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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1920
Page
20
A description highlights a sports coat labeled as suitable for tennis style use. The garment is in tan with blue collars and cuffs and Alice blue with tan trimmings, noted for its soft folds and freedom of action.
London reports that Queen Elizabeth II has approved three court dress designs for debutantes young matrons and dowagers with guidance on modesty and style The outfits favor economy modernity and restrained elegance avoiding long trains feathered headpieces and bare backs while permitting a generous V back for the young matron in a sample shown at St James Palace bouquets and ostrich feather fans remain acceptable under proper decorum
Stratford May 14 The selectmen began widening Barnum avenues removing the fence on the Whiting property and adjusting boundaries to take about 10 feet from several properties to reach a 66 foot width from Main street to Franklin Hill. Town plans for four voter districts include offices and deputy registrars to enroll voters, with potential future division into more districts to allow voting in local areas. The Ladies' Aid rummage sale and Red Men carnival attract crowds, plus Odd Fellows meet. Chief Nichols seeks owner of a Harley Davidson motorcycle abandoned near Broad and Main streets after a crash.
About 350 Odd Fellows attended a Milford town hall ceremony to view a first degree performed by Samuel Harris lodge of Bridgeport with a three-link experts panel and an orchestra. Grand Master Meyers and Grand Secretary Hutchison spoke at the close. Also noted are a high school senior party moved to Friday, a Milford Business Men's Association meeting, revival plans for the McLaughlin cafe building as a tailor shop, a rare labor issue comment, discussions on parking lot purchases, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Benjamin relocating to Darien, and ongoing garden prize incentives for Central school pupils with prizes from 5 to 15 dollars encouraging students to garden.
The notice lists wholesale prices for dairy and meat products including butter and creamery items with per hundred weights, live hogs at 15.00, dressed beef and veal at 16 to 18 cents per pound, and dressed mutton and lambs priced around 18 to 23 cents per pound, reflecting regional market quotes.
Paris milliners report this season's hats use rich materials like Ollcloth leather and plumes and will cost as much as a dress. In a separate note, a four year old boy fell from a porch railing at 8 Steuben Street and sustained a broken leg and facial injuries, treated at Bridgeport Hospital with steady recovery expected.
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