De Mille Leads Record Twelve Star Cast in Anatol
Cecil B. De Mille, Paramount chief, ushers in a new era as twelve stars assemble for The Affairs of Anatol. Wallace Reid Gloria Swanson Elliott Dexter Bebe Daniels Monte Blue Wanda Hawley Theodore Roberts Agnes Ayres Theodore Kosloff Polly Moran Raymond Hatton Julia Faye and others are featured in the production.
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Anatol
Cecil B. de Mille
Direcor General
Paramount Pictures
Fim
Wallace Reid
Gloria Ewanson
Mystery envelope and unconscious stenographer tale
A young stenographer Miss Camille Oflage is found unconscious in S Smithers' office, while reading a startling letter. The incident sparks a dramatic serial strip starting next Monday in the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camille O'Flage
S. Smithers
Oisewaca
Smithers
Mary Doodle
Stenog
Rayward
Somehody
Sanford Longest Serving Sinking Fund Board Member
Charles G. Sanford, re appointed to the sinking fund, has served on the board over 25 years. A Bridgeport native, he led First Bridgeport National Bank as president for many years and now chairs its successor, First National Bank. He holds directorships at Bridgton Brass Co and American Tuber Stamping Co and is a trustee of Connecticut Co. He and Mrs. Sanford, prominent socially, reside at 62 Coleman Street and have no children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Sanford
Sanford
First Bridgeport National Bank
First National Bank
Conecticut Co
Bridgeno Brass Co
American Tuber Stamping Co
Bridgeport
Brooklawn
Algonquin
Seaside
Coleman Street
Open House New Year Event At Industrial Service Center
The New Year celebration at the Industrial Service Center on Barjum Avenue features an all day open house and a dance Monday afternoon with the Eko Jazz band. Monday evening basketball practice will be held at the center. In Washington the Knights of Columbus American History Commission held its first plenary meeting with James A. Flaherty presiding as plans for the 1922 campaign to improve American history rendering were outlined by Rear Admiral Benson, Professor Ford, and Edward McSweeney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barjum Avenue
Eko Jazz
Industri! Service Committee
Washington
American History Commission
the Knights of Columbus
James A. Flaherty
Philadelphia
William S. Benson
Henry James Ford
Princeton University
Edward F. McSweeney
Boston
Denatured Alcohol Vendor Listings Bridgeport Conn
Boston police report on Ethel Kimball case where a woman posed as a man for two years and as a bridegroom two months. Court proceedings reveal that in this state cross-dressing by a woman and a man wearing feminine attire is not a misdemeanor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Ethel Kimball
Miss Kimball
Starvation in Persia Welfare Crisis Cables Report
New York reports 500 Assyrian children outside Hamadan and 300 the Near East Relief Orphan in dire need as funds run out. National headquarters say 400 widows suffer similarly. Four dollars per child per month is required to keep them alive through winter.
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New York
Hamadan
Persi
Relef Organization
Mrs. J. B. Klein Reappointed to Bridgeport Charities Board
Mrs. J B Klein, longtime Bridgeport philanthropist and Red Cross veteran, is praised for her work on the Board of Charities and is reappointed by Mayor Atwater. A Cleveland native who has lived in Bridgeport for decades, she has devoted extensive time to welfare centers, employment desks, and charity groups while holding multiple charitable leadership roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob B. Kieir
Atwater
Board of Charities
Klein
Cleveland
Bridgeport
Charming
Fairfield Avenue
Stag
Hills
Home
Margaret Ford Cottag
Charit Department
Red Cross
Red Crosss
Home Service Committee
Park Avenue Temple
Council of
Jewish Women
Bridgeport Hospital
Associated Charities
Charity Organization Society
The
Protective Association
Travelers’ Aid of
Aridseport
Travelers’ Aid of Connecticut
Asec
Governor Baxter decries federal interference in states
Portland Maine December 21 Governor Percival Baxter warned that federal interference threatens state independence. He said federal funds with conditions push states to adopt federally approved plans, encroaching on school roads health forestry and fisheries departments. He noted the north is reawakening debates on states rights once a southern issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Percival Baxter
Prohibition In America Questioned By University Expert
Detroit December 31 Professor Robert M. Wensley of the University of Michigan argued that America does not need prohibition. He claimed the climate does not require alcohol and cited Ireland Scotland and England as nations that rely on drinks to cope with their weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
America
United States
Robert M. Wensley
University of Michigan
Ireland
Scotland
England
Stratford Theatre Tonight Show Adds Old Time Reel
