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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1923
Page
4
A well preserved skeleton, believed to be a young man, was found in a Bronx marsh near Long Island Sound. A nearby rugby blade suggested revolutionary era origins, fueling speculation the remains belong to a participant in the Battle of Long Island.
A chaotic excerpt describes a bear character and a crowd around a front page event. The piece notes a Bridgeport show and Persia spotlight with vivid but fragmentary imagery and mentions a large audience of 1249 people at a private tale.
Carl Veats directed the Foh Palace presentation featuring the Kings of Harmony on stage with Miss Jace Harner and a large cast including Anthony Cortenxio Jack Smolko Louis Bovine Oscar Knablin Giovanni De Stefano Marshall De Witt A Meath Otto Jacobs Charles Boecher Giovanni Patruzzi Walter Nyberg Faith Karff and others. The six act vaudeville program also showcased Aesop's Fables Gang with Dorothy Malton Theodore Kosloff and a review of Local News Tire. The feature included a drama and a musical number plus a look at Howland and Smith-Murray stores with Palmero's Danies and a dog titled Slite Brgsie TM. The film They Never Change and Ter Accidental Husband were shown with a storm sequence praised for its realism.
The sixth band concert of the season will be held at Beardsley Park under the Board of Recreation. The Wheeler and Wilson band will close the evening. Program includes Star Spangled Banner March Great Lakes of the Sea Overture Raymond Thomas Garnet Solo Selected Paraphrase Killarne Grand, dan ces and fox trots.
The Bridge Commission will open bids tomorrow after noon or 4 o clock for the East Washington avenue bridge project. About $300,000 is available via bonds. Francis P. B. Dunigan, secretary, said no bids had been received yet but most would arrive in person at Wednesday’s meeting.
News reaches Wichita of a notable appointment as Czar's cousin assumes the role of manager at The Woods department store on Main Street. He secures an 18 year lease for the former Pears Clothing site and plans a late August opening, with two floors dedicated to merchandise and operations led by the former Pennors executive.
Senator David Walsh of Massachusetts has returned aboard the Leviathan after a trip to France and Ireland. He reports no perceived chaos in Europe and says the United States should stay out of entangling alliances while noting farmers face little relief from party divides in Minnesota politics.
Boston architects Taw Neng alesigned Monks & Johnson of Soskouw prepare a design for a new tapestry brick limestone building with gravel roof and decorative features. It includes a front storefront on Wine Street, an opening on Vrivensway, parking, and single ensuite units.
Judge Fuller and Judge M'Gee entered not guilty pleas for Fuller and Mieter amid new indictments charging use of the mails in a fraud case. The pleas followed arraignments last week as federal grand jury orders remained in effect. Havre reports the Pipestone County steamer refuting a French rival as both vessels head toward Birn sink. details are sparse.
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