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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1921
Page
12
East Side merchants plan a Tuesday Bargain Day with most stores offering steam sale items. The event, first of its kind in the city, is organized by the East Side Business Men’s association. Members selected especially attractive bargains to boost East Side shopping.
Advertising shapes daily life by guiding shoppers to trains, apartments, bargains, and labor-saving goods. It links producers to buyers, delivering practical news about products that save time and money, while underscoring the broader role of advertising in civilization.
Federal Reserve Banks reduce rediscount rates on commercial paper signaling a shift in credit policy. New York rate dropped from seven to 1.5 percent, with expectations of a seven percent rate for top names. Investors seek bonds and dividend stocks, while many new issues loom as investment houses fear market congestion.
Budapest humorously extols its fashion and beauty, praising Budapest women for their legs and short skirts along the Corso. The piece contrasts Budapest with Vienna and Berlin, noting bold national pride, economic hardship, and the lingering charm of the city despite war and Bolshevik influence.
Milford marksmen and rifle experts show strong interest in the coming national matches to be held at Camp Perry with Connecticut aiming to play a major role. Captain Charles W. Harrison leads the Connecticut Civilian Rifle team and plans a training tour via a May 15 elimination at the East Haven range. The squad includes past national winners and includes Miss Marjorie Kinder who recently won the indoor off hand title.
May 8 reports show Coney Island hit by inflation with many attractions and rides doubling prices. A heat victim at Van Cortlandt Park suffered fainting after playing baseball. Hungary’s postwar turmoil and broader European unrest are described, with emphasis on curfews, troop presence, and travel hardship.
A May report notes bankers and manufacturers optimistic that business has bottomed and begun recovery after a year of low mood. Headlines include a slow stock-market rise, stronger outputs in shoes and crude petroleum, and cheaper gasoline.
In Warsaw a long line forms at the American Consulate as thousands of Poles pursue visas to the United States. Most applicants are Jewish women and children, with many men already in New York. Officials warn against frauds selling false visas and urge people to beware of passport cheats.
The report chronicles starving Russian refugees in Europe, noting many exiles live ostentatiously in Paris areas while others, including professors from Petrograd University and wives of generals, work menial jobs like cleaning, sweeping, and dishwashing. Names and titles are given for several titled Russians and exiled elites.
Parle May Landru the French bluebeard whose trial for the murder of 17 flatbees is scheduled for June may die before he appears in court Doctors say he is suffering from an infectious cancer and his life may end at any moment
The Patrick Doyle Club hosts an entertainment event with proceeds destined for the Irish valley aims. P. J. O Sullivan chairs the committee with assistance from Jeremiah Sullivan, John Ginly, Joyd Ghity, and Joho Swifo in supporting roles.
London reports a drop in the New York Federal Reserve bank discount rate to six and one half per cent, with predictions of further cuts to six per cent as labor unrest clears. Analysts foresee Germany's potential easing, rising franc value, and a cautious tone in markets amid rail and coal disruptions. The Anglo American shipping strike looms, while The Locomobile Company of America issues a mortgage bond offer, inviting bids by May 24, 1921, through Bankers Trust Company as trustee.
Cincinnati Ohio May The recent proposal of Chairman J I Gary of the United States Steel Corporation for governmental regulation of labor unions is criticized as a scheme to keep wage earners in subjection and enslaved. Matthew Woolf, president of the International Photo-Engravers Union and AF of L official, says Gary aims to extend anti-trust and anti-combination laws to crush unions and curb labor organizing in steel mills.
New York May 0 Knights of Columbus opened its tuberculosis fight by appointing a leadership committee. Dr Js W Ruckley of St Paul Minnesota, former AMA president, heads the panel with Dr Stephen J Saher of New Haven and other officials from Boston, Lansing, and Aspinwall. First meeting planned for next week.
Paris society notes Gentileman Girard once welcomed as a cultured musician is now in custody on murder charges. He allegedly plotted poisoning and insurance schemes to kill or ruin foes, with claims of multiple murders and forgeries. His charm allegedly drew access to elite salons.
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