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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1920
Page
10
An advertisement for Fruit-a-tives claims relief for indigestion liver and other ailments. It promotes fruit based medicine with apples oranges figs and prunes as key ingredients. Price options include 50c per box eight for 2.50 and a trial size 250, offered via dealers or by postpaid mail order.
London reports that British and French air services on the London to Paris route transported 3932 passengers and 199,845 pounds of goods from September 2, 1919, to October 30, 1920, covering 302000 miles. Meanwhile American Smelting and Refining Co plans wage cuts at its smelters as Andre Lefevre resigns as French War Minister and Flaminius Raiberti is said to be slated to succeed him.
In Detroit on December 20 Angelina Pevulov accused Frank Leonard of stealing her hen. Leonard presented the fowl to Judge Stein and commanded the chicken to talk back. The hen clucked in response, matching Leonard’s description, leading the judge to dismiss the case as the bird was deemed Leonard’s.
Kansas City Missouri, Dec 20. Joe Beckwitz, owner of a grocery at 142 Minnesota avenue, Kansas City Kansas, cashed a $24 check for a stranger. The man was unknown to Beckwitz and Beckwitz reported the incident to police.
American socialite Nonnie May Stewart Worthington Leeds, widow of William Leeds, becomes Princess Anastasie of Greece after marrying Prince Christopher. The couple wed in Geneva and Versailles in 1920, amid shifting Greek politics and a coronation-era backdrop. Leeds gains status as the first American princess in Greece, linking her to King George of England and Queen Victoria of Spain through marriage.
English investors from Lancashire plan cotton farming near Albany Georgia as a UK advertisement notes. They own a large southern Georgia estate and offer plots for cotton growing or mixed farming, claiming three crops per year though not confirming cotton as a crop. Applications must show capital and character.
Morris Johnson, a Rockford area farmer, discovered a genuine pearl wedged between a pig’s two toes while feeding mussel meat. He sold the pearl for 800 dollars. The article notes growing popularity of freshwater pearls in Wisconsin and Illinois and their value to button factories along the Mississippi River.
In New York Christiania December 20 the American seamen act clause prevents arresting deserting sailors in port. Norwegian crews desert to sign with other Norwegian vessels for American wages, profiting from exchange rates. Shipowners warn against hiring deserters and require bonds. deserters’ papers are returned to captains who file warrants in Norwegian courts.
In Lebanon county on January 14 Judge Henry will hear the fight to break the will of Rosaline Parent Coleman of Paris France. The contestant is her son Dr Guido Henckle of Freiburg Germany a former German army surgeon. The will named him universal legatee but a 1915 codicil disinherited him due to wartime estrangement. The dispute centers on Coleman interests in Cornwall iron ore mines now controlled by Bethlehem Steel Company.
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