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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1921
Page
6
A brief note touts Gorton's Ready-to-Fry Cod Fish Cakes as a rapid supper option. With a frying pan, batter the cakes and fry for ten to fifteen minutes for a tasty meal.
The report credits high wages and prohibition for declines in sixteen state prison populations, noting uneven effects across states. Officials cite labor shortages, merit system gains, and longer sentences in Ohio, with some states attributing reductions to prohibition and employment booms.
Berlin reports post office robberies drive steps toward a volunteer postal defense force as seven masked men stole over a million marks from two Berlin branches. Minister Geisbert asks postal workers to volunteer for armed duty, triggering opposition from radical employees. In Springfield Massachusetts, a suspected arson burned a large barn and 13 horses at the Eastern States Exposition, with losses estimated from 20 to 35 thousand dollars and investigators probing the fire’s origin.
Cardiff March 21 The financial condition of South Wales coal trade shown by Finlay Gibson secretary of the South Wales Coal owners association reveals that from 3,887,183 tons of disposable coal total costs were 50s per ton leaving a colliery loss of 13s 0 per ton The average realized price per ton was 24s 6d while wage cost per ton was 40s 2d Total receipts on all coal disposed of were 5,719,240 pounds with total costs 7,683,906 pounds leaving a loss at the pits of 1,969,069 pounds
ATHENS Ohio March 21 Frank Reeves 40 of Nelsonville pleaded guilty to kidnapping his 12 year old niece Mary Lewelleyn two years ago He was held on 5000 bond and brought back to Athens from Suffolk Virginia last night The girl says he repeatedly attacked her and forced her to walk 40 miles to the river tying a rope around her waist to prevent escape The Suffolk VA sheriff says he suppressed the story fearing Reeves would return.
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