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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1922
Page
16
An old style grocery ad lists canned fruit and produce with bulk items and sale prices. Fancy No 2 size sliced pineapple 22c per can and a dozen for 2.50, regular 25c. Bled Lncy cherries and large cans of sweet potatoes at 18c. Three for 50c. Bulk sauerkraut bulk seeded raisins. Save 6c per pound. White or black dried cherries sau 35c per pound.
Louisvill e story recounts Matthew Hacker of Lewisville proposing to market an “alcoholic gas” that would atomize whiskey into a inhalable vapour. The plan, tied to a new company, envisions gas tanks, tubes and inverted cups to mix cocktails, claiming legality under the Volstead Act by delivering alcohol as vapor.
Washington reports Dr Paul Darwin Foote of the Bureau of Standards says chemistry could erase the gold standard if economic pressures do not. He disputes claims German chemists produced gold synthetically but notes evolving chemistry may yet yield a paying method. Senator Ladd calls the gold standard inflationary and proposes a property-based currency.
An advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound as a natural looking darkener for gray hair. It claims to restore color, shine, and fullness with daily use by applying a small amount with a brush or sponge.
The Virginian, sole vessel entering the harbor, arrived from Norfolk, Virginia aboard a coal cargo for Salis Textile. A northeast gale forced smaller boats to drop anchor. oysters sloops were blown off course and the central Washington bridge span work proceeds with planned spring dynamite demolition to ease towing and avoid guard-pile damage.
Burglars broke into Harry Grossman’s clothing store on North Main Street Union City securing all shirts hose and other summer apparel valued at 68 dollars. They also took 20 dollars in the cash drawer and fled in a machine after breaking the front door as a patrolman had just departed the beat.
James Murray of New York, aged 107, has tended the Amsterdam avenue gate at Trinity Cemetery for over fifty years. Despite a fall causing two days’ absence, he returned spry to his post. Murray, born in Ireland, offers no fixed rules for his longevity and takes life as it comes.
Waterbury authorities under a relief plan announced by Mayor Francis P. Guilfoyle will start public improvement work to relieve unemployment. A first crew began today. future batches aim to employ about five hundred people, with work funded by the city and no new special tax.
Leather look and fabric gloves offered in multiple colors. Prices range from 79 cents to 1.95 with various cape and kid styles. Several broken lots and sizes noted including white, black, gray, brown and beaver.
A description of a popular new fabric shade contrasts black and white options including black with white stitching and vice versa. It highlights self stitch and black stitch variations as fashionable, indicating rising color pairings and versatility in design.
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