Educator urges teaching children to read papers
Dr George Payne president of Hacks Teachers College of St Louis spoke at a Bridgeport high school meeting about accident prevention in education. He argued that teaching reading helps children judge risks and reduce accidents, noting rising national fatalities and injuries from carelessness. parents should engage children with newspapers to improve judgment.
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George Payne
Teachers’ College of St Louis
Bridgeport
Payne
Wahich
Mbs
Yes
Cariass
St. Louis
Boyton
Warm Day With High Humidity Sets September Mood
Humidity around 90 percent and a high of 85 degrees made yesterday very uncomfortable, not the hottest September day on record but among the warmest for the date. Weather records note past September highs in Port with 85 degrees on the 25th and historical marks dating back to 1595.
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Esterday
Jennings
Bridgeport
Weather notes show cooling evening trend
A rise to five degrees of temperature was noted with humidity low. By early evening the humidity dropped further and the temperature had fallen to seventy three degrees.
Caruso plans to join America shipboard tale
Relatives of Musez Entries Qartsa were informed by two messages that she had engaged passage to New York for herself and her companion, calling from France on October 2. Weeks earlier she wrote she was making an inventory of the tenor's estate and keeping herself and her attorneys occupied throughout most of the matter in Italy.
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New York
Sn Musez
Qartsa
Rama Hhat
York
Emd Hey Daveher
Trance
Italy
Fire Prevention Day Observed by Employees
Local workers observed Fire Prevention Day with a brief ceremony and safety demonstrations at the plant. Officials underscored fire drills, evacuation plans, and the importance of reporting hazards to management.
Vitamin nourishment urged with garden produce advice
Readers urged to eat more vitamin rich vegetables such as lettuce apples and cereal skins to boost vitamins in blood. An advertised product, MEDIC-YEEST, claims a single dose equals two servings of vegetables and grain husk content.
MEDIC YEES WEIGHT LOSS AID PROMISES RESULTS
An ad-like fragment touts MEDIC YEES as a guaranteed weight and strength booster. It urges weekly self-weighing, consuming vitamins, and deviant nerves, claiming medical superiority and drugstore availability with refunds if unsatisfied.
Remarkable Postal Carrier Reaches Vast Mileage
Herman Rieckel, Bridgesport's elder active mail carrier, has logged about 88,000 miles, averaging 1,000 miles weekly and wearing out shoes every three weeks. With 24 years in service and 14 years delivering in business and East Side districts, he says he would cover twice Earth's circumference if he serves 18 more years. He lives at 1406 State Street.
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Herman Rieckel
Bridgesport
Sam
Rieckel
Ble
Rigelkelow
Black Rush
My. Teckel Regides
State Street
Reward Offered for Mats Dandiuns Bandits in Oklahoma City
A telegram from Postmaster General Hays announced a $50,000 reward for the capture of six bandits who robbed a mail car on train No. 6 of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe near Oklahoma City. Each man’s reward is $9,000.
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Oklahoma City
Sost
General Hays
Body of Young Woman Found in Boarding House
Detectives traced a couple linked to the murder of a young woman known as Mrs Fay in a boarding house. The body was hidden in a closet, fed with a stocking, and date clues point to September 21. Police questioned Bowland residents and sought Mrs Boulangers, with possible Montreal travel.
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Todey
Myr
Montreal
Cambringe
Mags
Cambridge
Gay
Fay
New York
Af Cers
Pearl St
Ben
Brother & Canvasa
Fablins
Noretta Kearns Sues Husband for Divorce in Superior Court
Noretta Frances Kearns files for divorce from James Francis Kearns in Superior Court alleging intolerable cruelty. They married October 2 1819. The petitioner’s maiden name was Noreca Wranees Tomlinson.
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Noretta Frances Kearns
James Francis Kearns
Miniatlif
Noreca Wranees Tomlinson
Weekend Toothpaste and Soap Specials in Center Aisle
Friday sale lists discounts on toothpaste brands EKolynos Peebecco Porhan’s and more. Includes soaps like Resinal and Tar Soap, Mavis powders, Hind’s cream, toothbrushes, talcum, and fountain syringes at reduced prices. items shown in center aisle front with several multi pack offers.
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Ekolynos
Porhan
Daggett & Ramsdell
Hind
Lazen
Special Mothers News on Children Garments Sale
Special news for Mothers promotes savings on seasonal children apparel. Includes babies white coats, chinchla and corduroy belts, belted models at 4.95, girls middies in blue and khaki at 2.00, and silk braid trimmed outfits priced at 1.64 to 1.69 for sizes 6 to 18.
Howland Sewing Machines Offer at $1 Down in Club Plan
A vintage store ad promotes Howland sewing machines with a $1 down payment to join the club. Buyers test the machines on site, then approve an installment plan with no interest or extra dues. Machines are delivered after application approval, with further small payments and quick home sewing performance highlighted.
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Howland
Howland Sewing Machine Club
New England
Good Tuxedo Sweaters On Sale At Three Ninety Five
The item offers straight front tuxedo style sweaters praised for firm smooth lines and graceful fit. Available in single colors or two color combinations in black purple brown green pink and white. Excellent weight, size on second floor, price 3.95.
Sheer pretty new waists offered at $2.95 each
Advert says new waists with fine needlework and simple elegance. Describes voile and lawn fabrics with ruffles, narrow pleating, and drawn work on many models. Notes long and short sleeves and a Second floor location.
Pretty fabrics for ruffles and vestees in dainty textures
Prominent fabrics for vestees and ruffles highlighted as fine in quality and sheer in texture. Vestee fabrics and net Wallace bandings offer delicious effects from 51 cents to 3.00 per yard. Rufflings of net organdy and taffeta in brown navy white cream and black range 25 to 59 cents per yard. Center display rear.
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Net
Wallace
Double-Service suit offers two trousers for lasting wear
Men awaken to the value of a Double-Service suit featuring two pairs of trousers for extended wear. The ad promises quality tailoring, quiet checks, and herringbone patterns in plain dark fabrics, with sack styles in sizes from regular to stout and prices from 3 to 33.75 dollars.
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Caruso
America
Holly
Antes
Himy
Mats Dandiuns
W. C. Durant
Fairfield Ave
Bridgeport Aid CO
J .L. Carpent Bridgeport, Conn
Durant Motor Company Ovew York, Inc
Tet Tageson Avenue
Long Liband Hoy
Henna
Durent
Weterinshead
Letite Synterm
Tubsication
Cansealyam
Noretta Kearns
Madeira
Gibraltar
Algiers
Monacoi
Riviera
Genoa
Naples
Rome
Patras
Piraeus
Athens
Trieste
Alexandria
Cairo
The
Nile
S Broadway
Equinox
Manchester
In-the-Mountsing
Vermont
Jowland
Main Street
Fairfield Avenue
Cannon Street
the Howland Dry Goods Company
J. A. King, Inc
NLY
Ceylon
Mattletone
Hubbell & Wade Co
Water St. Boot of Stank St. Lindeeport, Cont
Braydgeport Wydtmaulio CO
Phone
Wairfield
Hanken Knitting
EB. Main St
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