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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1919
Page
6
Physicians recommend Gude's Pepto Mangan for serious illness and low vitality. The remedy, sold in liquid and tablet forms, claims to build rich blood, restore health, and improve appetite. It promotes a glowing complexion and renewed energy, urging shoppers to ask for Gude's exact spelling.
A vintage advertisement touts Danderine as a cure for dandruff and hair loss. It claims a small bottle sold at drug or toilet counters for a few cents will eliminate dandruff after several applications and make hair grow stronger and darker.
An old advert warns buyers to seek genuine Bayer aspirin marked with the Bayer Cross and to purchase unbroken packs of twelve tablets. The notice notes uses for colds headaches neuralgia toothache lumbago rheumatism and other conditions and mentions small tin boxes and larger packages sold by pharmacists.
Washington, Oct. 29. Chief officials of AFL affiliated unions were summoned to meet December 12 to outline fundamental principles for protecting wage earners. The gathering, urged by the federation's executive council and four railroad unions, will address anti strike legislation, collective bargaining, and labor's right to select its own spokesmen amid the ongoing dispute over the national industrial conference.
Toledo dispatch reports private detective Flesh Gray expanded on a plan to abduct Edsel Ford. He described conspirators building a cement vault under a Mount Clemens, Michigan house to hide the youth and deliver him to a kidnapper, with a $208,000 ransom. failure would result in Edsel dying in the underground cell. Gray, who learned of the plot while posing as a janitor, fears molestation and plans to leave town after the four men are arraigned.
Alfred E. Marlin of the State Chamber of Commerce urged Mayor Hylan to provide police protection for longshoremen and their families and workplaces in New York. He said radicals are causing a reign of terror that blocks returning workers and disrupts port operations, creating hardship and losses in time and money.
Paris officials and coal merchants warn a remedy seems unlikely as a secret council session reports coal for private homes and public services will run out in weeks. Current stocks total about 20 000 tons with arrivals at 3 000 tons daily while demand in cold weather runs to 10 000 tons per day.
In Rome New York on October 29 Mabel Newman shot and killed Rocco Crucia after an argument over a broken engagement. Doctors say she first took poison and then tried to drown herself in a canal. Crucia, a discharged soldier who served overseas, reportedly discussed a damages suit before the shooting.
Advertisement from Bridgeport urging an eight hour day for workers and early closing. Promotes Saturday afternoon shopping for residents and wives, lists progressive Bridgeport merchants and invites others to join. Campaign argues shorter hours benefit workers and improve daylight shopping, urging public support.
Washington reports manufacturers and dealers held 1,263,769,070 pounds of leaf tobacco as of October 1, 1949, with figures reflecting various types and adjustments. The update compares with earlier totals and notes revisions in holdings.
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