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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1922
Page
15
Used furniture buyers and gold buyers advertise best prices for household and office items. Various locations list cash offers and contact details, with notes on real estate, sales, and livestock as scattered notices.
A dense, vintage classified notice lists multiple moving outfits and rates from Wilmington to Philadelphia Newark New York and intermediate points. It highlights C Rickard & Son and Geo Moore storage, various trucks large vans and long distance, with modest prices and insured service.
Advertises various sale listings for a cigar store barber shop auto accessory store fruit and grocery, confectionery and stationary shop, furnishings store, moving plot, jewelry, and other trades. Includes addresses, prices, leases, and contact notes. conveys crowded classified styles from a period newspaper page.
Cotton market notes from New York on March 22 show midling prices around 18.20 cents per pound with opinions and market chatter reflecting March activity. The text is fragmented but indicates price directions and market mood for merchants and brokers.
A compact readers’ section lists mortgages and loans including second mortgages, real estate purchases, and farm loans. It notes specific lenders and addresses such as 1054 Main St and 131% Main St, offers like 400. aller, and various farm goods for sale. Also mentions chattel ads for horses, wagons, harnesses, and shore cottages at Fairview Beach, with multiple local contact lines and an attorney notes entry.
A string of death notices and funeral invitations from Fairfield Stratford and nearby towns lists names, ages, and burial plans. Entries include Arton, Conway, Dumpy, Follifue, Hayman, Lindberg, Panelei, Welnod, Panelei, and Reagan with dates in March 1922, locations at St Michaels and St Thomas cemeteries, and services at local churches. A general thanks note closes the item.
New York reports cautious market with coal strike fears and money tightens as calls for lower freight rates gain traction before the Intersta te Commerce Commission. Steel shares rise on U S Steel subsidiary optimism while iron and steel industries show slight improvement. Banks curb lending as call money climbs from four percent to mid-day near four and a half percent before easing. dividend cut at Northern Pacific shocks investors.
Chicago market notes show a higher close across contracts with gains from nearby months as signs of strong buying and tight receipts boost corn oats and protein futures. Separate strength in wheat futures outpaced losses in beans, while overall grain prices edge higher on demand.
The report lists exchange rates and movements across centers including Paris Vienna and Berlin. It notes Swiss and Scandinavian currencies gaining while the German mark weakens, with scattered figures such as 9.08 Paris and 97.83 Berlin. It catalogs several names and places in a terse market update.
Copner steady and elastic values for spot and near contracts with prices around 13 and 14. Futures at 26.37. Prices hold firm in New York while St Louis shows steady activity in Antimony.
Market brief notes activity in New York with mention of call loans and treasury signals. Investor sentiment and rate moves appear mixed as closings approach.
Northern Pacific R R declares a quarterly dividend of 1 1 3 per cent on common stock. Elliott, chairmen of the board, notes conditions may warrant resumption of 1 per cent annual dividend. payment date set, stockholders advised.
New York March 4 Board of Managers at Me Sak Association of America today forwarded a forty request stating market fluctuations in raw silk cause losses. They urged purchase of raw materials in quantities to sustain business. A. Galdsmi was elected president. Desree A. Past, Wilan Bert, Schwarnenbach, and Frank G. Barry named officers and buyers were listed.
In New York, Interborough Rapid Transit Company counsel urged a fare increase for certain lines with a five cent basic fare discussed as a potential first step. The hearing before transit authorities touched on demands for improved service tied to the proposed tariff rise, amid contentious exchanges between officials.
Taxpayers in Bridgeport are notified that taxes on the 1921 Grand List are due at the Tax Collector’s Office in City Hall. Payments accepted from April 1, 1822, daily except Saturdays, with interest at ¾ percent per month on unpaid taxes. Notice to property owners also warns of liens for unpaid 1920 taxes.
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