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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1926

Page

11

Read's Monday Specials Shopping Service and Offers

Read's promotes a Monday Shopping Service with phone pickup and personal shopper assistance. The ad lists discounted items across departments including Madeira buffet area linens, rayon vests in raster shades, maraniset curtains, boy's blouses, madras collars, fall bridge party accessories, and linen scarfs with embroidery. Prices shown at sale levels.

Broad array of fabrics and accessories on sale

Bargain prices on correspondence cards 39 cents, linen toweling 49 cents, striped broadcloth for house dresses, ribbon remnants, washable waistlines for children, nainsook yardage 10 yards at 4.95, sterling bracelets from 15 cents, rayon nightgowns 1.50, handkerchiefs 12 for 1, boudoir pillow covers 59 cents, and assorted lace and ribbon bandeaux with Italian linen and satin ribbons on display across multiple floors.

New Official of C of C to Speak to Members Here

Thomas L Hinckley the new assistant secretary of the Chamber of Commerce will make his first public appearance at today’s dinner meeting at the Stratfield hotel His talk titled Hunting the Practical in Europe covers his study trip with a semi official group from the U S Department of Commerce and the U S Chamber of Commerce visiting Britain the Netherlands Belgium France Germany and several war zone towns He will discuss housing city planning transportation traffic and radial highways and related growth issues

Thomas L. Hinckley Chamber of Commerce Stratfield Hotel Europe Me. Hinckley U. S. Department of Commerce United States Chamber of Commerce Innser Clites Bristol Bath Cheater Liverpool Manchester Glasgow Edinborough Northampton Oxford Birmingham Tondon British Isles Amsterdam Rotterdam Brussels Paris Berlin Dresden Prague Vienna Lens Peronne Tam St. Quentin

Legion Delegates Gather for Philadelphia Convention

The American Legion advance guard arrived in Philadelphia to open preparations for the annual convention with headquarters at the Atlantic building. About 59,000 members are expected to attend by Monday, alongside an estimated 14,000 members of the Auxiliary. France's Colonel Georges Picot and diplomats Jettens from President Domergue, Premier Pola care, and ex Premier Briand arrived as official French representatives to discuss the Legion's 1927 Paris convention plan.

Philadelphia American Legion Atlantic American Legion Auxiliary Georges Picot France T. Jacques Trevella Jettens Domergue Polacare Briand Paris

Former German War Minister Dies

BERLIN Oct. 19 AP General Josias Von Heeringen former minister of war died yesterday at age seventy six Born in 1860 he distinguished himself in the Franco Prussian wars 1870 71 He was appointed minister of war in 1909 advanced to colonel general In World War he commanded the eighth army corps and in August 1918 held supreme command of the German coastal defense He retired in November 1918 after the armistice He helped pass a Reichstag bill creating five years military service and in 1912 urged a German army air service with a strong air force.

General von Heeringen von Heeringen Reichstag

Father Returns to Fix the Broken Window

A boy William accidentally hammers a dining room window with a thrown ball. The scene shows a tense parental dynamic as the mother defers to the father for discipline. The father, arriving home, minimizes the damage and urges responsibility, while a moral on authoritative parenting and shared household duties surfaces amid the aftermath.

William Father Willam

Reverend Kramer on Columbus Day at First Universalist

The Columbus Day service at the First Universalist church featured Rev. Charles Kramer preaching on the discovery of America and comparing its early conditions with present ones. Youths led a Sunday evening devotional, and the Mission Circle plans a fall winter rally while the Universalist Sunday school executives and teachers meet tomorrow night with Henry C. Rich presiding.

America First Universalist Church Charles Kramer New Land Wallace KE. Boice the Universalist Church Henry C. Rich

Washington Park Church Rally Day Observed

Rahsdas was obtained at the Washington Park Methodist Episcopal church yesterday during services. Rev. Oscar Mace Milan Buck preached the morning sermon, Dr. Burk from Drew Theological Seminary spoke, and Harry H. Beatty led the evening service. Rally day was marked in Sunday school with a midday address by Dr. Buelant and Secretary C.K. Calhoun of the M.C.A. presiding over the quarterly business session at 4:30 pm.

Rahsdas Washington Spark Methodist Episopal Oscar Mace Milan Buck Burk Drew Theological Seminary India Ncsa EE Harry H. Beatty M.C. A H. B. Rent. Ivs

Fashion pattern details and royal tennis note

The excerpt describes a Noteworthy bloused model with a deep V front and bow tie finish, pattern 611 with sizes 16 to 44 inches, materials like printed velveteen and crepe Roma, yardage for a 36 inch size, and a brief aside noting the King and Queen’s fondness for tennis at Buckingham Palace.

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