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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1922
Page
3
Nazarene Turchi was arrested after last night’s street confrontation on Seymour avenue. He allegedly handcuffed a woman, offered no reason, and fled after she fainted. A passerby helped the victim to a nearby house. handcuffs were removed with soap. Turchi, 22, has a police record and was found with $600 in cash. He was held for a hearing tomorrow.
Thomas Fulton, 28, is held on criminal charges in the death of Andrew Olander, 58, a New Haven tailor struck by Fulton’s car. Olander died after a fatal bicycle accident while hurrying to see his dying daughter Bertha, who had been brought home in critical condition from Shelton sanatorium. The coroner’s inquest ruled a vehicular death and Fulton faces weapons charges. Olander and Bertha were buried in a double funeral following her passing days after the incident.
An old advertisment promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a mild laxative and liver aid. It claims they replace calomel without harming teeth or gums and cure laziness and headaches from constipation, selling 1 2 5 and 30 cent sizes.
President Harding, nearing the end of his first year, grants clemency to 300 federal prisoners. The administration reports 23 full pardons, 156 commutations, and 124 civil rights restorations by executive order. Most actions are quiet, following Attorney General Daugherty’s recommendations, with a large backlog of cases still pending in the Justice Department.
The listing covers WNADK and KDKA broadcasts on Saturday March 4 featuring the Carnegie Tech orchestra with soprano Maude Johnson Fisher and tenor J Fred Cutler, plus a Duo-Art piano recital and Astoria Novelty Orchestra. Also notes Medford Hills 260 meters with Influensa program and a radio league update with new school members and equipment expansions in Middletown and Wallingford.
Syracuse March 4 The Rev Bernard Clausen pastor at First Baptist Church will test a wireless sermon broadcast next Sunday if successful the service will be established in the home of a very shut in member at the churchs expense
A store advertises tailored woolens in 100 patterns at $33.50 with guaranteed tailoring fit and satisfaction. Hurry the offer ends Saturday March 4 at 6 pm.
Black but brilliant haircloth hats arrive for women’s early spring wear. The fabric yields a close smooth look with sunlike glow, offered in special sizes for full figures. Prices range from 3.95 for simple styles to 12.50 15 for elaborate hats, second floor with blue rose and two color ribbon trimmings.
Attractive women’s apparel brief offered with radium silk petticoats at 33.95 and jaunty jersey dresses at 5.95. Describes two piece dresses with gathered waists and elastic shirred cuffs, various color options, leather collars and matching cuffs, sizes up to 16, labeled as extraordinary value at Second Floor.
New stock announced at 75 cents each for Howland library. Notable titles include The River's End by James Oliver Curwood Oh You Tex by William MacLeod Raine Finding of Jasper Holt by Grace Livingston Hill and Web of Steel by the Bradys. Main floor rear displays.
Impressive group of newest-model suits in tweed and homespun. Homespuns in rich colors lavender red bluey tan. Tweeds in bright color mixtures with tan or gray as dominant shade. Finely lined with silk. Tailored thoroughly in all sizes up to 44. Suitable for business, sports, and general service with unusual value at this price.
Describes men's sleepwear including regular sailor style slipover pajamas with V neck and no buttons, white with colored trimmings, priced at 3 dollars. Also offers new cotton pajamas plain white blue or tan at 1.75, thread-silk socks 0.75, good fiber socks 0.30, and crocheted silk ties 1.25 with dark colors and bright dots.
The piece details bright color and varied materials in spring fashion including girdles of silk and metal, wooden beads, Roman striped scarfs, sport ties, and new neckwear. It notes contrasts, shades, plaids, stripes, and pleated embroidery with prices ranging from 50 cents to $10.
Readable text shows tuxedo sweaters priced at 3.50 with extra value. Unusual angora sweaters feature collar and cuffs in black or brown with contrasting trimming. Copenhagen option adds angora collar and cuffs in tan and Copenhagen check. A black sweater displays a white Angora scarf trim priced at 3.30.
Breathing the brightness of springtime, these coats in cloth and wool velour come in cheerful tan, rose, and blue. Belts and big pockets add practical style, with sizes up to 16. A cheerful, joyful value in fashion.
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