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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1918
Page
14
The notice urges readers to prepare for cold and wet weather with emergency remedies. It promotes a stock of well known brands and its own laboratory produced preparations sold under its label. It states these are designed to meet special demands and are recommended for reliability and safety.
New York December 25 Theodore Roosevelt left Roosevelt Hospital after two months of treatment for tic rheumatism. He distributed gifts to staff and patients then returned to Oyster Bay to play Santa for his grandchildren. He said he felt well and expects to resume normal duties within six weeks to two months after careful further care.
A home made cough syrup using Pinex and syrup beats store bought remedies for cost and effectiveness. Mix 212 ounces of Pinex with sugar syrup honey or molasses to create a lemon flavored sweet cough syrup that soothes throat membranes, loosens phlegm, and relieves bronchial irritation quickly. The ad promises fast relief for bronchitis croup whooping cough and asthma with Pinex claimed to be genuine Norway pine extract from The Pinex Co Wayne Ind. Advertisement.
Paris December 24 Count Von Bernstorff former German ambassador to the United States said all belligerents have accepted President Wilsons fourteen points. He noted Germany will adhere to the program granting each ethnical group the right to dispose of itself and that it alone may furnish a lasting peace. He added the attempt must be made to apply it and that Germany will support it.
J Birney Tuttle of New Haven, as receiver of Aetna Indemnity Co., sues A Mitchell Palmer in U S court under the Trading With the Enemy Act. The suit seeks $2,260.01 claimed by Tuttle as receiver for obligations Munich Reinsurance of Germany reinsured with Aetna in 1905. Tuttle alleges alien property custodian took Munich assets in the United States.
Private William B. Magner of the 314th Infantry write s from Verdun France praising the Red Cross and recalling two Argonne drives culminating in Mount Falcon capture. He vows he would not trade his experiences for a million dollars yet hopes to be home soon after the armistice. He notes Germans’ postwar glee and wishes his family a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Thomas Jackson, a counterfeiter held in New Haven County Jail, escaped early Monday by climbing a jail wall and lowering himself to the yard. He had been sentenced in New Haven to Atlanta for three years on counterfeiting charges and had been slated for transfer to the Atlanta federal penitentiary, but influenza orders delayed removal.
New York Dec 25 The Rev Wilbur Chapman noted evangelist died here after an operation on Monday his third in two years for gallstones He had been moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States since May 1917 He was born in Richmond Indiana July 7 1859 educated at Lake Forest College and Lane Theological Seminary ordained in the Presbyterian ministry and later led evangelistic work and pastorates in Albany Philadelphia New York and other cities He served since 1903 as executive secretary for the Assembly's Committee on Evangelistic Work for the Presbyterian Church and as a representative for the Presbyterian evangelistic cause.
Trustees in control of a Connecticut company seek a further extension to carry out a U S district court decree, with July 12 set for sale of 40,000 shares valued at about 40 million dollars. Market conditions expected to force a delay, while past offers fell below the fixed price by the New England Navigation Co. The note mentions an ecclesiastical clerk but yields few clear details.
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