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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1921
Page
16
Yesterday, negroes in Bridgeport and surrounding towns at Flensnre Beach marked Emancipation with a picnic lunch and wet events. Plans for a larger affair were announced by several colored societies for an outing on August first and next year.
President Harding promotes national renewal during a Plymouth tercentenary pageant in Boston harbor. He lauds America's religious freedom and democratic traditions, praises Pilgrims' quest for liberty, and calls for unity while reviewing naval escorts and a Mayflower procession through historic streets.
A chaotic OCR fragment catalogues residents and passersby with scattered anecdotes. It mentions John Witzeerald, Tom Walsh, Willard of the Chamber of Commerce, Drs Watson and Da vin, Miss Scrainer, Miss Mautie Butler, and others amid street activity, vehicles, and city life. The piece reads like a bustling, informal parade of local figures and happenings with no single coherent event.
A large group from Bridgeport traveled to Ayr Massachussetts for a 30 day Citizens Military Training Camp program. The camp aims to train men for future service while focusing on discipline, physical fitness, and citizenship duties amid broader political debates about centralization of power and national defense.
A chaotic day left seven children hurt across city streets as ambulances responded twice in the evening. A youth fell from a truck near Lexington, another injured stepping from a bus at Hancock and Cherry, and several incidents involved dog bites and unknown injuries. Hospitals treated fractures and other ailments, while emergency crews gathered at multiple sites including Walnut and Assauitic streets.
The body of Sarah Campbellin Cowen, once a Baltimore society figure, was claimed by her nephew J. T. Woods of New York who plans to move the remains to Baltimore. Police search for a chauffeur linked to the hotel incident. The woman had a history of drug and drink problems and had borrowed money recently.
The Board of Health monthly report shows a large July increase in communicable diseases. Diphtheria cases rose from 17 last year to 30 this July, scarlet fever 12 this July versus 9 last year, and whooping cough notable with 28 total in July 182 and 16 cases in July 1987. Typhoid fever remained at one case, influenza absent, and erysipelas and there were two erysipelas cases this July, with other illnesses showing shifts.
An old ad copy touts Worsford's Avid Phosphate as renewing appetite and aiding digestion. The promotional text frames the product as improving healthy functions of the stomach and promoting digestion.
An old style health patent ad touts MEDIC-YEAST TABLETS and MEDICINE EUST claiming to add flesh and energy. It promises visible weight gain in a week with two tablets per meal and a money back guarantee. The copy urges undernourished, weak readers to purchase through local druggists and stores.
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