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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1919
Page
9
An old advertisement touts Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross and emphasizes authenticity and safety. It urges buyers to seek unbroken packages and proper directions, noting uses from headaches to rheumatic pains and listing small tin box prices and larger packages from druggists.
An advertisement promotes chiropractic care as treating the cause of constipation by removing nerve interference from spinal misalignments. It lists many Connecticut chiropractors with contact details across cities including New Haven Stamford Waterbury and South Norwalk, urging readers to investigate the system and place trust in their expertise.
A letter received by two Trinity church parishioners from an MC A secretary who recently arrived from Northern Russia sheds light on Rev. M. Areson a noted Bridgeport G A worker captured by Bolsheviks. The secretary says Areson did excellent work as hut secretary in One ga and his Russian skills aided negotiations with Bolsheviks. The note adds Americans held by Bolsheviks are treated well and that Areson may return with valuable experience to clarify the Russian situation.
The ship Yaquina, a U S shipping board refrigerator steamer, arrived in Boston from Hamburg in ballast marking the first German port call since the war. It carried frozen beef from New York to Hamburg. On the voyage it rescued the captain his wife and ten crewmen from a stranded German bark taken off a reef in the North Sea and landed at an English port.
The U S Supreme Court declined to review appeals challenging Ohio officials power to seize and sell food held in cold storage beyond legal limits. The case involves 125000 pounds of park from Columbus Packing company. In Iowa two men died and others injured after two explosions and a fire at the Swift and Company produce plant in Falls.
A testimonial from Mrs Helen Woodford of Samson & Boston touts Dr True's Elixir The Family Laxative and Worm Expeller as a remedy for poor appetite headaches nervous mood and fatigue. The ad claims it helps children with worms and promotes its availability at all dealers.
An advertisement urges readers to buy Wendell's Ambition Pills from Hindle's Pharmacy or Hartigan's Drug Store to combat nervousness fatigue and weakness. It promotes a 50 cent box, a money-back plan, and claims benefits for nervous system issues, sleeplessness, and vitality.
An advertisement touts SEVEN BARKS as a root and herb remedy to ease stomach disorders, gas, heartburn, and sleeplessness linked to digestion. It claims 60 years of effectiveness, suggesting 10 to 20 drops in water after meals for quick relief and urging readers to ask their pharmacist for SEVEN BARKS, costing about 60 cents.
London October 19 The king and queen of Spain will stay on two entire floors of the Ritz Hotel when they arrive next Monday while many royal palaces including St James and Marlborough are empty This has prompted comment amid Londoners facing homelessness as transients fail to secure hotel rooms nationwide
Fire officials probe suspected arson at Odd Fellows hall on Broad Street late Saturday. Investigation unnamed yet. damaged cardboard box found under the stairway. Bartram Searles of Silver Sands reported the blaze and used a fire extinguisher. Chief Dante J. B. Johnson oversees inquiry.
From Cumberland Sound to Dundee, Oct 20. The Eskimos face severe shortages of food and goods as crews report locals resorting to old seal hunting and melting tin cans to make bullets. The Mercurius notes Cumberland Sound trading posts have seen few visitors since the war began.
London reports that members of the territorial government of Australia’s Northern Territory left Port Darwin after colonists demanded a representative government and voting rights. Officials departed by the first steamer to avoid a revolution, following threats from colonists.
Paris oct 20 before adjourning last night the Chamber of Deputies approved a credit of 1 000 000 francs for national participation in erecting a monument at Pointe de Grave at the mouth of the Gironde river. It commemorates American intervention in the great war.
Adam Warmke of Trumbull filed yesterday through attorney John C. Chamberlain for restoration to legal capacity. A conservator Mil TL Berser held power for two years. hearing continued a week for Trumbull selectmen to present evidence. Berger resigned as conservator after failing to compel Warmke’s cooperation. Warmke married again since the conservatorship began.
Antonio Cerrone, convicted of first degree murder for killing his stepdaughter, filed an appeal to the supreme court through counsel. The death sentence was imposed, with a March date set for next year. Rocca Pannucci, sentenced to life imprisonment for murder in the second degree, may also appeal after Judge Keeler denied a motion to set aside the verdict.
About 1,000 bookkeepers stenographers and clerical workers in New York and suburbs walked out today at the Borden Condensed Milk company. They formed the Bookkeepers Stenographers and Accountants union and joined the American Federation of Labor. Union officials say some strikers earn as little as 19 dollars a week and seek a 40 percent wage increase and shorter hours.
Relatives report Mrs Wonera Vacey of TO Sealey gheei injured in a Friday car crash. Mr Dacey suffered severe injuries and lost sight in one eye as the patient hovers between life and death at Hartford Hospital.
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