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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1918

Page

4

New Patents Issued to Connecticut Inventors July 26 1918

The following patents issued to Connecticut inventors were announced July 26 1918. Names and locations include Anderson Bridgeport electric switch. Beauchemin and Laroche Hartford safety mechanisms for refrigerant systems and compressing machines. Smigel Hartford soldering tool. Finkelstein Greenwich lamp. Reynolds Forsberg Greenwich terminal bank. Grant and Fors tberg Middlefield shaping mechanisms for gun sights. Hills Torrington egg beater. Kaddeland Shelton ink fountain adjustment. Knudson Plainville handie designs. Whittier Wallingford spoon and fork article. Manning New Haven shoulder strap showcase. Cuno Engineering North Meriden electrical apparatus. North & Judd Newark Britain roller buckles.

A. M. Wooster Main Street Bridgeport Conn Carl E H. Anderson Arthur J. Beauchemin A. J. Laroche Hartford George P. Carroll Julian Smigel Meyer N. Finkelstein Greenwich Lamp John N. Reynolds F. Forstberg David Grant Middlefield Sidney C. Hills Torrington Christen R. Kaddeland Shelton Imaud Knudson Plainville Albert G. Whittier Wallingford Fowler Manning New Haven Cuno Engineering Corporation Meriden North & Judd Mfg. Co Britain

Return Road Idea Gains Steam With Crop Shifts

The return road concept is poised to grow in popularity as crop shipments clog main routes. It is not advancing quickly, as current rail and water shipments meet demand and water rates remain lower than trucking, keeping merchants from rushing adoption.

Board of Education To Meet on Monday

President Elmer H Havens calls a Monday night meeting of the Board of Education to decide the opening date for schools next month and discuss hiring Bridgeport Normal School graduates. The finance committee will meet Thursday at 6 to prepare a report for the full board.

Elmer H. Havens Board of Education Bridgeport Normal School

Revoke License of Steamboat Master Mehl and Williams

The licenses of Herman F Mehl and George T Williams, master and pilot of the steamer Columbia, were revoked for alleged inattention to duty and negligence after the ship sank near Peoria in July with nearly 100 lives lost.

Washington Herman F. Mehl George T. Williams Columbia Ilinoise River Peoria Steamboat Inspection Service Mehl

Two Milford Boys Side by Side in French Hospital

Milford notices detail injured officers and sailors from Milford in France during World War I. Lieutenant Edwin Munson of Field Artillery and Corporal Clarence Platt, both wounded, are reported from base hospitals, with family letters noting their care and hopes. Local events include yacht club activities, enlistment registrations, and friendship visits, plus community notices and obituaries.

Milford George Munson Edwin Munson Field Artillery France Munson Yale Plattsburg Clarence I. Platt George I. Platt Meadowbrook Farm Orange Avenue Clarence Platt Clarence William 3. Gouta Camp Humphreys Virginia North Street New York State Willard Art Fort Trumbull Beach Roger O'Connor Walterbury Mr. O'Connor New York Giants O'Connor Milford Yacht Club Alice Mabel Fowler Brooklyn Henry B. Fowler Fowler Golden Hill Wopowage Lodge Kentucky Harry von Hacht Louisville Camp Zachary ‘Taylor Me. von Hacht Milford High School New School Ivor N. H Trafi American Tube and Stamping Company Bridgeport Columbia Rudolph von Hacht Coast Artillery Corps Fort Terry Ladies’ Aid Society

Tuberculosis Sufferers Well Taken Care of Here

The Charities department report shows about 85 mercantile con suistives and over 800 insane city residents placed in state facilities this past year. Inspector Mariisey states daily placements continue for three months, with some patients sent to New York state and the Norwich state farm for inebriates now full.

Charties Department Mariisey Charities Department New York State Norwich

Ten Permits Granted By Building Board

Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the Building commissioners granted ten permits for new buildings and alterations in this city. The total value of the permits is 23325 dollars and the list includes a variety of residences and commercial work. The projects cover one family frame cottage on the south side of proposed street for James Butler and private frame garage on Hawley avenue for Charles R. Saunders. Other permits include garages for M Schwarz and C Lindquist on Ashley street, a frame veranda for Joan Bradlock on Cleveland avenue, a two family house and garage on Garfield avenue for Hugh Kelly, a two family frame dwelling on Dewey street for M MacFarland, alterations on Warren street for Morris Weiss, an addition to a cement block building on Hanover street for George E Mills, and alterations and repairs for a service station on Golden Ell street for W R Phillips.

Norman Williams Orange Avenue George Mailcolm Williams U. S. Navy Miess U. S. Leviathian George Carlton Williams U. S. Naval Fore Milford Orange West Haven Board of Exemption Elizabeth Jewett Nyack on-the-Hudson N. Y T. J. Falls the Rims Fort Trumbull Beach Lucia Mary Begg Waterbury Begg Rogers Avenue Port Trumbull Beach Charles A. Perkins Newton Mass Newton Technical High School U. S.tranning Station Charlie Red Cross Ther M. A France Willam T. Bristol New Haven City Evergreen Cemetery Bristol Grace M. E. Church Order of Odd Fellowship Grand Army Post Nathan ’S Merwin Harbor Terrace Pond Street William T. Bristol Martha Downs Helen Smith Little Market The Sunbeams Caroline Platt America Streach James Butler Hawley Avenue Charles R. Saunders Ashley Street M. Schwarz C. Lindquist Cleveland Avenue Joan Bradlock Garfield Avenue Hugh Kelly Dewey Street M.macfarland Warren Street Morris Weiss Hanover Street George E. Mills Golden Ell Street W. R. Phillips

Change in a Woman's Life in Fremont Ohio

A Fremont reader describes entering the menopause at forty six, with heat flashes and nervousness, and credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with improving her health. The advertisement touts the remedy for menopausal symptoms and invites readers to write for advice, citing forty years of experience.

Fremont, O Lydia E. Pinkham Mrs. M. Gopper Napoleon St Fremont Ohio Lydia BE

Sale of Laces and Embroideries Promises Low Prices

Sale offers summer laces and embroideries including voiles flouncings and trims. Features 43 in wide extra fine fabric for gowns, heavy embroidered material for underskirts, cambric or lawn embroideries, filet and Torchon laces, and Venise lace at 10¢ per yard with attractive patterns.

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Main St Dillon Rue St. Cecile Paris Dillon's Bridgeport Ice Delivery CO Naugatuck Valley Ice Co Sprague Ice and Coal Co City Ice and Coal Co Adda Anzac Anzac_Company Mire Boston Maner, Read & Tullock United States Food Administration Hamburg Ballion SWIFT Utter Ib Maine Muscatel Connecticut French Hospital Ed. Munson Killings Opp Building Board Mrs. Godden Comfort Powder Co The Smith=Murray Co Fourfield Ave Voile Torchon Mary Merton Bridgeport, Conn Lisle
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