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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1925
Page
13
A resident reports six years of stomach pain indigestion and fatigue lifted by Herbal Lax A Tone after trying the remedy. He credits rapid improvement, completing three bottles, and says sleep and energy returned. The ad notes sale locations Flindies Arcade Drug Store and Main and State and Howard.
Col and Mrs Mathew H Rogers entertain at a dinner dance at the Algonquin this evening honoring their niece Miss Marion Forestelle daughter of Mrs Catherine Forestelle who will marry Ensign Frances C Grandfield tomorrow at St Augustine's Church after a 10 o'clock ceremony on Chapel Street. During the meal bridal gifts will be exchanged with guests including Miss Forestelle, Ensign Grandfield, maid of honor Miss Elizabeth Forestelle, best man Ensign Roger Phillips, and many other officers, ushers, and relatives.
Washington July 27 The American Debt Commission will meet early next week to discuss the general situation in advance of the arrival of the Belgian Commission due to reach New York about August 4.
A long list of birth notices with names of parents and addresses, hospital births, and dates in July. Many entries name the child order and the street or avenue of the family, including hospitals such as St Vincent's. Names include Orarowski Theriault Restaine Hodgkins Santorelli Santoro Costanzo Lipovaky Ramone Taylor Nockus Shafer Mileswki Jalbeit Migilari Peru Montalla Twiss Goodwin Vesey Curti Derman Federleani Banchione Nerval Vinky Massoth Van Hieeck Rabinsen Scholz Tisell Hamp ton Schinte Altier Rabinsen Teaison Rabinsen and others.
Garda announce the engagement of Miss Isabel Mary Haines of 1789 Noble avenue and Sanford Hliett Havena of 1116 Fairfield avenue. Haines is a secretary at Manning Maxwell and Moore. Havena is a Holy Cross graduate now with the American Chain company. No wedding date set.
A wedding of wide interest will take place September 17 at Wissahickon Presbyterian Church near Philadelphia as Miss Margaret Pratt, daughter of John B Pratt, becomes the bride of Paul Blackman, son of Mr and Mrs Smith C Blackman. The ceremony will be followed by a reception with Mrs Brown Whitney as matron of honor and bridesmaids Miss Elizabeth Beatty and Miss Sara Wragg. Morroe T Blackman and Donald Bender will be ushers. After a wedding trip, the couple will reside in Philadelphia. Miss Pratt is a graduate of Philadelphia High and Normal schools and Ivy Hall. Mr Blackman attended Bridgeport High School and works with his father.
Miss Claire M Lashar daughter of Mrs Sadie I Lashar of Stratford is guest of honor at a kitchen shower given by Mrs Walter Bennett at Walnut Beach. Pink and bun color scheme, gifts, and prettily decorated home mark the event attended by Mrs Mary Allen Miss Mae Allen Miss Helen Allen Miss Edith Hawkins and other neighbors and friends.
Rev F W Kileln will officiate at the wedding of Miss Hilda Scholz daughter of Frederick Beholz and Leon Maynard. The ceremony happens at noon at the bride’s father’s home. Miss Scholz is attended by Miss Edith Maynard with Clarence Maynard as best man. Afterward the couple departs for a wedding trip and will reside at 236 Brooks Street.
Stratford July 27 special meeting reads and raises building code revisions to first reading and orders a public hearing. Retiring Town Manager Hunter outlines garbage and ashes disposal plan funded by a 1.4 mill tax. voters may see it as an October initiative. Council adopts town voting law as emergency. ordinance previously passed, redrafted to meet Wisconsin zoning act requirements.
June is regarded as a peak for births and marriages. Yesterday recorded eleven marriages and twenty five births with fifteen girls and ten boys among them. The report highlights a steady pattern in civil status for the period.
John Ball, 56, a foreman at Hathaway Manufacturing, was critically injured at the Boatwich plant when a valve cap blew off and struck him on the head. He is in St Vincent’s Hospital in critical condition after being rushed from the plant by emergency ambulance.
New York AP reports National City company officials announce public offering tomorrow of a 17.5 million dollar bond issue for Turnbull Steel. The 16 year debentures at 6 percent will be priced at 97 12. Proceeds will discharge current obligations and fund extensive improvements to the property amid rumors of board dissension.
A traveler recounts a Provincetown weekend with family from Bridgeport, noting contrasts between Portuguese and Pilgrim roots, travel challenges, local prices, and shopping, interspersed with reflections on laundry, lodging, and the clash of cultures while praising coastal scenery and community ties.
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