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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1919
Page
5
Public advertisement touts bitro-phosphate as a quick fix for thinness. Claims nervous weakness fades and weight increases with improved health. Includes testimonial from Miss Georgia Hamilton and cautions use only by those seeking to gain flesh. Sold by Hartigan Bros Bridgeport with guarantee or money back.
Manager Irank Cantwell states Stratfield Hotel will keep room rates on the old schedule for now despite prohibition reducing income. He follows a watchful waiting policy while noting other cities like Harford and New Haven have raised prices fifty cents at major hotels to cover deficits from weak dining patronage and bar eliminations. Continuous dining may end, replaced by fixed meal hours.
Washington announces the United States will sign treaties with Bulgaria and Turkey at the State Department. The move formalizes concurrence in terms imposed on allies of Germany and Austria, changing boundary lines and creating new nations, with Armenia seeking U.S. mandate under the League of Nations covenant.
Pittsfield Mass July 23 three jurors in the box for the trial of Mrs Gladys C G Dunn charged with murder in the second degree of her five year old son Joseph Allen Dunn in Lenox August 11 1918 A view of the house in Lenox where the shooting occurred was to be taken by jurors Mrs Dunn accompanied in court by her husband the story and scenario writer.
Every Massachusetts resident who served in the United States forces between February 3 and November 11, 1918, is entitled to a $100 bonus. Must have been a bona fide Massachusetts resident for at least six months prior to entering service. Not only soldiers sailors and marines but army and navy nurses qualify. In Bridgeport those entitled can obtain information and application blanks at the local M C A.
Building commissioners approved twelve permits totaling about 55 900 for projects on Water street and Main street. Plans include a two story brick office and storage building on Water street for the J D Johnson Co Inc and a two story frame storage building on the same street. EB J O Neil also secured a permit for brick stores and apartment buildings on Main street.
Fairchild and Shelton Co. file a civil suit in Superior Court against William Bogart of Sound Beach for $1500 in damages. They allege Bogart obtained credit for a large shipment of soap by fraudulently claiming he was a joint owner of property at the beach.
Probate commissioners Frank Nolan and Sloward N. Wakeman presided over hearings on the estate of Paul Eoray of Fairfield. Attorney Robert G. DeForest, administrator, submitted the report and will forward findings to Judge Bacon Wakeman of Fairfield for final action.
South Carolina legislator J W Ragsdale died suddenly today in a Washington office while under medical care. A separate notice announces a Capitol Avenue extension hearing before the Board of Appraisal in council chambers on Friday August 1 at 7 30 prelim. Additional hearings on grades layouts and sewers are listed.
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