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Bridgeport Times in Bridgeport, Connecticut

20 Jul 1920

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Bridgeport Times

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1920

Page

6

Stratford Library annual report 1919 1920

The Stratford Librarian reports total issues 25 400 with 28 383 total circulation library and schools. Adult fiction 15 013 adult non fiction 4 094 juvenile fiction 4 882 juvenile non fiction 1411. Days open 304. Books added 327. Periodicals bound 34. Books rebound 341. Most gifts and donors listed. notes on permanent home for relics and future memorial building. Names of donors and gifts include Mrs F H Allen Mrs A B Alvord Carnegie Endowment Fund and many others. Page includes schools Ioan dates and libraries in Franklin Honey Spot Lordship Nichola Ave Sedgwich Washington and totals. Frances B Russell Librarian.

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Stratford Library Franklin Honey Spot Lordship Nichola Ave Sedgwich Washington Porter Eithe Frances B Russell Coreenee U. 5 Shnae Ste American Association For International Conciliation American Steel & Wire Co U. Anonymous Catholic Transcript National Humane Review Salve Regina Signs of the Times Bridgeport Farmer Pub. Co Bridgeport Times Evening Farmer Christ Church Guild the Churchman Christian Science Publication Committee Christian Science Sentinel Daughters of the American Revolution Mary Sillman Dearnborn Publishing Co Dearborn Independent Dupont de Mmoirs Dupont Judson Stiles Lake Torpe Co Lake Periscope Charle Landscape Architecture Single Pax League Bulletin Mary B. Potter Spirit of Missions D. M. Read Co Harper's Bazar Donald Sammis National Enquirer American Telegraph &Telephone Co Anonymous Armour & Co Association of Railway F. A. Aufford Herbert Aufford Bahal Publishing Co Emma L. Goodwin Trampton Institute Clara Snow C. L. Hardenburgh Paul Madeline Whitehead Benjamin Hartley B. L. Herrick P. H. Hodges Houghton & Mifflin Co Chas de R. Howland Ilinois Robert Ingersoll International Harvester Co Charles Janet Paris France
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MILL HANDS SEEK FARM WORK AS TEXTILE CLOSURES RISE

Boston reports many mill workers losing jobs are moving to farms in the Lawrence area. Commissioner Arthur W. Gilbert notes unskilled labor can be used on small farms and vegetable fields with harvest approaching. Wages for unskilled labor run 60 to 75 dollars a month with board, higher earlier in the season. A Buffalo Express quip about liquid assets accompanies the piece.

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Boston Mass Lawrence Arthur W. Gilbert Belmont Gilbert
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New England to Get Coal by Water Route

New England coal relief moves to water shipments from coastal points as rail car shortages persist. Industry and fuel officials say vessels from tidewater can supply immediate needs while railroads handle next winter, with executives from the National Coal Association and major operators present at the conference. New York City reports a large uptick in bituminous coal receipts, 920 cars totaling about 46,000 tons, the greatest since the current shortage began.

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New York New England States Belmont New England Edward Bradley Dundon W. Va National Coal Association Tidewater James J. Storrow Massachusetts A. T. Slayton New Hampshire H. J. M. Jones Vermont Thomas W. Russell Connecticut E. R. Joselyn Maine Thomas F. Farrell Pocahont Is Fuel Company T. H. Watkins Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Corporation J. W. Searles F. H. Wilshire Consolidation Coal Corporation New York City Tidewater Coal Exchange
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Bridgeport Man Held In 23000 Dollar Liquor Seizure

Norwich July 20 Louis H. Sorrel of Bridgeport held as the man in charge of a liquor laden truck seized here was held in 2009 for the U S court at New Haven on Sept 28 by Commissioner Earl Mathewson. He waived examination with Prohibition Enforcement Agent McAuliffe and Deputy U S Marshal McCarthy present. The truck carried 195 cases of whiskey in pint bottles 24 to a case not labeled and the load valued about 23400 by invoice. Government agents said the shipment likely headed to a major bootlegger with a tip having come in earlier. Joseph Fleischer of 227 West 27th Street New York appeared to bail out the driver and Sorrel. Federal officers took him for examination to determine his knowledge of the case.

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Norwich Louis H. Sorrel Bridgeport U. S New Haven Earl Mathewson Prohibition Enforcement McAuliffe McCarthy Joseph Fleischer West 27Th Street New York City Sorrell Mathewson
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Attentive Roses and Cabbages in a Sardonic Tale

A satirical paragraph contrasts roses with cabbages and notes that an eloquent auto salesman did not mention numerous repair causes. It mocks nightlife claims versus practical garden work and implies a critique of advice and usefulness.

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