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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
3
An extensive holiday listing outlines prices for kimonos, silks, crepes, gowns, gloves, hosiery, bathrobes, house dresses, and men’s accessories. Items include silk hose at 3 for 5.75, petticoats, wool sweaters, leather belts, auto robes, and slippers. Strong vendors and multiple price points emphasize a broad seasonal discount event across fabrics, garments, and gifts.
Johnstown Pennsylvania December 17 1919 the city council mayor and police curb free meals for vagrants. Mayor Joseph Canfield orders fines of 100 and costs or three months in jail for first offenders to enforce a dry town policy and deter drunks.
Horace Peloat from Portsmouth Ohio mailed a postcard to his sister Mrs Maynie Ketter nine years ago during a vacation at Blanchester Now the card arrived by noon train on Norfolk and Western It pleased the recipient though a late mail delivery Mexico plans to develop agricultural resources by educating farmers with modern machinery and farm equipment trains are being used to showcase the exhibit
A Saturday night vaudeville benefit by the Hermits aims to aid poor Bridgeport families with Christmas dinners. Performers include Florence Richardson, John Shatvey, Betty Boyle, Norman Hall, the Donaldson Four, Jimmy Conroy, John Negan, Gordon Kelly, Harry Ashstrand, William Goldemen, Ray Kirby, F Fremont, Robert Donaldson, Frank Barrett, Roman Nahboski, Louis Galbiati, with drums by Gillman Music Store. Red Sox Athletic Association offers a charity basketball game. teams may contact Patsy Freak at 982 Pembroke Street or respond via press.
Directors of Columbus Hospital Inc plan an addition to the facility opened September 1 at Washington avenue and High street. The building belongs to Dr Pasquale Romeo, with a 100 bed capacity and sixteen rooms. Work will start soon as the hospital expands to add more rooms to the later department.
An air wedding aboard a Handley Page plane near Calcutta features Miss Vera rner and C H Mann wed as the craft climbs to 6000 feet in seven minutes. Captain F J Stachard pilots the aircraft while Rev J H Easterbrook officiates. A cinema operator records the ceremony as guests on the ground watch.
In San Francisco on December 17 Tommy an Irish terrier shows strong Sinn Fein sympathies and dislikes English speech. The dog snarls at English accents yet remains amiable to voices in American English. Captain J P McKenna holds the dog in custody.
London readers note a shift in style as women abandon ankle wristlets in favor of a small silver chain worn around the ankle. A stylish passerby on Regent Street showcases the new dainty fad while casual observers see little utility but dress appeal. The article also notes U S gasoline output in September reached 15 million gallons per day per the Bureau of Mines.
Boston December 17 two bags allegedly containing liquor led Tender Miller to City Hall avenue station on a liquor transportation charge. Prohibition agents stopped him as he exited a New York bound train at South Station. He quipped shest forbidden fruit. Officers found sixteen quarts of whiskey within the luggage.
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