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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1919
Page
17
A vintage ad promotes a cheap lemon juice lotion for freckles and complexion. It touts squeezing juice from two lemons into a bottle with three ounces of white orchard extract to create a quarter pint of freckle remover. Apply daily to face neck arms and hands for a fragrant, massaged finish.
Police and investigators in New Canaan continued to probe a body found in the woods amid lines of inquiry about Esther Hoose missing months ago. Mrs J Hoose of North Troy failed to identify the corpse as her daughter. Coroner Phelan and Medical Examiners Brooks and Weaver withheld full autopsy and bacteriological reports. Local residents and others from miles around offered sympathy and inquiry but officials kept details private.
May 7 special report notes the General Assembly approved a two year appropriation of 12600 for Griffin Hospital of Derby, $2000 more than two years ago. Representative Thomas F. Molloy of Derby introduced the bill, with local legislators voting for it amid needs from influenza epidemics and new facilities in St Mary's hall and the Flaherty building. The hospital serves Derby, Shelton, Huntington, Ansonia, Seymour and lower-Naugatuck Valley towns, with increased operating costs from epidemics and a recent expansion.
At a recent Algonquin Club meeting the president was empowered to appoint a committee to consult with owners of the Black Rock Yacht Club about buying the club. A lack of representation prevented a definite understanding. A special meeting will be held in weeks for the investigation committee to report findings. The Black Rock facility, once a naval base in wartime, sits on the sound and may join the city organization.
Friends of Gilbert Freedman of the Liberty Theater hosted a Greenmount Club party in his honor marking his 44th birthday. More than twenty guests attended after dinner, with toasts and gifts, as Mrs. Freedman organized the event. Attendees included Max Cohen and family, Samuel Plotkin, Benjamin Klinkestone, Harry Cohen, Morris Mondshein and daughter Annette, L Toer, M Weinstein, Henry Greenstein, Milton Freedman, A Fevner, Louis Freedman and Samuel Rich of New York City.
Advertisement touts Schenck's Mandrake Pills as a quick cure for dullness fatigue and constipation. Claims promise rapid efficacy and a rejuvenated feeling with a 25 cent box price from Schenck and Son of Philadelphia.
May 7 report from New York describes a fire start when a signal switch in the hangar of the NC-1 caused a blaze while a double stream of flame sprayed the aircraft. A sailor received chemical exposure in the eye but recovered, with no plant damage. Weather improved along the coast aiding preparations for dawn departure from Rockaway for Halifax if winds ease. NC-3 motor repairs completed. officials note routine maintenance as planes prepare for long transatlantic flight.
Obituaries note funeral services for George Wisor of 609 Fairfield avenue with burial at Lakeview cemetery. Edward Farrell of 1456 North avenue dies after illness. funeral from his daughter’s home with mass at St Augustine's Church and burial at St Michael's. John Bruckner of 1590 Barnum avenue dies in Bridgeport Hospital. services from Lieberum & Heaphy with burial at Parl Cemetery. Stella Gaydosh of 290 Glenwood avenue funeral at St Charles Church. Harriett Kelley and Ellen Kelley mourners listed. Stiles M Clark obituary notes service at St Peter's Episcopal Church in Stratford and burial at Monroe Cemetery.
The Supreme Court staying injunctions pauses the Postmaster General Burle’so telegraph rate increase in the terminals and permits continuation of higher charges until May 19 after adjourning. Federal Judge Landis had blocked the increase, but the court’s order allows the higher rates to take effect temporarily.
Charles McMullen of 470 Central Avenue appeared at the Emergency hospital seeking treatment for a sprained ankle after a trolley collision on Barnum Avenue. He was otherwise uninjured according to the report.
COL. WILLIAM DARrach named dean of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University as the successor to Dr. Samuel W. Lambert whose resignation takes effect July 1. Darrach, born March 12 1876 in Germantown PA, earned his MD from the College of Physicians in 1901 and an AM from Columbia the same year. He served with both American and British medical forces during the war and is noted for hospital organizing work in New York.
Chicago dispatch reports W W delegates observed by police as luggage searches occurred during the convention. Chief Garrity and Stephen J. Barry denied raids. Garrity warned of arrests as officers held the hall. In Port Chester New York Silas B Carey a Brooksville Grammar School principal killed himself with a 12 gauge shotgun. Carey feared losing his job after board election defeat. He had taught in St James Cold Spring Harbor L D and Irvington and was Potsdam Normal School trained.
Corporal Anthony M. Wallace of 16 Jetland Place was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for an extraordinary act of bravery by General Pershing. Wallace, with Company E of the 60th Infantry, Fifth Army Corps, saw heavy fighting in the Argonne Forest and was not listed as a casualty in any letters.
In Toledo on May 7 about 2 non union workers at Wil Overland and Electric Auto Light plants joined 8,500 union men protesting a 48 hour week. Pickets stopped all workers entering the plants and urged them to quit. Union heads declared the men had been locked out and 10,500 workers will draw weekly allowances from the union treasury.
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