Julia Page Sparks Mark Rosenthal Love Dream
Mark Rosenthal, a music loving young man in a nickel town, grows smitten with Julia Page after her visits and a kiss at the Alcazar. He dreams of wealth and marriage while balancing his ambitions, past failures, and a blossoming romance that deepens during a Saturday afternoon piano session and secret meetings.
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Mark
Mr. Werke
Mr. Pomeroy
Ike the Pomeroy
Parke
Jackson Street
Julia Page
Julia
Mark Rosenthal
Tatia
Rosenthal
Sophy
Hannah
Bondaye
Alcazar Theatre
Boom and Pomeroy and Parke
Music House
Aston
Kearney Street
Park Theatre Becomes Park City Motion Picture House
Park Theatre reopens Sunday night as a first class Paramount film house in Bridgeport. Manager Frank Shea and team renovated the old venue once known for burlesque, adding fireproofing, new exits, and a distinct modern look to show Wallace Reid’s Rent Free with an augmented orchestra.
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New Park Theatre
Paramount
Bridgeport
P. T. Barnama
Fred Atwater
Oac
Smith's Opera House
Plaza Theatre
Polis
Park City Theatre
Park Theatre
Empire
Lyric
Dave's
Arger
Burlesque
Ridgeport
Park
Frank Shea
Eugene F. Shea
Times
Muirhead
Shea
New England
New Haven
Atwater
Mr. Rowland
Wallace Reid
Waille
Reid
Park City
Toonerville
Welfare Building Christmas Party Draws Large Crowd
About two thousand children gathered at the Welfare Building for a Christmas event. Only blue-card clinic attendants entered first, then remaining gifts were distributed to the rest. Mrs. Mabel Lavery performed piano solos and the Staples School Orchestra provided music.
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Welfare Building
Santa Claus
Mabel Lavery
Heaith Board
Staples School
Salvation Army Christmas Baskets For 400 Families
More than 400 families will receive Christmas baskets from the Salvation Army tomorrow. Each basket includes food for six or seven people and a holiday donation bundle. Tickets have been sent to the 40 neediest families to pick up at Elm Street headquarters. A Monday evening Christmas party for 500 children will feature toys candies and clothing. Tuesday brings events for the Girls Band of Love and Young People's League with gifts for members.
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Salvation Army
Army
Elmstret
Band of Love
Young People’s League
Bridgeport winter visitors grow in St Petersburg
Bridgeport’s seasonal colony in the Sunshine City expanded with four new arrivals this week and seven more Bridgeport residents are booked via the Chamber of Commerce information bureau for before January 15. Emma Greenwood of Black Rock avenue greets her first winter in St Petersburg at 116 Sixth Street South. Robert G. Whitney of 142 Golden Hill Street stays at the Hotel Poinsettia while beach fashions brighten with bold Roman stripe patterns and Annette Kellerman styled suits noted along Tampa Bay and Gulf of Mexico shores.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Bridgeport
Sunshine City
Chamber of Commerce Information Bureau
Emma Greenwood
Black Rock Avenue
Sixth Street
Robert G. Whitney
Golden Hill Street
Poinsettia
Tampa Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Annette Kellerman
Agnes, 18, Tries Marriage Twice
Agnes Chase Calafornia, 18, seeks marriage to Willis Gorham, 33, amid parental consent rules for under 21. After divorce she used Chase name. license issued with California, then corrected to Chase. They live at 2870 Madison Avenue and Lenox Heights respectively. mother sought name change to ensure legality.
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Agnes Chase Calafornia
Willis S. Gorham
Fairfield
Calafornia
Miss Chase
Electi
California
Scenss Dureau
Mr. Gorham
Lenox Heights
Madison Avenue
Legion Challenges Civil Service Preference Policy
Washington dispatch reports the American Legion's national legislative committee challenging the Civil Service Commission's stance on veteran hiring. The Legion argues that war service preference is not pensioning and disputes claims that veterans automatically deserve top positions regardless of ability.
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Legion
Washington
National Legislative Committee
United States Civil Setvee Commission
Stratford Offers Surprise Program At The Theatre
The Stratford theater hosts a surprise program featuring a comedy The Big Show a news reel and an Art Acord serial with a Christmas tree for children at matinee and evening shows. Stratford residents discuss school crowding and Fairfield plans to add rooms while notes on Judson's pond ice skating appear as winter fun.
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Stratford Theatre
Art Acord
Aliens Sign 20038 Naturalization Intent Since Sept 26
More than 20,000 aliens have signified their intention to become citizens since the new naturalization laws took effect September 26. Mr and Mrs Harris and Mrs Leslie and Miller, residents of Iuz at The Stratfell, have gone to Io and Niagara Falls to spend holidays with friends.
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Inez
H. EF. Harris
Leslie and Miller
Stratfell
Niagara Falls
Marriage licenses dwindle in Bridgeport amid hard times
Only one marriage license issued in two days at the Bridgeport license bureau as demand falls with the economy. The sole couple, Nickitas and Pota Koutsouri, Greek natives from Golden Hill and Main streets, married recently while others postponed nuptials awaiting better times.
