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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1927
Page
6
An old advertising blurb promotes Pinex as a strong cough remedy for severe throat and chest colds. It explains mixing 214 ounces in a pint bottle with sugar or honey, claiming quick relief, throat soothing, and phlegm looseness. The text stresses genuineness of Pinex pine extract and guaiacol and offers a money back guarantee.
A chaotic OCR dictation lists scattered program times and shows across many stations including New York, Baltimore, and Boston markets. Entries mention music, news, weather, talks, and concerts with various performers and orchestras, though many lines are garbled and partially unreadable.
A dense list of programs across stations WEAF WJZ and others featuring Great Composers Hoover Sentinels Smith Brothers Chicago Opera Tannhauser Maxwell Hour and numerous orchestras and bands. Notable venues include Boston Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Chicago with dates and times from 6 PM through 1 AM.
Edward Glynn aged 31 of Bridgeport was sentenced to six months in jail for statutory burglary. He admitted stealing two large cartons of cigarettes from Bernstein and Kursman warehouse on November 20. Glynn had figures in the earlier Baby Doll Thomas case as one of his henchmen during a raid after a shooting incident.
Madame Rasannoff of Cherry Lane Wilton and a New York city member of the Musical Art Quartette performed to a full house at the Guild theatre New York yesterday. Other quartet members spent last summer on Belden Hill. Mrs John Richdale returned to Catalpa Heights Wilton from Hertford where she attended the American Legion Auxiliaries of Fairfield county meeting. Next Farm Bureau meeting will be Dec 8 at 10 30 am at the Congregational chapel focusing on china painting.
Edgar H Peavey of Hyannis is on the danger list at Cape Cod hospital after a 12 gauge shotgun discharged while deer hunting in the Pleasant Lake area of Harwich. He suffered a fractured right arm and a gunshot wound. Local authorities are investigating the incident.
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