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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1921
Page
9
A narrator returns from a perilous dive into coral beds and sunken caves, recounting surreal luminescent reefs, giant Trigena creatures, and deadly sharks. Pursued by danger, he struggles to reach the surface as threats of predators and treachery from rivals loom, ending with a cliffhanger about a priceless diamond and a perilous voyage.
Fragmentary text describes dress patterns and postage payments in stamps or cents, with references to crepe fabric and six inch measurements. Mixed garbled words indicate an itemized pattern sale and possible pricing, but details are unreadable.
A long composite entry blends Adele Garrison’s Revelations of a Wife with Dear Annie Laurie style advice. A narrator recalls a hospital telephoning scene and plans for a country home while Dicky debates carpentry and curtains. A separate letter from a man asks if secrecy and parental consent should block his marriage to a woman of a higher social class. The columnist counsels patience, respect for parents, and honest pursuit of happiness.
A New York City health notice explains rabies and hydrophobia, detailing transmission by dog bites, incubation, initial symptoms such as malaise and headache, progression to hydrophobia, and the Pasteur treatment. It advises wound washing, cauterization, and seeking medical care within days, noting dog control and public guidance for treatment availability.
Fragmentary notes describe a display featuring shimmering silver drapery with faded Chinese motifs. The narrator mentions color choices and a preference for alternatives to the Chinese designs, while referencing a person named Wag planning an event and Draper’s missteps.
The dialogue reveals a cluttered memory about wine, gifts, and an old drapery, with hints of tension and nostalgia. A character named Grace Draper casts a lingering shadow as the speaker reflects on past events and forgotten details.
Delicate dresses in voile with checks and dots appear in pink and blue with white accents. Garments feature sashes, ruffled pockets and collars. Prices marked to insure departure, with juniors’ summer dresses, skirts and middies urged to move.
Special sales describe sensible boy outfits including white jean shirts with pockets and belts for 12 to 18 years at 3.00 dollars and middies plain white without chevrons or decoration priced at 1.95.
Variety of colored middy styles trimmed with white or blue, plus white Jean Skirts mounted on a guimpe. Described as good quality and neatly tailored for ages 6 to 16, priced at 2.50. Sold at the dunler Shop, second floor.
At the Art Department the section offers brimming novelties and new stamped goods for holiday shoppers. Stamped pillow cases with crochet edging come in 42 and 45 inch sizes at $1.50 a pair. The Gift Shop offers baskets in sweet grass and Japanese styles, Telephone Dolls and Screens, bon bon boxes, jumping ropes and bubble blowers for children, plus various remembrances suitable for birthdays and weddings.
Notions hair nets three for twenty five cents and Kerrs Lustre Twist in black or white for twenty seven cents a spool. Sanitary bloomers for women listed. Protecto garment of pure sheet rubber priced two dollars. Also mentions books The Next War by Will Irwin, Training for Sports by Walter Camp, and The Daily Dozen priced two dollars six cents.
An advertisement offers 24 sheets and 24 envelopes of Highland Linen stationery at $1.00 per box, Scotch Granite with derkle edge at $1.25, and Crane's Ravel Edge velum in white and gray. Main floor items include Designer and McCall patterns noted as easy to use, with dresses and beach cloth or Oriental silk options. silk and wash goods counters nearby for pattern and yard purchases.
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