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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1923

Page

6

Voters share polling space in several city schools

The Board of Education direc tives to keep city schools open on election day moved polling stations to the lobby of the JUL school in Lyon Ferrace for the Seventh district. The new school and the Cungress High school will hold regular sessions with police and fire department staff assigned to ensure order during voting.

Board of Education Clarence B. Winton Evercer Oorteleht Lyon Ferrace Goth Cungress Wesgions Winton Daniel E. Johnson Masonic Temple Bullamns Alfred G. Fones Board of Educsion

Governor Smith Pardons Two on Electric Chair Case

Albany October 24 Governor Smith commuted the death sentences of Antonio Marino and Sanio Cusamano for the kidnapping and murder of Giuseppe Varotta in New York City. The sentences were commuted to life imprisonment on the recommendation of Judge Alfred J Talley and District Attorney Joab RK Bunion.

Albany N.Y Smith Antonio Marino Sanio Cusamano Getohber Giuseppe Varotta New York City Alfred J.talley Court of General Segeons Joab Bunion

Hearts Afire by May Christie in a country garden tale

Prudence, a plain country girl, falls for Bert Traymore, a charming suitor, while Virginia Dale vies for his attention. Janet Mercer warns Prudence to guard her heart, but Bert’s vanity and Virginia’s flirtations bring heartbreak as Prudence confronts love, jealousy, and disillusion in a moonlit garden.

Pagé Berty Traymore Dlanet Mercer Prudence Virginia Dale Aymore Winston Yowers Traymore Peter Armstrong Janet. Mercer Ever Virginia Teter Prus Dence Armstrong Graymore Tate Prince Charming Janet Mercer Traymoye Janet Bert Bertram Janet Darling Bort Bunkum Bis Traymore Bert Egypt Bert Traymores Hke Janel Gert Traymore Finny Jinny Leura Beri Sill Deubtlera Bert Ainia Dale

Chapter excerpt Pain And Disillusionment

An incomplete line of a dramatic passage depicts emotional hurt as a character Crudence Bertram endures a cruel remark from a lover. The fragment hints at themes of agony, gender dynamics, and disillusionment within a personal confrontation.

Winton Brings Two Sandwiches To Avoid Famine Town

Town clerk Clarence E. Winton, bound by state law to attend sittings, worked nine to eight hours yesterday on two consumed sandwiches. About 300 voters were sworn in, split nearly evenly by gender, with first arrivals from Howard and Robert streets. Sessions resume today and run daily, closing Saturday night at eight. Naturalization papers urged for those becoming voters.

Clarence E. Winton Dmil Gregory Howard Avenue Fourth District Elizabeth Thernan Robert Street Eighth District

Many Groceries and Markets Quit Business This Year

A city health report shows a sharp drop in food shops since January. C How ard Dunbar notes one fifth of grocery stores and meat markets closed, 54 new ones opened, and declines in restaurants, candy and soda shops. Four battling works and three bakeries also ceased operation.

C. Howard Dunbar Health Department Lmes Batiling

Grandma Sage Tea for Dark Hair Revisited Adverts

An old advertisement touts using common garden sage steeped with sulphur to darken faded or gray hair. It promotes Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound as an easier ready made option and claims natural, even coverage after several applications.

Wyeth

Olive Tablets by Dr Edwards Promise a Clear Complexion

A vintage advertisement extols Olive Tablets as a liver and bowel purgative. It claims Dr I M Edwards treated many patients for liver and bowel ailments and promoted a mixture of vegetable ingredients with olive oil. The ad promises a clear complexion for those with dull eyes coated tongue headaches and listlessness.

I. M. Edwards Dr. Edwards Ldwards Jamy

Kimberly Funeral to Be Held on Friday

The funeral for Stanton R. Kimberly, crushed between a freight car and a heavy automobile truck in Hunter and Havens yards, will be Friday at 2:30 PM from his sister Mrs. Robert Goddard’s home, 2741 Parke Avenue. Rev. Henry B. Whitehead of Trinity Episcopal Church will officiate. burial at Mountain Grove Cemetery.

Stanton R. Kimberly Hunter and Havens Robert Goddard Parke Avenue Denry &. Whitehead Trinity Episcopal Church Mountain Grove Cemetery

Bandits Escape With $30,000 On New York Street

Four bandits accost Wittiem enger for the Muni4 Trust Company on East 54th Street in heavy rain. After firing two shots, they seized $30,000 and escaped in a car as he struggled to comply and try to flee. The victim was seriously wounded.

New York Wittiem Enger Muni+ 4. Trust company Tolay Upper East Side Swelly East 54Th Street General Cipar'company

Motorcyclist Held After Crash With Standing Vehicle

Alex Slater of 141 Osborne Street driving under the influence, lacking a license, crashed into a car owned by Herman Tsanes Sr. at 1618 North Avenue. Both vehicles damaged. Slater held on $100 bond after re arrest by State policeman Samuel Metcalf. Summons served on 22 motorists for arraignment today in county court.

Alex Slater Osborne Street Aviving North Avenue Ib i Herman I. Tsanes 1618 North Avenue Slater Andre Cou Hic Hartford Winfield Town Court

Chinese Student Wellesley Writer Publishes Four Volumes

Mise Wan Ying Hsieh, a Chinese student at Wellesley College in her early twenties, has authored four prose volumes and two verse volumes, contributing widely to Chinese journals.

Atlantic Gasoline Promises Balanced Quality and Power

The ad touts Atlantic gasoline as balanced for action and power with easy vaporization and reliable ignition. It claims complete combustion across the fuel chain, maximizing piston efficiency, and urges customers to test by tanking up and observing steady, even engine performance across driving scenarios.

Atlantic

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