuth Street for details. Items mention repairs, speakers, and batteries.
Wanted to buy all kinds of furniture stoves carbolate clothing and hand tools. Pay good cash at Casing Store 1041 State St Bar 7959. Also wants stove and hand clothing and Underwood typewriter conditions. Call Noble.
Advertises spiritualist meeting Friday evening with readings by Mrs Lovertare at West Avenue address and Miss E Tie with daily readings. Also mentions meetings at Murfield Avenue Bur and a Thursday 4 p.m. start time.
Real estate listing offering 4 percent area land with 124 feet dock frontage. Suitable for coal yard or storage plant. Mentions John Petrie and address 1024 Main St room 207 Bar-b3. References Underwoods Smiths Remington Royals portables and Plummer Typewriter Exchange at 158 Fairfield Ave.
Classified notices advertise a large front lot on Main Street suitable for selling Christmas trees at address 13. Also listed are horse and mule sales at Hillside Avenue, a law firm at 1118 Main Street Bridgeport, and probate notices for the estate of Sarah Baldwin detailing claims period and debt payments with administrator A. Klein Herger.
Obituary items report deaths in Chadduck Milford and Westerly including Mary A Haddock Ada Haywood Julia Robillard Anna Tominvson and Richard Frost Wilkston with funeral times from St Patrick St Peter St Augustine and Kent and burial at St Michael's and Wallingford. Also a memorial verse for a father and a son missing their family.
An article notes the emu as an unusual mate, with females doing the courting and laying eggs at irregular intervals. The male gathers scattered eggs, incubates for eight weeks, and cares for the brood for a year and a half, while the female moves on to seek another mate.
The New York Times reports a federal backed scheme to link Atlantic and Gulf waters into a continuous 2000 mile system. It would use natural channels and limited digging, creating the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway from Cape Cod to Florida with upgrades to Delaware, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Virginia waterways.
Insurance statistics show high blood pressure as a leading cause of death for middle aged and older adults. It strains the heart and arteries and often leads to heart failure or apoplexy. Speaker W Trader cites rich diet and urban noise as principal factors.
Resolutions approved the draft home rule bill by the Scottish Home Rule Association. The DL calls for a Scottish national parliament with full powers over Scottish affairs and urges Scottish MPs in Westminster to push for self-government and prominence of the issue.
A notice declares a town and city electors meeting on Tuesday December 16 1924 to elect one United States Senator. Voting places by district are listed with school buildings and streets for registration and voting hours from dawn to 6 pm. Signed by Mayor Yr. Wm. Seul.
Charles Motter and Anna Mollem seek foreclosure of a mortgage and possession of the premises in Fairfield County Connecticut. The court orders notice by publication in Bridgeport Telegram for three consecutive days starting December 2, 1941, to unknown heirs of Michalina Gulbin. Assistant Clerk records the order.
To whom it may concern the freight car in question has been purchased but the title has not yet been delivered. Any claim against it should be filed at 82 Broad Street before January 1, 132.
A two month period shows 31 percent more grain moved to markets than the average for 1920 21 and 22. Forest products up 23 percent, grain prices driving earlier markets as total grain yields.
New York December 11 Christmas distributions to stockholders totaling three to four million dollars were paid by several corporations. The Alabama and Vicksburg Railway authorized a 100 percent stock increase for a 2100,000 stock dividend. Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway directors boosted the semiannual rate to 2.5 percent. Torrington Company of Maine declared a 10 percent extra dividend exceeding one million dollars. Hammond & Jones paid 60 cents extra per common share, Royal Baking Powder Company added two percent extra, and Continental Gas & Electric issued 26 cents a share plus ten percent in common stock.
New York December 11 EC. Plummer, vice president of the Shipping Board, told the Maine Society of New York at their annual dinner that government owned ships cost far more than privately owned vessels and that constructive legislation must be adopted to keep American merchant ships in overseas trade. He said half the fleet’s life is already spent and urged decisive action to preserve the merchant marine.
Sugar thener reports beet sugar prices today at 0.05 per hundred pounds near the lowest in years while cane sugar drops to 7.25 from the manufacturer. Dealers’ quotes show Dee sugar at 7.40 and cung sugar at TAO.
Commissioner Jon A. Bying announced the Black Rock bank charter decision will not be passed until early next week. The state comptroller and treasurer provided preliminary evidence ahead of the commission’s deliberations.
A brief dialogue notes a debate on abolishing capital punishment at the state election. One speaker asks if a vote should abolish it, while the other, Yorgle, replies that capital punishment was good enough for his ancestors and is good enough for him. The exchange reflects attitudes toward the death penalty in a historical newspaper fragment.
Four new Bridgeport corporations were filed with the town clerk with capital authorization exceeding 100000 dollars. W. J. Coltina Company Inc formed with W. J. Collins owning all stock. it bought the Jackson Stone plant and property for 64000 and 5000 cash. United Retail Gas Company incorporated by W. J. Mee Carthy P J Hutchison J Mr O Connor I R Ayer, starting with 2000 dollars. A B Hayward Electrotype Company formed with 10000 stock authorized 5000 paid in. Amalgamated Security and Credit Union begins with 25000 incorporation and 2000 paid in. Directors listed as Samuel Lavit A Levine D Lenton Harting and J Spell ing.
Bridgeport based Ginzberg and Port Company sues Treffman Brothers of Hartford in the Court of Common Pleas for 500 dollars alleging a shellac compound sold to painters damaged wood, with claims of false representation about safety and efficacy and demands for damages and new supplies.
Alateorn December 12 reports modest gains in state employment for November. Overall 74.6 percent of applicants secured positions, up from 70.8 percent in October. Female work shows stronger demand at 75.7 percent vs 63 percent, while male placements hold at 64.8 percent.
Spaulding Co acquires the sporting goods store at 243 Sulrfeld Avenue, transferring local operation to A G Spalding, a national maker of sport equipment. Anthony J Treth will oversee Bridgeport connections with General Motors expert division after January 1.
Paris December 11 Associated Press reports the Bank of France raised its discount rate from six to seven percent while maintaining eight percent advances on securities. The move tightens credit and signals tighter monetary policy in France.
A recent avian disease outbreak in New York has forced the poultry market into an unsealed, mobilized state. Deaths among fowls are reported heavy, with prices plummeting to low levels. Local demand remains firm as supply tightens, and buyers turn to nearby sources from the West Coast. Prices for apples, cranberries, oranges, and vegetables show firm to advancing tones as dealers anticipate further gains.
New York December 11 The statement shows gold reserves 838,142,008 dollars and total reserves 969,017,000 with paid and secured investments. It notes deposits at 380,173,000 and Federal Reserve notes in circulation 369,364,000. Reserve ratio to deposits and notes is 72.7 percent.
Officials of the New York Stock Exchange were served with a temporary injunction restraining disciplinary action against the member firm Miller and Company of 120 Broad Street. The restraining order followed a Grover committee meeting and was revealed today in New York.
Real estate transfers list several mortgage deeds to Fidelity Loan Corp and Fidelity Lamm Corp for properties on Fagls Hawley Sanley Huntington Hancockaream State Midland streets. Names include Deeus Jizgi Nelasa Jadie N Schipper John Meri Borocki Helen McGuire Jessie Page Louis Clyman Mary Toth Louis Baumrind plus a quit claim involving Mary Budowiey.
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