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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1920
Page
2
Police report two separate robberies occurred on Pem vebroke and Steuben Streets. Entry was gained through unlocked doors, with valuables taken from both stores. No injuries reported, investigations underway.
Fragmentary OCR reads addresses 672 Pembroke Street and 12 Sieuhen with scattered names ShebMrxians and Joss ac Peuer's store. details and context not learnable from available excerpt.
Church leaders including Mayor Wisent and Rev Alexander Som signed a plea urging Protestant Catholic and Jewish clergy to back a Roosevelt memorial drive. A twofold effort funds memorials in Oyster Bay and Washington and restores Roosevelt birthplace. churches urged one service on May 8 or 9 and to report back with plans and chairmen. A Roosevelt memorial rally with Outlook editor Lawrence Abbott is set for the High School auditorium alongside other speakers.
Bridgeport launches a city wide cleanup led by the Chamber of Commerce with the Board of Health Street Cleaning and Park departments coordinating ash collection and debris removal. Residents are urged to prepare refuse as wagons and carts begin rounds in East End and move through North Avenue Park Avenue Pequonnock River and South End areas through Friday and Saturday.
Bald Mead club of America held its seventh annual banquet at Stratheld Saturday night with about two hundred attendees. Mayor Tilson attended as members elected for the year. Philip Troup of New Haven named president, E G Riggs and Walter Wilkes earned senior posts, and Walter Norton was secretary treasurer. Executive committee selections included John Rosemeyer and Troup, with re-elected publicity chairman L. Stone among others.
The Kiwanis club heard Rev. Alexander Alison of First Presbyterian church deliver a sermon on influence. He urged that all men are influencers and that Americans bear responsibility for distributing wealth, education, and wealth to others while noting America’s role among nations.
The report lists observations from multiple coastal and inland locations including New Haven Boston Buffalo Cincinnati Chicago Hartford Jacksongilie Nantucket New Orleans New York Norfolk Portland St Louis Minneapolis and Washington. Conditions vary from clear to cloudy with temperatures in the 40s to 60s and barometric readings provided for several sites. The document notes daylight saving times, sunrise and sunset, and high and low water marks as calculated for Bridgeport area by Middlebrook Almanac.
Obituary notices for Catherine Kiernan and related Kiernan family members. Reports include burial at St Michael’s Cemetery, Stratford, and funeral services conducted by Rev A B Chamberlain. Other notices list deaths of William Smith, Wilson Marshall Jr, Kathleen Downs, and Henry Judson, with burial details and family survivors.
The Kiwanis Cub held its second annual church visit with Mr Alison praised for his talts and a sermon by Mrs Provence Hayes. Attendees congratulated him and plans were discussed for future visits to a chapel.
Miss Victoria Griggs of S28 Grand Street Bridgeport suffered years of rheumatic pains that left her bedridden and unable to walk upright. After trying many remedies she began CINOT and reports dramatic relief, now fully recovered after three bottles. The tonic is sold at several local drug stores in Bridgeport and surrounding towns.
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