January prices on silk frocks and winter suits
Beautiful silk and cloth frocks are marked extremely low as are the handsome winter suits with and without fur trimming. These reflect the very latest market prices for January.
Bridgeport Times in Bridgeport, Connecticut
We have 1,749,131 pages in Connecticut
View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.
Start Free Trial
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles
Articles on This Page
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1920
Page
12
Silk Petticoats Make Ideal Gifts in Flowered Taffeta
Silk petticoats in plain and changeable taffeta range from 4.95 to 5.95 dollars. Flowered varieties offered as attractive, practical gifts.
Funding to Liquidate Europe Debt via De Mandel Notes
Secretary of the Treasury Houston told Congress that Europe owes the United States about 10 billion dollars and must be liquidated through funding. The plan converts de mand notes held against the Allied Powers into long term, 14 percent bearing obligations with possible interest deferral. He dismissed calls for debt cancellation and objections to payment in commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
United States
Congress
Houston
America
Tax deadline notice urges timely payment of December 15 installment
Internal Revenue Collector James J. Walsh warns Connecticut taxpayers that the December 15 deadline for the fourth installment of income and excess profits taxes is final. Payments must arrive by midnight. a ten day grace does not apply. Payments by check or money order are preferred to save trips and congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue
James J. Walsh
Connecticut
Innal Revenue
Bridgeport Negro Population Rises to 2256 in Census
Washington report shows Bridgeport Connecticut has 2256 Black residents, up 924 people or 69.0 percent from prior counts. White residents total 141195, an increase of 40545 or 40.3 percent. all others number 104.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bridgeport
Conn
Census Bureau
Chicago Police to Use Poison Gas on Suspects
Chicago officials reveal plans to use a gas wave backed by a steel shield to subdue criminals without killing. City Chemist Frederick Toney and Chief Fitzmorris say the gas aims to render offenders powerless during confrontations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frederick Toney
Fitzmorris
Pension disbursements for 1920 total $213,295,214
Washington reports the pension bureau annual record shows disbursements for fiscal year 1920 at $213,295,214, a decline of about nine million from 1919. The year saw 27,871 Civil War pensioners die, leaving 242,520 surviving Civil War soldiers and widows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Saltzzaber
Pension Bureau
Cable disposal still unsettled
Washington reports from the International conference show the status of seized German cables remains unresolved. Delegates propose an international code for wartime submarine cables and an agreement to limit exclusive cable landings or radio rights to curb blocking of communications. Also notes remarks by soldiers and a Genoa smuggling case involving tobacco sugar and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
France
Great Britain
Japan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Meigs & CO
Beaver
Meig Eigs
Ieidgeport
Cheney
Kayser
Esta
Lished
T.L. Watson & Co
Main and
John Streets
N. ¥. Stock Exchange
the Times
Stratford Avenue
Hughes & Chapman
T. B. Warren
Real Estate and Insurance
Broad Street
Ffice News Store
Ee One
Omoe Arcade
ALL Thing’s
B. Thing & Co. Inc
Main ST
Siher
Morrow
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Hiberia
Marcus
Kolchak
Russia
Genoa
New York
Lavallieres
Poe Tiffany
Roth-Blum
Vincent
Washburn & CA
State St
Liberty
Main St. Uist
James Staples
Sigs State Street
Bank St
Brisbie
Search the Bridgeport Times Today with a Free Trial
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Bridgeport Times?
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
Browse Newspapers
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
By Location
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
By Date
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
By Publication
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.