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Bridgeport
Nickitas
Golden Hill Street
Pota Koutsouri
Main Street
Greece
After-Christmas Party Honors Miss Brown With Dancing
Social event at the Drew home on Broad Street hosts a younger set during vacation week. Speidel's orchestra will provide dancing music for guests including Ann Banks and many Stratford residents in a lively holiday gathering.
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Henry Drew
Broad Street
Drew
Noice
Henristta Brown
Speidel
Ann Banks
Carolyn Kirsten
Christine Alison
Betty Rawlin
Betty Wolfe
Mary and Maude Murray
Helen Stafford
Miriam Nicholson
Alice
Elizabeth Pullman
Elizabeth Chapin
Mildred Husted
Katrina Hincks
Edith Tyler
Betty Neithercourt
Emmy Low Havens
Ruth Slosson
Agnes Warner
Amelia Canning
Lowise Haviland
Susan Weeks
Susan Burroughs
Louie Moulton
Elizabeth Crecelius
Oliva Ives
Adele Pyle
Barara Goodsell
Barbara Senior
Theodosia Hawley
Esther Hindle
Esther Edwards
Esther
Grace Schiott
Florence Trecartin
Frances and Bullard
Phyllis Walker
Virginia Anderson
Clara Ham
Mirabel Miller
Albany
Billy Hawley
Dan Wheele
Jonathan Sherman
Samuel Hawley
Tob Roy Newman
Billy Lashar
Fuller Useds
Philip Sherman
Paul Haviland
Harry Thornbury
Frank Marsh
Stephen Bell
Goodwin
Johnson Stoddard
Wheeler Parrott
Frank Bassiex
Howard Seeley
Junior van Gelson
James Cummings
Sheldon Foster
Billy Naramore
Bradford Hancock
Sturgis Hurtourt
Chas. DeWolfe
Allen Thompkins
Martin Meyers
Stratford Holiday Returns and Local Events Note
Mrs H S Wilmot and son return to Bridgeport for holidays staying at The Stratfeld. Fred C Stanley Ph D will lecture on Some Applications of Chemistry to Industry on Wednesday December 28 at 8 pm for Bridgeport Philosophical Society in Forester's hall. A Christmas dance and entertainment is planned Monday at the Industrial Service Center of the W C A 1146 Barnum Avenue featuring Chrysanthemums directed by Rose Peeso and Ida Kurmai with performers Loretta Duetrene Irene Preger Marion Jackson and Helen Elliss. Francis S Mitchell former K C secretary at Fort Bayard was guest of honor at a party hosted by Frank J Mahon 1852 Stratford Avenue with Leo Whalen Ray Fletcher M Schlosser M Young S Sire and James Welsh as attendees.
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Stratford
Fairfeld
Fairfield
Stratford Avenue
Main Street
Beardsley Avenue
American
Eli N. Baldwin, Jr
W. Bassett
B. J. Blakeslee
Graatz & Burnstein
William FT. Art
Stephen Heneghan
William & Mary Meneshan
Thomas & Maria Jefferson
Samuel C. Lewis
Angelo & Bridget Merino
Ninimo Mijlo
John & Lillian& McTilrey
John Negruce
Fred W. Nettleton
Orlando Pickett
Angelo Stavola
Nicholas & Andrew Solik
George Henry Meman
Catherine T. Murray
Wentozite Co
Elizabeth Wilson
Lyon
Jack G Hacapian
Lordship Co
Thomas Mannion
Stephen
Siksay
Rudolphus
Whitlesey
Simon Lake
Esther L. Stafford
Underwriters Corporation
Frank & Ellen Opitz
W. Eb, Nichols
Fred C. Stanley
Bridgeport Philosophical Society
Forester’s Hall
Stanley
HA. Leckie
George Clerk
Neilie Crawford
Nora Lucas
Mase Travis
Grace Barrett
Anna Casper
Barnum Avenue
Rose Peeso
Mise Ida Kurmai
Loretta Duetrene
Irene Preger
Marion Jackson
Helen Elliss
Eko Orchestra
Francis S. Mitchell
K. C
Fort Bayard
England
Frank J. Mahon
Leo Whalen
Ray Fletcher
M._ Schlosser
M. Young
S Sire
James Welsh
Jenkins Office Employees Party
Nine members of the Jenkins Brox office gathered for a Christmas celebration in the main office. A tree stood center stage while gifts, refreshments, music, and dancing followed a lively program. A mock marriage ceremony delighted attendees with Michael Syracuse as groom and Winifred Wi as parson.
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Jenkins Brox
Josephine Wolfe
Russel Nugent
Patrick Coughlin
Prones
Michael Syracuse
Winifred Wi
Ed Carrell
Emily Finsinged
Malone
Jenkins
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Clarence Geldart
Claire MacDowell
Lucien Littlefield
Hisse Ferguson
Nick
Bridgeporters
South
Agnes
Stratford Girt
Myron H. Osborne
Paradise Green
Paradise Lawn
Ford Machine
Osborne
Do & Paul Revere
Windsor
Judson’s
Mia
Dow Bile
AIP
Merry Christmas
Smith-Murray Ca
M. E. Crurch
Stratford Methodist Episcopal Church
A. F. Chamberlain
Jenkins Office Employees Party
Huyler
Hindle
Down Town
West End
State Cor. Howard
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