Social activities mark April events at local venues
The Criterion will host a jewel reception and dance Friday night at Stratfiell ballroom with the Funp's orchestra of New Haven providing music. Committees led by W. C. Acton and others plan several events, including a special Nichols Methodist service Wednesday. The program features arias from Cowen, humorous finale, duets, readings, and solos.
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Inh
Evenine
Stratfiell
Atusic
Funp
Bi. Speer
T. Colann
C A Bjorklund J
Stewart Peterson
Nichols Methodist Church
Miersdas
Herbert A. Strout
Peoples
Ieheras
Cowen
Community club meetings and social events in Bridgeport area
Local clubs hold evening meetings and reports across Bridgeport venues including United Congregational Church, Bridgeport Art rooms, College club rooms, and the Stratfield hotel. Highlights include endowment fund progress, a charity ball, a Spirit luncheon arrangements, a rummage sale profits, and social entertainments at homes with plans for music, dancing, and community drives.
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College Club
Washington Avenue
Lannie Hassett
College Endowment Fund
Ruby Burritt Cave
New Haven
Bridgeport
South Callers Club
Stratford Avenue
Lxllie Wilmot
Charee
Sacle Anwisted
Atier HL Mulvihill
Rath Everett
Francis Bickford
Alice Sherweed
William Bull
Smith's College Endowment Fund
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Brings Health Restoration
A Lowell Massachusetts resident claims three years of severe health issues including severe right side pain constipation and diary spells were relieved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The testimonial emphasizes long standing use and invites confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for women’s health concerns.
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Lydia E.pickham
Lydia FE
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lyne
Maen
Fragmented crime note reports teeth theft inquiry [incomplete]
An unreadable OCR fragment references a security bed and teeth thefts with mentions of doctors and Corey and an arrest. The readable items are unclear, but imply a police inquiry into missing teeth or dental-related thefts with medical context.
War on Peek-A-Boo Waists Aims at Silk Stockings
In Chicago on March 29 the Ulness Congress of Mothers urged action against silk stockings and visible waists in high schools. Members argued poor school conditions distract students and that parents must unite to curb improper clothing to protect students and focus on study.
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Chicaso
Uliness Congress of Mothers
Arene
United States
Mit
Benesth
Connecticut towns move clocks ahead an hour today
Several Connecticut municipalities including Hartford New Britain New London Putnam Stamford Greenwich and Derby advanced clocks to daylight saving time. Clocks were set forward at 2 a.m. today, with Stamford and Greenwich already changing yesterday morning.
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Connecticut
Hartford
New Britain
New London
Putnam
Stamford
Greenwich
Derby
Governor Baldwin Opinion On Assembly Call
Former Connecticut governor Simeon E. Baldwin states the constitution denies the General Assembly the right to convene without a governor call. The piece notes Baldwin’s constitutional view as a response to a question. A separate note mentions Japan backing a start toward a sheep see in tattoos, unclear context.
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Simeon E. Baldwin
New Haven
Queson
Connecticut
General Assembly
White House Recipes For Save Money On Meat Week
Department of Justice presents official recipes to use cheaper cuts. Includes pot roast with chuck roast, carrots, onions, celery, turnips, fat, and steps to brown, simmer four to five hours, and finish with thickened gravy.
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Department of Justice
Anamen
White House
Veal Shank Dishes and Ox Tail Soup Menu Notes
A dated recipe fragment lists Tuesday veal shank preparations with chopped meat, crumbs, butter, parsley, and a two‑part soup using the shank plus stock, vegetables, and seasonings. It also notes beef with tomato relish and Tabasco, plus a Thursday ox tail soup with vegetables and seasonings, in a family serving plan.
Frugal Soup and Beef Brisket Roasting Instructions
A dated kitchen fragment describes preparing a nutritious soup from beef tail by washing and boiling with barley onions carrots potatoes and seasoning. It also outlines Friday method for curing beef brisket rooled and browned with stock, cooking four to six hours, lifting meat with potatoes to absorb fat, then browning and making gravy from the liquor.
Corned Beef Bake With Scalloped Corn Sauce
A recipe item describes cooking celery and onion in a white sauce, then combining with cubed corned beef. Transfer to a shallow dish, remove vegetables, add sauce to meat, and top with buttered bread crumbs. Bake until browned in a hot oven.
Madame de Pompadour the Engraver of Gems
The Marquise de Pompadour, Louis XV’s favorite, worked as a gem engraver. She studied drawing, painting, and engraving, and employed Jacques Guay as master in Versailles. Her studio produced jewel gemstones and many classic engraved designs with portraits and mythic themes.
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Marquise de Pompadour
Louis XV
France
Oid
Misen
Boucher
Cochin
Jacques Guay
Provence
Pompadour
Versailles
Ice price in Bridgeport seen at sixty cents per hundred pounds
Harry W. Walker, president of the Naugatuck Valley Ice Co., predicts ice will cost sixty cents per hundred pounds this summer as Bridgeport relies on the firm for most of its supply. The piece notes Britain’s military conscription ending March 21 and a volunteer army of 220,000 raised since the war began.
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Bridgeport
Harry W. Walker
Great Britain
Concert Program at People's Presbyterian Church Tonight
Appended program lists Marche Nuptiale by Gullmant and pieces by Wieniawski Kreisler and others. Performers include Miss Stockwell, Mrs. Flather, Miss Tuttle, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Davenport, and Mrs. Davenport with Violin Obligato and piano solos. Concert begins this evening on Laurel Avenues.
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People's Presbyterian Church
Laurel Avenues
Edwin Arnold
Judith Sandberg Flather
del Riero
Miss Stockwell
Population shifts east for first time in U S history
The 1920 census hints the population center moved near Columbus Indiana, about thirty miles east of the prior pivot. War related eastward migration boosted numbers, with eight million moving east and many staying postwar as eastern cities grew.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Bloomington
Indiana
Columbus
Indiaa
France
Atlantic
New York
Phiadelphia
Cooperative Stores Are Successful In England
The cooperative movement in Great Britain dominates retail power with 1,400 stores by 1906, pooling capital to lower costs for nearly 3,000,000 members. Originating with Rochdale founders in 1844, the system expands to wholesale depots, member dividends, worker ownership, and widespread agricultural co operations across the country and abroad.
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England
Great Britain
Russia
Leasons
Rochdale
Toad Lane
United Kingdom
Lone Witte Gaucasie Aios 2
Co-Operative Society
Phe of
Manchester
Haslich Wholesate Society
Ireland
New York
Hamburg
Rouen
Copenhagen
Calais
South Metropolitan Gas Company
London
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Tinto American Association
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Thule Singing Society
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Milford
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State Street
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Bridgeport Order of Elks
Stratfield Hotel
Mra
Brown
Robert Weber, Jr
St Pauls
Mary Parker
Susan Andrews
Fannie A. Smth Alumnae Association
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Albert FL Morris
Iramistan Avenue
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Air
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Wentworth Street
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Salinas
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Guy Miller
Sterlime Place
Mies Elisabeth Foster
Gamehier
Sanford EL Havena
Holy Cross College
Worcester
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Fairfeld Avenue
Lotrasse Armstrong
Charles Armstrong
Brooklown Avenue
Servic Club
Tower East
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Japan
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