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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1918
Page
8
Hartford officials report 300 new influenza cases for Monday and Tuesday this week, with Deputy Health Commissioner Dr. T Eben Reeks noting many cases go unreported and deploring physicians for not reporting to town medical officers.
Homemade cough syrup made from 2 1/2 ounces Pinex to a pint bottle with sugar or molasses, claimed to cure chest cold symptoms in 24 hours or less. Promotes easy breathing, reduced throat irritation, and better sleep. advertised as a cheaper, more effective alternative to store bought syrups.
An old advertisement promotes Mi-o-na Stomach Tablets with a five minute claim to soothe sour stomach and belching. It asserts immediate relief from indigestion and generalized symptoms, promising removal of gases and restoration of normal digestion, with a money back guarantee.
An old note describes relief from stomach acidity indigestion and gas with immediate effect. It mentions belching acids undigested food and distress in the stomach along with pain flatulence heartburn and headache. It promotes quick relief without waiting.
An advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin tablets for rapid relief from dyspepsia indigestion and stomach distress after meals. It promises pleasant tasting tablets that never fail to improve upset stomachs and notes their low cost at drug stores.
New York December 26 An ancillary receiver was appointed for Driggs Manufacturing Corporation and Driggs Ordnance Company whose plants are in New Haven and Derby Connecticut after federal court actions by New Haven Bank and Mianus Motor Works. Sudden government cancellation of a naval ordnance contract is blamed for the receivership. Assets include patents drawings aims and accounts valued over 3000. Receivers named Louis Driggs of New Rochelle New York and John C Sayres of Derby Connecticut.
Twelve men were shot by court martial orders after an armed Bolshevik uprising at Omsk on December 22. The prisoners released earlier were mostly recaptured. some returned voluntarily. An overnight railway workers’ uprising at Koulinka cut telegraph lines until Omsk troops restored order. Peru Establishes Exchange Fund to Boost U.S. Trade. The Peruvian government will set up an exchange fund of 15 million dollars to pay for purchases by American merchants, with deposits via banks to the credit of the Junta de Vigilancia de La Emision de Cheques Circulares and associated charges.
Community members share holiday visits and travels across Trumbull. Mt. Herman student Wathan Ensign spends Christmas with parents, while Rowland Beach visits from Virginia and Burr Beach recovers from flu. Families host and attend church activities as Arthur Clippenger moves to Dayton, and Nichaly family heads to St Louis for winter.
Sergeant Thomas Reilly of New Haven, known in Bridgeport, was badly wounded in France in the last week of fighting before the armistice. A Pershing veteran, he returned for the Liberty loan drive and spoke at factories and theatres. Shrapnel damaged the right side of his face, and he asked to return to the front once the loan was secured, after fighting in the Argonne forest.
William H Flusband files a divorce suit against Sarah Williams Flusband alleging infidelity. Perryman and others named as co respondents. Alleged acts occurred in New Haven. The couple married October 1 1902.
In Rome on Tuesday December 24 Pope Benedict received twenty three cardinals and many bishops and prelates of the Sacred College who brought their Christmas wishes. He urged that the upcoming peace congress decisions restore order and foster renewed human sympathy and brotherly communion. He pledged to aid acceptance of the congress decisions to secure a just durable peace.
In Coblenz and surrounding occupied areas on Christmas morning snow fell after midnight and piled several inches deep around Treves. Army chaplains led services in nearly every village and camp, with many American troops attending large services across the region.
A. N. Holcombe of Harvard University was named by Postmaster General Burleson as an additional member of the committees to consider standardizing telephone rates schedules.
Superintendent Samuel J. Slawson attends his office briefly after a serious illness and plans to resume full duties as his strength returns. He is expected to be back to normal and ready to reopen schools on January 6.
Paris dispatch reports General Pershing ordering all American commanders to fully cooperate with French efforts to restrain alcohol excesses. In New York, lime stretch trading resumed today on coffee and sugar exchanges for the first time since October 13 when halted by the food administration. Many were on the floor.
Importers in Montevideo prepare a protest to the foreign minister over not obtaining tonnage aboard requisitioned vessels. They claim the move violates the Uruguayan American agreement and note no freight has arrived directly from America in two months.
Amos Rinaldi of 672 Housaton Avenue was arrested on theft charges involving 815 from Joseph Ratelka of 718 Wiallett Street. He waived examination in Otha City court yesterday morning and was bound over to the preliminary term in bonds of 1500. Mara Maringison, arrested with him, had her casanelle threatened before Judge Preste Bartiott.
A girl fears a mouse amid her splintered stockings and the threat of a sudden alarm. The incident centers on her avoidance of the rodent while preparing her belongings and home.
In a Senate discussion on the ship question, Senators urged a definite government policy for ship construction and costs to raise the American merchant marine after the war. Vardaman and Weeks called for readjusting costs to avoid postwar write-offs from war price build, while Jones warned the U.S. must match Britain and France in public support to private shipbuilding.
Thousands of butter buyers are urged to switch to Benefit Brand Sweet Nut oleomargarine made from coconut milk and skim milk claiming no animal fat. It mirrors creamery butter in taste and nutrition but costs 18 to 25 cents a pound less, sold only at Direct Importing Co. stores in Bridgeport and surrounding addresses.
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