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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1920

Page

16

Five Divorces Granted in City Superior Court

Judge Neoler granted five divorces at the first short calendar session. Gertrude Lennon McCann was separated from Henry McCann. Blanche Wagstaff and Alfred Wagstaff Jr. Grace Walker from Stanley Walker. Sarah Wheeler from Frank Wheeler. and Ethel Knapp Coleman from Irving Coleman. Custody rulings awarded to some petitioners and name changes allowed for McCann and Knapp.

Neoler Gertrude Marie Lennon McCann Henry Eugens McCann Bridgeport Cincinnati Cincinnati Club McCanns Lennon Blanche L. Shoemaker Wagstaff Stamford Alfred Wagstaff, Jr New York Alfred 3d Grace Sayer Walker Stanley Walker William J. Walker Sarah D. Sembler Wheeler Frank E. Wheeler Milford Lydia P. Walker Ethel Knapp Coleman Irving Colemat Knapp

Bassick Co gets permit for new Myrtle Ave factory

Bassick Co. receives approval to erect a reinforced concrete four story factory on Myrtle Avenue for cabinet and auto hardware production, expanding business and creating about 106 new jobs. The Burns & Bassick unit of Bassick Co. obtained the permit from Building Commissioners last night. Additional permits issued include a rear balcony at Bancroft Avenue, partitions for a Wood Avenue store, a garage on Hast Main Street, and several Medve properties with multiple houses and garages. Aggregate value noted as $161, but full details incomplete due to text cut.

Myrtle Avenue Burns & Bassick Bassick Co Fred CC. Bassick Bancroft Avenue H. H. Rockwell Wood Avenue Myer Sonick and Wife Main Street Anna Rader Grand Street Hurd Avenue Carlson Bros Ocean E. Medve Ocean Avenue Bronx Avenue Kr, Medve KR. Medve

Boy Scout Examination Today at Brookview home

Boy Scouts of America hold examinations this afternoon at 2:80 o clock at Scout Executive G S Pratt's home on Brookview Avenue Strafield. Troop 21 led by J C Stores fields second mass ratings. A Thursday outing from Stretfield car line ends with a lean-to camp built by the scouts for rest.

Boy Scouts of America G Ss. Pratt Brookview Avenue Strafield J.C. Stores Bridgeport Stretfield

Contractor Sues For Balance On Hatery Alterations

Jank Verng files in Common Pleas against William and Fannie Schmidt to recover $8200 for hatery alterations and $226.50 for extra work not paid. He asserts the contract would yield $700 profit and seeks $1890 in damages after defendants halted work before completion.

Common Pleas Court Jank Verng William Fannie Schmidt Eixtra Assorta

Fierce Indian Frontier Fighting Reported On Palosina Plain

British expeditionary forces clash with Mahsuds and Dill tribesmen amid heavy casualties in three days of brutal combat. A 24th native pioneers Dugler boy earns recognition for hand to hand fighting and trophy seizure as attackers reclaim a hill position after two hours of fighting.

Mandamalkace Dia Ted Duondon Jan Tirah Boy Palosina Plain Mandanakadi

Pepto Mangan Promises Health and Vitality Boost

Physicians endorse Gude's Pepto Mangan as improving sallow complexion and low energy by enriching blood with oxygen carrying cells. Available in liquid and tablet forms, it claims to restore vigor, with the label insisting on the name Gude's on the package.

Gude Chude

Odd Frater/Al Installations Planned This Week

Frater/Al Odd Wellows Samuel HH Flarris lodge 2.0 OF will install officers at a meeting Monday night in Odd Jellawa hall 108 Broad Street District ply Stoddard CG Goodsell and siecle of officers will perform the installation On Tuesday night Tequannock Lodge officers will be installed and on Wednesday night a public installation of Adelsian Lodge officers will occur Fellows invited to attend ceremonies The low officery will revern the lodges Four for the next six months Com Master William J. Meyer to preside at Chand Lodge meeting next May

Odd Twellows Samuel HH Flarris Lodge O. F Odd Jellawa Hall Broad Street District William J. Meyer

Pape's Cold Compound Advertisement Claims Quick Relief

An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a fast remedy for colds. It describes dosing every two hours for three doses, relief of nasal stuffiness, headache, and dullness, and claims no quinine and low cost at drug stores.

Pape Dane A. Dy

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