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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1921

Page

17

Charity Swindle Dupe Ends In Empty Money Box

Valentino Zancanello, a Denver restaurant worker and Hungarian immigrant, was swindled in a charity game scam. A trio posed as fellow countrymen, convincing him to invest with promises of huge profits and charity distribution. After taking his life savings, they left him with only a single dollar in the box at home.

Valentine Zancanello Denver Hungary Zancanelo Valentino Odo Ening Valentine Strang Ting Thera

Solenyipic Smitang Face Expression Note

A London notice notes facial expression ability with twenty one muscle pairs shaping a smile or horror. Experts caution that effectiveness depends on standard facial control and avoid sensational claims.

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Aerial Mail: Newspaper From Air Planned for War Time

London May 11 A daily newspaper to be called the Annual Mail will be edited printed and published from an airplane in flight Fresh editions will be received at departure and en route by wireless Parachutes will drop the editions over towns below the flying plane Airplanes will leave Paris and London daily with machines printing in English from Paris and in French from London

London Seria Paris Frere

84 Year Old Actress Takes Queenly Stage Role

Genevieve Ward, 84, named to play Margaret in a London revival at the Old Vic late this month. Born 1837 in New York, Ward studied music in Milan, debuted in 1856, faced diphtheria, then rebuilt a dramatic career. She credits simple living and God fearing Yankee ancestors for aging well.

Amiss Genevievis Watldondon Genevieve Ward Margaret Miss Ward Isngland Qede British Empire

British Ministry of Food Shows Profit

The British Ministry of Food praises its wartime role and profits under Lord Rhondda. In five years it moved goods valued at 1,290,000,000 pounds, earning about one million pounds for the nation. Figures cover butter and cheese, meat, sugars, and preserved foods, with wheat purchases by the royal omission added separately.

London May le Ttle Rhondda Food Ministry Minist McCurdy Phese

Miss Ma wake jt 5 of ie she pi gan while swim

A fragmented line recalls a scene at a lake where a person named Ma is waking and a girl named Ane is present. The garbled text hints at a moment during swimming but lacks clear action, date, or location details.

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