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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1921
Page
7
An old advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as a relief for nasal congestion and catarrh. It promises instant opening of nostrils, cleared head, and ease from hawking and snuffling, urging readers to buy a small bottle from any druggist.
The Common Pleas court placed attachments on five Bridgeport properties to secure tax payments. Listed owners include Louise Del Gardici with Wayne Street taxes due 59.13, Mary Y Graff and Eunice G Keith on Vine Street owed 26.48, Meria K Christianson Hawley Avenue 35.70, and Daniel Delia with Mary P Delia Bernardo and Nicola Issongo Noble Avenue taxes 57.24.
Taxpayers in Bridgeport are notified that special taxes on the 1920 grand list are due at the City Hall Tax Collector's Office Rooms 4 and 5. Collection hours start January 2, 1922, daily 9 am to 5 pm, Saturdays 9 am to 12 noon, Sundays closed. After February 1, 1922 interest accrues on unpaid taxes at 0.75 percent monthly. Edward A. Drew, Tax Collector.
Wayana Cuba December 7 Cuban business interests hit by financial crisis await congressional approval for a 59 million exterior loan. Officials say tariff tax reform committees must finish work before a package can be sent to Congress. Administrations and leaders meet daily to finalize a budget and loan terms. American bankers demand government income adjustments to cover interest and sinking fund charges.
Operations to lift the sunken steamer Calvin Tompkins lie in about 40 feet of water off Lone Island near Port Jefferson. Diver Captain William Evans and Captain William Metarer lead a crew of several men as the Peter Meteger carries the raising apparatus. Crew forbids onlookers aboard or near the ship.
Burke’s reappears after seven years showing over 100 old landowners replaced by more than 200 newcomers. Editor notes that the rise of a new landed gentry with capital to develop waning estates benefits the country.
Hon Joel S Reed submitted for approval a divorce decree on a cross complaint in the Virgie Dolonga versus Nicola Betonga case. D'Andrea, now Dolonga, alleged cruelty and sought alimony custody of three children. custody awarded to the mother with father visitation. Betonga granted divorce on cross complaint alleging adultery with Michael Caporel and questioning paternity of the third child.
About one thousand Filipino laborers arrived from Manila to work in Hawaii cane fields as a labor shortage relief. Brought by the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association their transportation is paid by the association and their return to the Philippines at the end of three years is guaranteed if desired.
Paris reports that profits in the French fur trade declined after peak wartime prices. From 1918 to 1920 profits were enormous, but by December 1923 costs show falls. A Hudson Bay otter cloak cost 12,000 francs in April 1920 and now 5,000. Siberian sables and Peruvian chinchillas rise only slowly.
The Central Accounting office in Bridgeport may revive a push to fund a new Bridgeport federal building. Congressman Schuyler Merritt’s Public Buildings Bill seeks 125000 for the project, but previous introductions were tabled due to war emergency measures.
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