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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1925
Page
19
Neatly painted two story homes near Broadbridge Ave Stratford, walking distance to trolley and shops. Five day viewings, priced at 2950 dollars with flexible terms to suit purchaser.
A flood of housing ads highlights available properties across city and surrounding areas. Listings include 4 to 8 room houses and bungalows with garages and modern improvements. Destinations span from Savoy and Kossuth Streets to Fairfield Avenue and Rivercliff, with terms varying and quick sale offers.
A collage of old classified snippets offers business opportunities for sale, rental notices, wanted help, pets for sale, and various merchandise. Items include storefront spaces, restaurant equipment, furniture, cucumbers? and a call for investors or partners. Names, addresses, and telephone-like strings appear in torn OCR.
Offines ae in Taylor Fldg Sannin St to West Navard Hewand Derr Geode Co will furnish our office fully ere peru 8 Wher lendane is dd 2 Vet mite TOT Biber.
An ad notes live poultry and related supplies with contact details at 465 Maplewood Avenue and 1402 Max Avenue. It references hens, deliveries, and a phone listing 3286-4 TY NATIVE. The text is garbled but indicates poultry items and a supplier location.
Fragmentary report notes a typewriter issue affecting an exchange incident. The readable text mentions a held item, a tented condition, and a change related to 1560 Waip. Further details are unclear due to OCR corruption.
A jumble of 1 room to 12 room houses and properties listed for sale or rent. Various addresses such as 50906 mB VARGAL ek Rock and 1173 Stratford Ave appear with mentions of garages, improvements, terms, and monthly rents. Some entries reference Troy Lafayette Stratford and news-like sale notes.
Household goods offer includes a two burner cooker with oven and Brotler gas ranges connected free of charge during this sale at Lee Bros Furniture Store on Main Street just above the Market Theatre.
A cluttered early 20th century sale notice lists oil cookers, stoves, ranges, kitchen cabinets, furniture, and assorted household items for sale at nearby addresses. It advertises cheap prices, secondhand stoves, piano and living room sets, and miscellaneous odds and ends with contact details and times.
Real estate notice describes farms and lands near a lake with acres, cattle, horses, cows, poultry, hay, grain, machinery, and vegetables. It lists multiple parcels, one with 2 acres and barns, another near Bridie port, and mentions prices around $100. Contact details include phone numbers and locations like Golden WW JDNEY and 370 Grovers Ave.
Small classified notice describes furnished apartments at Hills Colony South Hamilton with hot and cold water. Weekly and daily rates listed around four dollars. Mentions terms and references to Ken Imn and Baty as contact names and hints of Spring season availability.
Auction notice announces Wilbert Prday sale on Friday July 10 from 2 to 5 at Mary Street store. Clotch items include cloaks sweats and petticoats with top prices and opportunity to buy merchandise at your own price. Highest bidder wins garments taken from the rack. Sale held at premises and suit store.
One of the country’s largest security houses offers substantial earnings and quick promotion to supervisory roles. Compensation includes a drawing account and liberal commissions. No security selling experience needed if you are a good salesman. Branch offices in Connecticut Pennsylvania Ohio Missouri Tennessee Kansas Texas Washington Oklahoma Colorado and New York State. State selling experience records and give references. Address in confidence No. 50904 this paper.
A well known national organization seeks an experienced specialty salesman to represent them in this section of Conn at. Permanent, well paying, bond required. For formal interview send past orders in letter to C. J. Russell, Sales Manager, 261 Franklin St, Gaston.
Several classified lines advertise wood for sale lumber and building supplies, farm items, eggs broilers fowls and small goods. Barnum contact numbers appear for wood and second hand lumber while other ads list cash registers grocery fixtures and lawn equipment with various addresses in Bridgeport and surrounding towns.
A clipped ad seeks selling used furniture and household goods for Park City Furniture Co and Scalley Bros, promising top prices. It lists location hints and urges turning in carpets, jewelry, and other items for cash.
Attractive two car garages offered for sale at 800 dollars. Size 18 by 18 feet. Built by Wilbur Winn at 178 Wairfield Ave with hand operate door. Four up to five car capacity shown by appointment. Breaths and Ball note contact for more details.
Fireproof storage for furniture pianos and general merchandise packing crating moving and shipping. The Bridgeport Storage Warehouse Co at 10 Whiting St contact number 7960. Odd lots bot New York daily specialty advertisement old copy mentions Barnum Motor trucking Co with select wording on handling goods.
Long list of Barnum L-Heliabie and allied firms offering moving services. Includes Barnum, GERNARD Local, Scott Trucking, Ray Ensisell, and Noble names. Mentions padded vans, light trucks, long distance moves, storage charges, and regular trips between Philadelphia New York Boston Albany Syra...
