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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1919
Page
13
A long discouraged reader claims CCC Tablets relieved her rheumatism after a 0 day trial. The ad touts a $1 trial treatment sent postpaid, urging readers to send $1 for a similar chance and directing responses to Central Chemical Co. Bridgeport Conn. Dept A.
A vintage advertisement promotes Poslam products for eczema pimples rashes and other skin issues with claims of gentle healing and fast relief. It urges readers to request free samples and lists a New York City address for emergencies. Also mentions medicated Poslam Soap used daily for toilet and bath.
Shipping notices list voyages from New York to Plymouth Cherbourg and Southampton on ships Mauritania Caronia Saxonia and Pannonia with dates in late Oct Nov Dec. The routes include Ha vre London and Glasgow as connections, with ships named Royal George and Colubia noted among sailings from State Street, New York.
A historical account details Russian forces retreating in Galicia with German units executing a surprise attack at Libau end of shorelines and coastal raids. It notes the capture of Libau harbor works, the fall of Shavli, and the surrender of a 1,500 man garrison after fortifications were destroyed and coast guns revealed as dummies.
An old advertisement claims Marmola Prescription Tablets let people reduce fat without dieting or exercise. It urges readers to eat freely yet lose two to four pounds weekly, selling at a dollar per large case or by mail from Marmola Company, 864 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich.
Fragmentary text recounts a recall operation with Dreasure and pride in minor losses. it notes disagreements between Tow Gudendorff von Walken haya and Ludendorff over contact and strategy against the Russian army. Kaiser backed the safer course, shaping the war effort.
The Welcome Home Employment Bureau at 308 Stairfield Avenue placed fifty ex service men in positions last week. Of 243 applicants, 106 found work through the bureau. Jobs include clerks and chauffeurs as preferred by former service members, urging employers to list labor needs.
In city court yesterday Mike Cardenella of 80 Green Street and James Cerro of 202 William Street faced theft charges tied to missing cloth from Salts Textile Mills. Cases continued to Wednesday with bonds set at 1000 dollars each. Factory valued cloth at 400 dollars.
At the Investment Bankers Association of America convention in St. Louis on October 20, officials warned of widespread spurious stocks and bonds being peddled by canvassing salesmen. William G. Baker Jr of Baltimore, the association president, likened current speculation to the post Franco Prussian wave that left many residents penniless.
Tomorrow is the date set for the launching of United States submarine Sh at the Lake Company's yards. The launching will take place at 10 40 a m and will be manned with ceremony. The Lake Co band will play and there will be community singing. Mrs George T Parker wife of one of the managers of the federal underwriters of Washington DC will sponsor the craft. The yard will be opened at 10 30 and admission will be by pass.
Bertha Norden of Norwalk appeals to the Superior Court from a Compensation Commission ruling. The commission denied her claim for compensation following the death of her husband Charles H. Norden in 1918, asserting tuberculosis contracted at the Locomobile Company of America plant two years earlier.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a temperance herbal tonic for female health. It claims the vegetable formula aids backache dizziness irregularities and nervousness, promising ready availability in drugstores and a sample tablet for ten cents from Dr Pierce at Invalids' Hotel Buffalo NY.
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