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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1919
Page
6
A fragmented OCR entry notes products with prices and codes. Mentions 2884, one hen, form Mati 2 percent, fly BA prir Wa Pix RA Av. and a price of $6. AV St. ira 10 319.
Vienna reports Hungarian food reserves, reduced to one third of September levels, pose the gravest crisis since Romanian occupation began. Romanian authorities arrest two ministers while inter allied mission protests actions. Evacuation around the trans Danube releases Bolshevik supporters and raises withdrawal rumors. Inter allied mission tension grows as contact with Budapest falters.
City health officer Dr Walter J Brown reports twenty diphtheria cases in the city pose no cause for alarm and says there is no common cause of infection at this time. Nearby, the destroyer Reid was launched at Bethlehem Shipbuilding in Quincy after thirty working days and is expected to be ready for delivery within 25 days.
Mr Okada a merchant prince of Japan says he wishes to see Japan and America continue their entente cordiale. He runs large stores in Tokyo and Yokohama and a chain of profitable shops in California spending summers in the Far East and winters in Los Angeles.
The supreme council approved a note to neutral powers inviting adherence to the league covenant. It also drafted a demand to Germany for surrender of ships turned over to Dutch companies and now in German ports, declared void due to irregular sales. A second note concerns Memel territory and Germany’s renunciation under the Versailles treaty.
Brest reports a general resumption of work across the arsenal metalurgical plants and several shipbuilding yards following settlements in the strike. Workers returned to the shops this morning as agreements were reached.
Miss Mary Robertson of Brunswick Maine credits Dr Williams Pink Pills as a tonic for nervousness and dizziness after two years without relief. She details improved strength appetite and weight gain and says she no longer suffers dizzy spells. Drugstores or direct orders to Schenectady offer one box for fifty cents or six boxes for two dollars and fifty cents with a free booklet available.
Leading hospitals in New York and New England rely on Sylpho Nathol for powerful disinfection. Four sizes available, price 1.00 each for the smallest, with dealers carrying the range nationwide.
In Alexandria Virginia a colored woman explains how Civil War and World War II reshaped labor for African Americans. Wartime conditions reduced laundresses, pushing many into harsher jobs, yet gave independence and new opportunities. The piece highlights scarcity of wash ladies and echoed pride in emancipation.
Baron I Kurt Von Larsner and the German peace mission left Versailles today and relocated to an apartment on Avenue La Bourdonnais in Paris until the German embassy quarters are ready. A separate note reports Isaac How of 22 Sixth Street missing $0 pounds of new type from the American Hardware Cumpity store entrance last Friday morning while he shopped. he delayed reporting due to expecting a prankster.
Alpert Strover Avenue owner reports the 80 foot motor cruiser Calleen Bawn stolen from a mooring at Black Work Yacht Club on Monday. Valued at 1500 dollars, police notified.
In a Spain travel anecdote novelist W B Trites writes from Malaga about rail fares to Torre del Mar. A railroad man explains the train costs 80 cents with a four hour ride versus a 90 minute stagecoach ride, arguing the rail line offers the longer journey as a better bargain.
An old transcript notes a bear as a pessimist and a bull as an optimist about market moves. The operator quips that a bear should be called an optimist pessimist, as the bear anticipates gains if prices rise.
A disabled woman with long term rheumatic pain reportedly found relief after a 60 day trial of CCC Tablets offered by Central Chemical Co. The ad promises freedom from aches and stiffness if the product helps, urging readers to send $1 and mail to Bridgeport Hoon Dept A for a postpaid trial.
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