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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
6
Afternoon at Bligh School features dancing and evening events with basketball and an advanced dancing class. Saturday offers a Novelty Party and dancing as advertised for community entertainment.
New York January 24. Owners packed beverages with alcoholic content and moved them from clubs to homes. Following Internal Revenue Bureau rulings, alcohol stored in safes and vaults must be brought to the owner’s residence before January 1, leading to increased activity as people seek to comply and avoid penalties.
An old newspaper ad promotes a remedy for head noises and hearing trouble. It urges readers with ringing ears to try a treatment claiming fast relief by easing breathing and nasal passages, and promises simple steps and occasional products. The text resembles a fragmented medical advertisement.
A damaged OCR fragment shows an unclear advert style with phrases like price and product hints. The readable bits mention terms and names, but no complete item or event is discernible for a full headline or summary. The piece reads as an unresolved classified ad snippet.
Bridgeport showgoers today will find Charlie Chaplin in A Day's Pleasure held over by popular demand at the Plaza. Eugene O'Brien, Quida Bergere, Mildred Arlington, Lyn Bruno, and others headline a full vaudeville and feature program at Polls. The Strand and Hippodrome offer additional films and acts, including Gladys Brockwell in Broken Commandments and a new Talkie booth novelty.
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