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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1919
Page
13
A wave of Thanksgiving visits fills Stamford area homes as Misses Deloss, Day, and Sneath join relatives in New York and nearby towns. Tea dances and college events headline a collage of parties, masquerade guests, and family gatherings through the holiday weekend, with notes on travels to Boston, Hartford, and Mount Vernon.
A college girl drummer attracts the manager of a department store by offering a stock of middy blouses. She pitches samples, insisting the items are distinct and appealing. The manager declines a full order, noting limited stock and differing styles, while the girl explains she could place orders during Thanksgiving week.
The report discusses wartime French agricultural output and an assertion that the potato originates from Chile. It notes prewar production levels and the claim that the island off Chile's west coast has long been a potato homeland, cultivated since the fifteenth century.
Mr Bishop of Park phic hosts a large dance tonight with a supper and stag dinner. The event features entertainment from senior class seniors, an orchestra from New York, and prominent guests from New York and Brooklyn, including Mr Ratgry Munson Vallineford and Driscoll.
The World Womans Christian Temperance Union aims to hold its grand convention in London in April. Delegates from many nations will attend to press political and social reforms. Agnes Black coordinates arrangements for the Franco conference with preachers slated to deliver sermons in St Pauls and Westminster churches. The Home Office directs British curates and stations to assist delegates traveling to England.
The Bridgeport art scene notes an American Museum of Natural History and Brookings Institute sponsored exhibit of industrial textiles and applied art. Primitive looms and modern Jacquard looms showcase design from Alaska to the Philippines, with $200,000 in new woods and wide international influence.
Four American soldiers returned from service in the war were married yesterday at a French church in Greens Farms. The bride, a member of the Schlasgen family, wed William Schuyler Cougins of New York with officiant For. Garay da Biare of New York. The couple’s maid of honor was Miss Liz Jackson, a college classmate of the bride. A family dinner followed at the bride’s grandmother Mrs. H Wanks home in Greens Farms.
Newark police delayed a warrant for James A. Pease, a former real estate man and brother of the County Sheriff, after a misunderstanding about the charge. Pease appeared in the Newark municipal court on charges involving his wife Bertha Rees Pease of 40 Washington Place. He was discharged and has been working as a conductor for a Newark traction company.
A fragment describes varied printing crafts and design work capturing the attention of the lyyman and earlier art circles. The fragment hints at operations, weathering, and daily tasks of artists during a busy period in the scene.
A long family letter from Bridgeport recounts a Christmas gathering with four generations plus guests, noting gifts, desserts, and chocolates. The writer praises the town’s landmark clubhouse, local merchants, and shops Chamberlin and Shropshire, Osgood Shoe Shop, and a wicker furniture stop, while reflecting on civic progress and future city life.
A collection of one of a kind evening coats offered in various luxurious fabrics. Prices range from 65 to 350 dollars, featuring fur trim, satin linings, and ornate collars. Includes Panne Velvet, Waterfall Silk Velour, Magenta Satin, Turquoise and Silver Brocade, and Japanese Brocade styles. Second floor.
Special in fur coats and coatees offered with Marmot, Black Pony, Near-Seal and beaver trimmed models. Prices range from 125 to 325 dollars for 30 to 42 inch lengths with various collars, linings, and skins including raccoon, opossum, gray squirrel, and silk linings. Second floor display and sale details.
A limited quantity of Alt Linen Damask is offered in four patterns including a long stemmed lily a tulip a dot with a wide border and a stripe with a wide border. Regularly $2.65. offer price $1.95 a yard in inches wide. Third floor.
A temptingly priced fabric sale offers standard quality percales with neat stripe and figure patterns suitable for women’s house dresses men’s shirts and children’s clothes. Colorways include black pink black white pink white lavender white with good fast coloring. Width 36 inches. Regular 35 cents per yard, special 29 cents.
The store showcases kimonos in plain colors with self color dots and trims of silk or satin ribbons. Christmas displays include small trees with gilded cones and tinsel, wreaths of laurel and holly, red ribbon accents, and a wide array of gift items from Rustcraft novelties to ornamental candles, bayberry dips, and festive wrapping supplies.
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