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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1923
Page
12
A typhoon drives the Sirdar aground and only two survive the wreck, Iris Deane and Jenks. They hide in a cave, salvage arms, and face Dyak warriors. Jenks, former Bengal Cavalry captain, leads defense and contends with his past as danger closes on their refuge.
Jenks and Fria hide as a pirate flotilla lands on the island. A chief studies burnt wood to time a dawn search while eighty armed Dyaks and a Punjabi Musk man debate tactics. The sailor notes their weapons, the camp fire, and the peril as hours pass.
Whitish liquor valued at about 2,000,000 dollars based on San Francisco prices has been landed from the motor ship Mahalot off Monterey in the Half Moon Bay district. Federal prohibition officers report the ship hovered near the three mile limit while a flotilla of fishing schooners ferried whiskey ashore. Samuel F. Rutter says the Mahalot cleared from Vancouver recently for Australia with lumber above and whiskey beneath.
A fire in Colonel Edward Nidridge's Beacon Hill home destroyed several 14th century etchings and Florence's De Medici heirlooms, causing significant cultural loss in Boston on July 19.
Radio schedule highlights for WJZ W2Y WOR WEAF and others in New York area listing programs by time including concerts news reports sports scores weather forecasts and children's programs from morning through late evening featuring notable performers conductors and stations on 465 405 and 380 meter bands with multiple networks and program topics. Stationers include Aeolian Hall New York Phil harmonic orchestra Hotel Plaza Tea Room Hotel Pia and figures such as Mme Millanella Elbert Hubbard Peckham and Kenneth Clarke.
Camping season tips cover site selection with shaded and sunny land, tent layouts for six per group, and a sketch of tents with a central campfire. Guidance includes water safety, boiling and aeration, sanitation rules from health authorities, waste water drainage with stone-lined trenches, lime and kerosene use, and elevated tent floors for longer stays.
The Bridgeport Manufacturers' Association will hold its first summer outing since the Armistice signing, Thursday, July 20, at the Henlock reservoir. Members will leave by automobiles from North Aveta at 11:30 o'clock. A clambake will be served. In the afternoon the Frey Hub band will play. The outdoor program includes archery, quoits, shot put, javelin throw, golf driving, pistol and rifle shooting, with events divided into two or more classes by age.
Connecticut brewers produced more real beer last year than in preprohibition days, though it was not sold and used to craft near beer. The collector of internal revenue Robert C Satton notes 2,665,891 gallons were dealborized into 2,841,629 gallons of near beer, with nine breweries operating in the state including two in Bridgeport.
Waterbury reports a deadly midnight fire at Hudson's hotel with Julian Kramer of 5 Washington Street Norwich dying at St Marys hospital. A second victim is believed to be Alex Cannel of New York and Waterbury. Nine others injured, six hospitalized.
Canning directions for peaches and Bartlett pears with step by step sterilization and syrup methods. Includes four pineapple butter pear mix, Parc peaches via hot syrup, sterilized jars, and marmalade making with sugar ratios and cooling seal processes. Instructions address readers to Kirkman in the Ei Housekeeping department.
London dispatch notes that the Navy established in 1928 24 numbers 99 500 men, down from 151 000 in 1913 14, while pay totals increase from 44 000 000 to 70 000 000 pounds, reflecting rising costs per manpower.
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