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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1920
Page
3
Bridgeport residents show a split preference between jitney and trolley services. The Bridgeport Times asks readers to mark their choice on a coupon and mail it in to help tabulate public opinion.
The Marine Corps Recruiting Office in Washington prepares to distribute 18,000 Croix de Guerre fourragères to Marines of the Fifth and Sixth Regiments and the Sixth Machine Gun Battalion. Cards honor those with Belleau Wood and Champagne actions, or machine gunners in earlier battles, with direct delivery to next of kin for fallen Marines. Major General John A. Le Jeune oversees memorial handoffs.
The article previews Mitzi in Lady Billy at Theatres PARK Tuesday and Wednesday August 24 short on haunted castle romance with the Paradora family. Empire Theatre features Hairpins with Enid Bennett before a world tour producer C Gardner Sullivan. Plaza hosts William Farnum in The Joyous Troublemakers with Louise Lovely. Dan B Ely's Black and White Revue headlines Monday with Alma Neilson and local acts 3 Ruby Kids at the head of a strong vaudeville slate.
Revenue agents in the Bridgeport area uncover a new hooch scheme. They find whiskey bottles with intact stamps but containing a synthetic imitation. A glass plug is removed and the real liquid swapped with inferior mix, then sealed again. The recipe mixes real whiskey, alcohol, prune juice, raisin juice, bead oil, and water to yield a cheap counterfeit sold at high prices.
Patrons at the Plaza Brown and Myrtle are promised a unique entertainment bill headlined by The Musical Nuts in An operatic travesty. West End showcases Tom Mix in The Terror in five acts with Juanite Hauser and Little Miss Jazz plus Matt and Jeff cartoon and Paramount Magazine.
Fairfield County Connecticut Bridgeport district probate court January 14 1915 notices creditors six months to exhibit claims will be debarred from recovery those indebted to estate to pay administrator Thomas C Coughlin 1188 Main St Bridgeport Connecticut
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