Absentee Voters Bill Favored and Welfare Department Created
The House favored the absentee voters constitutional amendment allowing out of state or ill or disabled electors to vote. The Senate concurred in creating a department of public welfare with 186000 in appropriations and amended the world war veteran relief law. Debates arose over Senate amendments and public measures including a Norwich insane asylum building bill and a state farm admission limit.
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Haradeofld
House
Senate
Department of Public Welfare
State Board of Charities
Buckley
Oarder
Dunn
Hartford
Nickerson
Norwich Insane Asylum
Noura
Bridgeport Moonshine Boil Cleaned From Post Office Basement
Six truckloads of contraband liquor were removed from Bridgeport post office basement as federal agents cleared the area. The haul included hip pocket pints, 74 gallon stills and wash boiler parts. Whiskey destined for hospitals and sanitariums will be diAn?ised. moonshine will be destroyed in New Haven.
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Bridgeport
New Haven
U. S
Wiliam J. Hays
Ne Haven
Lobsters flood Boston as port nears record yearly totals
May 27 report notes 3,600,000 lobsters landed in Boston over the past year, averaging about 1,000 daily. Halifaxes, Newfoundlanders, and Maine and Massachusetts boats shipped live lobsters here, with canned meat totaling up to 700,000 pounds. Most lobsters come from Nova Scotia and Maine, yet Massachusetts law enforces minimum shell length for harvest and returns shorts under nine inches to sea.
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Boston
Thi
Halifax
Maine
Massachusetts
Nova Scotia
New Jersey
New Midsummer Skirt Styles In Pale Pink And Blue
Read Co offers pale pink and rose, pale blue and light blue skirts with ruffles or satin faces. Very dainty and tailored for warm weather. Priced at $3.95 with belts pockets and pearl buttons. Regular and extra sizes to fit every woman.
Sports Hats On the Crest of Fashion's Wave
Town and Country Wear highlights current sports hat trends. Gladiolus red models feature a silk crown, Milan straw brim, and geranium wreaths like a sunset. Hyland hats use yarn flowers and French crepe accents. Leghorn options shade from sun with Georgette bands and beads. Prices span 5.50 to 12.50.
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Milan
Hyland
Genuine I Miller Strapped Pumps At $10 A Pair
Genuine I Miller strapped pumps, latest Fifth Avenue styles, offered far below quality expectations. Shoes are cool, comfortable, dressy, with snug straps to prevent heel slipping. Available in Black, Brown, Beige and other replicas in multiple materials and strap arrangements. Various models with high French heels and Baby Louis styles. Walking Shoes also offered. All above mentioned styles priced at $10 a pair.
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I. Miller
Fifth Avenue
Stationery boxed set with cards and envelopes on sale
Stationery box contains 24 gilt edged correspondence cards with 24 sheets and 48 envelopes offered at $1.00. Compact item likely advertised in a period shopper listing.
Girdles Bizarre Jewelry Section Items Described
Girdles described as dull metal forms linked with bright red blue gold and silver discs and ornaments. Some feature chenille tassels as part of a jewelry section display.
Jewelry Section Jewelry items with rhinestones and pendants
The description lists rhinestone flashes, bar pins, casque combs with colored shell, hair pins with jewel tops, and sautoirs on black maire ribbon with amber green red and blue pendants, pearls and white glass beads, priced at $1.00 each.
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Sautoirs
Fancy China for Wedding Gifts and Odd Wares
Satsuma and Nippon ware pieces include vases bowls jars candlesticks and tea sets with delicate crackle finishes and gilded decorations. English china from postwar potteries features chisitz cretonne patterns in floral bird motifs. Candles and flags offered in varied colors and sizes with prices from 6 cents to $25.00.
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Satsuma
China
Chisitz
Cretonne
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Bridgeport Tire & Rubber Company
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G. W. Fairchild & Sons
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