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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1927
Page
15
Rhode Island considers a bill granting voluntary jury service to women, with opposition from the Republican club. The measure would excuse some women while others behind the bill argue for broader eligibility. the governor’s past stance is noted.
A promotional piece touts Edna Wallace Hopper's Youth Hand Lotion, claiming it softens hands despite grime and hard water. It emphasizes non greasy formula, quick absorption, and weather resistance, offering a money back guarantee via dealers. The advertisement urges readers to try the product at toilet counters for noticeable results.
A fragmented society page item describes fashion shows abroad and locally with mentions of clothing styles, colors, and outfits. The snippet references cosmetics, cigarettes, beverages, and framed images, highlighting evolving attire and public display.
Fashion trends show pinup style effects and white trimmed nightwear, with white tops, black gowns, and white bordered coats. Spring fabrics include satin and taffeta in bold color accents. designers highlight vivid ensembles and new cushions, with steel, red, green tones referenced across collections.
Mistinguett uses ostrich feathered heels and sweeping plumes in her Mo Rouge Revue costumes. The outfits include a silver feather ornament and a sunburst design with Strass set around a white ostrich feather, both credited to Lewis.
The readable fragments describe a clash of colors with blues and greens on a pale background. The text is garbled but suggests a decorative or design note rather than a full report. No clear persons or organizations are identified.
A fragment notes sweaters with no Norks or age buttoned down the front in raglan style. The text reads as an OCR garble but indicates clothing description and a design note from a period listing.
English women update window decor with crelonnes laces silks and artificial sunlight nets replacing venetian blinds. Yellow gold artificial silk nets brighten interiors even without sun. Night displays use color to warm the room while avoiding external blinds.
Lingerie shops showcase a range of colors for the season with turquoise, peach, and vivid tangerine shades. Black remains favored for certain lace items while cream and emerald hues appear in decorative pieces. The fashion notes highlight intricate stri weave and torched embroidery as key details in the current collections.
Pantaloons for sport wear appear with a pheatoner on the R where smgirt society is ay The mode of Tat courts and of very short slit up one side to show pantalettes of the same material as she dress. They are usually tight at the kree and are trimmed with braid and ribbon. One mondel seen was of beige kasha bordered with red rib boun. Red braid trimmed the waist and slevrves. Another was of black as hoerdered in white with black pantietes stellar edged. At Monte Carlo an evenies dress In the same style was worn recently.
The Ushers' Club of St. Jon's Church staged the New Century Players production Outward Bound at Pilgrim Hall last night, drawing about 300 attendees. Cast included Scrubby, Arthur Hayley, Ann, Mrs. Timothy Palston, Treory, Daniel Ambrose, St Prior, Timothy A. Fallon, Mrs. Clveden Yanks, Maylah Hallock, Rev. William Duke, Chris Wesche, Hetty Richmond, and Paul Jan tors. Roy Chase served as secretary and Fred Lovegrove as treasurer, with Frederick Berg also listed.
A sequence of household notices lists John and Margaret Franze with two daughters and a son born February 21, along with Ernest and Augusta Noel at 67 Park Street. Robert and Irene Farrel at 741 Geal Street with a daughter born February 10. Henry and Catherine Avery at 242 Wilmat Avenue with a son born February 18. Stephen and Mary Trince Street with a son born February etc. The fragmentary text mentions several other couples and February birth entries across multiple streets and addresses.
An OCR laden page traces a rambling collage of seasonal scenes and domestic reflections. Readers note birdsong, blooming pussy willows, fashion hints, store ads, and home decor dreams linked by memories of summer. The piece blends personal diary style with tangential mentions of shoppers, dress fabrics, and household plans.
Miss Marjory Heuschkel and other soloists will perform at a free Fairfield Memorial Library concert Monday evening presented by Mrs Lealia Joel Hulse’s students. The program features piano solos and songs by several local musicians with the audience invited to attend.
Announcement notes the marriage next Wednesday at St. Joseph’s Cathedral Hartford of Miss Margaret M Ennis daughter of Mr and Mrs John T Ennis and Dr Edward J Leonard son of Mr and Mrs B L S Leonard of Derby. Leonard a Baltimore Dental College graduate has run a rental hygiene school in Morford. Also mentions Bermuda trip, Clubwomen’s day in New York, and Church Mission of Help events with local participants and hostesses.
Milton C. G. Work reviews two American Contract Auction Bridge codes from the Racquet Club and the Knickerbocker Whist Club. He outlines point structures for minor and major tricks, no trump, game values, revokes, and vulnerability, noting differences in penalties and the optionality of vulnerability. A final installment will cover grand contract bidding.
C K Woodbridge of New York resigns as president and director of Dictaphone Corp. He joins Electrical Refrigeration Corp. of Detroit as vice president and general manager. Leon Carl Stawell, longtime Dictaphone president, is elected to head the company. Alfred V Bodine becomes vice president and general manager of Dictaphone Plant.
In London activists urge change as working women say their voice is underrepresented in Parliament. A fund raising drive aims to raise 2008 pounds to support working women pursuing parliamentary honors and improve their competition with better positioned peers.
The Boy Scout Troop 43 of St Augustine's church will profit from an entertainment program tonight at St Augustine's Parish Hall. Sponsored by the Mothers' Club chaired by Mrs Miller, the show features a camp fire scene with 25 scouts directed by Scoutmaster Thomas J Hannan and the troop committee. Performers include Jack Finds, Charles McDonald, George Mulligan, Thomas McKendrick, Yuddy Cody, Edward Malkovitch, with piano by George Underhill and Frank Perry. Additional songs, dancing by the Harding sisters and Anna Bailey, a cake sale, and a local orchestra provide further festivities.
Charles Palau thirty two prominent Myrtle Beach resident and re elected president of the Third District Republican club at Walnut Beach was found dead in an unoccupied Myrtle Beach cottage at 7 am. His wife Mrs Gertrude Palau discovered him beside gas pipes pouring deadly fumes in the rear cottage. Death ruled accidental. Palau an insurance agent with Prudential Life Insurance Co at Chatham Avenue Myrtle Beach had risen early to repair the gas line for the family expected to move in soon. He leaves a wife two daughters Louise and Jeannette Saybrook mother and father and two brothers one a state policeman. Funeral set for tomorrow at 2 pm. Vancouver liquor shipment noted in unrelated text.
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