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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1916

Page

3

Rheumatic Victim Finds New Vigor From Wilderbs Treatment

F. W. Mason of Bridgeport credits Wilderbs medicine with restoring health after twenty years of rheumatism stomach and bowel trouble. He reports improved digestion appetite sleep weight gain and renewed energy after trying the tonic at Hindle's store. The testimonial highlights perceived benefits and promotes continued use of Wilderbs.

Wilders T. S. Jackson Pierce Golden Mediall Cal Discovery F. W. Mason Providence Main Street Mason

Prohibition Critics Split: Ruppert Addresses Convention

Jacob Ruppert, president of the New York State Brewers Association, tells an annual convention that prohibition is the mother of impractical theories and lies. He argues alcohol regulation is better than outright bans and cites tax and enforcement figures from 1916 to support moderation over prohibition.

New York Col. Ruppert Jacob Ruppert Army Navy Internal Revenue Department Treasury Department Internal Revenue

Post Office Warns on New Counterfeit Five Dollar Bills

The Treasury reports two new counterfeit five dollar notes in circulation. A 5 Federal Reserve note from New York with Lincoln portrait and plate details is paired with a 1899 silver certificate. both are described as detectable or poorly executed. President Wilson studies cost of living reports to decide recommended Congressional steps.

Treasury Department Federal Reserve Federal Reserve Bank of New York W. G. McAdoo Treasury John Burke United States Lincoln Gabe E. Parker Register of Treasury Wilson Congress

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Advertisement offers a no cost trial cure for piles promising permanent relief. It claims vast success across chronic and acute cases and urges readers to mail a coupon today for the free treatment without payment or obligation.

R. Page Main St Marshall, Mich

European Warriors Find Time for Favorite Sport on Frontlines

A wartime scene depicts Ness petition in England and notes that France remains a dead issue amid conflict. The article describes soldiers finding leisure in fencing boxing football wrestling and baseball on European battlefields with pictures of soccer near the Somme and troops in playful scrimmages and horseback wrestling.

England France Europe Somme

Immaculate Conception Feast Observed Tomorrow

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception will be observed as a holy day of obligation with masses in all churches both morning and evening. Catholics may eat meat on this Friday feast per a papal decree. A storm sank the Spanish steamship Pio IX off the Canary Islands killing about 100 crew members from New Orleans en route to Barcelona.

Commissioners of Internal Revenue United States Maine Nutrition Laboratories Pius X Catho Pio IX New Orleans Barcelona Canary Islands

49 CLUB Seeks Members Born in 1849 For Meeting

The 16th annual meeting of this club will be held Monday evening November 11 at the Sea Side Club. Men born in the year 1849 are invited to enroll. To join, send name or notify in person to H. J. Seeley secretary 922 Main Street.

Sea Side Club H. J. Seeley Main Street Soe

New Talking Machine Records From Columbia Spotlight

Columbia announces exclusive new records featuring Maria Barrientos bel canto star si gning Ardon gl Incensi from Lucian and Liszt Verdi symphonic poems by Godowsky. Adeline Francis reads The Three Bears on a double disc with Flora Bella Waltzes by Prince's Orchestra. Also noted are winter coats scarfs and muffs at E H Dillon & Co 1105 Main St.

Maria Barrientos Metropolitan Opera Columbia Company Mme. Barrientos Mme. Barriento Lucian Henry Charles Meltxzer Adeline Francis Columbia Goldie Locks Three Bears Mothler Miss Francis Prince's G. Hepburn Wilson M.B

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Hindle Ufe Bridgeport New York State Department of Excise Brill Brothers Golden Hill Post Office Talking Machine Liszt Leopold Godowsky H. Dillon & Co
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