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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1922
Page
5
A forest party last night at Mrs Jessie Bridge’s home on State Street featured music by an orchestra and vocal entertainment. Guests included former Racnom and Bates’s members and numerous local names such as Gladys Cur d Marion Hudeck Tessie Gridlin and Edward Dowd among others.
A Sunday program at the First Presbyterian Church features Officers of the Sun and the Worting's league presenting a program at 7 o'clock with Miss Alice L. Stampard as guest of honor. Alison and Ja are named in connection with attending.
An advertisement fragment promotes fat reduction methods with sensational claims and offers a product order option. It mentions a price and a postal address, referencing Manuela Preachie charts and a drugstore nationwide sale. The text imitates early 20th century marketing prose and urges readers to act.
Readers at Amusements Park Theatre enjoyed David Warfield’s Maat Magier with a later display of comic country humor and a strong cast. The Polis Palace offered The Prisoner of Zenda with orchestral and dance interludes, drawing crowds to Bridgeport as other acts and a Broadway prices mix teased audiences.
The unreadable passage appears as a garbled collage of names, phrases, and scattered terms. It hints at poetry and dialogue, with altered spellings and non sequiturs suggesting transcription errors from an old newspaper page.
A chaotic note details a burglary threat against Fear White’s treasured jewels. It mentions safes, locks, and a planned grab, with vague references to suspects and defensive steps. No clear names or locations are established in the legible text.
Fragmentary notice references Pauling Frederick in a contest, court action, and possible party names. Limited readable names include Teotrergarh Warners and Libby, with unclear dates or places. The text hints at legal proceedings or estate matters but lacks coherent details.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a local case involving a woman, a man, and several others. The readable items include references to a person named Coehild Coriser and Wen Heit with unclear roles or actions. Ends with little verifiable detail from the page.
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