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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
18
A bustling store announces a sweeping clearance of furs and accessories. Discounts reach 33 to 83 percent on wolf, fox, lynx, raccoon, and other pelts plus hats, veils, hand bags, and Petticoats. Seasonal items include scarves, muff sets, raincoats, and wool coats with many items priced from ten to fifty dollars.
Vienna enjoys a resumed lively night life with glittering streets, opera, and Puccini performances drawing crowds. Yet abject poverty persists as artists and middle class endure underpayment while foreigners fuel demand. Meteorologist Max Sigulles died of hunger amid reluctance to seek aid.
Tokyo plans thirty miles of underground lines to relieve congested traffic. The Tokio Underground Railways Co Ltd, chartered in 1918, seeks capitalization up to 40 million dollars and has testing to prove land stability on submerged ground. Headquarters are in the Kaljo building with engineers from France and America consulted.
Gatun Canal Zone December 16 The Gatun golf course is touted as the world s most expensive at eight million dollars. Built atop the Gatun dam it's a hybrid of dam work and links with hazards on both sides of a 50 foot Panama Canal wall. Prime players include Jack Walsh foreman in charge of construction and President elect Harding along with Senators Frelinghuysen and Hale who praised the course after trying it.
Chicago during December reports President Tom Hickey rejects a 25 year term for the national baseball agreement. He notes Judge Kenesaw Landis serves seven years and the association would lack input after his term. Hickey expects Class AA leagues splitting from current bodies to smooth wrinkles.
Former heavyweight champion Jess Willard aims for a March 17 title rematch with Jack Dempsey in New York. Manager Ray Archer says three months of intensive work are planned in Kansas City with sparring partner Hugh Walker, as Willard trains despite a quarantined home.
A catalog of sale prices for silk waists from 3.95 to 5.00 and cotton waists 1.00 to 2.79, plus wide ranges for children's fur sets, coats, middies, and dresses. Includes sweaters, bathrobes, kimonos, petticoats, skirts, coats, hats, pins, and various vanity and umbrella items with prices from fractions of a dollar to near forty dollars.
Carter's Union Suits in regular sizes priced from 2.65 to 2.75 dollars. Extra sizes 3.00 dollars. Fleeced Lined Vest and Pants regular 1.25 dollars. Extra sizes 1.39 dollars. Children's Cotton Hose 0.29 and 0.39 dollars. Mercerized Lisle Hose 0.65 dollars. English Rib Hose for infants 0.69 dollars. Women's Fine Cotton Hose 0.39 dollars. Mercerized Lisle Hose regular sizes 0.50 dollars. Burlington lisle hose regular 0.75 dollars. Extra sizes 0.79 dollars. Ribbed Hose 0.89 dollars.
A glimpse at holiday gifts reveals dainty underwear ideas. A chemise of nan sock style features a wide white satin ribbon top, satin camisole effect, hemstitching in color, and narrow ribbon straps. A second design mirrors this with three thin ribbon bands and a tiny bow rose.
Researchers note Abyssinia as the original home of the coffee tree with vast highland forests untouched by humans. The article hints at pristine groves in Ethiopia, contrasting with common harvesting practices and suggesting historical significance in native cultivation.
A catalog of men's wear including four in hand ties at 50 cents to a dollar fifty, suspenders, garters, silk and dress shirts, negligee shirts, scarves ranging from 2.25 to 6.00, bathrobes from 7.00 to 12.00, sweaters 2.50 to 6.75, silk and cotton hose, and combined cotton and wool hose, with prices listed for each item.
Women's initial and plain handkerchiefs priced 48c to 1.95 for sets of three and six. Men's initial and plain versions 89c to 3.75, single or 1-2 dozen boxed. Children's fancy handkerchiefs 45c to 35c. Separate mens and womens handkerchiefs 12 1/2c and 25c, purses to 5.95. Bills folds and card cases 1.50 to 2.95. Writing tablets 1.00 to 1.50. Collo bags and boxes 1.25. Velvet bags 1.79 to 4.95. Children's purses 59c. Boston shopping bags 3.95. Sewing boxes 0.58 to 1.50. Pin cushions fancy covered 50c to 98c. Fancy elastic 0.50 to 0.65. Calendars for 1921 0.15 to 0.35. Christmas cards 0.05 to 0.05. Post cards six for 0.05.
An assortment of gloves, camisoles, nightgowns, corset covers, aprons, veils, scarves, and lingerie items ranges from 29 cents to 25 dollars. Also listed are dolls, games, toys, books, sweaters, infantwear, bath sets, towels, linens, and garments in multiple fabrics with prices highlighting value and variety. Strong entities include Wool Sweaters, Marabou Capes, Veiling, Jacquard Comfortables, and Indian Blankets among others.
A fragment recalls tying a scarf as a hat and notes on a college shift in male education. It then recounts Guido d Arezzo creating the musical scale from Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La Si around 1020 and remarks that US car numbers now exceed wartime levels by about fivefold.
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