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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1918
Page
17
Washington Dec 26 The cabinet council met under the king to approve a plan of general reform aiming to establish universal suffrage for elections. An official dispatch received today from British sources notes progress in the reform scheme.
An advertisement touts Poslam for acne eruptions and itching, claiming three healing powers concentrated in a small amount. It advises nightly application, notes rapid results and harmlessness, and invites readers to request a free sample from Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
A Jassy report says the Bessarabian assembly, after March votes for union with Roumania with autonomy, now supports a full union without reserve. It also notes a Czernowicz congress recognizing Bukowina's junction to Roumania, with Ruthenians unrepresented. Serbian and Roumanian troops in the Banat area will not contact. French troops positioned between Temesvar and Versec.
At the town clerk's office yesterday a certificate of incorporation of the Butler Machine Company was filed to conduct a machine shop for the manufacture or repair of marine automobile or stationary engines and machinery. Capital stock authorized is 500 shares of $100 each totaling $50,000. initial capital is $5,000. Incorporators are John L. Butler of Bridgeport and James Butler and James T. Butler of South Norwalk.
New York dispatch reports Bethlehem Nazareth and Jerusalem express gratitude to American Sunday schools for relief work. Cable from Cairo via State Department and General Allenby notes thanks for last year’s offerings amid Armenian andTurkish persecution details. Include a prodigy anecdote about a Chicago man delivering a banner telegram reading Unto us a child is born three feet wide and six feet long.
In a Western town a politician once serving in high office has died and local reporters discuss how to present his legacy. One says he was faithful to his trust, while another questions whether to name the trust itself, revealing a cautious approach to obituary wording.
Lucille wears a satin restaurant gown with a left hip drapery on a packed suitcase trip. The blouse hangs in soft folds and a draped collar of thin black lace completes the cuffs. Outside the train window pine trees and mountains are blanketed with snow as Christmas nears.
New York on December 26 report says thirty five sailors on leave from war ships were robbed of all money at resorts luring servicemen on Christmas night. Twenty were robbed at one venue but details are unclear. investigators watch questionable resorts as eight thousand army and navy provost guards patrol to warn service members.
A Du Pont Powder works employment bureau interview ends in a comical twist as a Black applicant is asked who to notify in case of a serious accident and where his remains should be shipped, revealing a grim joke about mortality and job tests.
Chicago Dec 26 Cyrus H McCormick retires from the International Harvester Company after leading since 1902 and becomes chairman of the board Harold F McCormick elected president by the board He is a Princeton graduate of 1896 and formerly treasurer and executive vice president before 1902
The Manning Maxwell and Moore firm, owners of the former Ashcroft Manufacturing, says suspension of government contracts forced some layoffs at its Bridgeport plant but promises no undue alarm. It will favor longer-serving and dependent employees if further cuts are needed and hopes to maintain current wages despite improved shop methods and loyal employer efforts.
A compact winter driving advisory notes that cold starts are common and im prove with precautions. It explains priming as the best method, outlines portable priming outfits that let drivers prime from the seat, and mentions typical costs and ease of installation. The piece includes a short aside about suffrage dialogue.
Tom Moore at Elite Theatre stars as a careful, privileged actor in Thirty a Week while Lyric opens Daddy Long Legs and announces four other films. Poll Players present A Stitch In Time. Hart and Chaplin headline a double bill with Hearst Pathos weekly. West End Sportling Life screens with Daring and Dynamite. Empire features The Mystery Girl and Green Fancy. Plaza showcases Tell It to the Marines by the Lee Kids with Ruth Curtis Jazz Band and vaudeville acts including McIntyre and Robbins Alley Rehearsal Whalen and La Fleur and Kiddies of No Man's Land Red Cross short.
A lively review highlights a strong touring revue from the land o heather with several encores. Wallace Reid stars in Loo Many Millions, while Pathe Weekly News plays a featured role. The She Burke Touhey company delivers Irish wit, La Rue and Dupre showcase sand painting, and Duval and Simmonds perform a snappy act. The Three Eadie are praised for athletic, clean, and original numbers.
The McEnelly Singers orchestra visits the Colonial Ballroom on Fairfield Avenue next Monday evening. The program includes a short concert and a long evening of dancing at the usual low price with new music and novelties promised for a good time for all audience members.
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