Lark Summer Home Comforts at Attractive Terms
Advertises summer home comforts with prices designed for warm weather, featuring attractive terms to help customers enjoy the season.
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1921
Page
10
Plague of crows disrupts Lonetown corn patches
Special to The Times reports a crow invasion crippling Lonetown farmers with swarms digging and eating seed kernels. Treatments fail. some replow or abandon crops while one farmer uses a shotgun guard and another sprinkles surface corn to appease the birds. Sleep is disrupted as crows crow before sunrise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Reddits
Lonetown
Albert Williams
Williams
Blackwall
Lonetowns
A. G. Barnett
Aberdeen
Crow
McBeth
Cawdor
Marriage for Modern Girls Says Actress Thorndike
London reports actress Sybil Thorndike defends marriage as a joyous, equal partnership. She argues that, even without perfect love, a marriage of comradeship offers freedom and lasting happiness, and that motherhood is a key experience for women. Mrs Lewis Casson, her husband, often participates in her stage work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Figares
United States
Sybil Thorndke
Miss ‘Thorndike
Miss Thorndike
Lewis Casson
Paris Bonnets Adorned With Stewed Prunes And Pomgranates
Rare and refreshing fruits plus glass and celuloid pieces decorate Paris style hats. Designers flaunt fruit motifs never seen before in hats with prunes and pomegranates among the trims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Miss Barrymore Receives Medal for Carter Benefit
Miss Ethel Barrymore accepts a unique medal at a New York benefit for soldiers and sailors. Crafted from a fragment of the Maine, the medal honors late actor Frank Carter who organized concerts for wounded soldiers. The event, featuring thirty stars, raised over $5,000 for the fund. Marilyn Miller attended as Carter's widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Casino Theatre
Solitiers
Ethel Barrymore
Profess
Maine
Havana Harbor
Frank Carter
Carter
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Marilyn Miller
Prank Carter
de Welf Hopper
Cambs
Display of Black Silks and ginghams this week at upper floors
A store announces a Black Silks display with prices from $1.25 to $8.00 a yard and a large gingham assortment on the third floor. The piece highlights fashion notes for debutantes and middle aged women and urges early visits to view fabrics such as Satin and Georgette Crepes.
Bathing Styles for Seashore Wear Featured in Catalog
The article describes seashore apparel including close fitting satin or jersey swimsuits, one and two piece suits in black with color piping, and black taffeta bathing dresses with puffed trousers and Van Dyke pinted skirts. Caps and bathing bags come in many colors.
Korset Kaps A Deodorized Liver Rubber Kap Inventor
A small deodorized liver rubber cap fits over exposed corset steel to prevent garment tearing. It adds usefulness to a half worn corset by protecting the steel and extending wear.
Attractive Paper Party Goods and Accessories Listing
Catalog note describes attractive paper novelties for house parties and picnics including corset section items, napkins, plates, tablecloths, luncheon sets, place cards for weddings, fancy crepe paper in pastels, and confetti products with varied pricing per dozen, box, or roll. Includes dozen doilies salad cups napkins and picnic sets priced from a few cents to a dollar.
Bridgeport Day to Highlight City Shopping June 28
Bridgeport prepares for Bridgeport Day on June 28 as merchants offer special values and courteous service. The event mirrors Suburban Day spreading across New England and aims to attract shoppers from nearby districts to Western Connecticut’s trading center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
New England
Chamber of Commerce
Connecticut
Retail Board of Chamber of Commerce
Trade Betterment Committee
Benjamin Morrison
George B. Clark Co
George Troxell
American Hardware Co
A. H. MacKenzie
Public Market
A. W. Engelhardt
Colton to Be Honor Guest at YMCA Meeting Tonight
E. T. Colton of New York will serve as guest of honor and speaker at the annual meeting of the Young Men’s Christian Association. Colton, longtime associate of Dr. John R. Mott in Y M C A foreign work, is renowned as a powerful speaker and has addressed business groups nationwide. He led a select delegation during the critical Russian military crisis as Allies warned of Russia’s possible exit from World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Colton
New York
Young Men's Christian Association
Colton
John Ft. Mott
America
Bridgeport
Russia
American Young Men's Christian Association
Mr. Colton
Campaign drive sparks broad support for humanitarian project
A fundraising drive led by the commission draws strong local enthusiasm as prominent speakers urge contributions. Dr M Car Beck chairs, Dr Benzion Mossensohn of the Hebrew University in Palestine speaks, and I Cohen of Hartford urges local Hebrews to back the effort. In Hartford the Veterans of Foreign Wars install new officers including J H Williams as senior vice commander.
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M. Car Beck
Benzion Mossensohn
Hebrew University In
Palestine
I. Cohen
Hartford
Bridgeport
Veterans of Foraign Wars
J. H. Williams
Ylee
Joseph J. Devine
B. W. Wheeler
Henry Rising
W. C. Moore
Bathing Shoe Promises Light Comfort in Bright Colors
Novel colored rubber bathing shoe described as easy to slip on and fit, light in weight, with a tidy finish that complements a neat outfit. Sold exclusively at the Read House.
Milanese Double Tip Ped Fingers Self Stitched Backs
Fashion note describes Milanese style gloves with double tip ped finger design and self stitched backs in sixteen button length available in white black gray blue and pongee. Price listed as two dollars.
Fifteen Thousand Raised for Bridgeport Palestine Fund
The Jewish community in Bridgeport gathered at the Lyric Theatre for a reception with the Weizmann Zionist Commission. Contributions totaling $15,000 in cash were collected, with many thousands more pledged to expand a campaign targeting all Jewish residents in Bridgeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine Fund
Bridgeport
Palestine
Weizman Zionist Commission
Lyric Theatre
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