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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1918
Page
7
Winona Minn woman recounts relief from chronic nervousness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports better sleep and daytime function and urges others to try the root and herb tonic, long touted for women's health.
An old advertisement touts R G Pills containing padophyl lum as a liver aid and vegetable substitute for calomel. It promises relief for headaches bad breath pale skin pimples constipation biliousness and fatigue. Boxes priced 10 or 25 cents.
Bridgeport War Savings Stamps committee and Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce organize Thrift Week from February 10 to 17 with a broad advertising push including car and trolley ads. School children will be recruited to sell stamps with top sellers rewarded. Minute Women to conduct follow-up house-to-house canvassing. New committee members include David S. Day and Peter F. Bellew, among others. Speaker George B. Chandler warns against German peace propaganda, urging shipbuilding and production increases. Mass meetings across Fairfield county run February 10 to 24 with Liberty choruses and state defense speakers.
James T. Quinn as receiver of Dowling & Bottomley files suit in Superior court against Churchill of Boston to recover 3648.98 for labor and materials on Stratford public school. Lindstrom Die and Gavee Works sue Driggs Ordnance and Tucker Manufacturing of New York for 7500 for gun sight work and materials.
Joseph Czescil and others sue the Polish Roman Catholic church of the Holy Name of Jesus over a $1000 loan. the case has been settled. In Fairfield, Charles G. Rossling faces suit from Arthur J. Sperry of New Haven in common pleas court seeking 350 dollars with a claimed loan of 228.83.
Reports from Hamburg and Berlin describe a spreading strike across key war industries including Kiel shipyards Aldershot aircraft plants Landau munitions works and Westphalia mines. A state of siege is cited in Hamburg with unions pressing for peace terms and an end to annexations while some fear government manipulation to influence English workers.
City auditor report reductions to be discussed at the Apportionment board meeting this afternoon in the council chambers. Health and schools likely first targets as sessions continue next week. War Bureau funding request of 13000 may be trimmed, though support remains strong. Some board members warn against establishing a statewide precedent of excess municipal expense.
Allen Walker of the United States Chamber of Commerce will address city chamber members at a noon lunch at Stratfield hotel on Wednesday February 6. It is estimated that 20 000 women have been employed in New York's Wall Street district since the war began.
President Wilson told a Urbana agricultural conference that the war crisis has arrived and farmers must stand firm. He compared the effort to the American Revolution and urged farmers to pledge their lives and labor to win, warning against foreign control over the nation’s future. He emphasized all business and citizenry must align with total war aims.
Amsterdam reports that despite solving disputes with Britain and the United States, Dutch shipping to the United States cannot resume until negotiations with Germany guarantee safe passage for Dutch vessels. A Rotterdam telegraaf despatch notes Germany will prevent goods from overseas entering hostile countries and negotiations continue. In other news, Mrs. Delia B Legere sues daughter Mary Lynch for title to three parcels on Main Street Waller Place and Erie Street, claiming coercion while she was weak. The text also mentions military service and farm labor expectations for the next draft.
New York court proceedings in a separation suit feature Mrs Ame lia Floyd Clay accusing her husband George Hunter Clay of attempting to chloroform her as she slept. Clay denies the charge claiming nightmares and asserts he bought luxuries while she sought frugal living. she seeks fifty dollars weekly alimony and cites alleged extravagant gifts and travel costs.
A testimonial ad from Char JL Heyser of Battle Greek Michigan praises Peterson's Ointment as a cure for varicose ulcers after failing medical treatments. He claims two boxes healed his year and five months of ulcers and mentions eczema and other skin ailments, with a 30 cent price to buy big boxes.
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