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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1918
Page
16
A fragment hints at a broader idea that kindness costs nothing and being pleasant is as easy as being grouchy, urging a more cheerful approach in daily interactions. The text signals a social value without specific events or people.
A local druggist offers a no cure no pay guarantee for Rheuma promising fast relief from rheumatism. Testimonials from patients in Troy and Selkirkville claim dramatic improvement after using Rheuma, with one man noting freedom from crutches after months of pain. The ad urges readers to mail a stamp for a sample bottle.
A wartime dispatch notes a French aid product called Baume Ich used to ease muscle illness after a hard day chasing the enemy. The passage uses slang and clipped dialogue about the French remedy. It reflects wartime morale and everyday heroism.
Advertisement notes that NaLcHsioUE relieves pains from rheumatism and neuralgia as well as old and catarrhal coughs. Promotes Leeming & Co as American agents based in New York.
Wartime aged newspaper ad urges vigilance as cold weather returns influenza risk. It promotes Hyomei inhaler therapy, claims to kill germs and prevent illness, and touts ease of use and lifetime supply access at drug stores. The piece emphasizes caution, home prevention, and practical steps to curb infection.
The Health department of Ridgeport pledges strict enforcement to end cracked and dirty dishes in nearly 300 city restaurants. Two inspectors will oversee half the establishments each, visiting often, recording results on visit cards, and ordering corrective action if needed to maintain sanitary kitchen and food standards.
Three men charged with highway robbery were bound over in $1,000 bonds each to the December term of the Superior Court by Judge Frederic A. Garnett. The accused are John Wha Yen, John Larkin, and Francis Bowden, alleged to have beaten and robbed Stanley Frit of Stratford and Valent Leganiz of 38 Columbia Street on the night of November 23. A fourth suspect, William Bravis, was released as substantial evidence could not connect him to the case.
Funeral held from her late home and St Rose Church in Newtown with a requiem mass by Rev George Sinnott. Mrs Lillis, widow of Patrick Lillis, survived by a large family across Newtown Danbury Waterbury New Jersey and beyond. Also notes on local veterans and Thanksgiving program remarks.
Builders are altering the Chamber of Commerce offices in the Bridgeport bank building. Carpenters work this week to expand floor space and reconfigure rooms. The current reception area will become an executive office, with a partition across the corridor creating a future reception room. Work should finish by Saturday.
The Belgian king Albert and Queen visit Paris at the foreign ministry then the Elysee to meet President Poincare. A reception at the D Orsay palace honors the Belgian colony and diplomatic corps ends with a dinner at the Blysee palace for 259 guests. Coroner hearings resume on the death of Michael Finboniteh from a fall off a Huber ice cream truck.
Joseph Wy Alsop executive manager of the Connecticut State Council of Defense says Whitest States Employment Service offices will likely stay in their present form for seven months. He just returned from Washington where he discussed with federal officials. The defense council expects federal support and a plan for the service to work for returned service men. He notes that much of the demobilization plan may be turned over to the Employment Service.
Thieves entered the home of Mr and Mrs John A Csorba at 507 Stillman Street on Tuesday night while the couple slept and fled with 150 in cash and jewelry. Police note bold entry into the couple’s bedroom and ransacking of Csorba’s pockets, with jewelry stolen from a bureau. Detectives pursue suspects as investigation continues.
A funeral summary for Joseph Hynes, Anna Pirrello, Louise Schwab and John Blake covers services from their homes and churches, with masses, choirs, pallbearers, and burials in Stamford Conn and Park and St Michaels cemeteries. Survivors include Mrs. Margaret Gamble and Mrs. Mary Eganard. John Blake dies in Hartwick NY after short illness. funeral set at his late home tomorrow.
In Washington a sharp Senate exchange targets a Mann statement supporting Wilson’s mission. Senator Sherman rebukes a Republican candidate for speaker, disputing party leadership and warning lawmakers could fritter away the majority as the fight over leadership continues.
A columnist argues that scolding youths about smoking as a sin and wasteful habit fails. He notes young men dismiss the point by recalling that many rich men are habitual smokers, implying money and status do not deter the habit.
A reader asks why manufacturers are not honest about the wear and life of athletic Union suits, noting concern that the garments look worn after the third or fourth wash and questioning the reporting of such durability.
Ten mile costs fall while loads rise by twenty one percent, allowing 400 000 trucks to match the work of 484 000 with better loading and routing. The driver seeks more work at lower cost, but must apply modern methods. Trucks should be bought for the job and operated with expert guidance from Packard Freight Transportation Department to gain 20 to 50 percent more service.
A Detroit Packard truck crew loaded 50,000 machine gun rounds for U S Marines at Chateau Thierry. Four volunteers from 90 trucks undertook the mission. three drivers were killed. One driver delivered the ammo and urged a second trip.
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