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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1924
Page
21
Classified items show a three story building at 200 Cannon Street offered for sale or rent with per-floor rental flexibility. Also listed are multiple furnishings, household goods, and small business opportunities across adjacent ads, including a furniture dealer and various sale notices.
A historical classified style notice promotes poultry feeds and supplements. It lists suppliers Angell's Egg Mash and Angell Borrowators, Devon Coal and Ich Co, Brooklawn Fred Co, and Bridgeport distributors. It invites names and addresses for a weekly price list and highlights direct buying to cut Middleman profit.
Funeral notices from Bridgeport area list many names and dates including Crone Han son Hanson Kealy Kovacs Reitzberger Lendl Madigan Rowell Smith Tolthssy Valovich with services and interments at local churches and cemeteries. Card of thanks messages follow from families and organizations for support after losses.
Heington November 12 former Admiral F.H. Jone appointed general manager of the Fleet Corporation. He will fill the newly created post in addition to the vice presidency he holds under Leigh C. Palmer, president of the corporation.
The South’s big games include Princeton Harvard Yale Cornell Dartmouth and Columbia set for key showdowns at venues from Stadium to Polo Grounds. Dartmouth eyes revenge on Princeton and Yale seeks season green with an Army test at West Point while Columbia targets Army speed and Notre Dame watch.
SWREHSTPORT Nov 12 The Finance Board delayed payment of 850 for carpenter services on the Compo Beach bathing pavilion after testimony by John D Taweon and Mrs Jessie Rohr. The board will notify the trio involved and former officials to settle the dispute and report back.
Michael Orona, a former Bridgeport resident and nephew of Mrs. Sexmmell, died at New Britain General Hospital from burns suffered when a gasoline tank exploded near New Britain. He had been en route with a French boxcar unit of the Society of 40 Hommes et Chevaux when a reserve tank was poured and fumes ignited by a lantern. He was buried in Sir Michael's cemetery after funeral services in Bridgeport. He had lived in Waterbury recently and belonged to the American Legion post there.
Real estate transfers and mortgage deeds appear listing several pairings of buyers and sellers across streets such as Carria Hudson Cambridge and State with amounts including 720 dollars and 10000 pounds. A police detachment head reports an assault on Louis and notes an ongoing case. A separate notice states no electricians exam on November 22 and directs inquiries to the Board of Building Commissioners.
The Board of Fire Commissioners ordered Fire Chief Daniel B. Johnson to take action to demolish the condemned building at the northeast corner of Fairfield Avenue and Grove Street within fifteen days. If noncompliant, firefighters and Public Works crews will raze it. The board met in executive session after a lengthy private conference. Police and Wire departments will share water bills for Engine House No. 1 and Mind Police Precinct Station, due to anomalous usage by Third Precinct to wash Engine Company No. 12 machines, per Police Commissioner William Tr. Je.
New York dispatch reports Consul General Shang announcing extended armistice in Hip Sing and On Loong tongs for two weeks beyond the original deadline. The agreement, signed amid secrecy in an uptown Manhattan hotel, affects eight cities and follows talks with tong leaders and Chinese Merchants Association officials. The main sticking point remains Hip Sing demands for a 50 000 indemnity and surrender of business in Chicago Pittsburgh Boston Philadelphia Cleveland Washington Baltimore and New York.
Hindle Drug Stores advertise Dave’s Mentha-Pepsin as a quick relief for stomach gas indigestion and heartburn. The notice claims a spoonful relieves gas, heart pressure, and that ongoing use cures dyspepsia and related symptoms, touting six thousand bottles sold in a New Jersey town.
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