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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1920
Page
11
Miss Helen Wheeler journeys to Hackensack New Jersey for a college chum’s wedding. Several social events unfold with hostesses and guests traveling from Park Avenue to Pittsfield and beyond, plus a large variety of dances, theatre outings, and club activities around town.
Miss Katharine Ludington, head of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association, rejects claims she secretly supports the Democratic Party. She states she is not a party member and will not vote a straight ticket, urging campaigns to focus on issues rather than personal attacks.
A Halloween color theme of halftone corium ox yellow and black was used for a mixed shower honoring Miss Katherine Donahue of Beechwood Avenue. Mrs Ambrose Ashley hosted at 98 Milne Street with many gifts for the prospective bride who will wed John McElroy of Beach Street next Wednesday. A candlelit buffet supper followed dancing in the dining room. Numerous attendees included Miss Mary Cronan, Mrs Edward Flanagan, Miss Delia Crona, Mrs Edward Reilly, Mrs John Foley, Miss Rose Duda, Mrs T Allison, Miss Loretta Donahue, Mrs Joseph O Shea, Miss Besso, McElroy, Rosemary McElroy, Joseph Scull, Mrs Simon McCullough, Mrs Joseph Jacoby, Miss Irene Ellsworth, Miss Helen Coyne, Miss Agnes Coyne, Miss Laurine Dunn, Miss Etta Christianson, Miss Rose Christianson, Edward Coyne, Edward Casey, John McElroy, Frank O’Brien, Edward Donahue, Joseph Scull, Ambrose Ashley, John Foley, Simon McCullough, James McCullough and Joseph Jacoby.
A historic advice piece recommends home remedies for anxious feet and simple injuries. It suggests soaking feet in cooled potato water with boric acid, using turpentine for rusty nail wounds, applying a mustard plaster with egg white to avoid blisters, and gargling a mix of alcohol listerine and peroxide with water every hour for sore throat relief.
Jennings Co opens a five story granite building on Harrison Street for Erwin M Jennings Co. The structure features a grand reception room with English oak furnishings a bronze door mosaic tile floors Caen stone walls and a marble staircase. Cars on display include Hudson models Winton Essex and Stevens Duryea with offices on the mezzanine and a full repair show on the top floor. Lawrence M Cornwall serves as treasurer and general manager.
Advice column style piece from Beatrice Fairfax addressing a reader who is an orphan and employed as a private secretary. The letter describes a dangerous affair with a married man, his plan to divorce, and asks whether she is wrong to enable it. The response section questions loyalty, asks the reader to consider consequences for the wife and children, and weighs societal norms against personal happiness. A second letter about a young woman dating a man who later reconnected after a friend’s return is also summarized.
A tense domestic confrontation unfolds as Donna Anne resists Tom Mason who intrudes drunk into her apartment. Jim returns unexpectedly, while Tom reveals duplicating keys and a plan to manipulate Donna Anne. The scene ends with Jim appearing in the doorway as the emotional confrontation continues.
An old home remedy promises quick cough relief using Pinex and sugar syrup or substitutes like molasses honey or corn syrup. The recipe yields a pint, claims cost savings, and notes rapid soothing of membranes, with benefits for throat and chest colds bronchitis croup hoarseness and asthma. Pinex is marketed as a concentrated Norway pine extract with a money back guarantee from The Pinex Co Ft Wayne Ind.
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