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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1919
Page
2
Washington May 27. Cablegram reported by President Wilson to Secretary states that safeguards against religious discrimination will be guaranteed in new states formed after the great war. Rabbi Stephen S Wise protested massacres of Jews in eastern regions, urging action and protection.
Fragmented notice style recalls 1919 Bridgeport council and probate items. The text references Kolchak must call election, allied decisions, and a May 27 1919 probate matter, with multiple city notices from Bridgeport authorities about council meetings, sewer extensions, and street projects. Names like Charles 2 Welles and Alex H Robinson appear amid scattered formal notices.
General Tuesday warmth covered the northern states from Atlantic to Pacific with local showers in New England and New York. The outlook predicts generally fair weather with little temperature change for Wednesday and Thursday across the mid Atlantic and New England states.
Mrs Emma Hale of Tuscaloosa Alabama endorses CINOT after her ten year old daughter suffered years of stomach pains convulsions and weight loss. The ad claims CINOT restored appetite and health and mentions Hartigan’s Drug Store 81 Fairfield Avenue Bridgeport. The piece imitates a newspaper testimonial with promotional tone and multiple mentions of New York American advertising.
The city wide help drive ends tonight with the headquarters at the Stratfield hotel open from seven in the morning until late. Anyone who has not contributed may hand a donation to a letter carrier if unable to reach the headquarters. A long list of residents has joined the $25 club, including Mrs. T Watson, E S Wolfe, Mrs. E S Wolfe, E T von Wettberg, EF J Brennan, A M Marsh, Mrs. F N Benham Jr, W Lashar, A C Wheeler, W Wheeler, Summer Simpson, Mrs. Simpson, E J W Harrall, Mrs. E W Harrall, W T Hincks, Mrs. W T Hincks, Mrs. G B Wheeler, Mrs. G B Wheeler, Howard Simpson, Harry W Walker, David Feuer, Isaac Schine, H A Chaffee, Max Stein, C I Bilton, Chas. Greene, Chas. H Shapiro, A Hw Lavery, J C G Stanley, Miss Pauling Schaedler, A Phillips, Clifford Marsh, Maximilian Stein, B Blumberg, Mrs. H W Fleck, W B Spencer, W N Bangs, Murray H Chapin, Herman Walder, Sigmund Loewith, Samuel Beardsley, J A Nirdlinger, Robert S Hincks, George Smith, Arthur F Connor and Theo Steiber and F O Hoaglund.
A sequence of funeral notices and obituaries from local residents including Mrs. Anna Schulteiss Mrs. Margaret Sears John Joseph O Day Beatrice M Richardson Lydia A Gray Nancy St Beardmore and Charles J Johnson. Services were held at homes churches or funeral parlors with burials at St Michael s cemetery Park Cemetery Lakeview Cemetery or Union Cemetery Stratford and Providence noted.
Large chemical concern in Bridgeport was named marshal of the division of veterans of the world war to lead Memorial Day parade. Assistant marshals include Harry G. Lindsay U S N and Philo G Calhoun Marine Corps with aides Lts L B Evans and H Dannenburg and Sgt I J Mitchell. Division formed in three sections army navy marine corps. Army led by marshal, navy under Lt Commander Merritt, marines under Lt Br ongon Davis. Formation in platoons with guides. assembly at 1 p m at Armory in uniform. Disabled soldiers will ride in Autos. unveiling of tablet at City Hall listing Bridgeport dead. memorial exercises at Seaside Park.
An old advertisement claims influenza and grip can leave the blood depleted with fatigue nervousness and weak digestion. Hood's Sarsaparilla is touted as the best blood purifying medicine that revitalizes the body with a formula used by physicians for impure blood scrofula rheumatism and weakness. It also recommends Hood's Pills as a family cathartic.
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