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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1919
Page
5
The BridgsPort Chapter of the American Institute held its annual banquet at the Bicoot Law. Clerks tellers stenographers and many banting members attended. Alvin Breul chaired the event with notable attendees from the west side.
A meeting is scheduled Tuesday night at the High School to choose officers for a new American Legion post. A formal organization and charter application will follow, with a unit to support soldiers sailors and marines via the United States Employment Service.
An early 20th century advertisement argues women overestimate physical strength and endure strain from overwork. It describes common female ills such as headaches backaches and dragging-down pains and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetab le Compound as a standard remedy.
State's Attorney commended the effort to run down chicken thieves in Westport. Deputy Sheriff Edgar H. Perry received credit from Judge Keeler for arresting Norman Lockwood and Jones Dykeman last Friday. The court ordered a $50 reward be paid.
Nine officials to take office in Fairfield County jail as new terms begin in January. Miss Lena Selkon will preside at the annual meeting in Golden Hill street rooms, while Miss Robinson, connected with Dr Grenfell, will discuss Labrador expeditions and conditions. The lecturer is a Bradford academy graduate and has spoken at Wellesley Mount Holyoke and Grenfell associations. Bridgeport likely to welcome Miss Robinson warmly.
Multiple petitions filed in the Superior Court include Claribel Gerhardt of Norwalk seeking divorce from He Gerhardt on grounds of temperance and cruelty. Bridgeport residents Willan Z. Burke and Grace M. Burke seek divorce on desertion, as do Julia Brody of New York from Henry Brody on desertion. Terie W. Ramm of Bridgeport seeks separation from Ida M. Ramm for desertion, and Annie Kanyal of Bridgeport petitions divorce from John Kanyal on desertion. Isabelle Wheeler of East Port Chester seeks divorce from Frederick Wheeler, alleging desertion.
Attorneys Albert J Merritt and Ivan Morehouse will occupy offices in the Fidelity Building at Slate and Broad streets vacated by the dissolution of Canfield and Pullman. John Pullman and B J McManus join the new firm Pullman & Comley with W H Comey Tr Arthur M Comley John S Pullman B J McManus and W J Seeley. Merritt recently was discharged from the navy after serving as a lieutenant.
Dr Dow Beebe of this city pleaded guilty to reckless driving after his car collided with another at Fruney's bridge on February 14 1919. Louis James of Westport pleaded guilty to assaulting his wife Mary James and was fined $15 and sentenced to 80 days, with jail term suspended by the court.
Senator Lodge remarks on American adaptability in war, noting many were green as recruits like Didley Gidley. He cites raw cavalry training and a joke about horse straps to keep recruits from laughing at their horses. The Times mentions Cullerton, a Chicago city council figure.
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