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Newspaper

Bridgeport Times

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1920

Page

3

Heavens in January Gleams of Venus Rule Western Sky

Venus shines bright after sunset in January and February as Mars lingers nearby. Jupiter Saturn appear as evening stars, with Uranus and Neptune near the horizon. Star groupings around Orion and Taurus refined, Capella and Castor details noted. The Norton Company trims hours at Worcester plant, citing weak orders.

Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranna Neptune Orion Taurus Aldebaran Gemini Sirius Procyon Ita Capella Vega Earth Solar System Auriza Pollux Caster Castor Pollux Beta Geminorum Leo Regulus Worcester Norton Company

Oid est Reliable Jewelry Credit House Ad Opens

An upstairs jewelry store at 1042 Main St offers a wide selection of watches lavalieres stick pins and silverware with new styles including diamond mounted rings and platinum heads. The ad promises easy credit and lower prices upstairs across from the five and ten cent store with open evenings.

Oidest Reliable Jewelry Credit House Main St

Fire prevention warns against Christmas Eve candle danger

Fire Marshal urges not to use lighted candles near trees or curtains and to avoid paper around stoves. The National Board of Fire Underwriters condemns the “Christ-Candle” idea and cites Red Cross alerts and theater notices urging electric lighting or shaded windows to prevent fires and fatalities.

National Board of Fire Underwriters John H. Stedman Rochester Red Cross Washington American Red Cross Read Cross Tre Hezard National Board Moving Picture Theatres Red Cross “Service

Open lights blamed for vast fire losses in 1915 to 1919

National Board of Fire Underwriters reports about seventeen million dollars in damage from fires caused by open lights during 1915 to 1919, noting the danger to life and property.

National Board of Fire Underwriters

Miss Hazel Dawe Hosts Christmas Party for Sunday School

Miss Hazel Dawe assistant clerk in the bureau of vital statistics at the Public Welfare Building hosted a Christmas gathering for her Sunday school class from Second Baptist Church at her home 1081 East Main Street. The evening featured games music luncheon and candy gifts for the attendees including Mildred Pay Esther Etarnes Mildred Bray Borethy Wistersworth Carol Black Maude Dixon Louis Dressler and Alice Neumann.

Hazel Dawe Bureau of Vital Atistics Public Welfare Miss Dawe Second Baptist Church East Main Street Mildred Pay Esther Etarnes Mildred Bray Borethy Wistersworth Carol Black Maude Dixon Louis Dressler Alice Neumann

REITS OF OLD WEST DISPOSED OF AT BIG SALE

Helena Mont Dec 21 Curtain closes one of the Northwest’s largest furniture stores after 25 years of business. Cur tain staged a sweeping sale with prices slashed on all items. Ivory and pearl inlaid roue tte wheels and iron ox shoe fittings were among the scarce items sold before Curtain retires from business.

Helena Mont Arthur. P. Curtain Northwest Curtain Ox Team Fort Benton

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