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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1909
Page
7
A Menet represents the firm at the New York office located at 220 Broadway in the St Paul Building. The listing identifies A Menet as the representative for the organization.
Reports center on the rejection of Middletown Postmaster Allen’s renomination amid a dispute involving Senators Brandegee and Bulkeley. The episode touches Connecticut appointments, Hill support, and possible political maneuvering affecting federal posts and local factions. The piece also notes maritime collision discussions and a California anti Japanese agitation stance, plus Canadian Pacific plans for electric mountain divisions.
A long column argues for greater use of water power to curb coal usage and warns against large corporations seizing water rights. The piece links President Roosevelt era conservation with railroads adopting electric power, cites Canada as example, and critiques political maneuvering in Fairfield County involving Hawley Hill and party unity.
A survey of diverse science tidbits notes left handedness rates, Japan’s earthquakes count, manganese mines in the Caucasus, and the electric locomotive’s speed record. It cites Spain’s copper trade, Argentina livestock census, metric conversions, coral prices, gunpowder safety, and innovations from airships to forestry education.
Mrs. John Jones of Yoho Johny Pa says her children Harry and Marie Jones avoided winter colds after two bottles of Father John’s Medicine. The ad claims the remedy cures throat and lung troubles, is not a patent medicine, and has 50 years in use.
Patents granted listed by office of A M Wooster Bridgeport C T Digney H H Taylor S E Winslow Bonbright New Haven J H Shaw G R Ford A L Jacobs F H Richards B L Toquet G A Weber M King Derby Cuno Meriden L T Burns F J Burns 3 Cole Sandy Hook A C Cooke Rockyhill Labels Seamless Rubber Co New Haven The Babesjoy Nursing Outfit Sterling Pin Co Derby Dorie Hook and Eye
An 1930s Baltimore advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for irregularities, draggings, nervousness, and other female ailments. It claims the remedy has helped Mrs. W. S. Ford after years of misery and invites readers to seek free advice from Lydia Pinkham in Massachusetts.
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