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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1925
Page
6
A notice advises customers to dip fabrics to tint or boil to dye, and to inform the druggist whether fabrics are wood of silk or linen cotton or mixed goods. It promotes Diamond Doves dyes for coloring garments and drapery.
An old advertisement touts Pyramid pile suppositories as instant relief for itching bleeding and protruding piles. It claims universal use and privacy in packaging with free samples offered by mail from the Pyramid Shrug Co. in Marshall Michigan.
Mrs Charles R Sue of Lititz Pennsylvania reports nervousness and back pains eased after using the Vegetable Compound. She says 28 of 100 women using it are cured and urges others to write for letters validating its benefits for female ailments. Sold by druggists nationwide.
Advertising copy claims Zemo stops itching and burning quickly and removes traces of eczema, pimples, rash, blackheads, and skin diseases. It promotes a single antiseptic treatment for all skin troubles and urges druggists to stock the product.
Coroner John J. Phelan examined the death of Miss Mary O Donnell who was fatally injured on Barnum Avenue near Evelyn Street Saturday night. Testimony showed a Beardsley Lane trolley stopped then sped up as a Cadillac driven by John Van Corn passed on the right. Witnesses gave conflicting speeds from 16 to 30 mph, with Van Corn and two companions asserting slower motion while the motorman said he passed at 20 mph.
War veteran Philip Davis of Los Angeles has left a solid Standard Oil post to pursue the Episcopal ministry, a vocation he has long regarded as sacred. Dr Ernest M Stires disclosed at St Thomas s church that another parishioner, Harry M Ruge of Boston, will also enter the priesthood after serving as a lay reader.
In Union City New Jersey a police officer Joseph Palmeri 23 shot and killed his girlfriend Miss Minute Scheissier 21 in her bedroom and then turned the gun on himself. A note signed by Palmeri said they loved each other and asked forgiveness. The bodies were found by the girl's 16 year old sister Margaret.
Mrs. Gloria Gould of Bishop's Fur rents a furnished apartment at 122 East Seventy-Sixth Street to David Taylor through her agent. Mrs. Bishop is in France and denied rumors of any marital rift with Henry A. Bishop Jr. of Bridgeport after arriving from New York.
Paris reports M Cail Jauxs weekly speeches after removal from the finance ministry. He recalls failed debt funding missions to Washington and says the United States has its own opinion on France debt, making it hard to align views. The remark underscores ongoing Franco American monetary tensions.
In Columbia the Lyric presents Billy Arlington in Golden Crook with daily matinees Thursday Friday and Saturday. The show features Mile Cleora’s dances Ede May singing Rob Startzman’s monologue and specialty acts by Cleora and Bono. Also on the program are Rhoda & Broshell with a banjo act Kramer Brothers gymnasts and Moton picture previews with Barthelmess and Gish in The Beautiful City.
A wrap of the stage hit Lightnin starring Frank Bween as Lightnin Bill Jones, noting its Broadway and Chicago runs and Boston engagement. Also covers the film adaptation, cast, vaudeville bill led by Fred Heider, music, dances, and a newsreel featuring Red Grange.
Swanson stars as Janie Hagen a small town waitress who goes stage struck for her beau in Stage Struck. The picture opens and closes in natural color and offers a novelty for its time with a comic plot featuring a river boat scene and a boxing moment. Stage Struck Night at the Majestic adds an amateur showcase by Bridgeport youths for a lively double bill.
George Chaos sends several snappy revue acts to the Palace now featuring The Spotlight Revue with Bobby Dare and Ray and Rose Lyte and the Cyclone Eight. Danny Dare arranged dances while George Choos staged the production a beautiful show. Aileen Stanley popular from phonograph records returns with a strong performance. Amac offers a three card illusion and another featured number.
Gloria Swanson headlines at Fairfield Community Theatre with The Coast of Folly in a big release. Afternoon and evening showings attract hundreds of patrons. Also booked are The Gold Rush with Charlie Chaplin, Tittle Annis Rooney starring Mary Pickford, and The Iron Bird.
Peggy Joyce, famed for multiple marriages, has hired Dudley Field Malone to sue for divorce from her fourth husband, Count Coste Morner. Malone reportedly sailed with the countess as she left New York to establish residence, while the couple’s departure was kept private. The romance began in Chicago after her revue appearance and led to the quick marriage.
Francis Fernandez twenty seven bound over to next term of the Superior court on a charge of assault with intent to rob in the Stamford City court. Fernandez attacked John Mott in his home last Friday night. Fred Gurils of Bridgeport jailed thirty days on vagrancy. Paul Anderson hospitalized with severe injuries after a car driven by Walter Lesko left the road and overturned. Mr and Mrs Leopold Schamon celebrated their Dutch wedding anniversary at home on Cedar Street with about 100 friends, many from Meriden.
Boston dispatch reports a steam trawler Sea Guill sending a distress call off Cape May. The message urged quick assistance as the trawler Singer and the steamer Mayari were reported en route to the Sea Guill’s position.
Colonel Karl D. Klemm retired commander of the 129th Field Artillery and brigadier general in the Officers Reserves Corps died by his own hand in Kansas City. He had been a naval guard figure and led the Kansas Kaw Valley and Western Railroad. Officially cited are the failed effort to secure a Fokker airplane factory and defeat of a $500,900 municipal aviation bond as contributory factors.
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