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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1924
Page
15
Auto repairs and car washing services advertised with rear lot location at a state trade school. Offers washing, polishing, and storage for all makes and models with guaranteed satisfaction. Also notes an automobile plating and painting shop with a White Shop telephone listing.
Sungeon and camp sites offer lake privileges for boating bathing and fishing. Lake Kitchawem Park Ridg fishing access and season opening announced. Contact Bewtown 101-23 for rates or write to Mr Sajtes Sandy Hook Ontario. Facilities include chicken dinners luncheons and party accommodations with European and American plans.
Fragmented OCR note lists items for sale or production including Sabhe-Clirionet and blindmaster concert use priced at 85 dollars, plus strings and players. It names addresses in Laurel and Stratford areas, mentions a square grand piano, and payment terms such as 18 down and 52 percent monthly, with moves to Noble Avenue and SPATE Street.
Cozy roving four small units newly decorated for adults, rent $24. Airy improvements include West End and north areas redecorated and painted. Exclusive: high class unpet room with eight rooms, baths, porches, and improved amenities. Caller lists Groom house as well.
Weather across the eastern and central states has damaged grain crops and delayed planting, with forecasts revised downward. Spring wheat is at a fraction of normal yield and barley remains at low June levels. future improvements depend on favorable conditions and domestic demand.
Death notices from a 1920s- era page list Edwin Jerome Banks Adulade Brooke Jeliza beth Munn James J Dalton Brita I Gustafson Daniel F Gustafson George Luaufier Merrill G Liscomb William G Miller Pete Mooney John Otis Stephen Beto and others. Funeral details include dates times and locations such as People’s Presbyterian Church Laurel Avenue Read Memorial Chapel Long Hill Cemetery St Michaels Cemetery Mountain Grove Kingston and Stratford. Also notes a card of thanks for Henry J Paetsch James Mooney Grace Mooney and Zita Mooney.
A girl, injured after darting into traffic near Orton's car on Columbus Avenue, was hospitalized in serious condition tonight. The driver braked to avoid collision, but she fell hard and hit her head. Eleven motorists arrested in Fairfield for traffic violations include reckless driving and DUI cases. Additional arrests for trespassing on railroad property and other offenses were listed, with names and addresses across Bridgeport and surrounding towns.
Council urged to eliminate provisions for trolley traffic on the new bridge. The council is expected to approve. Library board plans to elect Lilmer 1% Hayeng Jerome Cruttang andge Witham 8, Boardman to succeed themselves as directors. Seven other routine items will be considered as reports including annual police and library board reports.
Fire discovered at 2 am on the porch of a vacant house on Brentwood Avenue near King's Thoroughfare. Oil soaked rags found by firemen. damage not to exceed 10 dollars. Incendiary act suspected. house owned by John Francis vacant since February 1935 after prior damage.
New York reports an exceptionally easy money market with the call rate on the exchange at 2 percent and ninety-day money at 5 percent. Federal Reserve discount rates cut to 2 3/32 percent, the lowest in system history, while bank accepts ease to 2 1/4 and 23/8 percent. Steel demand shows declines in unfilled orders and capacity use around 46 percent, with prices slipping. Railroads show sturdier figures but still below last year, and wheat jumps on a government yield outlook, offset by weak cotton consumption in May. Exports remain ahead of last year’s pace despite overall curtailment.
The Irving Fisher weekly index tracks 200 wholesale commodities and money purchasing power relative to 1918. It notes May 1920 peak prices at 147 percent above pre war, meaning a dollar equals 40.5 prewar cents, with figures from Dun's Weekly Review and War Industries Board weights.
Washington June 15 Conversion of sixty large steam cargo vessels to diesel propulsion will be possible with 25 million dollars from Congress. Shipping Board Chairman O'Connor says funds will come from construction leg, ship sales, and surplus materials, aiding idle ships and boosting efficiency.
Aboard the board's survey results, a surprising decision has been reported. About weasels have been selected as suitable for conversion into ships. The text presents the claim with odd phrasing and unclear context, noting the phrase about the American flag to ly fly om the seven seas.
Henry Ward Beecher, famed preacher and public figure of the Nineteenth Century, is recounted as a hands on mentor. A boy recalls Beecher saying he learned to hem towels knit suspenders and perform carpentry tasks. He notes Beecher’s belief that any man can do what others have done when needed.
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