For Sale Two Family Home With Bargain Price
For sale a new two family residence boasting 11 rooms and 2 baths with a double garage. Desirably located and offered at 9000 dollars. Terms to suit.
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1926
Page
28
For sale a new two family residence boasting 11 rooms and 2 baths with a double garage. Desirably located and offered at 9000 dollars. Terms to suit.
A long string of Bridgeport area real estate notices details numerous properties for sale or rent. Listings span Stratford Fairfield and Milford with prices from around 3 000 to over 14 000 dollars, many noting modern improvements, through street corners and contact agents like Clark & Son and The Bridgeport Land & Title Co.
Old and modern bungalows with 2 car garages on multiple lots. Near school and beach areas. Several listings include 7 rooms, 2 acres garden, and immediate sale. Moving services offer local and long distance furniture and piano moves with large padded vans and storage. Contact George Mitchell, Davis, or Frank Nor for details.
Moving and storage notice advertising large closed moving vans for long distance trips between New York City and Boston, piano moving, crate loading, fireproof warehousing, local and long distance service, night trucking, private rooms, insured services, and contact numbers including Barstat 2207, Barnum 2542, and Noble 2108-2. Also mentions Zalinger's Auto Express and connections through the world via N. 3. W. A. and Conn. W. A. member listings.
An eclectic ad page lists services from CHARLES P. WILSON high grade painting paper hanging to plumbing, lawn mowers sharpening, and a visiting valet butler. It advertises time payments, repair work, cleaning, roofing, and upholstery with multiple businesses and contact numbers in Noble and surrounding avenues.
A chaotic notice section lists found items including a genderous watch and chain on Crescent Ave, a German female police dog roaming for a month, and various lost objects such as a bank book, gloves, rings, keys, and a dog collar. Contact numbers and addresses appear for each item, with rewards offered in several cases.
A fragmented OCR note wires a string of vague listings including a North End Bank building loft, a main street space near Ogden Street, and a vacant onstore at 805 Waterfeld Avenue. It mentions fire risk, potential bakery or delivery use, and a few street references like Strattons and Oates with little coherent structure.
A chaotic classified page lists items for sale and business opportunities including a soda fountain, a barber shop, grocery stock and fixtures, cash registers, a restaurant, a trucking business, and various other ventures. Advertisements name addresses and contact numbers such as Noble, 629 East Washington Ave, Stratford, Bridgeport, and Port Jefferson, with calls for quick sales and bargain prices.
Classified rental notices describe multiple dwellings for rent or sale. Listings include 7, 10, and 12 room houses with lofts, stores, and private entrances near Clinton and Washington Park, plus a 6 room cottage and several 4 to 8 room houses in Bridgeport and Stratford areas. Prices quoted include 2004 and 600 period figures with seasonal terms and garages.
Poultry supplies announced with low prices for baby chicks at 15c each, accredited Rhode Island Red and color-type birds from select flocks. Circulation free circular from Homestead Farm Newtown Connecticut and Yarm and Burr Fairfield. Also listings for coop and wire cages and a market buying native live poultry and milk calves at Musslers Market 2462 Airfield Ave.
Classified notice fragments show families offering board and room in Southport area near Stratford with private family care. Advertisements request accommodating arrangements for children and a single boy, with addresses and notes on meals, surroundings, and nearby centers.
Several lots with improvements offered above SF area trolley line. Financing available to build homes. Properties described as high, dry, ventilated and near a residential section around Paradise Green. Bargain sale with terms and quick sale incentive. Contact Barnum for details.
Those with real sales ability and experience are invited to apply for commissions with a nationally known paint and varnish manufacturer. Address 4749 this paper or P O Box 818 New Haven Conn to join a company with branch offices across the United States.
Help wanted for all kinds of furniture and household goods. Advert text appears garbled but seeks purchase offers. Names and places are unclear. potential buyers inquire for very old furniture, rugs, carpets, and general home wares.
Furnished rooms with steam heat and bath. Men only or adults preferred. Rents from 91.50 to 3 weekly. Locations include 780 Park Ave, 552 State St, 851 Myrtle Ave, 605 Warren St, 832 State St, and other addresses. Some units offer light housekeeping, kitchen access, or garage. Central, residential areas noted. inquiries welcomed at several phone numbers including B 2188 and Noble lines.
A sale listing from Remington Arms Co Inc at 939 Lardam Ave Tow Saciexeatty offers concrete mixers rock drills steam drills steel low gear truck keystone grader swinging gear lathes and welders with rests jacks and radiators tools. Prices range up to 150 dollars. Sale emphasized as a cheap lot with various machines and accessories.
