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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1920
Page
3
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as a fail safe solution to richly recolor wool silk cotton or mixed fabrics. It claims dramatic transformation of sweaters stockings gloves ribbons feathers and other items. The copy promises a simple kit with a color card and guarantees no mistakes with proper use.
Washington reports a January 16 clash near Frosolsuky where 55 Russians were captured or held, including one general and six officers. American losses were one killed, one died of wounds, and one severely wounded. General Graves says the attack was unprovoked and that the Russian train and crew were captured. The matter may be settled peacefully with Semenoff.
Florence Alabama January 224 Charges that enough brick was stolen from the government nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals to construct a two story building by Sheffield Alabama were denied today by J L Andrews banker of Sheffield before the congressional war expenditures committee. Personal investigation showed the bricks were condemned by government inspectors before reaching the plant and were sold en route. Kenneth A Smith a community worker formerly in charge of the Muscle Shoals labor adjustment bureau told the committee work at the plant was done regardless of cost largely because the builders felt percentage on all expenditures. Feidl 600 kegs of nails worth six dollars each had been buried by foreman to remove them from the way.
Springfield authorities announce joint action with Connecticut and New York to try five men linked to Western Massachusetts wood alcohol poisonings for murder. Names cited include John Romanelli Adolph Panarelli Carmine Licengiate Cosmio D Ambrossio and others in cross state case.
A customs inspector stopped a wagon on the St John river opposite Edmundston revealing 21 cases of gin 72 quarts of whiskey and 6 gallons of alcohol smuggled from Canada. It was the first such seizure since the United States became dry. The discovery occurred at Midangaska on the Maine border near the river.
Paris Jan 22 The cabinet of Premier Millerand won a confidence vote in the chamber of deputies by 272 to 98 with over 300 abstentions. The government retained support amid continued political maneuvering in France. A separate item notes a suit in Common Pleas by Johnne against the Connecticut Co for $700 over auto damage from a collision at Main Street and Park Place in September.
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