Stratford residents await a New Year program at the Stratford theatre featuring the first showing of Moonlight Allies starring Marlerevost, The Horseman chapter two with Art Acer, a cws reel, and the Best Bet comedy. Jury drawings list Stratford residents among those summoned for the January term. Tax debts and unpaid accounts from 1919 are cited, with many names and sums noted, as Stratford eyes financial strain and stationing for enforcement continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford Theatre
Marlerevost
Art Acer
Injunction Sought Against Shanley’s Dry New York
New York December 31 prohibition forces—155 strong—under FE C Yellowley sleuths and Ralph A. Day state director issued final orders for uniform enforcement over the New Year. The battalion to operate citywide from Broadway to the Bowery and Fifth to Fourteenth streets, pressing dry law observance everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Prohibition
FE. C. Yelowley
Ralph A. Day
Broadway
Bowery
Fifth
Fourteenth Street
X Ray to determine infant sex discussed at Yale lecture
Dr. J. W. Pryor of the University of Kentucky told the American Association of Anatomists at Yale that bone development observed via X ray may reveal an unborn infant’s sex. He noted female bones ossify faster than male bones, aiding sex determination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
J. W. Pryor
University of Kentucky
American Associa- Anatomists
Yale
Doctor Finnegan Reappointed to Bridgeport Fire Board
Dr. John H. Finnegan, prominent private physician, is named by Mayor Atwater for a second term on the Bridgeport Board of Fire Commissioners. A Providence native born in 1882, he moved to Bridgeport in 1912 and built a large private practice after serving as ambulance surgeon at Emergency Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Finnegan
Board of Fire Commissioners
Providence
Baltimore Medical Colege
Bridgeport
Hia
Finnegan
Atwater
Clifford B. Wilson
Not Popular Year For Weddings In Bridgeport 1921
Bridgeport records show 1921 marriages lagging 12 percent behind 1920 with 1,481 marriages to date versus 1,706 last year. Health officer Dr William Hall Goon attributes the drop to business depression in Bridgeport, noting peak gloom in March and a June high of 171 marriages with other months markedly lower.
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Bridgeport
William Hall Goon
Trudgeport
Mar
Marriay
Batik Dyeing For Home Decor By Laura A Kirkman
Techniques for batik on unbleached muslin are described, tracing from wax painting to pattern transfer then dyeing. The piece explains wax preparation with paraffin and beeswax, setup, and cautions about effort and accuracy in applying wax to fabric.
Howland Dry Goods Do Wax Dye Process
The Howland Dry Goods Do describes using wax to fix pencil marks before dyeing muslin with cold water dyes. After applying a hardening wax line, dip the fabric in a non boiling dye, then rinse and dry. If color is shallow a second or third dip may be used to deepen the shade.
Fire at East Main grocery damages store. gas tank blaze, Ogden chimney fires
Firefighters answered a 2:06 AM blaze at Joe Calederra’s grocery, Main Street, causing building damage but sparing stock. Earlier, a 11:54 PM gasoline tank fire in Huntington Road was minor. A two family house on Ogden Street suffered a chimney fire with no damage. The article then digresses into wax dyeing instructions.
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Joe Calederra
East Main Street
Huntington Road
Ogden Street
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Young Stenog
Harles G. Sanford
Elebrath
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Elm St
Clarence J. Burnell
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Mase
Catteure Lab
RS. J. B. Klein
J. B. KT
Laine
the Times
Stratford
Flvord Clark
Windsor Avenue
James H. Giblin
Herman Heefer
Gerald H. Howes
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John KR. Boush
M. Abalon
Patrick Ahearn
American Lacquer Co
Anais C. Austin
Rudolph Bankwitz
Mary Knnissart
A. H. Barrows
Emate
Alice A. Bart
Charles and
Lilian Bassett
Wailarn
Bassett
Ho Beers
W. Beers
Roger & Grace Beers
Swan Hrewater
Bidgeport Ingineering Co
Lridgeport-Pacific Dand Co
Joseph and
Annie Bulmer
William K. Stuimer
Mina
Burritt
William Burstein
Iedward Gyman
Mii N. Baldwin
Mathew Barron
David Boothe
Umberto Larrera
Joseph Cavanaugh
Carrie S. Clark
Anna Clarkson
Willam Hf. Colbree
Patrick Collins
John Coombs
Martha Cranson
Patrick Guilon
Ernest J. Curry
Brazio & Guisepying DeCecare
Frank DeLebro
James H. Dew
Mary Donahue
Amar
Jannk Germinski
Maria Gelambos
John Griffin
Jessie Amanda Hanford
Melissa Hanford
Walter J. Hanford
Charles
Julia Harris
William H. Hart
Charles D. Hawley
Lennie Hebbard
Stepher
Elizabeth Klennegan
Anthony
Isabella Kolser
Amy L. Holmes
Housatonic
Bennett
Jane Hoyle
Cornelius Hughes
Edward J. Hewitt
Eliza Hill
Peter Innis
Eugene and
Josephine Jones
Isabella P. Jones
Emma A. Kendall
John Kochi
Stephen Lambert
John
Anna Kiefski Lastomesky
Henry
Herman Lepold
Lester
Annie Lesnick
Herbert Lewis
Samuel Lewis
Michel
Mary Losnik
Alexander Magnuson
Prohibition Enforcement
Nichols
Shanley
J. H. Finnegan
John H. Pinndgan
Tessie Lynch
Agnes Smith
Misa Mae Cooney
Misa Emma Mink
Newark
Laura A. Kirkman
Bate
Europe
Howland Dry Goods
Gaga
State Street
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