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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1927
Page
15
A local legion hall event attracted a sizable audience with performances by notable musicians, including Debussy and Vinton. Attendees reported a lively program and a warm reception, with Mrs Sotolin noted among the organizers. Utility details remain unclear due to OCR garble but overall attendance was strong and spirits high.
Professor Roe, a noted author on library development and engineering education, will address engineers at a Thursday meeting in Bridgeport. The talk covers his work on foot and rail transportation, with ties to the Crane Company and Sheltie School, Dreamt Institute, and Hamilton University.
Jan 31 AP report notes seven first mentors owed by the Arts Institute of Design in judging drawings. Yale School of Neo Arts features in the contest with three Yale students among ten winners. Mentioned are Architesure, Wilkins of Point, Palmer, and others. Florida noted.
Public demonstration claims 68 miles per gallon for a new inventor’s compact motor, designed to boost mileage and start Ford vehicles instantly. The claim highlights reduced fuel use and rapid starting capability under test conditions, with emphasis on efficiency and potential mainstream adoption.
A garbled OCR item offers a "GET ONE FREE" deal with unclear terms for various products and brands. The text cites vague guarantees and references to locations and additional items, but specifics are unreadable.
Miss Elizabeth Rhodes and others head for California and Florida after winter visits. several teas, card parties, and club events fill Fairfield social calendar. Engagement announced for Mildred Irene to Patrick Morrissey. Sacred Heart church hosts charity card party with hundreds of players and prizes. numerous meetings, recitals, and neighborhood gatherings noted across Fairfield and Bridgeport.
An obscure ad copy references a bottle of Milk of Magnesia promoted as a gentler remedy for waste and bowels. It notes the product as a registered trademark of The Charles H. Philips Chemical Company and mentions brand coverage since 1875.
Mrs John Walton Paris of Flushing N Y gave a largely attended lecture at the Art League club house Clinton avenue to Bridgeport Garden club members. She displayed colored audes of ama gardens and explained how they were made and what flowers composed them. The event closed a club series extending through June.
The Normal School for Religious Leadership hosts a second session this evening with classes on The Teacher and Primary Materials and Method, Junior Work, and a lecture on The Life of Christ titled Is Childhood. Attendance last week was 18 with many new registrations this week as the registrar reports 28 United church, 16 First Methodist, 12 Olivet, 4 West Bind Congregational, 5 Park Street, and multiple others from local churches.
Pittsburgh based news states that Somerset medium and Somerset light crude oil will be consolidated into a new Cumberland grade priced at 2.20 per barrel. Previously medium oil traded at 2.20 and light oil at 2.96. Purchase agencies announced the move to standardize the Cumberland grade.
Miss Margaret Slattery challenged youths at the First Methodist church in Bridgeport to face war, truth, and moral issues. She warned that greed, amusement, and prejudice fuel conflicts while urging courage, faith, and reform in a fogged era.
Chicago January 21 AP Directors of Standard Oil Company Indiana today declared an extra cash dividend of twenty five cents per share on the preferred stock with sixty two and one half cents on the common, payable March 15 to stockholders of record February 14. This marks the fifth such extra cash dividend.
A Bridgesport reader recalls meeting Jasper Cropsey's granddaughter at the artist's old Hastings on Hudson estate. The piece mixes reminiscence of Cropsey's Greenwood Lake landscape and early Hastings history with local shopping notes, winter fashion, and a Bank Street film shot set to screen at the Cameo Theatre.
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