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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1921
Page
15
A garbled ad lists cheap household items for sale including a one small trunk a large stove and kitchen wares with delivery offered. The text also contains obituaries and funeral notices for Catherine Plan and George Perusse among others with service details and burial plans.
Paris report notes that major firms fear the looming disarmament talks. Industrial leaders, led by Columbia Graphoscope president Van Haen Ely and others, fear adverse changes after a recent business tour. The piece touches on potential shifts in administration support and the impact on the U.S. economy.
Fragmented text outlines a corrected call for the Republican primary on October 4, 1921 to elect delegates to a city convention and nominate alderman candidates. It lists polling places on Prospect, Brewster, Clinton, Maplewood, Wheeler, and Bridgeport High School areas and notes voter eligibility. The remainder of the source contains disjointed political commentary about the Harding administration and postwar policy, with notes on international relations and economic concerns.
A massive elephant at the London Zoo proves calm and reliable as it carries ten thousand riders with no accidents reported during the event. The animal handled the crowd with noted steadiness, drawing attention from onlookers and zoo officials alike.
A report notes diminished momentum in Zionist migration to Palestine within the Zionist organization in the United States. It cites limited immigrant settlement, ongoing capital constraints, and concerns over Jerusalem water supply while detailing government projects and military personnel reductions affecting the region.
A chaotic OCR of stock prices shows numerous tickers and quantities across sectors. It lists companies such as Amoco Anadarko and Gen Elec, with figures, percentages, and totals interspersed, ending with a note on overall market totals and year-to-date changes.
Money markets opened with mixed moves as short maturities eased to around 3 to 3.5 percent while longer rates held near BLOM percent. Treasury and Liberty bond activity was limited with some rate moves on commercial paper and rediscount facilities noted. London call money steady at 3.8 percent and New York exchanges show substantial clearance balances.
The Wrangel army remains on Gallipoli, about 20 officers and men among 10,000 troops, awaiting a Russia under a new government. Major Jean de Roger, head of the League of Nations exchange commission, saw the camp and praised the disciplined, organized force. Wrangel seeks funds and options to repatriate or employ troops as frontier guards or in Serbia, while the fate of the legion remains uncertain amid regional turmoil and Bolshevik threat.
Dispatches report German food minister in the Weimar cabinet, Dr Hermes, has been offered the post of ambassador to the United States. No official confirmation has been received. The appointment is mentioned by Ry, a Russian mouthpiece, as part of cabinet reshuffle rumors.
Oct 3 report: construction of a half million dollar Institute of laundering planned for Chicago to standardize materials and practices. It would house research and a practical commercial laundry in connection with the institute and attract about 40 delegates and visitors.
Memphis reports a 4-A conference of southern farmers bankers and merchants to be held October 17 under J D P Worfleet to follow up a campaign for crop diversification and reduced cotton acreage. The meeting aims to unite efforts for smaller cotton crops and more feed and food crops amid high prices and a possible heavy next year acreage.
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