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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Nov 05, 1923

Page

4

Circus Arrives Here to Spend Winter

The Barnum and Bailey Ringling Brothers circus returns to Richmond for winter quarters after a six month tour. About 200 circus cars will reach the city Wednesday. performers plan vaudeville acts, rehearsals, and Mile. Bradna is slated for feature work. The show, despite recent weather-related troubles in the central states, is reported a financial success.

Barnum and Bailey Ringé Brothers Richmond Virginia Bradna Fina Sss Poughkeepsia Ridge Danbury

Injuries Hit BHS Sports Amid Coach Shortage

Ditfard Ruether, substitute halfback, sustained a shoulder injury likely ending his football season. Girls basketball teams train hard. Captain Mary Drew leads Coach Melen Jackwood’s squad aiming for top status. Rifle club seeks a coach after a fall practice halt, while the athletic association mulls assigning letters to team members.

Ditfard Ruether Teuether Melen Jackwood Mary Drew Atnte

Evening High School enrollment offered to pupils

Evening classes are set for Monday Tuesday and Thursday nights at the high school under a new policy allowing enrollment during the first three days of each month. Courses include accounting commerce English French stenography and more with a $1 registration fee refundable after two thirds attendance.

Pinegal Wadsworth High Echool iMr Wadsworth merchant+ wal

Insurance Association Meeting in New Haven

The Insurance Association will amend its annual meeting in New Haven at the Hort Taft venue. Governor Charles A. Yompleton and Insurance Commissioner Harward P. Dunham will attend the guests for the evening events. A steamship freight service between Chicago and Manchester is proposed by a newly formed company with eleven vessels to be engaged.

Hort Taft New Haven Charles A. ‘Yompleton Sale Insurance Cannstoner Harward P. Dunham Anl Manchester England

Tennessee woman aged 94 boasts 250 descendants

Selmer Tenn Nov 4 Mrs I R Littlefield celebrated her 94th birthday at her Adamsville home and proudly claimed 250 descendants including 101 children and 69 grandchildren. She credits devout religion and a simple lifestyle for her longevity as two generations of her family pursued varied occupations.

Selmer Tenn Littlefield Adamsville Guijoor

Noted European Professors To Lecture At Yale

Noted professors from Europe arrive for lectures at Yale under the Storrs Foundation. Sir Paul Vinogradiay of Oxford will present three talks on Principles of Theory of Rights, followed by six lectures on The Atom and the Natural System of Elements by Teaser Bahr, Nobel Prize winner in 1925. Professor Kohr will open the John W. Simpson foundation at Amherst and other colleges plan visits. Vinograde previously lectured at Yale in 1907.

New Haven Paul Vinogradaiy Corpus Oxford Niels Bours P University of Copenhagen Vinogradaiy Storrs Foundation School of Law Bahr Sivman Kohr John W. Sknpson Amherst College Barore Te Luyn Copenhagen Moscow

Woods Colonel of Workers Seeks Chest Donation

Volunteers in a Community Chest drive organized by a Woods Colonel lead groups canvassing the city for individual gifts from November to the 28. George Weeds heads one division while Commercial, Industrial and Public Service units remain unannounced.

George Weeds

Deeds Pass for Library Transfer City to Own Block

The City National Bank sells the Main and State streets block for 900200 to the city, transferring ownership to fund a central library. The Library board will start plans for the new library building while Franklin and Sturdevant blocks await future use. The bank will proceed with a new building project.

City National Bank Burroughs Public Hilary Library Board Franklin and Sturdevant Nail Charles J. Hough

Trained Nurses Praise The Merits of Tanlac

Trained nurses laud Tanlac for restoring stomach, liver, kidney and bowel function. Statements from Mrs Jorden of Seattle and L A Guerentzen of San Francisco praise its health benefits. A Birmingham nurse and Omaha practitioner attest to renewed strength and wellbeing after long illness.

Tamlac Bne Jorden Pontius ‘Ave Seattle Wash National Temperance Hospital Chierga Teader Paya Tanac U le Aniac L. A Cora Lynch Avenue C Birmingham Ala Tania Mary Earle North 20Th St Omaha Neb Ton'ac Tanlac Si Send

Crepe Fabrics and Custom Pleated Skirt Offer

The listing details brocade crepes in multiple colors at 2 to 3 per yard, heavy printed crepes at 2.50 to 3 per yard, silk and wool crepe in various tones at 2.28, and a week special creating pleated skirts to measure in standard sizes for 1.75. The tone reflects a sales catalog from a fabric seller advertising colors, widths, and tailoring options.

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