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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1919
Page
22
A vintage advertisement touts Freezone as a fast acting treatment for corns and calluses. It claims a few drops on tender spots stop pain, loosen and lift the corn or callus, and shrivel rather than eat away tissue. The product is described as ether based and inexpensive.
Under Alvin Breul of the Community Service, cheer and singing sections are forming across the city for the big Fourth of July parade. Volunteers are invited at the Community Service office in the courthouse on Golden Hill street to support the effort and coordinate with F. W. Brown. The undenominational group aims to unite associations in social service while aiding parade morale.
Milford mourns for Clarence Evans 23 son of Mr and Mrs Frank W Evans of 237 Bridgeport Avenue Devon. He was drowned at Beaumont Texas while employed by Standard Oil. He had just graduated from Webb Academy Fordham NY. His body is en route home. Survived by parents and sister Gladys.
Grass fires across the city yesterday taxed fire crews. A 3:58 p.m. blaze on Burnsford avenue was put out by Truck 4. Hose Wagons battled two grass fires on Newfield avenue near the ball park, and a chemical unit fought an ash box fire on Crescent place opposite Engine House 2. A fourth grass fire burned at Iranistan and Maplewood avenues at 6:40 p.m. with Chemical 2 extinguishing it.
Foresters of America welcome members back at Foresters hall 2 Cannon Street with entertainment refreshments and speeches led by John B. Lyddy and a 43 member honor roll. Lady Owls host whist at 1087 Broad Street with refreshments after play. Sons of St George plan July 1 parade with Canadian veterans and a Stratfield banquet with Chief Justice Wheeler speaking. Cull held for theft Patrick Cull vagabond charged with auto tire theft at 120 Summit Street. to be arraigned in City Court. Freight jumper arrested Thomas Jeffrey of Fitchburg Mass for stealing a ride on a freight train. to be arraigned in City Court.
London report notes Dr. C Killick Millard, Leicester medical officer of health, urging establishment of birth control clinics as in Holland. He argued clinics should be state recognized and available to the public.
British and German officials struggle to halt smuggling along the Rhine left bank. English cigarettes command high demand in Berlin, selling at ten times prewar prices, reflected in German newspaper rhetoric.
Daylight saving is unpopular in China similar to some U S regions. Chefoo advanced the clock by one hour expecting Hong Kong and Tientsin to follow Shanghai, but Hong Kong did not adopt the change and Chu foo returns to old time. Chinese people do not easily adapt to time changes.
A brief dialogue from the Boston Transcript contrasts a man and woman debating affection and wealth, ending with a vow to look forward to a wedding day with greater impatience than now. The light exchange underscores romantic expectations and comic social banter.
In Bridgeport a crowd of about three hundred attended the cornerstone laying for the four story Bridgeport Christian Union building. Mayor Wilson presided at 10:30 AM and placed coins, a poem by Miss Hewitt, a Crosby hymnographic portrait, and a directors list inside the cornerstone. R J Mackenzie led as master of ceremonies, Rev. Alison spoke on the project’s progress and cost is slated at 106000 dollars with completion in three months.
Paris dispatch reports an armistice concluded between Polish and Ukrainian forces in Galicia and Valpynia. An agreement also says Poles and Romanians will not cross the Dniester river, signaling a regional truce and potential realignment.
The Greenfield Country Club House committee has arranged a dance at the club on Wednesday night July 2. On Wednesday afternoon the Ladies Sewing Society will meet in the church parlors to prepare for the mid summer bazaar.
Friday club entertainment realized 24 for Fatherless Children of France and adopted three orphans the prior year. The Secret play was produced by Miss Neithercut with Miss Pullman and others in Brooklawn area. Upcoming July 3 charity dance planned at Brooklawn Country Club with Frank A Smith and Ira Warner. Junior Christian Endeavor of Second Baptist Church to hold event June 24 at 5 p.m. at church parlors. Marie Harrington’s daughter Mrs Marie Smith, formerly Miss Marie Harrington, will reside in Taunton after wedding. Marion Hall returns from Tilton Seminary after completing the year.
Miss Mary McLaughlin daughter of James P McLaughtin Iranistan avenue was feted at Mrs William Zeinie s home on Iranistan avenue Saturday afternoon for her engagement to James P Shaughnessy of Boston Mars The bride elect received many useful gifts Guests included Margaretta Hurley Etta Cunningham Nellie Gertrude Frawley Elizabeth McLaughlin Mary Agnes Light Catherine McElroy Katherine McGuinness Sarah Callan Mrs George Kessel Mrs George McCarthy Jr Mrs Andrew Methueney Mrs Molly Daley Ogren Mrs George McCarthy Sr Mrs James Lawler Mrs Joseph Gaynor Mrs Philip McLaughlin Mrs A A McLaughlin and Mrs William McLaughlin
St Augustine's school hall will host a large pageant featuring hundreds of adults and children in period costumes. The Pageant of America traces incidents in history to the present with music and interludes. Miss Madeline Carrol of New Haven directs the cast, with Rev Joseph A Gunley overseeing the production.
London June 23. The American steamer Farnam, en route from Baltimore, was sunk by a mine explosion according to a Lloyds dispatch from Gothenburg.
Boston dated June 23 reports Cardinal Mercier the Belgian primate accepted Mayor Peters' invitation and said he expects to visit the city in September. The piece also reviews Polis showings with Chaplin Sunnyside and a vaudeville program featuring Mme. Doree's Celebrities, plus a comedy skit and dances.
Mrs Hudson Marshbank reports severe pain after eating and sour taste until taking Fruit-a-tives. She credits the fruit juice tablets with relief after doctors failed. Boxed ad offers poc six for 2.50 or trial size 25c, from Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ogdensburg, N.Y.
An ad-style piece advises careful washing and a canthrax shampoo made by dissolving a teaspoonful of canthrax in hot water to remove oil dirt and grime. It claims a full cup of liquid cleanses the scalp leaves it soft and pliant and gives hair glossy color and fluffiness.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as the premier kidney liver and bladder remedy amid many preparations. It promises a sworn purity certificate with each bottle and offers a sample by parcel post to Dr Kilmer Co Bing hamton New York with ten cents. It notes availability at drug stores in large and medium sizes and mentions Bridgeport Standard Telegram and Post.
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