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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1919
Page
2
Advertisement touts Tickie cough remedy and Grove's Open-Trate Salve free with each bottle. Claims healing honey stops cough and soothes throat with Chest Golds Head Cords and Crows wording. Ends with price 35 cents and box offer.
Gussie Weston, 21, of 793 Grand Street, is hospitalized at St. Vincent's after falling down an elevator shaft yesterday afternoon in the T. B. P. Taylor Co. building at Janne Street and Harral Avenue where she worked. She sustained a fracture of the left arm.
A historical ad touts Dr True's Elixir and related remedies for children’s constipation and worms. It cites Mrs. Wm G Bonin of Caddo Oklahoma praising long usage across twelve years and mentions multiple product sizes and claimed benign herb ingredients.
Berle Oct 18 reports Germany plans to resist surrender of aerial forces as Allied demands loom. Zeppelins Z-72 feared to be turned over under peace terms. talk of abandoning ships, potential internment, and possible transfer to Allies emerges amid last spring plots and Washington hints.
A picture postcard mailed in Southall on April 24 1906 to a woman in an adjoining parish was delivered thirteen and a half years later. It shows the postmark from Paddington sorting office after the long journey back via Hanwell.
London shops list munitions for sale to the public as souvenirs from the Ministry of Munitions. Items include 18-pounder quick-firing guns, a 6-inch howitzer and limbers priced from 160 to 340, with anti-aircraft assets, aerial bombs, grenades also offered. Each item is altered for sale.
New York October 18 1912 report states a mysterious benefactor named Mr Smith pledged four million dollars to the Massa Institute of Technology contingent on later gifts. The campaign so far raised 1.3 million with a goal of 3 million. speculation links Morgan Rockefeller Schwab and Guggenheim names as possibilities.
Beity Brown offers practical advice for women on easy daily care of clothes to preserve reputation and save money. Instructions cover pressing shirts with care to avoid shiny seams, using vinegar for skirts, choosing crepe de chine for office wear, maintaining collar and cuff sets, selecting durable fabrics, and keeping shoe care routines with brown shoes, rubber for comfort, regular shine, and shoe trees to maintain shape.
An exchange argues high heels remain popular despite wiser design trends. A doctor notes pain, poor posture, restricted foot action, and declining vitality from prolonged wear, urging heels to align with the arch of the instep. The piece warns that little learning is dangerous when someone claims full knowledge.
The forecast calls for partly cloudy and warmer conditions Tuesday across Southern New Fingland and Western New York, with unsettled, showery weather expected in nearly all districts east of the Mississippi over the next 36 to 48 hours. The north Atlantic states should see fair weather on Tuesday.
Mrs Hannah J Patterson who served on the woman's committee of the National Defense has been appointed assistant to the Secretary of War Bak She is the first woman to hold such a position in the country Patterson was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for her service on the committee
The ordinary housewife wonders about wool yarn versus worsted yarn and the key distinction lies in fiber alignment. Woolen threads have tangled fibers running in varied directions leaving surface frizz, while worsted fibers run parallel and are tightly woven with neat ends not showing on the surface.
A reader notes that overcoming an influenza surge requires a steady supply of optimism and proactive measures to curb spread and protect communities as the illness begins to spread.
Advertisement suggests taking LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets as a preventive for fever and influenza and notes to look for BE Be Grove's signature on the box. The brief item reads like a faded newspaper ad from a past era.
Officials reported the President remained in bed for an extended period and urged quiet. Bills ready for executive action include anti profiteering measures and food control amendments. Dr Dercum dismissed rumors of a cerebral lesion as unfounded and urged caution regarding public speculation.
An advertisement for Swamp-Root herbal kidney medicine claims mild immediate effects for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It cites Kilmer Co of Binghamton New York and offers a sample bottle by parcel post with a ten cent pamphlet request via Bridgeport Telegram and Post.
Bayer marks on genuine aspirin promise relief for Caldy headache toothache throatache neuralgia lumbago rheumatism nerve pains and general pain. Boxes of twelve cost only a few cents with larger packages sold. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetic acid ester of salicylic acid.
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