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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1919
Page
2
An advertisement for facial hair removal and eyebrow shaping offers eyelash-free results using an electric needle process, claiming privacy and 13 years of service in Bridgeport. It notes location at 300 Conn. Natl. Bank Building and markets permanent improvements for women seeking discreet cosmetic treatment.
Prescott Abbott of 24 Somerset St Brockton Massachusetts a longtime Brockton Street Railway employee credits Var-Nes is with curing his rheumatic arthritis after four years of pain He stopped work eight months due to knee and foot rheumatism and four months to put on shoes He reports being free of the disease now urging others to try Var-Ne-Sis a vegetable preparation without salicylates or iodides Ad cites to W A Varney Lynch Maine for more information and to buy Var-Ne-Sis through druggists
Passengers aboard the steamship President Wilson, delayed in Trieste harbor for eleven days, allege Italian officials delayed them and protested to the American consul in Naples. Statements from William M. Sullivan and Ralph C. Busser describe police scenes and protests aboard the ship before it sailed.
New York Oct. coast guard cutter Seraca failed to refloat the freighter Passaie Bridge after it grounded off Barnegat Shoals. The vessel bound from Rosario and Montevideo to New York will be lightered of its grain cargo though the ship itself is not in immediate danger.
Weather observations and outlook from The Post Building record list show temperatures near 29.80 to 29.94 inches of pressure, showers and possible thunder in New England and Eastern New York, cooler interior temperatures, and a forecast of showery weather Monday followed by clearing Tuesday. Winds along the Atlantic coast were moderate from the south to southwest with overcast, showery conditions.
King Albert and Queen Amalia toured Copley Square to the Copley Plaza hotel where Harvard conferred on the king the Doctor of Laws degree. The royal couple met President Lowell, faculty members, and were hosted at a tea before departing for Niagara Falls. Cardinal Mercier was welcomed by Boston Catholic women at Notre Dame academy.
Obituary items report Mrs. William I. Mickel of New Haven died after brief illness. services at Hawley and Wilmot parlors with burial in Park cemetery. Survived by husband, two sons Chester and Harry Mickel, three daughters Mrs. James Vetra, Maud, and Elizabeth Mickel, father William J. Miller, brother Charles T. Miller, sister Mrs. F. L. Lewis Pitt. Also notes Avitalian Pitt and a former Regent of this city died at Mansfield Depot. funeral at Bishop's mortuary. Also reports death of Ralph G. Wootton of 108 Stillman Street, Bridgeport, tool maker at Columbia Graphophone plant. funeral from home, burial in cemetery. Mentions funeral of P. M. Goras, 68, Bridgeport hospital death, to be held from Stratford home with park cemetery burial. lists surviving sons Louis, Harold, Lester, and daughters Bertha, Tothel, Lisses, Gladys. sister Mrs. Ella Gree.
Ansonia health officers report a serious influenza case in the city. Precautions were taken to prevent spread as Dr Goldstein plans to present epidemic prevention measures at the board of health meeting.
A call for help was received from the steamer Lake Gravett bound from Powey England to Portland. The 1,019 ton ship, in heavy weather, has only three days of coal and cannot reach a coaling port. Position reported as 44 05 4 N 48 27 W about 96 miles east of Cape Sable with a northeast gale.
Southbridge Mass Oct 1 Lionel Gaumond 20 Adelard Berbon 21 died and William Pisetti severely cut as a touring car with three others struck a trolley car while leaf strewers caused the crash near noon today.
The Connecticut Company announces a planned fare change to a zone based system starting after the current six cent base. A two cent for each additional zone applies, with a front end boarding check and rear exit to verify zone and fare. The move aims to cover rising costs since 1917, though initial confusion among passengers and employees is expected as the new method is phased in.
A large anti Semitic reactionary rally unfolded in Vienna with a hall gathering followed by a police estimated 12 000 marching procession. Dr Friedrich Adler of Der Karpf called off a planned counter demonstration as foot soldiers and police kept opposing streams apart along side streets.
In New York a 40 year old woman calling herself Jeanette Mailings is held on $5,000 bail after allegedly holding up and robbing Flerbert Boyd at gunpoint. Two men aiding her were also detained. Boyd was ordered to surrender as the trio fled, and a $12 in recovered notes was later recovered.
Crasho Jrg started their season with a 42 to 0 win over Lincoln at East Side. Coach Crashog ponders a Sunday game with Stratford Arrows at Seaside Park. All players report for practice at 7:89 o clock from tax No. 218.
Perth Amboy resident Mrs Mantis Stanislawset describes severe female ailments including back pain dizziness and nervous prostration. After three years of suffering she credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief and vitality and recommends it to others.
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