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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1925
Page
15
Miss Wilhelmina Minsch assisted by Miss Helen Schanders will host the Mother's Day tea Sunday afternoon at the Business and Professional Women's club house on Park Avenue. Members are asked to bring their mothers or a mother friend.
Miss Ada Heinze fiancee of Ira Follette Warner son of Mrs I De Ver Warner of Par is chair man of the junior committee for a last supper dance and entertainment at Hotel Lorraine New York to be held tomorrow night The program is arranged by Richard Kennett and the Duncan Sisters. Mrs Harry Ming and Mrs DeVer Warner host the 4 pm tea at Brooklawn Country club tomorrow afternoon The article also notes various society teas receptions and engagements across Bridgeport and nearby towns including Miss Dorothy Blake visiting from New York and other social events.
Halifax May 7 Nova Scotia's new three and a half million dollar loan was opened by the provincial secretary. The issue was taken up entirely by the Bank of Montreal acting for a New York bond issue at 700 and 66 for like year lending yielding 11 2 percent.
Colonel Fawcett reports from Rio de Janeiro via Cuyaba describing ancient ruins and inscriptions near Chapado in Mato Grosso. He notes light from a round building, Indian encounters, and signs of a degenerate civilization while detailing local geology, artifacts, and a regal native woman observed by a Cuyaba expedition.
Miss Sara Fiske soprano of New Haven will solo at the Friday May 8 recital in United church. The program includes organ works by Herbert Strout, piano and organ duet by Miss Bessie Harlow and William Davenport, vocal duet by Miss Evelyn Northey and John Sullivan, and selections by the Hutvel Sterling trio.
Joseph Buggi of Bridgeport failed to appear for a liquor law charge hearing in Common Pleas two weeks ago, forfeiting a $300 bond. A bench warrant led to his arrest yesterday and Judge Frederick W. Huxford sentenced him to jail for thirty days. He repaid a woman who lost $500 when he defaulted, and a hearing on amending the sentence will be considered.
A superior selection totaling 11,496 bales was offered at wool auctions in London. The market showed steadier demand with prices generally unchanged as buyers and sellers eyed the day’s proceedings.
The Federal Circuit court of appeals affirmed a New Jersey district court ruling dismissing receivers appointed by Vice Chancellor Backes for Wilson and Co. The decision comes as part of a nunc pro tunc action in Philadelphia on May 7.
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