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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1922
Page
11
A vintage advertisement promotes St Jacobs Oil as a remedy for rheumatism, lameness, back pain, and neuralgia. It claims the product rubs into painful joints and muscles, loosens stiffness, and offers rapid relief with a small trial bottle from stores. The copy uses old-fashioned spellings and exaggerated assurances to persuade readers.
Thousands blame naive remedies for corn trouble while Trimrang promises quick relief. The ad touts instant corn and callus removal in one piece and offers a money back guarantee. Lawrence & Co. manufactures in Chicago, noting widespread availability and low cost.
Mrs Parish testified in Superior Court that her husband Ernest A Parish knocked her down and kicked her in the mouth after she confronted him about going with other women. The couple married in 1808 and kept house five years, with Amanda Rose and others backing the plaintiff.
The Jolly club met yesterday afternoon at Mrs. John Moee han 231 Salem street with several members present. The Authors' club plans a meeting tomorrow at 4 pm at Mrs. John Wooster's home 34 Park street with Miss Lucy Wivod in charge. Bridgeport Dalphian society chapter meets after noon at Mrs. George Jackman’s 2498 North avenue. Drama of the Resolution will be staged by the school Thursday. District Republican Women’s club plans events in Bostwick hall. Maplewood Community Centre opens Friday at 5 pm with a Maplewood PTA led dancing program at Maplewood school auditorium. The center operates for Juniors only. Women of Infinity church host an all day meeting. the WCTU executive board meets at 239 Gilbert Street tomorrow at 2 pm with plans for a Miss Frances Willard viewday. Faith mission prayer services at 49 Cannon Street are open to the public. Mrs. B Baldwin of 599 Sraview Avenue visits Mr. Packer of New Rochelle. Milford’s Women’s Aid Society plans February events February 7 and 27–28 with entertainer Mrs. Edward Consdon, famed stage actress noted for work with Robert Edeson. WILLIMANTIC Firemen rescue a woman from a top floor during a $80,000 glaze blaze in a four story tenement, amid cheering crowds as smoke and flames are combated.
The local theater group Triple Line Club stages the production Three College Chums. Cast includes Clifford Hie Hitt Erskine F Russell Miss Edytine Brooks Miss Margaret Swayles and Wilm Barton with others listed in the program.
The Harmony Lodge No 010 RB invites members to a Saturday evening ball at the Brahe Seid Hotel ballroom on February 18. The event has historically drawn large crowds and strong finances, with plans underway to deliver an even better affair than before, aiming for a superb, stylish evening.
A 1921 statistics report shows Swedish women exercised suffrage at high rates, with Stockholm's female voters surpassing men by over 600 in the capital, though overall gains were uneven between genders across the country.
A. C. Lapheat Bury and Bridgeport Cream Fried Cake Company lease a building on Main Street from Lureport Land and Tithe Company for one month with an option to extend to two to three years. They will produce pastry known as Go Bott's Kream Fried Cakes under a contract with the National Cream Fried Cake Company of Columbus, Ohio.
The Oceanland Glee Club, comprising staff of the Fruat National Bank, hosted their first annual dance amid green crepe decor. Musical Bakers supplied dance music. Violinist Tack Deagon performed a solo. The Glow club staged a contest followed by vaudeville acts featuring Ina and others.
Miss Katherine Brennan of Skinner school Newaves spoke on Vocational Guidance to the Bridgeport Unit of the Connecticut Council of Catholic Women at the Community House Barnum Avenue last evening. The talk outlined tracking graduates and guiding them to suitable careers, a system developed in New Haven and part of teachers’ associations work. A brief business meeting followed inviting women to join the Connecticut Council of Catholic Women and the Sisters in the effort.
Officials of Ford Motor Co said today that the less from a fire which damaged the plant here last night probably would reach 200,000 dollars. The blaze started when hot metal tag, tet, among 200 corpses in a drying over. cmme fire.
A crowd of about 300 gathered last night for the Woolworth Girls Club dance at the Stratfield Ballroom. Al Minnard's orchestra opened the affair with special numbers as punch flowed. Eveta Nudson and Foster Williams led the grand march, with Nudson presented a bouquet.
Health commissioner Max C. Starkloff announced that St Louis is among the healthiest large cities for infants. A table based on federal statistics shows Detroit Cleveland New York Philadelphia Boston Washington Baltimore and other cities with Detroit having the lowest overall death rate in 1921.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a safe laxative and bile helper to improve skin tone and reduce a white-coated tongue. It claims the tablets act like calomel without dangerous aftereffects, encouraging nightly use for visible results.
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