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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1919
Page
12
In the Boston Transcript comic strip segment, Edith and her husband discuss a grotesque hat described as the latest fashion. The brief exchange highlights humor around social expectations and style trends in a domestic scene.
In Paris angles of fashion discuss Spanish shawls as versatile drapery for American women. The piece contrasts Anglo Saxon tastes with French couture, noting how Americans mix simplicity with coquetry while Spanish shawls are reshaped into frocks and ensembles for garden parties and lunches, highlighting observed outfits and the evolving silhouette.
Milford Democrats decide on a fall ticket for the October election. William A. Hose was defeated for town clerk with 10 votes. T. Munson elected as next candidate. The meeting featured lengthy debate, nominations, and secretary actions.
The notice warns against being underweight and notes insurance denial for underweight individuals. It promotes Father John's Medicine as a tonic claimed to strengthen the weak and thin, saying it has been used for over 16 years and contains no alcohol or dangerous drugs.
Paris dispatch reports Albanian refugees arriving from Koritza describe terror as Greek troops advance into territory once pledged to Albania by the London Conference. About 142,000 Albanians fled with Italian and French troops guiding civilians toward Italy while protest to the peace conference yields little response.
Harold Terry of Broad Street and Carroll Butler were arrested by railroad officers after a bag of potatoes went missing from a Clark & Co. freight car headed for the grocers. Charles Kelly charged with theft, both men held on $5 bonds. Clark & Co. proprietor aided Butler's family, revealing he had provided food and support amid the incident.
JF Heer of Zurich declares the war destroys the German novel and his finances. He asks Swiss newspapers to hire him for political aid columns or editorial work as he seeks employment after alleged career ruin.
A laboratory visit explains how Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is produced. The process uses over 250000 pounds of herbs annually, with careful gathering, extraction, and sterilization. The text cites testimonials from women restored to health by the remedy.
An advertisement features Ralph Cappelletti of Waterbury Connecticut praising Cuticura Soap and Ointment for treating pimples and blackheads. It touts two cakes of Soap and one box of Ointment as curative with low prices and offers free samples from Cuticura Laboratories in Malden Massachusetts.
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