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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1923
Page
18
An ad-style message emphasizes natural appearance and frank expression as vital assets. It promises dental work that makes artificial teeth look and feel natural, treating the denture as a personal study to restore pre-need appearance.
The ad promotes Natural Gum Plates that harmonize with facial features and restore lip contour. It touts the most beautiful life like dental plate and claims superior fit with Petry Suction technology, urging visits to see samples and try a plate that fits. Plates are available in Tubber, Gold and Aluminum.
Washington officials repeated the clemency scope granted to Charles Y Craig, a New York conspirator convicted of contempt. The White House and Justice Department stressed the pardon covers remitting imprisonment, noting the process and custody details sent to the U S marshal for records. Senator Canellando planned to forward the warrant to Gide and await further guidance from the comptroller and New York advisers.
Special to the Telegram reports that congressman HE. Tart Fenn of Hartford introduced bills to fund a $4,000,009 site and building for Hartford and $250,000 for a Manchester post office on government land. He also proposed $625,000 for a Waterbury federal building. Fenn cited rising postal volumes in these five cities and noted increases over last session.
Wiremen of No 1 Engine house were called to extinguish a blazing Cudahy Packing Co truck opposite the fire station yesterday afternoon. The truck fire cut off when gasoline was pumped into the tank. Damage was slight. A separate blaze in a box car loaded with grain at East Gud freight yards, caused by spontaneous combustion, was put out by firemen shortly after 10 yesterday morning. Damage was negligible.
In November nurses in this city examined 10 900 children. The monthly report shows 1 423 examinations for defects and 1 451 were examined during rapid class exams. The Chili Hygiene department notes nurses raised a total of 1 405 children and found defects in a portion of them.
William Dudley Foulkes, president of the Civil Service Reform League, charged Prohibition Commissioner Haynes and Attorney General Daugherty with corruption and concealment at the league’s annual convention. He urged full classification and competitive exams for all enforcement posts, warning partial reforms preserve graft. Deming, head of the Civil Service Commission, rejected the retrogression claim and called for continued progress and public support.
Dr William Hall Coon, city health officer, submitted a 1923 death rate estimate of about 10.7 per 100 000, higher than 10.9 last year. He noted the rise linked to pneumonia outbreaks in March and April, with 1 517 city deaths versus 1 096 city deaths the prior year.
A 1940s advertisement touts Madame Vera a beauty expert at Madame Vera's Beauty Parlor 1940 Main Street promising a permanent waving marcel waves and haircare. It highlights her claim that women want youth and that her services can keep them looking young. She invites appointments and visits to her salon.
Two Providence fur shops report window smashings in the early hours. Thieves stole fur pieces including a Russian sable worth 350 and other valued items, with a mink also taken. Police urge caution as break ins rise.
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