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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1922
Page
2
Norwich Sept 10 Pauline Frederick film actress is cut off by her father in his will admitting to bequeathing nothing to her while leaving the estate valued at 50 060 The document notes her devotion to her mother and suggests the omission was intentional.
Too . M. and We TT, AL sell open their auditorium with an entertainment and dance Thursday night. Mr and Mrs Orville Rector of Trantstan Avenue spend two weeks in their bungalow Rock Ridge Pine Grove. Dr and Mrs Lonib Simonso of Boesouth Street have returned from Asbury Park and Long Branch. Erin City Ranch of the Univ Versa Sunshine society will have a card party at Woodmont the last Monday of the month. Hostesses include Blakesles Ferdmang von Ber ten Frank Bradley Wiliba Tuttle William Kinland C G Smith Edward Welling Su Mix W V Newson and Louis Lampson.
The article reports on President Harding's anxious vigil as doctors defer surgery for his wife. Physicians noted temperate readings and reduced pulse and respiration while Mrs. Harding remained in the White House, supported by nurses and family. Optimism grows despite the critical illness and continued care.
The tale centers on Bedside Riddle and Sanstepase who knew the President as a senator. The boy, son of a recently deceased man, left his father’s prizes, two framed psalm copies, at the White House door in a plea for the President’s wife to receive them. An elderly helper on a crutch delivers a single fragile flower wrapped in paper to the attendant.
Paris dispatches describe Greek forces massing in western Asia Minor as Turkish nationalists seize Smyrna after days of unrest. Allied consuls attempt order while Turkish authorities push to stamp out epidemics and relief seeks, with Istanbul rumors and cabinet changes reported in Athens and London.
Greenwich man Jeter J. O Keefe of the Portsmouth Navy Yard creates a subearth telephone system to bring worms to the surface for feeding chickens and bait. He wires brass rods into damp earth and powers a crank telephones to attract worms for fishing near Piscataqua River. He plans to enter poultry farming after naval service.
Labor Department survey shows strong conditions across Connecticut industries including cotton mills, metal trades, typewriter factories and building trades. New Haven and Bridgeport report near normal output with shortages of unskilled labor gradually easing. housing remains adequate and construction provides jobs in multiple cities.
The report notes a busy mat industry with shifts at a large plant staged due to rising orders. Sufficient plants absorb unemployed workers while building trades stay active with additions to manufacturing plants and business blocks providing jobs. The region covers about 12,606,000 square miles, with Washington State leading in lumber output.
Fragmentary notes describe Singagrorenes Singeleas banks and a Cris 7 Fersia with 6,312 miles of telegraph lines in Sitka. The text mentions Sitka as a predominant tree in Alaska and multiple place names.
Fragmentary ad text from Springhold area shows the ladies of a church asking for suggestions to plan a supper menu. The snippet mentions a cook book and panel or panel speakers and a company name partially read as Pane Speintovol.
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