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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1919
Page
9
Hundreds attended a week long mission at St Marys Church on P Street under the Passion week. Fathers Sebastian and Vincent gave sermons each evening and will confer a blessing on the congregation on closing night. A women’s mission was also conducted by the same priests. A hospital start appoints physicians at St Vincent’s Hospital in a recent meeting.
Deputies crushed one of the state’s largest illicit liquor plants in Mobile Alabama destroying fifteen thousand gallons of deer and 200 gallons of corn whiskey. Two arrests were made and authorities say the site had been operating for some time near GAM Mivple. Local officials describe the operation as a major supply source for illegal liquor.
Considerable enthusiasm is shown by city public school teachers in forming a bowling league. New court formation under the supervision of the Board of Recreation. Neary teachers in three schools have already joined, and 36 teachers across three schools have signed up. The Recreation board supports the effort, aiming for a winter season with engaging contests.
A custom tailor promotes a sale on rich Manuels worsteds and dev iots in Fall and Winter weights. Garments cover men and young men in regular stout and slim sizes, with prices around $65 noted as low for the shop. The emphasis is on high quality material and workmanship.
Army officials at Roosevelt Field planned a welcome for Lieutenant B. W. Maynard on the home leg of the trans continental air race. Maynard was making rapid eastward progress, landing for the night in Cleveland at 6:90 p.m. local time.
Leonard Kowalski 31 Orchard Street opened top windows to vent gas and tried to die by inhaling illuminating gas before 4 pm last night. An ambulance from Emergency Hospital arrived after relatives warned, found him near normal, and he was allowed to sleep after examination.
The Gridgeport Printing Pressmen and Assistants union said 48 strikers from the U M C plant took other jobs in city plants. They will stay on the strike until the company recognizes the union wage scale. Union officials and plant representatives held talks but no agreement. Company says no work is available and would not accept three strikers.
An advertisement touts Peptiron as a medicine and food for the blood and nerves. It claims benefits for pale weak and nervous people, combines iron and manganese with wax celery pepsin and tonics, and cites a user in Filmont New York. Made by C I Hood Co Lowell Massachusetts.
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