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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1921
Page
11
Mafide Ferid Hanem, a Nationalist novelist and wife of Ahmed Ferid Beks, argues the harem protects women and social order. She criticizes Western feminism, praises home life, and supports abolishing polygamy though harem life remains liberating yet bounded. Amber and insect specimens in London shops are also noted with brief explanation.
A Royal Society figure reports self experiments showing sugar boosts muscle work. Seventeen and a half ounces fasting raises power from 61 to 78 percent, seven ounces with a small meal raises from 6 to 90 percent, and eight and three quarter ounces over eight hours lifts from 22 to 36 percent. The Ming tale notes a fixed 100 pound tip distribution rule for the equerry with subjects.
Rumors of King Christian of Denmark making an official trip to the United States are unfounded. The note notes the King may act as ambassador to thank America for aiding in Schleswig-Holstein, while other items discuss British Columbia lumber exports and shipments to international markets via Panama, including Japan and China.
A historical note explains cooking corn cobs in water in a tight vessel at high temperature to extract fermentable material. Introduction of bacteria rapidly fermentes, producing 260 pounds of acetic acid and 320 pounds of lactic acid per ton of cobs.
An American art exhibition covering fine arts painting sculpture and applied arts will travel to Paris next spring. Organized by an American committee led by William Anderson Paul Cret Charles Butler and Julian Clarence Levi the event aims to showcase national artistic effort to the French public.
Frank D. Johnson of Brooklyn, age 71, builds and sells houses solo for 59 years. He works 10 to 12 hours daily, recently rebuilt after a lightning strike on Gravesend avenue. Born in Boston to Revolutionary stock, he plans to live to 200 and claims mastery of many trades plus real estate law to guard titles.
A past issue argues women lost car jobs as wartime quentors due to obstetricians fearing harm to the race. It claims pregnancies justify job loss, cites diet neglect, and contrasts women’s snacking with men’s meals. The piece frames motherhood as a higher priority than work.
Medical officers consider isolation for whooping cough. Lanest notes contagion strongest in catarrhal stage and ends by week three. Dr. Comby suggests reducing isolation to one month and not waiting for full disappearance of the whoop, which can last months.
A Samara University laboratory reports a swamp root called Awsan common in famine afflicted Soviet Russia as 70 percent starch with albumen and fats. The university claims proper processing could render the root edible and halve famine suffering with organized preparation.
An English case reports untended equipment twenty miles from a maintained site, where engineers found a cavern of dead flies under a burner. The mass of carcasses rose into air passages and blocked the light, suggesting a migratory instinct or nighttime attraction.
Just arrived silk Georgette and Crepe de Chine blouses in latest season colors Mohawk blossom navy and brown. Georgette tie back models feature embroidery braiding and jet beads. crepe de chine blouses are fully beaded as seen in Paris. Second floor prices 8.50 and 12.50.
A local retailer highlights excellent weekend bargains in dresses and blouses. Cards emphasize special prices on selected dresses and blouses as a chance for women to start the fall season with stylish purchases.
The store highlights heavy Nippon silk blouses in plaid styles priced at 2.95, regular 8.50. Tailored blouses in navy, flesh, white at 4.95, and twenty striped Pussy Willow silk blouses for wear with dark skirts. Beaded Georgette blouses in white and flesh at 8.50, Mignonette Canton Crepe and Georgette dresses from 65.00 to 39.50.
Quality cotton fabric underwear described with multiple styles including vests with high necks and sleeves, pants in various lengths, and union suits with knee to ankle lengths. Prices range from 90 cents to $2.20, offered on the Main Floor.
Unusual bargain on bias tape and cambric tape in assorted widths and colors. Black bias tape No 4 and 5, white bias tape 4 2 3 4 5 with 6 yd pieces at 5 cts each. Cambric tape width 4 navy red light blue lavender tan green old rose and black. White cambric tape widths 4 and 2 in 12 yd pieces. 6 and 8 in 6 yd pieces at 10 cts each.
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