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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1920
Page
6
A newspaper notice announces an extraordinary clearance sale of fur scarfs and muffs with 33 percent off. It lists Black Fox Lynx and Taupe Fox items with varied prices and mentions about 500 pieces in stock ranging from ten dollars to higher amounts, with many furs including raccoon and skunk available at discount.
Judge John B. Keeler granted 16 divorces and listed 20 additional cases on the docket. The hearings include Edna Harriet Dugan versus George Dugan for intolerable cruelty and temperance, with multiple other separations by date and reason such as desertion and cruelty. The record names numerous couples from Bridgeport, Danbury, Norwalk, Stamford, and surrounding areas, detailing marriage dates and grounds.
Detective Anthony Vocola links Jamas Recents alias Anthony Roviello 21 of Bridgeport to a grocery store burglary attempt in New York City. Roviello, previously jailed in 1917 for highway robbery, is now in Norwalk with a bullet wound from a Norwalk officer’s gunfire. The robberies stem from a $200 Stamford haul, while Patrolman Jeremiah Dorney faces $2,000 bond as a coroner’s inquest nears. Also noted is the Katherine Fernino alias Katherine Smith motorcycle death in Milford, with burial planned Friday after medical review.
An advertisement extols Tad Salts as a kidney flush using grape and lemon acid with Athia. It claims meat eaters need regular cleansing to relieve dull kidney pain, backache, headaches, and urinary issues. Take four ounces in water before breakfast to improve kidney and bladder health.
Mrs Helen Gaynor Bedford, divorc ed daughter of the late New York Mayor William J. Gaynor, will wed William Kernochan son of Mr and Mrs J Frederick Kernochan and brother of Chief Justice Kernochan. Announcement from Mrs Gaynor at 131 East 65th Street states the marriage will take place next January. Bedford formerly wed Edward T Bedford in Reno last summer.
Foreign warships including an American vessel paid honors to Constantine of Greece before he sailed for Piraeus on the Greek cruiser Averoff. Constantine told correspondents he would not abdicate, saying abdication would trigger civil war. he would devote himself to restoring internal peace. The Averoff is due to arrive at Athens Sunday.
Santiago Chile reports President San Fuentes says Chile will co-operate with Argentina to back the Argentine delegation's amendments before the League of Nations assembly in Geneva. The statement came after two cabinet meetings.
The Department of Labor announced that the final decision in the deportation proceedings against L C A Martens self styled ambassador of Soviet Russia will be made public tomorrow. Officials declined to comment on reports that Secretary Wilson ordered Martens deportation and that the order has cabinet approval.
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