Extracted readable items show multiple old real estate notices listing cheap lots and properties for sale. Mentions include Boston Avenue near Remington, 50 by 10, cash and mortgage terms, names like Miller and Murletta Hall, addresses such as 15 Fairfield Ave, Stratford area, and Pinan Road listings with Box 414 Beau.
Worn, needs quick sale. Sage invincible motor boat with new bridgeport gear. Located 141 Osborne St near Nine CAIN Wise. Tender loss condition. Apply Kings Highway between 5 and 7. Shellon area. Phone Gerry. Asking $37.
An early 20th century classified item promotes car rentals and sedan offerings. It lists phone contact Noble 4246 and references regional listings for Wooster and Davis law firms. The fragmentary text mentions Fordend ge Sedans and tours with addresses tied to England and patent notes.
Fragmentary notice describes a trade offer involving a TAM 7 passenger vehicle, a 6 cylinder engine, a spary device, and horment, with exchanges for other items. Details are incomplete and cannot identify parties, locations, or exact terms.
Machinery and gear from Che Stebbinns Mfg Co manufacturers of brass compression goods. Listed items include patterns patterns and tools by S Shepard Raymond M Seabury Beers and the Stebbins firm. Described are a power plant in poor condition one hoop A C high motor bench shafting and related equipment in Devon Street area.
Four lighted sides available for 5000 square feet located at 435 Fairfield Ave with two managers. Unfurnished rooms suitable for light housekeeping at 208 Colorado Ave. Notice states landlord Harold T. Forman will not be responsible for any bills contracted by others. contact 175 Cottage St for details.
Mill River Country club awards contract for nine hole extension to R Y Goeppler of Bridgeport at about $20,000. Work to begin immediately under golf architect Tom Winton of Rye. Result will be an 18 hole course parallel to existing holes with hazards to boost its status. Committee includes Everett Japp Samuel N Schnee W W Church and George T McCarthy Jr.
Connecticut bank certificate shows The Black Rock Bank organized with capital of 100000 dollars and 1000 shares. Directors named include Philip Allen Dudley Bullard Charles Fancher Elmer Frost Haggerty and others. Hearing notice set for July 30 1925 before the Banking Commissioner in Bridgeport Bridgeport Telegram to publish.
Howard Barrett Jerman of Stratford Conn died Tuesday July 7 1925 in his 70th year Funeral services were held at his home 470 Patterson Avenue Stratford on Monday July 10 at 2 00 p m and burial followed in Greenwood cemetery Card of thanks from Mr and Mrs I Mack and family and friends expresses gratitude for sympathy and aid received during the illness
In Indianapolis the Rev Marks Sanborn Detroit president of the Baptist Young Peoples Union urged consolidating all denominational youth groups into a Christian Youth Movement. He proposed forming the American Youth Auxiliary and a future World Youth Auxiliary to unite idealism for social programs and combat evil power.
Daniel T Nolan, a Milford native and seaman on the U S Colorado, was killed accidentally aboard the ship on July seventh while near Honolulu. His brother James Edward Nolan also served aboard and was aboard during the mishap. A telegram from the captain notified relatives of the death and said burial arrangements would follow government funding.
The Veterans Bureau announced a $2,000,000 Northport Long Island hospital site for neural psychiatric care will serve war veterans from Connecticut New Jersey and New York. The Allingtonn Hospital in Connecticut remains for tubercular veterans and will not be affected. The Northport site was chosen for elevation water access and transport links, with construction timing and contract details not yet released.
Charles F. Searls, Windham county states attorney, is seriously ill at his home and feared not to recover. Searls, aged thirty something, has served as state attorney for Windham county for the past year and recently handled most prosecutions at the January criminal court term.
In New York on July 9 AP reports Mem. Margaret Diance and her daughter Jennie murdered in their East 34th Street tenement. Bodies found with heads crushed and throats slashed, suggesting a lone attacker. Police seek a man who lived with Mrs Diance and left soon after the crime. neighbors recalled the family, Italian by origin, had two daughters. one had left for work that morning.
Three informal hearings in Fairfield tackled stricter zoning amid debate over Beach front development. Residents urged business on Beach Road and garages while others backed residential zoning. Grasmere residents pushed to become a separate district with bans on ho tels and hotels.
Judge Booth dissolved an injunction restraining the Republican Town Committee of New Haven from holding a supplementary ward caucus in Ward 27 for the election of a third committee. The move allows the committee to reconvene, amid disputes over which ticket was properly elected and whether a supplementary caucus is warranted. In another matter, motion picture firms seek to block a state tax law before a federal court in New Haven, with hearings set for 10 o'clock before Judges Rogers and Thatch.
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