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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1920
Page
15
A punchy ad style claim promises Quick relief from aching corns with Freezone. It asserts the corn stops hurting instantly and can be lifted out with no pain, highlighting fast results and urging immediate use. The snippet mentions a druggist as the supplier.
A Yale University protest promotes wearing old clothes to combat rising clothing costs. Students pledge to dress in denim and overalls, signaling discontent with price hikes and encouraging a broader “old clothes” movement.
An advertisement claims a simple nightly routine using four ounces of an “old nervous” preparation to eliminate dandruff by morning. It promises complete dissolution of dandruff, relief from itching, and shinier hair after a few applications, with claim it is inexpensive and available at drug stores.
In a House military committee speech chairman noted Germany may not fully cover costs. Representative Kahn cited 442,907,000 paid so far for transport and supplies aiding troops in Germany. Longworth and allies pressed for curbing further troop maintenance funding, while President Wilson claimed broad control over forces and detachments.
New York April efforts to settle the coastwise longshoremen strike involve executives of Importing and Armhey meeting with strike leaders after a conference. The workers seek the same wage as last September for overseas cargo handlers, and the strike has nearly paralyzed coastwise shipping. A leading strike head recently indicated a compromise would be considered by the men.
A conference on trolleycar issues is set at the Stratfield hotel with delegates from across the state. Local union president Hurley says a meeting with General Manager Funderford of New Haven yielded no results.
Mixeola J Dempsey of Brooklyn was acquitted by a jury in an attempt court today on a charge arising from the Mathone street tunnel wreck in Brooklyn on November 1 1973 in which over 50 people died and nearly 200 were injured. This was his second trial after a prior jury disagreement.
In Waterbury court today Abeabam Susiod proprietor of a North Dimi Street restaurant faced tort charges for selling whiskey without a license. A theft case witness testified he breakfasted at Sassati's and that whiskey beer soup and vi can were reportedly served. Licenses issued yesterday by the Bureau of Vita Stats included Frederick Pratt and Poole at Union and Cowell streets, and Edith Curtis of Newtown, Conn.
A Red Cross unit reports the safe arrival at Diedo of the Crimea by the southern American mission. Headquarters state the mission, evacuated Novocussiak before the Red armies reached the area. The party has traveled across the country for more than thirty years and is noted in this dispatch.
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