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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1921
Page
12
A whimsical old Time essay offers party ideas for Thanksgiving including popcorn and cranberries festooning, pumpkin chips with sugar rind, and spiced cider. It describes preparing preserved pumpkin chips, letting them set, and serving minced turkey or chicken sandwiches with cider as a festive addition.
Members of the Third District hold a dance and entertainment Friday evening with Giantsoli's orchestra performing. John Ginamtagli leads the Napoleon Italian band. Members of the Thiel District Democratic Women's club met last evening at Mrs Edward F Tynch's home with officers named Mrs Thomas Eras president and others as vice president treasurer and secretary.
A local advertisement claims a physician named Hindle has a powerful prescription that dissolves accumulated impurities called yiic to banish rheumatism. The notice states many years of study preceded a cure that quickly and completely removes signs and symptoms, offering two bottles to anyone who reports no benefit.
Food-ad style notice touts VIM OGEN Yeast Vitamines as essential for clear skin. Claims three vitamins iron and improved blood flow aid complexion. promotes two tablets twice daily with meals and guarantees satisfaction. Sold at Hindle Drug Stores and related outlets.
Buffalo user praises PETE N? and TENSON QINTIMENT for eczema relief claiming immediate heat and long lasting effect. Ad copy asserts a money back guarantee if symptoms persist, describing years of agony and partial relief from various skin areas.
A vintage recipe page outlines Cooking for Two with practical tips and several soups. Tomato Soup for Two uses canned tomatoes onion butter salt pepper soda milk and a flour roux. Clear Soup for Two with shin of beef and vegetables simmers slowly and strains for clarity. Cream of Corn Soup for Two blends corn onion milk and butter, then serves with whipped cream and paprika.
Broadest program includes vocal selections by Mrs Florence Legers, duets “AL Dawn ing” and “AIL Por You.” Pupils will perform dance routines with Miss Elsie Beilich directing. Miss Beilich from New York City’s graduate program teaches both juvenile and adult classes. A spring pageant is planned with costumes, inviting broader participation.
The Bridgeport Symphony Society met in the Chamber of Commerce rooms for organizational planning. President Carl Siemon presided as the constitution was adopted and committee reports were read. A three‑member membership committee was formed with Seward Price chair and Mrs Ruth Pulpetrick among others.
City enacts plan to establish two permanent symphony orchestras to ensure premier orchestral music is accessible through and for Bridgeport’s residents and local citizens.
The annual fair of SS Pavia church opened in the church parlors last evening and will continue today and tomorrow. A steady stream of guests enjoyed fumey work candy and food booths a Chinese booth a doll booth and a procry Store. Very clever little farce Independence was performed by Sanford's Gass tonight Felix Meigs class will stage Six Cups of Chocolate and Viola Goulding cellist will play. Tomorrow night is children's night with a music fantasia directed by Andrew McMants. An orchestra will provide music for dancing after the performances.
A fragmented diary style piece describes visits along West Avenue and a gaze at 305, noting Mrs. McBurney at a loom and an antique chair collection. The writer mentions Brigg cartoons, court house events, and shifting social mores, with conversations about dyes, hats, and charitable plans. A jewelry shop anniversary at GW Fairechild and Sons is highlighted along with promises of new glassware and copper items.
The Sub Branch Library opens this afternoon inviting residents and schoolchildren to view the new facilities. Manager Mactia Leighton offers Antyridan theatre for a 4 o’clock charity performance benefiting Pare Teacher association. "Jack and thro Heanstale" will be shown along with other children’s items.
Members of the D. K. W. Club renew activities as the group moves toward a social event in the near future. The roster lists Derrick, Cora Palding, Arma Cathy Kan, Veroni Donnelly, Milerey Ponnely, Janelta Henry, Matty Din non, Mary Clark, Lena Krager, Gertude Dulul, Ann Gorman Angelus, Pan Dureiy, Leona Gray, and others.
A historical Bridgeport column weighs entertaining a beau with tips from Joan and Miss Kiccadden. It covers conversation topics, current events, cooking, and simple amusements like popping corn, aiming to spark romance and ease for debutantes and young couples.
A brief article notes a steady decline in female convicts and a gradual closure of women's prisons in England. It points to reforms over recent years and the smaller role of incarceration for women, with limited remaining facilities.
An advertisement urges thin, undernourished people to use Evans Triple Phosphates from a Bronx drug store. It claims the mix turns food into solid muscular flesh within days, boosting strength and vitality with a money back guarantee if results fail.
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