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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1925
Page
16
Daily the Post Telegram Want Ads draw forty five thousand listening families and hundreds more broadcast wants to find buyers for items for sale. The notice promotes the Want Ads as a fast way to sell and reach a large audience.
Help wanted for various trades and roles across multiple firms in Hudson New York and surrounding areas. Listings note positions for body makers barbers shop workers machinists sales agents and general labor with emphasis on promotion opportunities and steady work. Includes home based work options and temporary roles with weekly pay and commissions.
Radio FOR SALE offers 100 volt battery setups from Edison Flemenza at $20 through Linley Bros at the corner of Fairfield and West Avenues. Various battery and tire services are advertised by RADIO BATTERY SERVICE with recharging, delivery, and rental options, including a flat rate of $1.50 for recharges and a $1 delivery service. Address No 1840 in this paper.
Classified brief seeks boarders and roomers for men and a Protestant home for an orphan boy of eight and a girl of thirteen. Location near East Norwalk, with contact details obscured. Includes offer of kindly lodging and a “delightful” room.
An old style notice invites readers to seek advice from Mrs Julia at 456 Nicholy Street near Pembroke Street for love trouble or distress. The brief ad presents a local psychic service in a neighborhood area.
A collage of short notices includes a male bookkeeper accountant seeking double entry work with address 10801 this paper, a chauffeur with 12 years experience offering services, a high school graduate drafting aspirant seeking drafting or architecture work, a married man with car seeking collector or salesman position, a long time salesman seeking stable local or traveling work with furnished setup, and various workers including a truck driver helper and other roles. Addresses and contact notes accompany each listing.
A fragmented local directory entry lists carpenters and tradespeople including CARPENTOR Garages, Conrad M Frank at 48 Carver St, RIORDAN Carpenter Sones at 08 Norman St, and Jamis Kiley at 42 Union Ave. It also mentions Valentines Greeting Cards, electrical services with installment terms, and home services such as wallpapering, dyeing, plastering, and chimney work with various prices and contact details.
Classified ad offering Airedale puppies at 750 dollars, two male Pekingese pups ten weeks old, and German police pups for sale. Listings include breeder and contact details at Armstrong Place Stratford and Fairgeld Avenue Noble, with private tutoring also advertised.
Numerous colorfully worded classifieds advertise used cars, furniture, repairs, moving services, real estate, loans, and retail goods. Names of businesses and streets appear amid offers for vehicles, home items, and employment, reflecting a bustling 1920s classified page.
Multiple listings advertise a closing out sale with baby carriages crib sets strollers and sewing machines at reduced prices. Vendors Cohen Goldfield Crawford Barnum and others claim half price or large discounts on furniture kitchenware and household items with move out bargains and a chance to furnish rooms at low cost.
Classified page itemizes furniture phonographs pianos and appliances with low prices, rental offers for apartments and rooms, farm and real estate ads, lost and found notices, loan offers, and local services. The jumble mentions Stratford addresses including 141 Astoria Ave 470 Pembroke St and 28 Nich ry TAS, with names like Casey Marshall Casey Inc and J Pronizing. Multiple contact numbers and locations appear for Stratford and Fairfield region listings.
For sale or exchange 20 acre tract with seven room house, cattle, chickens, farm implements, and orchard four miles from Bridgeport. Exchange for 2 or 3 family home in auire Gasper 356 Pine St. Bar, 2518 Painting & Decorating. Also listings for painting and paperhanging services, typewriters for sale, wanted ads for rental properties, and a notice of a Stratford district meeting.
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