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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1922
Page
9
Thomas Jefferson West, born April 18 1823 at 492 Greenswich Street, recalls meeting Marquis de Lafayette during the French guest’s 1824 New York visit. West, celebrating his 100th birthday, says Lafayette patted him on the head and shook both hands, calling him a fine little fellow.
Bridgeport hosts Louis Blumer founder of natureopathy in a public April 24 Park Theatre show. The famed Connecticut speaker has drawn large crowds in New Haven and Port Chester, offering free demonstrations and no admission charge while treating the sick on site.
Meslth officials hid behind silence as they refused to discuss the future of dental clinics in parochial and public schools. The health board announced that Dr. Alfred C. Fones and three hygienists were terminated March 21, and named no replacement, while insisting no further statements would be given.
Announcement from Packard Motor Car Company that the new Packard Single-Six is on display at Packard sales rooms, 70 Cannon Street. Alyan Macauley, vice president, states the model aims to set a new value and style standard for light weight cars, with only modest mechanical changes but larger, more beautiful design features including a higher radiator, sloped bonnet, and pronounced louvers.
In New York on April 19 thirteen lithographing firms in Brooklyn secured a temporary injunction against lithographers union members who had been on strike since January. They are restrained from calling workers "rats" and interfering with those entering plants. A hearing to make the injunction permanent is set for April 21.
An advertisement touts Petersons Ointment for chest colds and skin sores. It urges quick use at first signs of a cold and markets several sizes from one dollar to five dollars, highlighting army of users and immediate rubbing action.
Miss Helen Lee Worthing a Ziegfeld Midnight Follies beauty, daughter of a Boston businessman, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital after swallowing poison pills mistaken for headache tablets. Her condition was reported as not serious. She was found on the bath room floor amid a commotion following a quarrel with another chorus girl.
Clip flower stems to keep blooms fresh, extending life by several days. Fresh cuts improve water uptake and vitality for cut arrangements and bouquets.
White Plains April 19 Practically all of Sanford H Knapp estate left to son William Snapp of Syracuse and daughter Mrs Al jetta Thomson of New Britain Con necticut valued at about 200000. Several petty thefts were reported to police including burglary at Sundstrand Adding Machine Co office where a valuable adding machine was missing and later recovered. Stolen items also included a garment from Knowlton Street and a fur lined robe from a parked car.
Angered by repulsed advances, Frank Signoretta, 26, slashed a girl in Ansonia on April 19. Police report he attacked after being refused. The victim sustained injuries but is expected to recover.
Text fragment mentions an incident at a fair where two employed individuals sustained minor wounds, with one person not severely disfigured. Signorello is noted to have appeared after a cutting related to a pelny sought in New York.
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