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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1925
Page
14
A jumble of early 20th century classifieds and notices includes help wanted ads seeking ambitious young men and trustworthy workers, plus numerous lost items and small business opportunities. Entries reference salaries, sales pitches, and contact details, with scattered addresses and partial names.
A jumble of early 20th century personal and job ads requests applicants for herd work clerical positions laundress nurse and general housework. entries mention locations addresses and phone affiliations with several names and roles including colored girl no full details given.
A busy string of classified blurbs from Stratford and Barnum items. Listings include car sales and garages, repairing services, rental notices, painting and papering, mortgage loans, and storage offerings. Notable entries mention 1923 autos, a 1927 Seaview address, and local business names like Noble and Hanson. The collection also covers rooms for rent, cottages, and a wide range of home improvement ads.
Classified notice seeks furnished rooms and board in a private home by a local man at address 18407 paper. Includes request for room and board arrangements and contact note.
Household Goods sale ad announces liquidation of 1184 Slate, Oakland. Nearby downtown factory stock includes bedroom suites, parlor sets, baby carriages, lamps, phonographs, and more. Open evenings. many pieces advertised at low prices as discounts tempt buyers.
Mixed classifieds announce a SPECIAL SALE on dining room suites kitchen cabinets beds dressers china chests and sewing machines with low prices at various addresses. Numerous ads offer farm coops six room houses chicken farms and two family homes, with terms and down payments, plus a Genoa of instruments and remodeling services.
A long list of downtown Bridgeport apartments offers four to seven rooms with modern improvements, steam heat, hot water, and garages. Rentals range from $15 to $74 monthly, with several units at 1st to 4th floors on Main Street, Fairfield Avenue, North Avenue, and nearby streets. Some listings specify adults only and utility details.
Ad offers purchase of used furniture including stoves carpets and machines. Mentions Barnum 1694 and a paid price of 341 dollars. Calls for contact via telephone listing with vague location near Noble Street.
Classified notice offers a nearly new gentlemen fashion fur coat with Astrakhan collar from Wearing Apparel. Priced at 7200 list, sacrificed for 96.3 dollars. Customer contact at U8 Beach Street.
Classified list offering block wood coal lighting plant boiler stokers and furnishings. Includes wood deliveries to Stratford Barnum Ave and Bridgeport addresses, desks chairs safes and office items from Marshs and Carlond, plus firewood and heating options from Anderson Herald Ave and Noble 3182. Also mentions bargains every Monday Wednesday and Saturday at 2 pm with a claim of unique Bridgeport market.
An aged classified style notice lists baby chicks and poultry stock from Morris Farm and Nichols, with phone references and catalogue notes. The fragment mentions Hatcomge and various stock lines, inviting inquiries for the finest stock and supplies.
Notices list several deaths including Lella Benedict aged 62 at 502 Seaview Ave and Victoria D Andrea aged 65, with funeral plans for January 2 1925. Other obituaries: Frank Rahrig aged 89. Ora Shen Shrew aged 28. Elizabeth F Skidmore aged 80. Mary Tobin in Brooklyn. Elizabeth G Wilson aged 81 with services at Henry Bishop’s mortuary. Condolences express gratitude in multiple cards to St Anne Dramatic Club and family.
New York December 31 Advance subscriptions for 9 22 000 000 bond issue by the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad company to refund its European loan have topped 15 million dollars. Directors say they personally took about 1 9 million in new bonds and other large pledges came from banks insurers and industries. With the European loan refunds there are no maturities of consequence until 1980 aside from government indebtedness due between 1936 and 1939. The company expects cash to cover additions and improvements, enabling continued transportation and higher net income for dividends through modern machinery and operations.
Transactions on the last trading day of 1924 show strength in radio stocks with Deforest Radio rising about 1 2 points to 28 1 2, Radio Corporation up 2 1 8, and Delaware Lackawanna and Western Coal paying an extra dividend. Other industrials like Gillette Safety Razor and General Rubber fell back, while Penn-Mex Fuel and Imperial Oil gained small amounts.
New York December 31 foreign exchanges held steady with quotations across major currencies. Demand and cables listed for Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Spain, Greece, Poland and more, with several minor adjustments and regional rates noted.
A historical money market brief notes a 1-25 ruling rate and closing bid 4 1 2, offers at 4 8 4, last loan 4 1 2. Mentions Tim loans firm with mixed collateral and 60 to 90 day terms. States 2 289 4 4 B months 4 8 4 a 4 prime commercial paper.
Copper prices remain steady in electrolytic trade with nearby futures around 58 to 62. Lead and zinc show unchanged or firm quotes. iron remains steady with spot and futures around the referenced levels. Copper futures hover near 58 to 62 while zinc and lead hold steady. iron shows little movement in this market snapshot.
Loren W Delbridge of this city filed in Superior Court yesterday an action against Leopoldvy of Danbury seeking 6000 damages for alleged tailor fees paid to a broker.
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