Older newspaper ad notes several used upright pianos for sale or rent at Piquette Piano Co with prices from 105 to 405 dollars and weekly payment terms. Listings mention brand names Steinway and Sona, various model types, and contact at Fairfield Avenue and Trailfield Ave.
Real estate items advertise plots from Long Hill near cement road with various lot sizes and features. Stratford areas list multiple lots on Burritt Avenue, Sport Hill, Durrite Avenue, and Florence Avenue. Two brand new houses at Trumbull near Heardasley Park highlight move in readiness. rentals offered in Newtown area. Mortgage and loan notices from local brokers. inquiries urged with contact details and advise checking multiple sources before decisions.
Miscellaneous second hand lumber windows doors and brick stones for sale. Includes porch enclosure materials, tools, fixtures, and farm supplies. Local numbers for delivery and pick up at Stratford Ave addresses. phone contacts listed. Also plant nursery stock for sale and various garage and boat items advertised by local vendors.
Buyers offer 3200 cash for a five or ex room cottage or bungalow. Readable notes seek 2 or 2 family homes, with details to be sent in a front-letter. Also ads for renting a 3 room house with heat and electricity, and a green bungalow in Black Rock or Fairfield.
Inside painting and paper hanging by skilled mechanics. Call after 6 PM RB Royaraky. Barutm vend ATTENTION painting and paper hanging. Estimates cheerfully given. Cal M Sch Stratford 10 CLIFFORD M ST JOHN Fainter and Paper changer. Prices reasonable 221 Grange St Noble 214 First class house painting and paper hanging. Room papered 450 up Wall paper 10 cent and up Noble 4315
Listings show builders and contractors offering planning and estimates for homes, masonry and plastering work, and professional services. Ads include typewriters for sale, office equipment, safes, and adding machines. Pets such as puppies, poodles, bulldogs, and chows are advertised with contact details. Also present are horses, ponies, and real estate offers with prices and locations.
Classified ad requests milking goats and garage space or a car workshop 22 by 85 feet for repair or print work at 680 Central Ave. Also includes notices of a town meeting in Ishfield for May 20 1926 to decide on appropriations for sidewalks roads park costs school additions peddler licensing tax exemptions and bond authorizations.
Ottawa May 19 The government won a vote of 121 to 108 after an all night sitting to approve the budget bill with tariff reductions on automobiles and party tax cuts. The Conservatives’ motion of non confidence was defeated.
Halifax May 19 The patrol cutter Modoc reports icebergs and ice fields drifting into North Atlantic shipping lanes. Fifteen bergs sighted in one day with ice fields and small growlers. Ten bergs observed within about ten miles. Southward drift of the ice is later than usual.
New York May 19 AP Wall street statistics show drastic reductions in market value for General Motors and Hudson Motors over six months. In the 1926 bull run Hudson peaked at 186.5 million. recently it traded near 75.9 million. Also noted are tinplate output shifts in Pittsburgh and June corporate maturities.
New York May 19 Clearing House reports exchanges totaling 369 million dollars with balances of 103 million in reserves. Federal Reserve credit balance stands at 81 million.
New York May 19 One girl died and four others injured in a collision between two automobiles early today Stella Kassner a waitress was crushed to death Three injured were Lillian Mack 25 a Coney Island dancer Isidore Puroff and Alexander Sumus Mack girl and the chauffeur fled after the crash Harry White president of the White Packing Co was injured in the other car as it crashed.
In Omaha yards a passenger train en route between Omaha and the Twin Cities collided head on with a moving freight train. The crash injured ten passengers, six seriously, who were rushed to hospitals while engines telescoped and debris forced passengers against windows. Among the injured is J. Shapiro of New York City.
Washington May 13 Representative Tilson Republican House leader predicts the House will swiftly rate the French debt settlement and the Senate will not act until the French parliament ratifies. He expects ratification by both countries before Congress adjourns for the summer.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices from Stratford and Bridgeport area, listing names such as Amelia Louis Beardsley, Mary Elizabeth Collins, Edith Peck Dew, George Godley, John Liniz Lillis, George F. Laver, Thomas Joseph McGovern, Frederick S. Stiles, Fred W. Tracy, Margaret Wood, with addresses in Stratford, Bridgeport, and Hartford. Dates range May 16–21 1926. Services scheduled at residences or local churches with interments in Lakeview and Mountain Grove cemeteries. Card of thanks and anniversaries also noted.
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