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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1919
Page
14
A vivid ad promises instant relief from indigestion stomach upset and gas. It claims Pape's Diapepsin neutralizes acidity in five minutes and restores harmony after a sour meal. The copy urges readers to buy the harmless antacid at drug stores.
In late October and early November four sessions form a welfare institute to recruit volunteers for Bridgeport organizations. Co operating groups include churches, the Board of Charities, Catholic Charities Bureau, WY. WW C AY . M C AL, school board, Players club, and Oratorio society. Sessions cover storytelling, community singing, women and girls work, and work among foreigners. Notable speakers from national WCA, Catholic War Workers Council, and War Council Community Service will address attendees. Mrs. H Willard Fleck chairs the women and girls day.
Count Leopold Berchtold, ex-foreign minister of Austria Hungary now in Switzerland, says another war appears inevitable and blames tensions between Germany and Austria. He predicts Europe seeks peace by assigning blame to Russia and the Hapsburgs, awaiting history's judgment.
Representatives from New York San Francisco Chicago Galveston and other ports appeared before Senate commerce and House Ways and Means committees to back free zones at American ports with tariffs waived for foreign goods held for export and for transforming foreign raw materials into finished goods for sale abroad. They argued the plan would unsheckle American commerce while advocates say it protects U.S. industry.
Rotary safety campaign marks second time taps are sounded for an auto fatal in Bridgeport this month Alan Albert holds the bugle from the D M Read store window at Mainstreet and Waterfield Avenue as John Florio dies after being struck by a car A chart shows two Bridgeporters killed and 15 injured since October 1 underscoring street danger and campaign aims.
Milford October 10 Mrs Too Bilesti of Maple Avenue will entertain the Riverside Reading Club at her home Monday evening. The reading of Florence Elizabeth Somers Mable’s Love Letters to her Rookie will be continued, after which a social hour will be enjoyed.
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