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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1921
Page
17
The page advertises cottages and houses for rent with many rooms, boards, and apartments across multiple streets. It includes farm and barn details, acreage, and nearby rail roads. Stock prices and various business notices appear among the housing ads.
The piece outlines per cent adjustments in rates across banks and bonds, noting a temporary market slowdown due to currency concerns. It highlights government-related measures expelling certain costlier instruments after mid month, with prime names and Liberty bonds mentioned alongside certificate rates and reserve bank activity. The New York Herald and Newark Clearing House figures are referenced, illustrating a broad, cautious financial climate.
Market activity remained weak with stocks heavy and dull trading. Foreign conditions showed weakness in key currencies while commodity sectors cooled, and domestic industries indicated slower momentum amid European pauses and mixed signals from producing centers.
Fragmentary OCR text references market items, quantities, and codes but lacks coherent facts. It mentions figures, places, and names in a scrambled form, obscuring events, dates, and entities. The readable bits hint at a market listing or notice without a clear narrative or outcomes.
A garbled OCR fragment describes grain prices and market activity with illegible figures and stray letters. The readable bits mention wheat, corn, and price movements but lack coherent data or clear events. No identifiable persons or organizations are solidly present to anchor a proper summary.
Secretary Wallace spoke on onion market competitiveness and price legislation aiming to curb low prices. The report notes a new lay price for German marks advancing by four bulls, reflecting currency movement.
This fragmentary obituary page lists several World War II deaths including Private John J Banville of the 18th Infantry killed in France and his funeral details at Saint Peter's Church, with services at St. Michael's plot, alongside memorials for Gerald Beard and others. Also notes Wade, McGuinness and Christie families with interments and funeral arrangements in Bridgeport and nearby locales, mentioning Veterans of Foreign Wars and Burial in Lakeview cemetery.
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