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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1919
Page
13
In Paris M Clemenceau states Allied governments support the labor convention in the peace treaty and Germany will be required to join the labor organization once admitted to the league. The note counters German demands for special justice and confirms reforms for the working class amid postwar trials.
PARIS May 15 The League of Red Cross societies formed to unite global Red Cross activities announces the appointment of Lieutenant General David Henderson of Great Britain as inspector general of the League.
Physicians promote bitro phosphate as a tonic to feed nerves and body cells, claiming it increases weight and energy. Hospitals and experts hew to its reputed benefits while warning it should not be used by those not seeking weight gain.
Pequonnock Yacht Club plans Bishop Cup races in a Sunday event with 16 boats entered. The fleet departs from the foot of Pembr street at 10 oclock for legs to Port Jefferson Stratford Light Stratford Heat and back, looping three times for a total of 43 nautical miles. Ed from the Pequonnock Yacht Club is named as the inner among early entrants.
Berlin May 16 The German peace mission head von Brockdorff-Rantzau handed three notes to Clemenceau. One note covers economics and the impact on Germany claiming the terms will starve more than 40 000 000 people as trade restrictions and the blockade further weaken the nation’s health.
May 15. England memorializes Edith Cavell, the nurse executed by Germans in Brussels in 1915. Her body travels from Brussels to Norwich for a public funeral in London. Crowds fill the route and Westminster Abbey is surrounded as residents fill every inch of standing space.
Hating meat regularly may cause kidney trouble as uric acid irritates kidneys leading to backache rheumatic twinges and other distress. Jad Salts, a grape and lemon juice lithia blend, is said to flush clogged kidneys and normalize urine acidity. The ad promotes Jad Salts as a safe, pleasant beverage to keep kidneys and urinary tract healthy and prevent disease.
Arnold Newlander of Milford was released on $1000 bond after a coroner hearing into the death of Callum Brown of Detroit, occurred at Memorial Bridge Milford. Newlander faces charges of reckless driving and operating without a license. Others in the car were Donald Lanigan, Ned Hunter, and John Montgomery, with Lanigan severely injured and hospitalized.
Washington May 15 The rules governing production manufacture distribution or transportation of oil and natural gas were removed today by an order of the fuel administrator Garfield.
Berne May 15. The forces of Admiral Molchak have taken Samara a key city on the Volga river according to a Ukrainian press bureau report from a well informed source Transport Toloa arrives at Boston with 1129 officers and men many from the Midwest 121st Machine Gun Battalion with 25 officers and 755 men aboard as the principal unit aboard
Warranty deeds list transfers on multiple streets including James Street Berkshires Avenue and Howard Avenue. Quit claim deeds cover Park Street Center Street and Robin Street. Mortgages and leases detail Bridgeport properties with values from 1 200 to 3 900 dollars and tenancies at 1344 Stratford Avenue. Probate and incorporation notices conclude with land certificates and American Duplex Signal Company capital stock of 10 000 dollars.
Castoria QPASTORIA advertised as a safe substitute for Castor Oil Paregoric and narcotic syrups. It claims thirty years of use for constipation flatulency wind colic and diarrhea while aiding digestion and sleep in children. It emphasizes the mothers friend signature of Chas. H. Fletcher and warns against counterfeit imitators.
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