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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1918
Page
8
An advertisement touts Bromna and Mi-o- Nut stomach tablets as the cure for indigestion. It claims the remedy builds up the stomach, increases energy, and enables digestion of hearty meals with no artificial need. The pills are sold in small tablet form at low cost, promising guaranteed relief or money back.
A Beauty Seeker notice touts gipplyfoe plain Hand stimerine as a harmless liquid to make hair curl overnight. Applied at night with a clean tooth brush, it supposedly yields glossy, natural waves by morning without sticky residue or heat damage. A few ounces bought from a druggist claims weeks of curl.
Southport residents engaged in several events with club meetings, Red Cross sewing drives, and holiday preparations. A rare airplane passed low overhead as fans gathered for community notices at the Wakeman Memorial building, while the Liberty chorus rehearsed for Christmas carols and a refugee garment project appealed for volunteers.
Yessie Platsky is named administrator of Abraham Platsky estate who died October 23 leaving about $2,000. John Carpenter and Davids Schneider man appointed appraisers by Judge Paul J. Miller. John W. Fickner named administrator of Laura Ja. Martin estate, late of Rockingham Virginia in 1917. The sanction aims to sue Adams Express Co. over a jetty accident.
A fragment from the Baltimore American notes Miss Klapp urges domestic sacrifice while a neighbor recalls saving a pet canary to conserve sugar. The brief exchange underscores wartime home front austerity and citizen effort.
Stratford residents voice dissatisfaction with the three year old primary system, urging a return to party caucuses. Local figures Eliott W. Peck and Ivan L. Morehouse may introduce a charter amendment. Also notes a high school glee club planning a grand concert, a bicycle recovered by police, a new Swedish Baptist church, and Red Cross and missionary activities.
A vintage advertisement claims women's duties lead to illness and urges Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the proven remedy to restore health after other treatments fail. The copy emphasizes female fatigue headaches backache and nervousness as common ailments among women.
The isolation hospital at Fil side home for Spanish influenza patients will close today as three patients are moved. Two will go to other hospitals and one will be discharged. There were 21 cases reported to the Department of Health yesterday.
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