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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1920
Page
6
Crowds of eager purchasers crowded the store today showing strong demand for money saving values. Immense price reductions cover stylish winter millinery shirt waists petticoats marabout feather capes fur scarfs muffs angora wool shoulder scarfs. Sale continues all this week and readers are urged to try a want ad in The Evening Times for results.
Reverend J. Herbert Cope of the Baptist Foreign Mission society reports wives in Burma’s Chin Hills are sold on a dollar down basis. Fathers demand high terms, wives are taken back if debt grows, and debt bondage leads to annual payments. Educational efforts aim to curb the practice under the New World Movement.
Minnie S Walker wife of William A Walker died after a short illness at 7 o clock. She resided in the North End at 2210 Main Street and was a devoted wife and mother. She leaves husband Henry and four daughters. Funeral will be held Friday from her home. Frank L Polk, former Under Secretary of State, underwent an operation for appendicitis at New York Hospital.
Advertisement listing heavy wear socks and hose in black and white. Sizes range from 6 1 2 to 40 for regular and finer ribbed hose. Prices show 59 cents to 79 cents for marceled and English ribbed varieties.
Paris society notes a shift as French women favor cats over dogs, with cats wearing tailored hats from a Montmartre hatter. Patrons bring angora cats for hats, seeking bowler or velvet styles, while dogs fade from Parisian street fashion. In Melrose Mass, a school edict bans fraternities and sororities from activities, office roles, or events, restricting membership impact to social and athletic functions.
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