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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1922
Page
13
Paris Jan 10 Mrs Thomas Stewart Ryan known as Audrey Creighton, famed American violinist, died today at the American hospital in Neuilly after several days of illness from swallowing pain pills. She had been suffering from the effects of the tablets.
The annual membership meeting of W W G A 10 is set for Monday at 7 30 PM at 260 Golden JH Street Nisa Lillian L Tomes chairs the membership committee urging all to attend and bring a member. Miss Ethel Stirling presides with reports on minutes travel and secretary duties and an address on Social Welfare Work in Europe.
December 24 in Chicago announces the marriage of Miss Elsie Hill of Norwalk and Albert Levitt, law professor at the University of North Dakota. Hill, a National Woman's Party leader, remains in Washington. Levitt will remain in North Dakota until June, then join his wife for the summer in Redding, Connecticut.
MIGFOTD reports special rehearsals for a big minstrel show by Chemical Company No. 3 of Myrtle Beach to be staged at the town hall on February 2. The program, titled Black and White, features professional actors and actresses led by Willian Finn as inter locutor, with William Armstrong and Sharenge Masson premiering and Clarence Masson and Mrs. David A. Hell assisting. An eight piece orchestra will provide music and accompany the dancing afterward.
Mayorsid reports a deadly gale along the French and Moroccan coasts has claimed thirty lives and damaged 306 vessels. Many fishing craft were sunk as the storm raged for more than 48 hours.
Young violinist Wilma Ketete will perform at Stratfield tonight under Joseph Lycell, with Miss Gertrude E. Jorth as pianist. The program features Mozart concerto movements, Wagner and Grieg selections, and pieces in Swedish Norwegian and German, reflecting a diverse soloist lineup and choir-like numbers.
The Hebrew Ladies Aid society plans a whist and pineble party in the Sun Parlor of Stratheld on Wednesday evening January 23. Mrs. I Levin is the host. The Women’s Christian Temperance Union meets Friday at 2 30 pm for a brief session followed by a Bible study led by Mrs Annia Featherstone. A rummage sale is set for Tuesday January 24 at headquarters 289 Gilbert Street. donors should notify Mrs James Main on Monday the 23rd. The English Literary Club has no meeting this week. The Ninth District Republican Women’s Club will meet at East Main and Arctic Streets this evening to vote on bylaws and hear committee reports.
Sunday afternoon from 4 to 7 guests from prominent clubs will visit the New University club. The president and Mrs Arthur Brewer will greet visitors in a decorated dining room. The lower floor will be open for inspection and a luncheon tea room will operate for members and guests.
An advertisement promotes Mulsified cocoanut oil shampoo as the safe cleaning agent for hair. It claims pure cocoanut oil shampoo forms rich lather, cleanses hair and scalp, dries hair quickly, and leaves it bright and fluffy. It notes availability at druggists and urges readers to ask for Mulsified.
Miss Ruth Louise Harding will wed William Henry Glave at St Charles church January 23 at 8 30 AM. Rev PF McGivney will officiate. Bride in canton crepe with matching hat and roses. bridesmaid Mildred Harding in blue crêpe and tea roses. Reception at bride’s home then couple leaves for a moon trip through Massachusetts and will reside at Park Apartments on Tennel Street.
Bridgeport Symphony society expands support as many become guarantors and members. Lists include individuals, businesses, and organizations such as American Hardware Stores Inc and Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce. Members gain advance seating before public sale. society seeks two hundred members.
Bridgeport women will be invited to learn that all New England states join in holding a regional conference of the League of Women Voters in Boston January 85 26 The meeting will discuss common problems with two national speakers Belle Sherwin national chairman of the Department of Ancientcy in government and Mrs LaRue Brown committee chair on child before Miss Katherine Soudington the session director will preside.
Greenwich January 1 a man aged about 28 was killed by an express train of the New York New Haven and Hartford line at Lodi. No identification was found on the victim.
An old advertisement touts a healing cream for catarrh and head colds promising instant relief. It asserts the product clears the head, opens nostrils, and eases breathing, with claims of destroying germs and penetrating air passages.
A dignified solid mahogany work table suitable for living rooms. Features include one long center drawer and two smaller side drawers, with gracefully curved connected legs. Regular price 100 dollars, January sale price 79 dollars.
A large group of gate leg tables with reduced price tickets is advertised on the Fourth floor, including extension types with a boarding option for dining rooms. Also featured are heavy wool coats in brown, blue, and gray, sized for children aged 10 to 14, with prices cut from 22 to 13.50 and specials at 9.50, in the Junior Show on the Second floor.
Special offer on 8fold extra heavy Scotch knitting yarn at 55 cts per hank in khaki Heather and mixed colors. Former price 65 cts. Malin floor. A small group on a center basement table shows attractive cut glass pieces for the table including compotes jars vases cruets perfume bottles and syrup lugs.
A special offer highlights a high quality chiffon finish fabric in navy African and golden brown colors. The fabric is 40 inches wide and priced at $9.39. Thire door.
The McCall Magazine February issue is ready and begins March with the Charles Rex story. It features works by Joseph Hergesheimer and Mary Roberts Rinehart. Subscription is 1 dollar per year, single copies ten cents, third loge.
At the Silver Section Salt is the hospitality emblem with small Salt Cellars and crystal glasses in pierced silver holders. 40 cts Dutch Silver Candle Sticks in gray finish feature Dutch art figures. Special $2,502 Pyrex Custard Cups in silver with deep center. Special $1.05 Bread Knives with sterling handles. Were $2.10 Now $1.7. Main floor front.
A compact electric toaster designed for the dining table scene toasting two slices at once. The device is described as a Ready Toaster and includes a feature noted as Basement in the text.
Two camisole lots offered for closeout. Satin wash camisoles with ribbed shoulder straps reduced from 1.25 and 1.50 to 69 cents. A second lot features lace trim satin camisoles with ribbon straps formerly 2.00 and 2.25.
Readers are offered three tubes of Kolynos Dental Cream for 50 ets this week with a display on the main floor.
Advertisement lists women’s handkerchiefs in 10 15 and 25 cents varieties and men’s odd initiated handkerchiefs at 25 and 35 cents. mercato item notes Malo toon.
A sales blurb touts a gas heater with a copper reflector and round cylinder blue flame oil heaters. The gas heater is described as attractive and easy to set up in dining or living rooms for chilly mornings. Prices shown include regular $8.00 sale $5.65. The blue flame heater is easy to move between rooms with regular $4.50 sale $3.25, suitable for bedrooms baths and basements.
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