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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1919
Page
5
Peter Rabbit learns from Mourner a dove about dust baths and close companionship with Mrs Mourner. Kitty the Catbird mocks the nest as fragile and poor. The scene shifts to Jenny and Mr Wren feeding their growing brood as Peter ponders Mourner’s life and vocal mood.
Dr. Daniel Banks of East Main Street and Dr. Andrew J. McQueeney of Noble Avenue travel from Rochester to Mayo Brothers surgical clinic in Rochester Minnesota to study advanced surgery for several weeks. They will also spend a week at Dr George Crile clinic in Cleveland Ohio.
Four year old David Kampar suffered severe burns at 63 Ash Street when a two quart pan of boiling grease overturned onto his race and arms while his mother was briefly away from the doughnut making.
Curtis Aeroplane and Motor Corp announces work on three passenger routes to Rochester Syracuse Utica Albany and Erie Pittsburgh and across the Canadian border to Hamilton and Toronto. The state route opens this fall with two more likely by spring. The firm aims to counter the belief flying is dangerous.
Paris Aug 24 The French airship Goliath landed north of Dakar after a broken propeller disabled its flight. All aboard were saved and reported safe.
Paris reports a government bill to develop Rhone river waterpower for electric power and river transport. The project costs about 600 million francs and would build 20 hydro stations for 716000 horsepower, equating to 5,060,000 tons of coal and enabling 1200 ton barges on the Rhone to serve transport to central Europe.
London August 24 The strike of 6 000 Cooperative Trading Societies employees in north England has been called off after an agreement between workers and employers. The stoppage began Monday with demands for a forty four hour week and higher pay.
The Recreation Board marks the final week of summer activities at city playgrounds. Baby shows conclude with prize awards for the final citywide baby, with events at Lafayatte West End Old Air Green and Yellow Mill. Recreathon camp winds down as camps open for two weeks. Evening programs include a Twilight Festival at Yellow Mill, a Spruce Street block party with I G concert, Waltersville band concert, and a Friday play festival at Columbus school.
Government guidance favoring sodium salicylate and formaldehyde as fly poisons that are not hazardous to children. Instructions describe preparing solutions, using blotting paper and glass basins, plus alternative methods with pyrethum powder and scented deterrents to repel flies.
London August reports say former British Prime Minister Herbert H. Asquith is preparing a political comeback. He is believed to announce candidacy for the House of Commons, shocking many who thought he had retired from active politics.
Mrs C Wrestmoretown in Harrison New York describes overcoming childbirth difficulties with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports lasting health, ongoing use during nursing, and urges others with displacement irregularities backache headaches or nervousness to try the remedy and write for advice.
A Vermont reader describes severe itching and pimples spreading on the neck. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, recommended by her mother, the skin cleared. The notice promotes Cuticura products with sample offers and address for free literature.
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