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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1919
Page
3
A vintage advertisement urges readers to buy Hyomei from a local druggist to treat catarrh and head colds. It claims the inhaled antiseptic reaches the nose throat and lungs, soothes inflamed membranes, reduces swelling, and heals inflammation without stomach dosing or narcotics. It warns catarrh can be dangerous and may lead to consumption and emphasizes safe, simple breathing therapy.
The article outlines Italy’s fragile, overpopulated state and war weariness. It cites Anminzio as a poet-chieftain leading Nationalists for Fiume and Trieste, with irredentist aims opposing the current government. Mixed census in Fiume shows tensions, while debates over an open port and Italian guardianship surface.
The National Equal Rights League based in Boston telegraphed Congressional judiciary committee chairmen urging federal jurisdiction over lynching. Referring to Lincolnton Georgia and other recent killings, the group says mob murders create a duty for Congress to act and craft legislation to curb lynching.
Delegates of the National Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers in Chicago on October 7 denied that prohibition increased ice cream consumption. Asa B. Gardiner Jr. of Baltimore, president, argued consumption had decreased and predicted higher ice cream prices due to sugar shortages and rising labor costs.
A New York Herald report argues centipedes are not poisonous and rarely harmful. It notes only one known fatal case from Washington and explains centipedes kill prey by biting and sucking, then escaping by shedding limbs. The creature is widespread and generally nonaggressive.
The Bridgeport Health Department is prepared to begin city ash collection services though no start date is set. The program, overseen by Sr. Walter Jr. Brown, could begin shortly after November first if needed, with twice weekly pickups using households’ own receptacles.
Troy Record ad markets fall clothing no price hikes from Buller’s twenty four store chain. Highlights include men’s and women’s coats suits priced from $20, credit offer of $2 on $20+ purchases, and emphasis on value, variety, and easy weekly payments at 1107 Main.
Daylight saving brings evenings of darkness. The article promotes floor lamps in mahogany finishes with silk and cretonne shades. Electric portable lamps priced from 6.50 to 35, floor lamps two lights 12.50 to 35, shades 13 to 35, gas portable lamps 7.50 to 35. Fourth floor.
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