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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1919
Page
6
A mass meeting at the Casino on May 17 under the Machinists union will hear prominent speakers from across the country discuss the high cost of living versus wages. Delegates aim to compare living costs and wage scales with Bridgeport communities.
Plans for dedicating the bronze roll tablet bearing names of Bridgeport boys who paid the supreme sacrifice in the world war will be discussed by the Aldermanic Memorial Day committee at a meeting tonight.
In Hull at 53 Maisonneuve Street an advert hails Fruit-a-tives or Fruit-Liver Tablets as best medicine for indigestion and constipation. Donat Lalonde reports long suffering cured after trying the product. Boxed trial offers and dealer availability listed from Fruitatives Limited Ogdensburg MN.
Washington May 1 Regs for administration of the fifteen per cent tax on near beer and the ten per cent tax on manufacture of soft drinks provide that the assessment is against the original manufacturer. If a second concern bottles and sells, the second manufacturing may be taxed. The tax is on the maker's price, not the retail price. The soft drink tax applies to beverages different from soda fountain products. The tax is paid by the manufacturer and certain juices are exempt from soda fountain taxes.
May 7 Washington reports more than 45 million dollars worth of motor trucks have been turned over to the Agriculture Department by the War Department through the bureau of public roads. About 20 000 trucks, mostly new, are surplus from the end of the war and will be distributed to the states under the Post Office appropriation bill for road construction use.
Mineia Bresson of Danbury sues the city of Norwalk to recover 1100 damages claiming a July 24 fall in a hole caused serious injuries due to city negligence. The suit seeks compensation for medical bills and pain.
Hartford May 7 Special Oldest living former member of the General Assembly Colonel Albert L. Hodge rode to Hartford on horseback in 1853 and arrived yesterday in an auto for the centennial and legislative reunion. The event drew lawmakers ministers doctors merchants and others from every corner of the state amid a soggy day. The Governor's Foot Guard band played and the House crowded as former leaders recalled historic battles and public service in Connecticut.
Maximilian and Belfe K Stein announced the purchase of the Taylor building on Broad Street between Airfield and Cannon streets, currently housing stores and offices. Stein confirmed the deal, stating improvements and retention as an investment, noting the frontage of 60 feet and depth of 100 feet.
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