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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1921
Page
4
In Philadelphia at the Country Club the Great Neck Four edged Meadow Frock nine goals to eight in the second match of the national open golf championship. This tight contest featured a swift turnaround and a late edge for the triumphant team, marking a key moment in the competition.
Voters in Stratford's Sixth district are to convene tonight at 8 P.M. in the Garden current school to discuss matters of importance. All residents are urged to attend.
Oscar W reports on Prague summer in 1920s style as Americans note shop closures for vacations. Signs say closed from July 14 to 31 or for two weeks with similar unions. Americans struggle to buy amid mid day and evening closures while natives favor leisure over sales. Local life shifts to river respite as Moldau mood recurs.
Patrick Murphy’s funeral was held yesterday at Gallagher and Gallagher funeral parlors with a Mass at St. Augustine’s Church officiated by Rev. Joseph Ganley. Burial followed at St. Michael’s Cemetery. The pallbearers were Daniel Moore Moses Turcot Matthew Landers Thomas Bigney David Gliver and James Yowig. Also noted was the funeral for Angeline Guzali, wife of Leroy Gilles, from Warren Street and Sacred Heart Church with Rev. Dr. B Moore. pallbearers included Gus Meyers Frank Rotelle Michael Gillette Joseph Panessa Joseph Cavamont and Joseph Demonda. The committal service was read at St. Michael’s Cemetery with a delegation from Star of Bridgeport Lodge and Shepherds of Bethlehem attending.
The Quest, Shackleton Indhla party’s 200m ship, sails from Cape Town for two years in Antarctic ice. Objectives include oceanography, a petrified forest search, locating Taniki island, and testing an Atlantic Africa America underwater link via soundings near Goughs Island. Ninety years of waters not sailed. Major Carr plans aerial scouting and photography with a rare biplane.
Manager Fran A Cantwell said the Stratfield hotel addition plans are ready but ground breaking is deferred due to unstable building material markets and approaching cold weather. Contracts not yet awarded. work postponed to a more favorable time.
The Bridgeport branch Connecticut section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers holds its season opening at Stratfield Hotel on Thursday September 22, 1921. Speaker Charles Ferguson, former chair of the Industrial Relations Board, will address the gathering. Upcoming lectures include October Manufacturing Costs by Prof. Walter Rautenstrauch, November Samuelering Lecture by Hiram Percy Maxim, December World Wide Industrial Conditions by Magnus Alexander, with dates to be announced.
The Long Island Sound oyster season opened with boats from local and nearby communities taking to the waters. Dozens of small craft cruised the harbor as early sunrises brought in a steady stream of harvesters, though no large hauls were reported and pollution concerns threaten future yields.
A Sunday Express report notes Russian cats, gray and aristocratic, gaining attention in London drawing rooms and Mayfair. Cats cost about £2,000 monthly for upkeep including meat, with Miss Hilda Bayley cited as adopting a cat named Karavina. The piece humorously details feline habits and the Bolshevist cook’s imagined influence on meals.
Mexico City reports Gullldarm Muncy Trango, a government paymaster, disappeared from Duraango with 287000 pesos in gold and silver coin. He vanished after receiving funds from the national treasury and is believed to have fled to the United States, prompting a cross border search aided by officers and possible confederates due to the heavy weight of the coins.
A brief note describes tobacco flavoring where leaves are dipped into a receptacle containing gauce to impart flavor. The process appears to be a preparatory step in tobacco production.
The text describes attempting to create a cluster from fabric by dusting with turpentine and applying heat until the fines evaporate. It reads like a damaged instructional fragment with unclear steps and obsolete terminology.
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