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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1916

Page

5

Yale Investigators Hear Show Girls In Alderman Case

New Haven December 15 Yale officials pursue charges against Alderman brothers, hotel Taft case reveals that students met chorus girls through the shop and gambling was involved. Registrar Vreeland testified that Alderman denied wrongdoing while offering to sell his car if charges would not be pressed. Several Sheff students testified about craps and betting in the store, with Athletes named as sources of information. Premier Lloyd George’s health worsens slightly.

New Haven Yale University of Alderman Brothers Taft H. Harold Vreeland Sheffield Scientific School Vreeland Samuel Alderman Alderman Desa Jones Dean Frederick Jones College John Griffin Jacob Hck Dean Jones Sheff D. G. Buchanan Pittsburgh Goodhart Buchanan F. 8. B. Berger Clement Gile Yale Hobson Cambridge

Cough Relief Ad Promotes Crescoten for Colds and Coughs

An advertisement touts Crescoten as a safe remedy for tight coughs, sore throats, bronchitis, and whooping cough. It urges buying two bottles from Hindle's Drug Stores at 987 Main St and 909 Main St for 25 cents.

Hindle Main Street

Lax-a-Tone Endorsed By Courtland Street Resident

A Courtland street resident urges readers to try Lax-a-Tone, claiming dramatic indigestion and dyspepsia relief from the medicine and noting local testimonials with addresses and photos for identification. Hartigan's drug stores at 81 Fairfield Avenue and Main and Congress streets sell the remedy as governors meet in Washington to discuss lowering living costs.

J. D. Hartigan Walt Adams Courtland Street Bridgeport Lax-a-Tone Hartigan's Drug Fairfield Avenue Main Congress Streets Adv

Silver wedding toast and planned society wedding in Bridgeport

Social notes mention the silver anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Postal of 394 Grand Street to be celebrated at Lyric hall 1428 Main Street on December 24 with 125 guests, plus details of the forthcoming wedding of Miss Alice Bartram Pierce of 2340 North Avenue to Jonathan Grout of Brooklyn on January 2, including bridal party and hostesses.

Edward Postal Grand Street Lyric Hall Main Street Alice Bartram Pierce Bradford D. Pierce, Jr North Avenue Jonathan Grout Brooklyn Margaret Grout Bradford Pierce Entz Norma Gaynor Mr. Grout Robert Gibney Maturin B. Waldo Horace Merwin City John Grout New York Rodney Smith Springfield Mass Harris Thurston Greenman Canada Radford English Miss Pierce J. Percy Bartram John Field Edith Riker

Vincent Bros Plan New Elevator in the West End

Ground broken at Carbon’s and Washbun streets on Vincent Bros property for a grain elevator to serve the Water street business. They recently sold Water street property to John R. Woodhull and will move capacity to the West End site, consolidating coal pockets hay storage sheds and grain elevator.

Vincent Bros West End Carbon's Washbun Streets Water Street John R. Woodhull Terry State Woodhull

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