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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1920
Page
4
Untrimmed colored straw hats priced at 1.98 and 32.98 appear beside rough and fine straw banded sailors. Trimmed dress hats offered at 0.00 to 1.00, with notes on reductions. The ad highlights lower garment costs and a sale on hats indicating substantial price cuts.
New export regulations specify how to value shipped goods and how to declare prices for customs. Exporters must include unit prices, total value, and fair market value, with documents available from the Department of Customs in Ottawa.
City officials discuss unpaid charges tied to police investigations and Burns project work. Several thousand dollars already paid to Burns participants on bills approved by the police board president and a common council member. The full bill for the investigation team remains unprinted and contested.
May 12. This city was chosen as the convention site for the State Firemen's Association meeting to be held in September at the Kennedy Hall on Main Street.
A quirky old paragraph touts a hair treatment promising to remove dandruff by applying a powdery substance to the scalp. It asserts the remedy can erase all signs of dandruff after several applications and even stops itching and scratching. The ad-like text mentions a named product and inexpensive ounces.
An old time patent medicine advertisement touts Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and bladder problems. It urges readers to start treatment immediately, offering sample bottles by mail and a large bottle from drug stores, mentioning Bridgeport Telegram and Post.
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