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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1928
Page
21
A jumbled OCR of real estate listings shows multiple properties for sale and rent across towns such as Newtown, Trumbull Center, Myrtle Beach, and Stratford. Entries include cottages, apartments, and six to seven room houses with prices, down payments, and contact notes for agents like John J Ryburn and Clark & Son.
A fragmented OCR item mentions spiritualist stage events, daily readings, and a schedule with times around 1 2a and 7 40, referencing venues on Weet Ave and Ber bot, including names like Meg Leet Patents and Davie. The text is garbled but centers on spiritualist readings and related timing.
A cluttered excerpt lists numerous Bridgeport and nearby addresses with apartments and rooms for rent, many including mentions of improvements, heat, water, and garage spaces. It references multiple streets such as Main, Carlton Avenue, Parke Avenue, and Lincoln, with various unit counts from one to six rooms and prices around five dollars weekly or monthly.
The readable fragments describe a fete or event with names and places not clearly identifiable. A mix of random tokens and probable proper nouns suggests a local society notice or listing, but no coherent facts, dates, or participants emerge for a solid summary.
Danny Dunn, manager of Johnny Risko of Cleveland, posted the $6000 forfeit demanded by the boxing commission for the Sharkey bout at Madison Square Garden on March 12. The bout now hinges on Risko appearing a week before the fight. Dunn says Risko will train at home and may arrive two days before the event.
A Brooklyn court record from April 1928 details a petition in the Supreme Court of New York concerning Capt Luw Le Walieder. The wife Credence L. Logan claims her husband disappeared while alive, seeking relief from the court as a matter of marital status and welfare. The document cites dates, locations, and named parties including attorney Carl Ludvig Wallsdee and others.
A flood of classifieds promotes buyable ventures. Listings include gas stations, grocery stores, confectioneries, antique shops, and brick storefronts in Milford area towns. Offers tout potential profits, mortgages, and owner financing with phrases like quick sale, low rent, and growing demand. Numerous addresses, prices, and contact notes appear for property, stores, and service businesses.
A compilation of funeral notices and death reports from February 1928. Entries name Emil Fischer Julia Gribisch Jeremiah Harrington Thomas Mauntin Michael Bichkowski Frank Robacker John Sholand Robert Whittle and others. Details note birth, residence, funeral dates times venues and interment at local cemeteries with associated funeral homes and addresses.
Bowling results list numerous bowlers with scores across lanes and rounds. Names include Sampo, Waxsell, Kuberly, Stehle, Kaun, Mowe, Shic, Williams, Taddy, Melellan, McTwintels, Meekiet, Hardie, Peterson, Roberts, Jarmarone, Brecklin, and Sheehy among others. Final tallies vary from the 80s to over 160 in several entries.
Olav Satre of the Salisbury Outing Club wins the Lake Placid cross country ski race in 2 hours 44 minutes after the course was shortened from 25 miles due to bad weather. Martin Jansen of the Norway Club finishes second two minutes back. Magnus Satre and Johan Satre follow in 3rd and 4th, completing the strong showing by the Satre brothers.
Thorough race card reveals multiple heats across age groups with entries from Dees, Alyan Bours, Rag, and JHE WAL. Standout performances include a 800 purse event won by Kowh May Dale, and a 10 Hour jumble clock listing several riders such as Sun Lante and Scumdor Fasques Bello.
A fragmented OCR page item shows varied ads and notes including prices, addresses, services, and small listings. References to painting and decorating, rent details, and multiple street names appear beside partial product mentions and sale notes. The readable material lacks a coherent single event or narrative.
Charles Chick Lyons Jr recalls watching Vardon, Taylor, and Braid in the British Open and lauds Vardon's unmatched match play nerve and fearless long shots. He notes Taylor’s praise and the trio’s exceptional skill, highlighting Vardon's late 19th century feats and Lyons’ own near misses in 36-hole matches.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions locations Union and Cac Whl Aves and water wear, with unclear calorie reference. The text hints at a sale or bargain involving tote items and a year 1078 misread as a date, but details are unreadable. Names, dates, or concrete facts are not clear.
Fragmentary sports club scoreboard shows scores and player initials across multiple teams. Readable entries include Mose League Blacks Dowmy and Vmur 88 with various close results and player tags such as Hinkley Mamphrey and Van Etten amid a crowded line of abbreviations.
Toronto and Montreal tied 2 2 after regulation then needed overtime to decide nothing as both clubs fought for every inch. The game featured tight defense and late chances before the extra period produced no winner.
Fragmented OCR lists many race names and participants including War Buddy, Lin Soldier, Aapia Roe Beeky Duar La Coeur, Grand Pull Alfred, Abutan, Shanta, Kinetle, Lucky Thess, Me Mle, Motnewel, and others with times and placements scattered across multiple events, lacking coherent narrative. The readable bits show a field of horses and riders, track results, and various participant names, distances, and approximate order.
Washington report says American typewriters are in use in virtually every country and exports exceed a million dollars monthly. Thousands of dollars of weeded and rebuilt machines are sent abroad, with about one third of exports being portables.
Garrett i Slattery of 267 Cottage street Connecticut charges claim natureopaths prescribed internal medication as histotherapy. Connecticut Board of Natureopathy secretary Dr Frank B Smith and Health Commissioner Dr Stanley H Osborn state histotherapy is illegal under 1927 law and that natureopathy without proper licensure risks jail. Slattery faces dispute over qualifying for a license as state examiners reject his educational credentials.
Funeral services are planned for Mise Musee Poich a Stamford Greenwich resident who died after a car taxi collision. She suffered fatal injuries including the loss of both legs and was hospitalized in Brooklyn. Survived by her parents Mr and Mrs Erick of 279 Strawberry Hill Stamford and two sisters Mrs Arlo Wilson and Donald Alfred, both of Stamford. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery Brooklyn following services at Brooklyn funeral parlors.
In a six furlong event at Jefferson Park New Orleans February 23, Anacconds rider J Pryor’s gelding Anacconds won a dramatic finish from Orestes and Muldoon as Golden Mac closed fast. Heavy track favored early leaders with Fy Crestes and Ceo aid Muldoon strong in a tight photo. Roycrofter trailed after a late bid. Jockey Groos rode a steady winner to the line.
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