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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1919
Page
8
A vintage advertisement urges girls to use Danderine to restore color vitality and fullness. It claims the tonic will double hair beauty, strengthen strands, and revive a shiny, healthy scalp with a 35 cent bottle available at drug or toilet counters.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Compound as a fast cure for colds and grippe. It claims to unclog nostrils, stop runny nose, relieve headache and fever, and ease sneezing with three doses taken every two hours. The remedy is said to act without quinine and cost only a few cents at drugstores.
A Chamber of Commerce Home Building and Loan association aims to boost home ownership in the city. Executive secretary Seward B. Price cites 77 percent of residents as tenants and outlines member loans up to 80 percent of property value on first mortgages. The article details organization, governance, funding, and the profit structure tied to share maturity and penalties for late payments.
Market wires show butter steady with receipts 43 79. creamery and extras values rising to 74 and 92. Eggs firmer with fresh gathered extras 4 to 85 and firsts 8 1/2 to 8 3/4. Raw sugar stable with various grades listed. refined and powdered prices noted. Wheat spot firm No 2 red 2.36 1/2. corn spot steady new No 2 yellow 1.69 3/4 and No 2 mixed 1.61 3/4 cost and freight. New York.
Worcester Masq December 15 Mrs Eleanor Baker 22 and her husband Harry Baker faced trial for the murder of Dwight Chapman an aged recluse at Westboro in June One hundred spectators were present Mrs Baker said to be the youngest woman charged with murder in the state Her husband defended her saying she killed Chapman after an insult upon her while Chapman reportedly lived in isolation
Hammonton N J Dec 15 counsel for Charles S S White the Hammonton Dahlia grower charged with the murder of Milly Dansey announced he would apply probably tomorrow for a writ of habeas corpus for the release of White and Mrs Edith Jones house keeper for White s father Mrs Jones is charged with being an accessory after the fact A bitter legal battle looms as the application would be made to Supreme Court Justice Charles Black Edmund C Gaskill Jr Atlantic county prosecutor said he was prepared to meet such a move and would press for an indictment if released Boltec one counsel for White and Mrs Jones said the prosecution has had time to prepare and it was unfair to hold innocent people in jail so long
In St Stephens South Carolina a love quarrel led to a fatal shootout. Dr Pratt, John Bell, and Royal Cotton were killed in a room fight over prom suitor Cotton's attention to Dr Pratt's daughter Miss Pratt. The daughter was slightly wounded.
Exploding souvenir shells from France helped drive a fire that destroyed the Admiral Benson clubhouse for servicemen and the First Reformed church in Hoboken New Jersey. Nearby apartments suffered damage as the three story wooden building erected by the National Catholic War Council burned. Loss placed at about 250000 dollars. Several explosions occurred as flames spread.
White House indicated a commission to investigate the coal industry and adjust wages and prices would not be named until workers return to their jobs, signaling the administration’s plan hinges on resuming production.
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