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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1919
Page
6
Physicians advocate plain bitro phosphate to thin nervous individuals lacking vim and energy. The ad claims many tonics fail to supply nerve and tissue needs, promoting organic phosphate as inexpensive and reliably effective with Hartigan Drug Stores offering satisfaction guarantees.
Clinicians in New York report patients gaining weight after organic phosphate treatment with Bitro-Phosphate. Advocates claim improvements in energy, sleep, eyes, and complexion, while doctors urge caution about fat-producing foods for those avoiding weight gain.
Dr Edward Parrish recommends ordinary serathol for indigestion gas acidity and dyspepsia. Consumers report rapid relief from the uncomfortable sensation of a lump in the stomach belching and bad breath. The cure is advertised as harmless pleasant to take and affordable at Hartigan Drug Store Bridgeport and other first class druggists.
Mayor Wilson and the Municipal Food committee arranged transport from New York City for 20 tons of government surplus food. A second ham sale, part of a 60,000 pound order, was hoped for tomorrow but may be delayed to Monday if shipments arrive in time to be tagged and weighed.
Baltimore August 14 three children were killed in a public park when an army airplane landed and skidded, striking the crowd watching the landing. The plane skidded on the ground, catapulting into the throng.
One of the largest crowds attended the dance of the Cost Accounting branch of the ordnance department of the Locomobile Co of America last night at Brooklawn dancing pavilion. Patrons included Mr and Mrs R E Booth, Mr and Mrs BE N Payne, Major J Lee Nicholson, and many others with Mina Dorothy A Hayes and Alan I Messer in charge.
Bridgeport Lodge K of P held a meeting last night with Turney as guest speaker on state work. Plans were made for a Sunday outing on the 30 at Charles Lindquist’s Brooklawn farm. The bowling alley project was advanced and installation is expected within two weeks. The Lyric presents The Unpardonable Sin, a Maj. Rupert Hughes story adapted film, starring Blanch Sweet with a plot spanning war torn Belgium and Germany. Beginning Monday there will be matinees at the Lyric Theatre.
Reports from Whitesburg Kentucky say Anse Hatfield 84 former leader of the Hatfield faction in the feud is seriously ill and death is expected at any time.
New York theater leaders refused mediation offered by a volunteer group led by George W. Hobart George Ade and Irvin S Cobb saying they will not recognize the Actors Equity association. The union pressed for recognition and for contracts under the Equity plan. A mass meeting announced plans for strike fund benefits and a theatre booking for Monday. An injunction blocked strikers from interfering with A Regular Fellow at the Cort and Those Who Walk in Darkness at Forty eighth Street. Marie Dressler said Chorus Girls Union will seek help from social leaders including Mrs August Belmont and Mrs Fellowes Morgan.
George M. Cohan will battle the Equity Association of actors and artists to a finish, says Harry J. Riddings, manager of Cohan's Grand Opera House. He cut short a vacation and returned to Chicago to confront the strike, citing unfair discrimination in closing his theatre while others stay open. The theatre will remain closed until the actors are defeated if needed.
Raymond W. Harris post Veterans of Foreign Wars executive committee and the annual encampment delegates urged a special button for wounded veterans and a medal for overseas service. They favored admitting Allied forces veterans, and a special honorary button. Harris post named Bert W. Wheeler and others to represent at Providence encampment and Bridgeport meeting in 1920. Discharge corrections for many veterans were noted and to be addressed.
Washington reports Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale told the Federal Electrical Railways commission that a billion dollars in foreign gold spurred inflation, bankrupting trolley lines and lifting prices broadly. He urged dollar stabilization by gold price regulation and raising fares to match new price levels of fixed costs.
Shelton August 14 Special Refusal of retail milk dealers to raise their price to 17 cents per quart after orders from producers, may trigger a bitter fight between factions. Sterling B. Hubbell will lead a six member delegation of retailers who will visit producers to seek revocation of the increase orders. If the plan fails, retailers will defy the producers and continue charging 16 cents per quart.
In Pittsburgh on August 14, the national amateur golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club neared start as Francis Ouimat of Boston and Bob Gardner, ex National champions, joined the star lineup. Chick Fivans, reigning champion, was still en route but expected shortly.
Aug 14. Employed members of Interborough New York Railway and Third Avenue lines, part of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees, plan a mass meeting to present demands. Organizer Patrick Shea warned a strike could begin Tuesday at 5 o'clock if needs are not met, risking a citywide disruption.
Funeral services for Ralph Albert Blakelock held at Grace Episcopal Church Broadway and Tenth Street. The reverend Charles L Slattery conducted the rites, returning from a Massachusetts vacation to lead the ceremony.
Paris August 14 Frederick Singer grandson of Isaac M Singer founder of the Singer Sewing Machine company married Mme Puget widow of French poet Audry Puget who was killed in 1918 Singer served in the war with the French army and was twice cited for bravery earning the Croix de Guerre.
Margaret Haig MacWorth Viscountess Rhondda sails from London on the Royal George heading to Peace River Canada to inspect property and then on to New York for two months. She is described as Britain's busiest businesswoman and director of more than 36 major British industries, sole heiress to her father.
A South Wales figure known as St Hiesblovar carried on his business interests after his passing last year, sustaining the enterprise and its community role through ongoing management and stewardship.
In London on August 14, officials urged British workers to accelerate output to catch up with American growth. Secretary Greenwood of the overseas trade department warned that Britain’s coal production must rise to maintain export momentum and avoid lag in wartime supply.
The passage notes Amer it and Kit gaining an advantage in merchant tonnage and capturing South American markets previously dominated by British traders, indicating a shift in maritime trade power toward America and away from Britain.
The American Legion fund sits unchanged at 6455 dollars, with funds for the clubhouse purchase lagging. The drive to raise 15000 dollars shows only about one third collected and needs a significant boost to reach the target.
Howard Chandler Christy and Nancy May Valmer, longtime model, were married in a Broadway tabernacle ceremony in New York on August 14. Christy, renowned illustrator and artist, wed the young widow in a private service with limited attendance.
Shortly after the Prince of Wales departed for New Brunswick, Charles Peters his wife and seven children drowned when a squall overturned the motor boat Nellie as they watched the regatta here.
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