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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
7
Redding expects about 160 men aged 21 to 31 to be subject to the draft, based on a 1,600 population and 10 percent male quota. Registration opens Tuesday at the town house or Georgetown as the registry sites, with in person appearance required.
Rumors circulate about a Danbury paper plant project with treasurer stating changes are under consideration, possibly not within weeks. Fred Driggs orders a Delco private plant for his Pleasant Valley log cabin, prompting other valley residents to consider similar electric service. Lemuel Sanford leaves Remington Co to head Bridgeport Hydraulic Co agency at Sanfordtown, with seed corn farming replacing potatoes on Henry Kennetl farm. Rev Woolworth lectures on Two Weeks in Switzerland at Center Congregational Church with seven views. Marion Day returns home to Redding Center after hospital stay for operation.
Price list from New York wholesale markets covering butter creamery eggs apples hay straw poultry and vegetables. Entries include butter 40 44c per lb eggs 37 40c per dozen various apples prices from 3 to 6.50 per barrel hay and straw per ton ranges 12 to 23 dollars, poultry and fowl pricing, and vegetables like asparagus cucumbers lettuce mushrooms potatoes tomatoes with assorted per unit costs.
Appraisers W. V. Garner and Percy P. Anderson filed the Amelia B. Bartram estate inventory yesterday showing total value of 4200 dollars driven by real estate holdings.
New Haven June 1 warning of the federal law forbidding liquor sales to men in military uniform was sent by 16 Connecticut Liquor Dealers' Association. T. F. Fitzgerald President said enforcement rests with civil authorities. The Pennsylvania Railroad pledged to buy $5,000,000 in Liberty Loan bonds for the company itself.
The piece argues auto-intoxication or ptomaine poisoning stems from liver and bowel issues causing toxins in the blood. It warns against mineral oil remedies and recommends outdoor exercise, hot water, hydration, and a herbal laxative similar to Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to improve bowel health and relieve related illnesses.
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