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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1926
Page
19
A fragmented column combines lost and found items with housing ads and small notices. Names, locations like Stratford, Norwalk, Waterbury, and New Haven appear alongside stray rewards, contact hints, and several rental offers. The garbled text mentions a lost sweater, a tank, and expected returns, plus numerous room and house rental pitches with prices and contact points.
A dense classified-like notice lists moving and storage services with various companies, vehicles, and locations. It mentions packing, crating, shipping, warehousing, long distance moves, and contact details across multiple streets and towns, highlighting affordable rates and diverse offerings. The jumble includes names like Zatlnger and West Hind Moving, along with several addresses and telephone cues, reflecting a broad search for movers and storage options.
A damaged notice describes an auction of various items including cafe seating, steel hardware, kitchen equipment, doors, and antiques linked to the Remington Arms and Mary Gail estates. It notes a viewing time and date, with a location in Wales and references to multiple sites and parties involved.
Classified notices show rooms to let and storage options at multiple locations including 40 Melrose Ave and Westport. Entries mention light housekeeping, mortgage or exchange terms, and various street addresses with organize listings for pets and birds. The fragmentary text lists Lafayette, St Inquitn, and Foltett areas with dates and creature-related items.
Notice for Bridgeport Hydraulic Company at 820 Main Street stating water rates for the quarter ending July 3, 1924 are due and payable by July 13, 1926. Office hours include Saturdays 8 A.M. to 12 M. Frank C. Brotherton is secretary.
Obituaries list several local residents with ages and residences. Minnie Bartlett aged 67 died in the city on July 14 with services at her brother Judge F A Bartlett 127 Park Place, burial at Mountain Grove. Hubert Selix Coffin and Gerald DePontbriand noted, church funerals and private interments planned. Louisa Wall widow of Bartholomew Till of 390 Benham Avenue, Charles B Tuttle formerly of Milford funeral at Guilford First Congregational Church. Michael Andrew Walker formerly of 1388 Monroe Street died July 13 at home in New Haven area.
London July 16 details of a 10 million dollar pact show Harriman and Anaconda Copper Mining securing Giesele Worts properties in upper Silesia. The plan doubles Dieszezing copper output to 6000 metric tons monthly, with Poland waiving a capital levy and seeking income tax in return. Officials Kwiatowski and Klaner slow the agreement. Irving Rossi signed for Parliament group. A second Polish deal rumored.
New York July 15. Milot automobile will be produced at Durant Motors plant in Elizabeth New Jersey after sale announced by Durant Motors Inc. Flint plant in Flint, Michigan has been taken over by General Motors Corp for 3,750,000 including real estate and some equipment per stockholders approval.
Foreign exchanges irregular in New York with currency quotes in cents for Great Britain at 485 15 16 demand and 486 7 16 cables, France at 4.46 demand and 246 1.8 cables, Italy at 3.397 1 38, and rates for Belgium Germany Holland plus others including Norway 21.90 Sweden 26.78 Denmark 26.49 Switzerland 19.57 Spain 18.81 Poland 11.60 Czecho-Slovakia 2.96 Yugoslavia 1.77 Austria 14.12 Romania .46 Montreal 100.125 and Portugal 5.17.
Copper quiet with spot futures at 14 1 4. Tin steady at 68 25 futures. Lead steady at 8 50 spot. Zinc rising with St Louis spot 1 27 and futures 7 50 7 62 1 2. Antimony spot 14.00.
Call money ease noted in New York with bid at 4 1 2 percent and offer at 4 3 4. Time loans show firm to mixed demand for 60 to 90 days around 4 1 4 to 3 8, for 4 to 6 months around 4 1 0, with prime mercantile paper priced at 8 4 to 4 4.
Commerce Department figures show 65 countries accounted for about nine tenths of world commerce with aggregate exports rising to 58.5 billion last year from 47.9 billion, signaling a return toward prewar trade volume. The United States share grew from 62.9 percent in 1925 to 66 percent in 1935, as imperial markets gained.
Wall Street notes report rumors of a rediscount rate hike by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York were unfounded after governors indicated no change at their regular meeting. Across sectors, retail car sales in the first half rose 56 percent y/y, with June totals at 1,786 units. Onyx Hosiery declared annual dividend of 3.20 per share, with 0.9 interim. Pacific Gas and Electric plans to swap stock classes, issuing four new shares of 25 par value for each old share. Iron production in Britain fell in June, coal strikes reduced steel output, and Amer Americana Foundries moved to redeem preferred shares. Transcontinental gained May earnings, and Middle West Utilities plans a 70,000 share preferred issue to fund acquisitions and expansion.
New York July 15 AP dispatch shows butter and margarine steady with large receipts. Potatoes from North and South Carolina and Virginia priced per barrel or 106 pounds with mixed values. Cabbages from New Jersey and Ohio listed with per hamper and weight details. Prices reflect regional markets and standard quantities for fresh produce.
The cotton market in New York shows steady spot prices with middling grades unchanged. Futures range with October around 17.28 to 17.39, December 17.30 to 17.32, and May near 17.08 amid light activity and notation of a slight downtrend in sutures closing.
Rubber York prices on July 15 show a barely steady close after a light session. Market data records July 10 showing September at 41 1/4, December at 42 1/4, with ongoing spreads and tight near-term demand.
Shipping report lists arrivals including Columbus Bremen from New York on July 14 and Tampress to Southampton July 14 from France. Also notes Amships of Russia to Hong Kong July 13, Nieuw Amsterdam to New York July 14 and President Adams to New York July 16, with Presidierce set for Yokohama July 18.
New York July 14 AP Stock prices drifted lower in today's curl market with about a dozen issues showing bullish action. Oil shares such as Standard Oil of Kentucky eased after gains, while American Iron products fell on renewed selling. One unit slid after merger plans with Columbia Gas& Electric, as Brockway Motors Truck and Ford Canada posted gains and general buying appeared in several utility and steel stocks.
July 165 AP The bond market weakens as prices fall on higher rate expectations. Rail bonds lead losses with several issues dropping to month lows while railroad revenue fears and market unsettlements depress buying interest. Some issues like Murray Body and American Sugar Refining show strength amid reorganizations. Public offerings include Bavaria bonds at 923-4 and Brown Paper Mill issue of 2.5 million pounds with yields 6.20 to 6.50 percent.
Wheat opened 84 cents higher then fell as unofficial Canadian crops and Liverpool quotes pressured prices. Corn and oats followed with mixed moves and provisions ranged from declines to gains, while the Bedouin Arabs describe a ceremonial meal with date soaked in butter and simple accompaniments.
The funeral for Miss Norah F. Costeo was held from her Beechwood home to St. Peter's Church with Rev. Leddy officiating. A quartet sang as the Mass proceeded and pallbearers carried the casket to the grave at St Rose's cemetery, Newtown, following prayers and the committal service.
Pocatello Idaho July 15 CAP with the rising sun the Shoshone and Bannock bucks begin the first sun dance on the Fort Fall reservation in four years. War parties and families arrive from across the reservation to partake in the ritual overseen by high priests for three days. No food will pass the lips during the dance with only pure water allowed. Dancers must stay on their feet and continuously move while the practice of chest slitting and sinew suspension is noted but no longer performed.
Fairfield July 16 Spectator Joseph Roman was arrested by Constable H R Elwood on breach of peace. Police traced the vandalism in Steve Oszag’s garden on Jennings Road where crops were cut down. Two youths saw a man jump the fence, pursued him to a nearby house, and he was held pending further investigation. Barn fires and school consolidation talks dominate town meeting notes.
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