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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1920
Page
10
An advertisement targeted at Bridgeport readers promises an easy Davenport purchase for any home. It pledges immediate delivery after a small cash deposit and offers flexible payment plans including weekly or monthly payments to suit the buyer.
Thomas A. Edison revived the telegraph key after 19 years sending a message from Orange New Jersey to the Old Lime Telegraphers and Historical Association. The note, to be engraved on an indestructible phonographic disc for the archives, honors his style of fencing and connections with comrades. The 1901 telegram to Chauncey Depew marks his prior telegraph activity.
Mayhew Washburn, once a Elwell resident, and his wife were questioned in New York by investigators linked to the Elwell murder case. Mrs Washburn attended a show where Elwell appeared the night before his death and reportedly received a $200 check as a wedding gift. Washburn denies knowing Elwell.
Three negroes were arrested in Graham on a charge of advertising a wise woman. They were brought to Raleigh for safekeeping, escorted by a militia guard with a machine gun. Earlier, five negroes were held at the Graham jail and fired upon. militia guarding the jail returned fire, killing one and wounding three.
Report from Washington states Mexican soldiers raided an American owned ranch in Nuevo Leon. The incident involved taking several horses and clothing of two American citizens employed by the ranch owner. Also listed are unrelated items about Walnut Beach improvements and local elections.
The Connecticut Optometric Society will pay its first annual outing at Momangusa near New Haven today with reservations from many prominent optometrists statewide. Washington reports that the body of former Surgeon General Garzas who died recently in London will be transported to the United States aboard the Army transport Pocahontas.
Hood River Oregon July 201: William J Bryan accepts the nomination for president on the prohibition ticket, Rev William A Sunday will adjust the nomination for view present. I have not heard from Mr Bryan, said Mr Sunday reve tod, but I have been in communication with the prohibition party committee. If Mr Bryan thinks it necessary that the prohibitionists put out in the field or flat existing circumstances, point to a possible undermining of the purposes of the eighteenth amendment then you may count on us setting into effective action.
Denver July 26 Colorado delegates at the National Prohibition Convention adopted a plan urging the prohibition of tobacco manufacture and sale. The move aims to curb tobacco products as part of the broader prohibition effort, with the convention following earlier state discussions.
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