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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1920
Page
5
A collection of film industry trivia questions and notes mentions actors such as Bi Hart, Millcrest, Roscoe Arbuckle, Martie Steadman, and Priscilla Bean. It recalls horse riding stunts, slapstick beginnings, and rising to fame through stage and screen cues, with a final price snippet on muskrat skin rising from 37 cents to 5.10 dollars over five years.
Holiday travel on New Haven roads shows unusually heavy patterns as many workers take vacations. The Adame Express handles extra freight but platforms remain less crowded than prior Christmas eves, with transport to New York Hartford and Boston in demand yet train stations appear quieter.
Willem McAuliffe, a Bridarport post office clerk, found a tiny unstamped envelope among thousands of pieces. His quick detection saved a Christmas-time letter, with more than 340000 pieces of mail processed that night.
New Austrian president Michael Hainisch declares Austria's distress stems from post monarchy conditions. He cites factory idleness, fertilizer shortages, and reliance on foreign aid during transition, urging coal and raw materials while planning self-sufficiency. Also notes bridgehead patents and future London Paris air service plans.
LBINGTON Dec 44 The Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad company a new Illinois corporation applied to the I C C for authority to take over the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad company now in receiver hands reorganize it and issue stocks and bonds to about 56 000 000
Portland's public market saw price reductions about 50 percent from yesterday's quotations after the city council ordered restoration of maximum prices. The market master fixed the new ceiling levels, easing the burden on shoppers amid the ongoing cost pressures.
In Nevada, Iowa, Mrs. Merrill Lyman reportedly singed her young son over a blazing newspaper to teach him not to play with fire, as described by her husband Charles Pr. Jara during their divorce hearing. The testimony details harsh disciplinary methods alleged in the Des Moines family.
President Stanley Oh and Bulla of the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce have named Bullard to represent the state at the next meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States in New Haven. Moran has been appointed interim by Mr Bullard, with Percy T. Litchfield confirmed as a member of the state chamber’s investigating committee.
Hanford Wisconsin, February 24. Deputies say a church fire yesterday was caused by an overheated whiskey still in full operation in the basement. The basement was rented by J.T. Brooks, a local butcher, for alleged still operation. The church sustained only light damage.
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