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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1925
Page
21
A tribute to the dependable truckman who delivers goods through every weather. The article invites readers to consult the trucking and storage column on the want ad page to select a reliable driver for needs near or far.
A fragmented page of classified ads seeks male office workers and skilled trades with age and experience details. Listings include office help, accountants, painters, collectors, sales reps, and factory labor, with varying hours, locations, and pay offers. Some entries request interview times and specific contact points.
Classified ad listing multiple farm properties for sale or trade. Includes 62 to 170 acre tracts with crops, fences, pastures, fruit orchards, sugar, and equipment. Nearby towns and rail access noted. Prices range from $2900 to over $6000 with options for exchange or rent. Includes barn, sheds, cattle, horses, tractors, and chickens.
A flood of classified listings from Stratford offers many help and household tasks. Items include salesladies for coats and dresses, general housework, sewing machine operators, and maids. Several ads request experienced workers, domestic staff, and young workers for stores and homes with contact details and locations across Harlem Avenue, Main Street, and surrounding streets.
For Sale or Exchange one family house with a small mortgage. Will exchange for a store or automobile. Address 356 Pine 2t Baraum.
A blotchy listing shows many job seekers: a boy of 19 seeking electrical or cooking work. an EXPERIENCED Chauffeur seeking private or commercial work. a machinist and toolmaker with 16 years in mechanical engineering. a middle aged man ambitious for carpentry painting. a live wire representative in Hudson County. a young man with electricity and radio knowledge. a garage helper. a ripinld lady seeking housekeeper work. a dressmaker seeking three days weekly. an experienced woman for washing and ironing. a high school graduate seeking office work. a refined American lady seeking housekeeper work. day work for cleaning and washing. clerical work for full or part time. various women seeking domestic or nursing roles. multiple addresses and phone references accompany the listings.
A mixed local advertisement shows fireplace and block wood for sale delivered nationwide, plus various items for sale or trade including studio ads, drawing tables, a knitting machine, wall counters, display fixtures, furnace and lumber listings. Also notes land with dockage available after April, and multiple address references.
Fragmented notices announce a lost bank book and valuables, a couple sharing a home with relatives in Southport, and rooms for rent. Names, addresses, and partial descriptions appear, including a Scotch Collie, a bag of money, and requests to return items to banks or landlords.
A garbled classified ad listing numerous autos including 1921 Buick Touring Toad Coach 1923 Essex and more. Mentions prices from 400 dollars and payments, locals listing garages and glass shop services, with names and addresses peppered throughout.
Help wanted ads seek salesmen for manufacturera like lithographed labels to druggists and auto spare parts. Top commissions, high earning potential, flexible side work, and nationwide coverage promised. Companies include Bowser & Co, The Noble Refining Co in Cleveland, and others seeking aggressive, experienced sellers.
A fragmentary catalog of automobile makes and models including Buick four cylinder sedan and coupe, Cadillac limousine, Chandler coupe, Chevrolet sedan and tour, Dodge coupe and sedan, Franklin sedan, Gardner sedan, Studebaker coupe and sedan, Oakland sedan, Oldsmobile tour, Maxwell four horsepower, Hudson not, and others. The list mixes diverse brands with various body types such as sedan, coupe, tour, and roadster.
Used car lot at 360 Fairfield Ave promotes low spring prices and deposits on guaranteed cars. Highlights include overhauled and repainted Ford models with starters and generators. Terms and financing emphasized.
Various local and long distance moving services advertise in a New York daily listing. Firms including Barnum, Noble, Moran, Bratz, Stowe, Begley, and others offer piano and furniture moving, local and long distance trucking, and storage. Contact numbers and addresses are provided for quotes and service arrangements.
A jumble of house and property ads details 8 room frames cottage beds and baths central locations Stratford Clifford Ave and nearby streets list values rents and down payments. Includes trades to Florida Bridgeport and other markets with references to garages chicken coops and fruit trees. Also stalls poultry lectures spiritualist notices and meeting times.
A jumble of rental listings describes multiple apartments and houses for rent in Bridgeport and Stratford areas. Units vary from five to six rooms with all improvements, steam heat, and garages, including six room flats near parks, near Brewster Street, and near the Hippodrome. Listings include prices from $15 to $29 monthly, with several locations on Harriett Avenue, Taenox Avenue, Park Avenue, Cannon Street, Fairfield Avenue, and Central Avenue. Multiple properties advertise first floor access, fireproof garages, and near public transit, with a mix of furnished and unfurnished options. Addresses include 186 Harriet, 287 Taenox Ave, 693 Park Ave, 551 Union, 28x37 Truck/Gas Station area, and 199 State Street among others, reflecting a thriving rental market.
OCR text shows multiple brief ads. Mentions 1164 Pembroke Street for sale or rent, River Cats at 380 Bunnell, bar/tonery store lease and theatre concession, second mortgage address 13315 Pure Be Turning, $59 to $1000 in 12 months claim, Fairfield Ave and AL Neila. Sparse, fragmented lines with unclear owners or dates.
Classifieds describe radios phonographs and furniture for sale with prices, shop names, and contact numbers. Listings include reconditioned sets built to order and various rooms for rent with details on location, rent, and amenities in a dense, old-fashioned ad style.
A scattered 1926 Bridgeport page lists diverse rental ads for eleven room houses, two story factory-adaptable buildings, cottages, and rooms with modern improvements. It also includes piano and tutoring services, typewriter repairs, livery, and real estate loan offers, followed by probate notices from the Court of Probate for Bridgeport and Shelton detailing claim deadlines and debts in estates of Colgan Adeykilete Armonns and Beardsley with administrator notices and payment demands.
Notices of multiple obituaries and funerals from Fairfield and New York City. Helen Balog Bridget Geoghegan Mary Onder Evles Pacsay Mary Rockwell Martha Ryan Nelisa Sullivan Leonard Verrillo and an Anniversary Mass. Details include dates ages and burial places at St Michael's Cemetery and Holy Trinity Church.
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