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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1924
Page
3
Workers from Meethier Bole completed a temporary band of steel around the Yellow Mill bridge center pier to strengthen the structure for a few years. The project will next involve pointing stone piers and replacing worn components as war department engineers set a 1926 start for a new bridge.
Jews begin the Day of Atonement observing sundown tonight with fasting to conclude at sundown Wednesday. Orthodox Jews observe by avoiding solid food and abstaining from earthly pleasures as the holiest day in the calendar. Archives in the synagogues and temples mark the cessation of Jewish business activity.
A Rotary Club luncheon today features a planned address on Bridgeport becoming a growing city. The secretary from New York outlines travel shuttles and infrastructure plans, highlighting the city’s development outlook and monthly milestones.
Delegates from seven Connecticut organizations including the Connecticut State Chamber of Commerce and the Manufacturers Association of Connecticut will visit Virginia October 20 to 27 to foster a Virginia Connecticut trade exchange. The group will tour Norfolk and the Portsmouth area, plus historic sites from Williamsburg to Mount Vernon, to showcase resources and opportunities.
The Algonquin Club outlines its slate for the coming year with Ufermyn Brandes of the Springfield Vanifictating Company slated as president succeeding Joseph P Filsbie. George Wetarthy Jr is secretary, Frederich R Fish treasurer, and a board of governors includes Alderman Pied Wo Hartel and others. The Nether American Inout company has named a chairman for the annual dinner entertainment committee, planning a Choral Society and other features.
A court began with a panel of jurors that included several deceased individuals listed among the names. The situation prompted questions about eligibility rules and the process for selecting the jury from the pool of drawn jurors.
President Coolidge opened the fourth annual Red Cross convention with praise for its relief efforts and charity. He urged a peaceful world, highlighted Japan earthquake relief, and emphasized Red Cross as a universal, nonpartisan aid organization guided by mercy.
Numerous sewing items offered at special weeklong prices. Spool cotton, silk, darning threads, needles, snaps, pins, safety pins, hair nets, tapes, bias trim, laces, corset supports, hose supporters, collar bands, shoe polish, thimbles, buttons, and general notions priced low to clear. Includes Milwards pins, Kerr’s twist spools, and Edith Dale pins.
Wash fabrics of beauty with selections in crepes stripes and checks 30 inches wide at 35c yd Tove de nord and Kilburn ginghams 32 inches wide at 27c yd plain colored namsock 36 inches pink maize honey dew 19c yd lace veil 36 inches nile green pink light blue 39 yd jersey cloth honeydew lavender blue 39c Silk and cotton figured crepes for undergarments and dresses 75c and 85c yd.
The notice advertises special underwear cloths including white 36 inch fabric for women and children at 30c per yard, narvsook fine lingerie 36 inch at 19c, Eden flannel stripes in plum at 19c, and heavy ouling flannel in danty stripes 36 inch at 39c per yard.
A fragmented OCR list details various fabrics with widths, prices per yard, and descriptors such as Davelyn, Bolivia, suede cloth, Bengaline, broadcloth, serge, Powet twill, crepe alpaca, and flannel sege. It reads like a late 19th or early 20th century textile catalog item row with numerous fabric types and cost per yard.
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