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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1926
Page
3
The J L Luckenbach backing from a dock channel crashed stern into a ferries pier area causing multiple concession buildings to be wrecked and a nearby structure to be severely damaged. A survey is planned by steamboat inspectors to assess the damage and cause.
A fragmented OCR text mentions a copyrighted New York American story about Eve's covering growth and animal body parts. It cites Dr Join M and surgery department staff, plus a Rockefeller Institute scientist assistant to Jy Oxia Carrel, with references to cultured cartoof acehicken growth.
New Fairfield children enjoyed a Christmas program at Stals Pond School with songs readings and Santa Claus gifts. A funeral for Mrs. Mary Wiley Crozier of Moorfield was held with burial at a local cemetery. The town library received new titles from a state grant including children's and adult fiction.
London reports Britain will sponsor conciliation toward China and press treaty powers to revise discrepancies. A December note from the British chargé d’affaires in Beijing urges negotiable treaties, tariff autonomy for China, and rejection of foreign control until China forms a capable government.
The article lists the church Christmas program with performances by students and teachers. It names Charles J Millard, Laura Beate, Dorothy Ferris, Louise Kotler, Olga Gotsch, Ruth Beattie, and others, plus a pageant with shepherds and kings. Families from Slantington school attended a pageant and holiday events were described with several recitals and a play by students of J Edwin Stevens and Miss Pearl Jacobs rooms.
Edward A. Colby, seventy nine, longtime New London bandmaster, was killed in Norwich when his car collided with a run vehicle near his home. He previously worked as a printer and led many New London bands including the Third Regiment band. He is survived by a daughter in Detroit.
A fragment lists grades of ladies gloves on second floor with embroidered modes and colors brown black white. It mentions Rayun stockings Lisle soles, children's cotton stockings black 7 to 10, and umbrellas reduced to 7.85 with various disk covers and colorful handles. Also notes Bolivias and tweeds in multiple grades with prices from 59.50 to 85.00.
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