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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1913
Page
6
An advertisement touts Calocide as a cure for corns bunions and sweaty feet. It claims dissolving the compound in warm water and soaking the feet will remove the cause and provide immediate relief after a week of use. A twenty five cent box is sold by druggists.
Philadelphia May 28 Connecticut sends a strong contingent to the University of Pennsylvania with 68 members varying from dental and veterinary to finance and architecture. The group includes graduates and postgraduates, with notable sporting participation and the Connecticut State club forming a central social hub on campus.
A fragmented listing shows graduates by town including New Haven New Milford Norwalk Norwich Plantsville Portland Seymour Shelton South Manchester Stamford Stony Creek Unionville Wallingford Waterbury and Winsted. Fields include dental veterinary arts and sciences chemistry electrical engineering and engineering.
Chicago May 28 A common council ordinance provides a yearly $500 000 reduction in telephone rates affecting a large majority of subscribers ending a three year fight. The measure requires the telephone company to contribute $100 000 annually to the employees pension and disability fund and devotes $195 000 of the surplus from expert investigations to wage increases.
A Washington despatch reports Professor Irving Fisher of Yale, a longtime Wilson ally, advising a currency reform plan Wilson may submit to leaders. The piece notes Wall Street input shaping the proposal and lists pension rolls from New Haven and New England Banks, detailing monthly and yearly distributions for dozens of employees across several classes.
New figures from auditor J. M. Tom Unson show a steady climb in pensions paid to retired workers of the New York New Haven and Hartford Road and the New England Steamship Company. Since 1808 the annual pension totals grew from about 102 592 to an estimated 146 000 for the year ending June 30.
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