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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1920
Page
22
Tuesday meat specials include sirloin or otterhouse steak at 30c per lb. January sale offers canned fruits and vegetables with Hollow Brand syrup cans at 35c, three for $1. Red Raspberries No 2 cans 35c, three for $1. Green Gage Plums and Old Fashioned-Apple ready to eat options priced per can. Dozen prices listed at $2.25.
A price guide for DelMonte canned fruits and vegetables listing varieties such as peaches pears cherries apricots green beans corn tomatoes and spinach with prices per can per dozen and per case including specials like six for a dollar and two for a quarter in New York State markets.
Aunt Jemima Pancake Fleer and Buckwheat two packs 25 cents each. Pancake syrup full gallon jugs 1.10. Pancake syrup bottle 13 25 and 5. Pure Sap bottle 40 and 75 cents. ee Blend Maple Syrup full gallon 1.75. Domino syrup 25 cent size cans 20 cents. Karo Blue Label two cans 25 cents.
Virginian Mrs. Cora Lee Sturgis testifiedbefore a Senate committee detailing eight months of captivity with Mexican bandits. She recounted looting of her plantation, her mother’s death from starvation, beatings, and forced marches, and how a secret message sewn in a shoe sole was used to seek help from the American embassy amid clashes among Carranza Huerta and Zapata factions.
London January 6 Daily Mail political correspondent says Premie Lloyd George, with no future in Unionist or Liberal ranks, plans to launch a new centre party and assume leadership. The piece links Churchill attacks on labor to Lloyd George move and notes Churchill’s Sunderland remarks on party government risks.
George W. Adams found a clothing thief had ransacked his room at 192 Gilbert Street yesterday. A suit and extra trousers were taken while other valuables were untouched. The theft occurred between six in the morning and two in the afternoon as police report a surge of similar cases involving clothing thefts in the city.
Joseph and Albert Papp, ages three and six, were brought to J Vincent’s hospital after ingesting poison given by their mother, Mrs Daniel Papp, who died by consuming the same substance. Hospital reports indicated the children’s conditions improved by late last night.
Joseph Carcipoto of 130 Clarence Street and Benjamin Crotto of 78 Green Street were arrested yesterday afternoon and held for investigation by department officials on breach of the peace charges.
Boston was a candidate for marathon honors at the Olympic Games with Al Isa Colson of Woburn drawing attention. He claimed to have saved $200 and declared he would run for his money, sprinting around Adams Square and completing over 100 laps before a policeman halted him. Colson told the desk sergeant he feared pickpockets in town and chose to move while awaiting CAMS.
A Roxbury grandmother credits Dr True's Elixir with saving a dying child. She gave half the dose, then the rest after the child slept for a week, later reporting two red worms and recovery. The ad touts constipation headaches and other signs relieved by Dr True's Family Laxative and Worm Pellet.
Vintage fashion ad lists corset covers, chemises, petticoats, bloomers and gowns in muslin nainsook and batiste. Prices range from 25c to 3.45 with specials on pink and white styles, lace trims, Swiss embroidery, and feather stitched details. Hosiery and knit petticoats complete the offerings.
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