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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1918
Page
9
Mary Daniels, a 14 year old South Boston girl, lands Boston’s first messengerette post. Her energetic start shocks local messenger boys and promises to upend traditions with hustling on the job. She does not smoke or read Nick Carter.
Wednesday morning creditors will gather in the United States court for the Connecticut district to hear details of the bankruptcy of Krank Cohen, proprietor of 389 East Main Street New York furniture stores and head of multiple firms. The estate lists assets of 885169.67 with 192973.64 on notes. remaining is unsecured. This is among the largest voluntary bankruptcy petitions in years.
Bakers retailers and others handling more than three barrels of flour a week must secure licenses from the United States food administration by today to comply with President Wilsons proclamation. Licenses are obtained by application with Washington officials. local food administrators have no authority. Federal food inspectors will tour Connecticut within the next two weeks to investigate violations of the rule.
News from New York reports a February 9 to 11 meeting of a Russian colony congress led by Kerensky allies. Delegates from major U.S. cities are expected, challenging the Bolsheviki as disorder persists in the current assembly and little constructive work has occurred since opening session.
Columbia S C Med 3. Public Health department orders night closings of public schools churches motion picture theaters and other public gathering places to prevent the spread of spinal meningitis.
Boston police report a bold early morning robbery at Timberlake & Small, 418 Weeponset Avenue, where four men blew the safe and fled after firing on a patrolman. An automobile aided their escape, while a second officer chased a speeding car down Adams Street. One officer was grazed by a bullet but unhurt, and the robbers left behind papers while taking cash over $500. A Bolshevik representative in Copenhagen says Maria Feodorovna will reside in Denmark.
The ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla and Peptiron as brain and nerve builders for overworked people facing stress from too much to do in too little time. It claims the trio Hood's Sarsaparilla Pepticon and Hood's Pills relieve nervous strain and boost energy, with availability through local druggists.
Washington February 3 An accounting of American Red Cross war council appropriations shows that through January 9 total funds for relief at home or abroad reached 77,848,435. U S administration expenses in the United States totaled 1,289,292 from general funds plus 318,000 from miscellaneous funds making a stand total of 79,415,727. Nearly three fourths of the 44,657,705 for foreign relief went to France with 23,181 for supplies and substantial sums for hospital work and Army support.
Ten local postoffice night clerks volunteered to assist draft boards by clerking the physical exams of registrants at Bridgeport High School. They will work for free each day until exams finish and then return to their regular post office duties each night. Clerks also aid the fuel administrator Siemon at times.
A Brooklyn warehouse property allegedly owned by Nicholas Romanoff former emperor of Russia was seized today by a deputy sheriff under a Brooklyn supreme court writ of attachment. The move protects a Marine Transportation Service Company claim of 3,615,782 dollars as the Czar had lost immunity and could be sued as a private citizen.
Following a brutal cold snap with eight below temperatures, Bridgeport eased into a thaw on Sunday and Monday. The local forecast notes this warmth may foretell no frost on the May date, prompting farmers to monitor February fogs and shield delicate crops from future frosts.
Republican leaders oppose Mayor Clifford J. Wilson's plan to appoint Henry C. Stevenson as assistant city attorney, succeeding W. Parker Seeley who is reportedly leaving aviation services. They argue Stevenson is not a party worker and thus not entitled to the plum position.
The government announces a large scale program to start production in August at plants to be built in Charleston West Virginia Nashville Tennessee and Washington. The war department says the factories will produce at a rate of ten to fifteen thousand workers per plant altering wartime capacity.
New York news item reports Justice Bi Jur granting a writ of habeas corpus to require Margarete Fontana to bring her four year old daughter Adriana Fontana before the court. Adriana is in the temporary custody of Pasquale Amato while Fontana and Fontana’s wife Mrs Margarete Fontana contend in divorce. The divorce decree allowed access on Wednesdays and Saturdays at Amato’s home but Fontana claims he has not been allowed to see Adriana. Fontana, an Italian tenor with the Metropolitan Opera, left for military service in 1918 during Wartime strains cited in the case. The wife, Austrian-born, filed for divorce. Fontana denies the charges, attributing the dispute to war. Amato appointed temporary custodian in failed reconciliation efforts.
Bridgeport residents report relief from back pain and kidney troubles after using Dean's Kidney Pills. J J Riley of Curtiss & Curtiss Co. testifies the remedy eases sore backs and kidney discomfort, noting his kidneys falter during cold spells and that Doan's pills quickly remove symptoms. Price 60 cents at dealers.
A reflective note hints at gratitude amid uncertain times and seasonal mood shifts, mentioning January as a turning point and the quirky idea of eggs and cant amounts as a playful metaphor. The piece captures a folk voice about steadiness and hope.
A bachelor pities a man about to marry, arguing the poor book lacks the sense to feel sorry for him. The remark frames a mate’s humor at a wedding scene and the absurdity of unshared misfortune.
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