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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1923
Page
15
Granite cloth wool rope jersey and twills inspire a dress pattern No 1850. Dress slips over the head with flowing sleeve choices and a dart-fitted style. Pattern costs 15 cents. sizes range bust 84 to 44 inches. yardage 34 for size 36. Send name and address to Pattern Department Bridgeport Telegram.
Danbury Mutual Fire Insurance directors report 1922 among the most prosperous years in company history at the seventy third annual meeting in Danbury. Directors elected Hodge Hubbell Beldan and Parks with Hodge named president Hubbell secretary and Beldan treasurer. Following the meeting members enjoyed a turkey supper at Berkshire Gates Lodge Sugar Hollow Road.
Polis Vaudeville presents a fresh bill at Poli's featuring The Girl Across the Way, with Joe Whelan hosting amateurs. Act highlights include The Rios, Fletcher & Fasquale, Two Kings of Jazz, and Arthur Gary with Viola Baldi in When Hel Needs Help. Also shown: Singed Wings with Miss Daniels moth dance, and Penrhyn Stanlaws Paramount film.
Washington opens a three day National Conference of Women led by the Womens Bureau to study wages hours and working conditions for women. Mary Anderson leads efforts to set standards for women's employment and seek remedies for industrial inequalities with representatives from employers and women workers.
New York Jab 10. Thieves who robbed the Rockwell Clothing Company on Broadway for the fifth time earlier posted a notice on the window inviting a return to match a coat taken. They returned today smashing a $500 plate glass window and stealing $200 worth of displayed clothing. management plans no more jokes.
The Business and Professional Yomlun's club girls prepared a vaudeville show at the Liberty building rooms Saturday January 27. They held a rehearsal at Mrs R C Adams home 927 Howard avenue with refreshments. The next rehearsal will be at the club rooms tomorrow night. Attendees included Miss Helen and Miss Minnie Saunders.
The Fourth District Republican club committee hosted a gathering at Mrs. William Chew’s Fairfield Avenue home. Plans disclosed a whist and pinochle party at Howard Avenue Hotel on Tuesday January 16. Various church and club meetings are listed including missionary talks, Parent-Teacher Association session, and Ladies Guild gatherings with speakers on Mormonism and other topics.
London on January 10 Mrs Annie O Ridry age 69 faced trial charged with a bigamous marriage to her adopted son ay x y hur Waters. The case hinges on alleged bigamy within a family circle and involves complex names and relationships.
The third annual report shows a gain in six months for the Danbury Building and Loan Association. Assets total 315 325 dollars with first mortgage loans at 92 500. Officers elected include President Harry J. Mallory First Vice President Joy F. E. Woodruff Second Vice President John C. Doran Treasurer Fred C. Brown Attorney Judge M. D. Duningham Secretary A. A. Baker Auditors Harry D. Pulver and Clarence C. Shaffer.
The newly organized International Girls Club will hold its first gathering at 7:30 p.m. at the International Institute on Beach Street. The group, aiming to overcome local race prejudice and promote sociability among girls of all nationalities, will focus on dressmaking with other trades such as millinery and cooking offered if enough interest. Miss Hoseli Gillette, an international worker, will lead the class.
New York January 10 1923 sugar statistics show Americans consumed 162 pounds per person in 1922 to set a world record. The 1921 figure stood at 83.26 pounds and total year consumption reached 5 010 757 tons based on a population of 116 444 000.
Proceedings of the Charter Revision Commission yesterday will be reported to the Board of Aldermen. William Z. Dicks, a member of the Charter Group, announced that the full report of the commission's deliberations will be ready for presentation at Monday night’s alderman meeting.
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