Sugar Prices Plunge As Dealers Face Losses Across Markets
Washington dispatch reports sugar dealers see profits vanish as prices drop from 23 25 cents to 15 18 cents a pound within a week. Major firms plan 15 cent sales amid global imports from Brazil Peru Argentina China and Africa. Prohibition hopes, candy demand, and looming crop yields fuel a volatile market threatening credit and potential industry shakeouts.
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Brazil
Peru
Argentina
China
Africa
Opinions on the Navy from presidential candidates
Excerpts from letters by James M. Cox and W. G. Harding praise naval service for youth offering education travel and citizenship benefits. Recruiting note for Bridgeport Navy station 62 Cannon Street. A street brawl report ends with a humorous Irish quip about an eye injury in court.
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Annapolis
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Bose
James M. Cox
Bridgeport
Cannon Street
Prohibition Debate in Argentina Echoes Across Treaty Talks
Buenos Aires reports President Irigoyen will oppose a prohibition bill in the Chamber of Deputies while a reciprocal trade treaty with the United States moves toward a single federal license for American salesmen. The treaty excludes liquor sales, a move seen as a precedent toward prohibition that could affect other nations negotiating with Argentina. Mendoza wine growers protest the measure as wine production remains strong in the province.
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Irigoyen
Finance Minist Salaberry
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Stimson
Frealdent
Washington
Argentina
Mendoza
Congress
Salaberry
Themhhat
Na‘ion
Wendell's Pills Ambition Brand Ad Offers Cure
Advertisement promoting Wendell's Pills Ambition Brand to reduce nervousness and fatigue. Claims quick relief within three days on a money back plan. Available at Hindle Pharmacy and Hartigan Drug Store with a 60 cent box. Mentions use after overwork or indulgence and targets nervous system issues and sleeplessness.
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Hartid&n Drug Stores
Wenlell
Hartigan Drug Store
Wendell
Ady
Welbig Advertisement For Corned Beef And Groceries
An old style advertisement promotes Welbig's Corned Beef and a range of meat and grocery items. It markets Plate Corned Beef at a low price per pound and Rolled Boneless Pieces at 18 cents per pound along with lamb, broilers, veal, steaks, chops, Jelke's Oleo, eggs and butter. It emphasizes satisfaction and economy as key selling points.
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Bridgeport Faces Famine After Local Beer Raids
Federal agents seized near beer at Eckart Bros on Housatonic Avenue and two other Bridgeport breweries, threatening to leave most saloons without beer for weeks. About 60 agents will move confiscated product to a government warehouse while Alfred J Lynch oversees the operation. Local saloons may source beer from surrounding towns as authorities pledge further action under the Volstead act.
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Eckart Bros
Housatonic Avenue
James L. McGovern
New York
New Haven
McCarthy
New York State
Washington
Kramer
Federal Bureau
Staceon
Sickly streams banter in rivers quote exchange
An American and an Englishman argue over the condition of their rivers. The American touts the Hudson and Mississippi as mighty while mocking Britain’s Mersey Severn and Thames as sickly. The Englishman counters with the rivers being confined to their beds.
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Mersey
Severn
Thames
Boston Transcript
Burglary Visit Ends With Wry Rebuff by Miss Fortyodd
Miss Fortyodd awoke to a burglar sacking her effects but did not scream. She ordered him to leave, and the burglar retreated, stating he had no intention of taking her. The anecdote comes from Successful Farming.
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Trotsky Miss Dorothy Stimson Guests in Lyndhurst
Miss Dorothy Stimson of Lyndhurst New Jersey is visiting Mr and Mrs Samuel Stanley on East Main Street. The social call highlights a quiet afternoon gathering in the town.
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Dorothy Stimson
Lyndhurst, N. J
Samuel Stanley
East Mainstreet
Jitneys Versus Trolleys Sparks City Transit Debate
Citizens argue over transit, praising trolleys for safety and cleanliness while condemning jitneys as unsafe and overcrowded. Letters cite rude drivers, dirty conditions, and better five cent trolley fares. Some urge restoring trolleys and halting jitney service, others defend jitneys as cheaper.
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Bridgeport
Conn. Co
Ford
Furniture sale and fashion items featured in department store
Deliberators urged to buy fine furniture at low prices amid demonstrations of durable craftsmanship and long seasoning of mahogany oak and walnut. Fourth floor sale highlights include sacques in lawn fabrics, rosebud and violet floral collars, lace edged details, and various Voile dresses on second floor with deep discounts. Main floor features a Ruth Sawyer book Leerie and handbags in black satin and moire styles plus white petticoats in Juliette satin with hemstitched finishes.
Petticoats of Silk Jersey and Taffeta Flounces
Jersey Petticoats of Silk with taffeta flounces offer a wide range of colorings and change tables in gray green blue purple rose and emerald. Second floor.
Sale of Furs Offers Very Satisfactory Prices
The advertisement touts very satisfactory prices for fur coats and pieces this month. Special for Saturday are Gray Squirrel Chokers and Australian Opossum Chokers at 16.50 dollars Hudson Seal Muffs in the new barrel shape.
Junior Department Dress Clearance for Girls Ages 6 to 14
The notice promotes a clearance event for little Summer Dresses in original models. It highlights ginghams and voices in the selection, noting plenty of time in September and October to wear them. Dresses cater to ages six to fourteen and are described as pretty.
Linen and Crash Linen Kitchen Towels and Sets
Section linen sale offers Huck towels hemstitched fine quality Regular 2.50 now 2.25 Crash for runners and scarfs all linen tan and cream 18 inches Regular 69 ets 59 ets Luncheon sets heavy crash scalloped edges in blue Thirteen pieces round or square Regular 6.75 5.95 a set Third floor.
Winter Coat Made to Measure at Low Price
Mrs purchasers are urged to order a Winter Coat now with measurements taken for a latest model. Bolivia cloth options include brown navy Copenhagen blue and kangaroo. Linings can be plain or figured. At $16.50 made to order this month, regular price $75 later, with samples and materials available from a metropolitan tailor.
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Bolivia
Copenhagen
Tricolette and Paulette Clearout of Black and Navy Styles
A catalog note describes a broken assortment of sizes mostly in black and navy with a few silver gray items. Includes deep tunics bias flouncings hand embroidery and rows of self covered buttons. Originally $65.00 per item, now closing out at a reduced price.
Remarkably attractive wool suits on sale now
These suits are made from wool yarns in black, navy and gray with contrasting trims. They were $13.50, $10.50, $8.50, and $7.50, now priced at $10.50, $8.50, $7.50, and $6.00 respectively, with a final note “Secon' ficon.”
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