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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1918
Page
10
An advertisement warns that hundreds of thousands use strong digesters like pepsin to digest stomach food without the stomach lining. It claims daily use hurts the stomach, while touting Migna stomach tablets as a cure boosted by druggists, urging skeptics to beware.
An advertisement extols Phosphated Iron as the key to healthy red blood, strong nerves, and vitality for American women. It cites beauty experts and doctors claiming pale, weak women improve with the tonic, urging customers to ensure genuine capsules through Hindle's Drug and top druggists, warning against substitutes.
Local druggists advertise VapoRub as a new treatment for colds and related troubles. The advert notes a 80 day trial offer with three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00, and explains external use for croup chest colds sore throat and bronchitis with vapors inhaled or applied to nostrils. No price increase, keeps 28c 50c and 1.20.
A grateful mother reports her child, once near death, improved after using Elixir from the advertised medicine. The letter praises Tiue’s Mixir for children and lists ailments it supposedly addressed, with references to dosing and multiple doctors. The missive mentions a Melacd address and Auburn, Maine, with sales figures and dealer delivery.
Bridgeport sends 77 volunteers for two month industrial courses at Wentworth Institute Boston plus 14 from Division No 4 and others from divisions 2 3 5 6 11 13 totaling 2098 Connecticut quota. Volunteers depart Monday 9 46 am and arrive Boston 2 34 pm with alternates named.
Bridgeport officials report one Robinson gasoline driven pumping engine has shipped from St Louis to replace a horse drawn steamer at No 8 quarters on Newfield avenue. Four engines ordered months ago face government tied up delivery, with two due within days and two awaiting completion for No 11 Black Rock and No 12 North Bridgeport stations. Additional funding needed to hire 16 more firefighters as No 6 Barnum Central site upgrades begin.
Police say Sing held the city’s largest opium stash, valued over 3000 dollars, with 7500 dollars in a cash roll and 300 dollars spending money. Detectives raided rooms at 9 Waller Court but confederates fled. Authorities watch outbound routes as investigations extend to other cities.
The Foremen club of the Yast Works at Remington Typewriter elected Brower head at their annual meeting amid irregularities. Officers named include Claranne EB. Thrower as View president Joseph McGuire as treasurer William J. Write as steward Johan A. MacCrea as executive committee member M. Craiby A. T. Benworth BR. Mueller and others also listed on committees with names such as Ta Court To A. Mace trea Hi J. Johnkun Gordon Teo Mved AL Petthi Mh. Parviel d4 Estwing J. John son and Joseph McGuire.
Students in schools with Signal Corps electrical communication courses or approved engineering programs may enlist in the Signal Enlisted Reserve corps under orders to local draft boards from Provost Marshal General Crowder. A separate fragment notes a colored boy’s idea of hard luck being to be merely white enough to show dirt on his face.
British and American forces fight entrenched combat as German forces press toward Armentieres and Hollebeke. Haig reports heavy German assaults along the Lawe and Lys fronts with British counterattacks recapturing ground near Estaires and Ploegsteert wood. Berlin and Tokyo dispatches note shifts and withdrawals amid ongoing war in Europe and Asia.
Connecticut towns are listed by quota status on the state honor roll for the Third Liberty Loan. An X marks towns that met their quota while changes occur daily, with the كامل list of 168 towns noted from Hartford’s State Capitol display.
A powerful Northeaster swept the East Coast from Cape Hatteras to Cape Cod, with sleet snow and driving rain and winds up to 52 mph. Temperatures 20 to 30 degrees below normal, with districts from North Carolina to New England reporting snow and heavy precipitation. Forecasters expect rain in New England and snow on the middle Atlantic coast as the system moves northeastward over the next 24 hours.
The Alliance voted to dissolve amid ties to a Red Cross fund plan. John Viarks of Baltimore proposed turning $36,000 into a $100,000 permanent fund to cover administration costs, with Adolph Timm elected treasurer after G Wammont’s resignation. Representatives attended from multiple states.
The text recounts Charles Cotesworth Pinckney’s famous 1797 remark “Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute” during peace talks with France. It notes Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise and eventual fairness, and mentions Captain Decatur invoking similar terms in dealings with Algeria as the United States protected maritime rights.
Readers are urged to beware the use of magnesia for indigestion as many products are impure. The text warns that adulterated powders may worsen symptoms and suggests using pure bisurated magnesia from reputable brands with proper dosing and water after meals.
Fire levels the two story frame factory building of the Standard Brash company here tonight destroying machinery and other contents. The blaze caused by an unknown origin left the structure a total loss with no injuries reported.
A blaze razed a central area of a large contractor building causing an estimated loss of 46 000 to 50 000 dollars. The firm held substantial government brush contracts, mainly for naval and medical service branches.
An old advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for children with coated tongues, constipation, or sluggish digestion. It claims a gentle laxative effect clears waste, restores appetite, and promotes playful health, warning to beware of counterfeit syrups and to buy genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product with clear bottle directions.
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