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Newspaper

Bridgeport Times

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1920

Page

7

Community People Return From Trips And Vacations

Local residents report returns from New York City Skyland Virginia and trips through New York state Nova Scotia and Massachusetts. Several families announce motor journeys to Beechmistry Amston Conn and Worcester Mass while others host guests from Philadelphia and Washington. A Bridgeport group attends a WCA conference at Silver Bay N Y and a church wedding in Trinity Episcopal signals social notes from the city.

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Reverses Childless Couple's Years

Mrs Mancarer Vavencaur of 529 Howard Ave Lancaster Pa recounts relief from years of pain and headaches after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound She and her husband now have a son and endorse seeking guidance from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for advice.

Lancaster Lydia E. Pinkhams Pinkham Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass Andiheld Teostri-teen Ddanes Saan Ee

Protective Association Celebrates Sixth Birthday

The Bridgeport Protective Association marked its sixth year as a vital welfare bureau. Miss Kathryn I. Hewitt led efforts, recounting cases from foreign and American families, including a family with $225 weekly income and a Greek couple. The group aided women, men, and youths, stressing education on money use amid rising wages.

Bridgeport Protective Association Kathryn I. Hewitt Miss Hewitt O. Henry Protective Association

Tea rooms to aid devastated French villages

Paris July 15 The American Committee for Devastated France will open tea rooms in several shattered Aisne valley villages on July 1 at Coucy le Chateau Crouy near Soissons and Laon. Profits will fund chicken purchases and care for children while tourists enjoy the battlefields.

Paris American Committee For France Aisne Coucy-le-chateau Crouy Soissons Laon Chemin Des Dames Mangin

Elizabeth of France and tragic royal loves

Elizabeth of France daughter of Henry II and Catherine de Medici faced tragic arranged marriages. Ed ward VI's death voided a match to England and Don Carlos death provoked deep grief that preceded her own death after childbirth. The fragment ends with a separate voter remark about party pledges and voting.

Elizabeth France Henry II Catherine de Medicis Fountainebleau Edward VI England Edward Don Carlos Infant Spain Philip II Do Carlos

Bridgeport Brass Co. Plans Annual Outing At Lordship Manor

Employees of Bridgeport Brass Co will hold their second annual outing at Lordship Manor if weather allows. Special trolley cars will depart at 1 30 P M with free transport for workers families and invited friends. Events include field and track meets tug of war races shot put 50 yard dash broad jump water sports and a baseball game. Wheeler Wilson band will provide dancing music and bath houses are reserved. A supper will be served and Edward Washburn chairs the committee with Edward Derg and Aavin Bearse assisting. Hill of Bridgeport Manufacturers association acts as games referee.

Bridgeport Brass Co Lordship Manor Brash Co Wheeler & Wilson Edward Washburn Edward Derg Aavin Bearse

Cuticura Soap and Vinci Remedy Ad Block

An old city advertisement touts Cuticura products and Vinci cod liver oil as remedies for pale sallow complexions. It claims Vinci cleans blood and boosts vitality without oiliness, appealing to women seeking health and energy.

Vinci

Halos of Saints and Giotto's Early Circle of Light

In medieval churches figures under eaves wore wooden disks to shield them from rain. Giotto, misreading them as essential to saints, painted early images with domed head coverings. The disks evolved into the luminous circle of light later fixed as a saintly badge. A separate note mentions cattle slaughtered by sharks near an ocean freighter and a quip about needles and phonographs.

Giotto

Yankee Woman Christens Big Chinese Ship The Mandarin

Shanghai, July 15. Mrs Charles R Crane wife of the American Minister christened the big vessel The Mandarin with champagne as it launched. The ship will carry 10 500 tons, measure 445 feet long and 66 feet beam. She is the first of four sister ships contracted by the United States Shipping Board with Kiangnan Dock and Engineering Works of Shanghai. The other three vessels are to be launched in coming months.

Shanghai China Charles R. Crane Kiangnan Dock and Engineering Works United States Shipping Board

Quint Returns to Bridgeport Says City Is Good Enough

Joseph Quint, former Paying and Sewer commissioner, has returned to Bridgeport from California to live with his son. He says California is fine but Bridgeport has always been good enough for me and I will stay here. Quint, once an assistant superintendent at a local life insurance company, plans rest this summer and work this fall.

Joseph Quint Paying and Sewer Commission California Bridgeport

Public Invited to Attend Pupil's Recital

The afternoon and evening piano and violin recitals by Professors John Adam Hugo and August Berger are scheduled for tomorrow at 2 30 and 8 16 in the Casino on State Street. Faculty arrange a varied program featuring numerous young pupils and listed violin students will perform as part of the concert lineup.

John Adam Hugo August Berger Casino State Street Wilma Fekete Marie Gibbs Sarah Kasdenf Agnes Ciresi Helen Jesonis Fannie Cohen Celia Lederer Edith Bragan Julia Adams Anna Esinger Katherine Sharpe Florence Burnstein Cornelia Lipovsky Florence Moorash Louis Risisky Stephen Hunyadi Elliot Eberhard Maurice Backmin Gerald Crimmins Laura Huenerberg Bessie Schwartz Max Franwirth Morris Rainish Jacob Bergen Armand Wahlberg Walter Schwartz William Fitelson Andrew Anderson Emma Polakowich Alma Rosen Evelyn de Long Alice Nelson Lillian Fritz Charles Bjurling David Greenberg Isador Lerner Elmer Muller Stanley Need Edwin Lidman Morris Goldstein Henry Hart

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