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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1923
Page
16
A mouse built a nest in a Morristown area cash register from the Keashy and Madison Company Ambler. It caused a panic as the machine printed wrong receipts and failed to print. An expert was called but the mouse emerged from the drawer and died during removal.
A report notes that two second fires started by careless matches or smoking caused losses greater than blazes from stoves furnaces boilers hot grease tar coal combined, highlighting the higher risk from such indirect ignition sources.
A lively review of the Majestic production Getting Gertie's Garter notes rapid action and risqué humor. The fickle farce features a bungling butler, romantic entanglements, mistaken identities, and quick reversals as characters race through slapstick scenes and witty back and forth. One aside recalls ice shipments and early trades that hint at broader context.
Boston events in 1821 and 1826 centered on Edmund Kean. He refused to perform at Federal Street Theatre on May 2081, inciting a mob and damage. He left May 25 1821, returning December 21 1826 as the theatre lay wrecked with broken windows and a chaotic scene.
The tug James McWilliams of the Blue King delivered eight barges carrying about 6 000 tons of bituminous coal, the largest coal shipment to the harbor in weeks. The cargo, destined for Connecticut and New Haven dealers, marks the first of a 5 009 ton British coal contract with two more steamers due by week’s end. Also, the tug Pointer brought lumber and sand barges to New York clients, and Raymond Davis resigns as chief engineer to join the tug General Sherman in New Bedford.
The piece traces tulips from Turkey to Europe, noting Ottoman roots via a Turkish word and their rise to luxury status in Holland and Germany. It describes wealthy demand in Amsterdam, bulb imports from Constantinople, and the 1600s English planting from Vienna, culminating in the 1634 tulip mania. It also mentions a biology note on honeycomb cell partitions.
The Malayan custom requires the groom to pay all wedding expenses to the bride’s family before the marriage. The day before the nuptials the bride’s teeth are filed, hair trimmed, nails stained with henna, and feasting and music fill the ceremonies. Traditional ornaments are worn and kept as prized heirlooms for daughters.
Alexander Anderson became America’s first wood engraver, starting at age 12. He copied drawings on wood for an 1798 American edition of The Looking Glass and signed the continent’s first wood cut, earning the title American Berwick. His prolific output and invention aided the growth of wood engraving until shortly before his death. nearby, Robert Raikes of Gloucester founded Sunday schools in 1812 to guide ragged street children.
Bad breath sufferers are urged to try Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle bowel and liver stimulant without calomel side effects. The sugar coated tablets, a vegetable formula with olive oil, claim to purify the system and improve breath, costing 5c or 80c as an advertisement.
Walter Joy of Water Street drank liquor Saturday night and on Sunday he appeared in City Court asking to be jailed to recuperate. The court gave a ten day sentence for his condition and request.
William S. Donning of this city files in superior court for divorce from Grace Hamilton Donning now in New York City alleging desertion in September 1919, eight years after their marriage.
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