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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1926
Page
23
Real estate listing fragment lists houses on Washington Avenue with dining breakfast rooms and large sunny spaces. Contains partial street names and contact hints, but legibility broken.
A long OCR fragment lists numerous houses and parcels for sale or rent in Stratford and nearby streets. It mentions prices from around 1200 to 29 900, various room counts from three to eight, amenities such as garages, hot water, and improvements, and notes on viewing by appointment. Listings reference multiple streets and local agents.
Owner offers a new at room cottage for 4000 dollars with rent 41 monthly as payment includes principal and all changes. Address 4 thin paper paper listing notes raising chickens and garage.
Local ads describe movers offering frequent trips New York to Stratford Hartford and Philadelphia and storage piano packing crates and van services. Listings include contact names and phone numbers with rewards for found valuables and lost pets, including a white gold cuff pin and a black white puppy.
Multiple housing listings describe upper and lower apartments and houses for rent in various locations. Advertisements mention six to nine rooms, separate entrances, modern improvements, garages, and reasonable rents. Contact names and phone numbers appear for inspection and inquiry across several streets and neighborhoods.
Local painted goods and decorating services list multiple offerings. Includes painting and wallpapering at various prices, contact details, and references to floor and room work. Also lists builders and contractors with plastering, chimneys, and heating-related services.
Sefentatie manasge doen wenlers H Fiott Massour 517 Fairfield yeu Tel B 6717.
A notice seeks a partner to join a growing wholesale and retail staple business in a nearby city. Requires capital of 3000 to 5000 dollars. Two ambitious ladies could run it alone or together. Address 64140 This Paper.
A dense ad page lists business opportunities and buy sell wants. Items include real estate numbers, broker contact hints, restaurant fixtures, grocery and liquor shop offers, blacksmith and confectioners stores, investment pitches, and a request for a business to buy or rent. Names and addresses vary widely.
A jumble of small ads offers roof repair and painting, plumbing, engraving, lawnmower service, parts for ATVs, watch repairs, rug cleaning, carpet care, and piano tuning. Brands named include Noble, Mahoney and Adams, Zalinger, and Foster. Payment options in installment plans are noted where provided.
A collage of classified items lists stores for rent near Main Street Stratford and Hallett Street with mentions of renovated confectioners and rear outbuildings. Other lines advertise residential spaces on Washington Ave and Colorado Avenue, plus a sales position in the grocery trade and office equipment ads from Battle Creek Michigan.
Furnished rooms and apartments offered for light housekeeping across a city area near downtown. Listings describe private baths, electricity, hot water, and several locations with weekly or monthly rents. Several ads emphasize near public transport, proximity to centers, and references. multiple rooms mention kitchenettes, laundering facilities, and flexible terms.
Classified notes describe multiple farm properties for sale or rent with acreage, room counts, barns, fruit trees, and dairy suitability. Listings include Milton and Stratford areas, prices from 200 to 9000 dollars, cash offers and terms, contact details, and references to farm buildings, orchards, and potential for subdivision.
A historical urban notice outlines mortgages and loan terms offered by a city bank. It mentions installment repayable plans, industrial department involvement, and officers overseeing the mortgage process. The fragment references Barnum Street area and various street addresses in the city.
Classified notices offer pups for sale including fine bred dogs and a winning show dog, with contact numbers for inquiries. Also listed are furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent near East Mali and Notte Are, three WARTFI rooms, heating included, located on Amsterdam AM and Bridgeport area near the Stratford line with rental inquiries at 404 Ruccest Ave.
A flood of classified style notices markets household goods, office furniture, and vintage items. Numerous entries mention living room sets, dining room groups, chairs, cabinets, sewing machines, beds, dressers, stoves, and related pieces. Prices are listed as low or half-price in many ads, with locations across streets and neighborhoods.
William Lyle ten years old slipped from a path at Niagara Falls Ontario and plummeted about 60 feet into the gorge. He struck shrubs that broke his fall and prevented a 150 foot drop to the river. Rescuers lifted him to the bank and he was hospitalized badly bruised but with no broken bones.
Auxiliary cabin cruiser with clutch and complete inventory for cruising. Price 930. Appointment offers can be made via A KE Fuller, Mine Ave Stratford Conn, CANON and 31 Union Ave. Also listing: 7 foot power boat requiring catapult for Theater at Fitz Lathick Park.
Shore front cottage nearly completed on Milford shore offers eight rooms with modern improvements. Price reasonable. Address: Adelman 604 Garden St Hartford Conn. Also an old Holsteins bottle listing and a family cow for sale via contact at 2 abridge Ave Stratford.
Classified ad offers horses and mules for sale with inquiries to WM Katz. Listing mentions various names and stock, including standard draft and riding animals, and a contact at 41 Broad. Note: OCR fragment provides limited legible details and may omit full terms.
Obituary notices list deaths and funeral details for Mary Loulee Dally Daley and several others including George A Grosshans Nels Christian Hanse and William Hardwick. Details cover addresses, dates, times, churches St Michael’s Park Cemetery Mountaint Grove, and related family notices.
Mary Trojak, 45, of 128 Beas ham avenue, was found dead in her bathroom by daughter Mary with gas flowing from an open jet. Medical Examiner and Coroner will decide if death was self-inflicted. The widow had followed English strike actions and warned of civil war, per her daughters.
NEW YORK May 4 AP The time limit for depositing preferred and common stock of American Sumatra Tobacco under its reorganization plan has been extended to May 14. The preferred stockholders’ committee told directors that further extension beyond that date is undesirable for prompt plan completion. Financial terms for unification of Kansas City Southern St Louis Southwestern and Missouri Kansas and Texas are being worked out as rail executives aim for swift consolidation.
The city purchased three new horses via Public Works director John A Northey and ned yesterday to replace six aged animals. The old team will be retired and slaughtered, with one horse believed to be about 30 years old.
Springfield May 4 AP Timothy Tupher of this city filed a claim for 190000 against the Springfield Street Railway Company alleging injuries from a street car accident. He says the injuries are permanent due to the negligence of the company and its agents.
In Paris on May 4, the Franc weakened slightly against the dollar. After the close of the Bourse yesterday, the rate stood at 0.82 dollars per franc at the close today, reflecting a modest shift in currency trading.
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