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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1918
Page
8
Mrs Hudson Marshbank reports two years of constant post meal pains and bile regurgitation improved after using Fruitatives Fruit Liver Tablets. Despite doctors, she found relief with the fruit juice medicine. Available 50c a box six for $2.50 or via Fruitatives Limited Ogdensburg NY.
Mayor Hylan pledges city support to harvest and store natural ice from rivers and lakes in New York and Maine to avert a predicted summer famine. The city argues most ice is artificial via ammonia and would be commandeered for munitions, shrinking artificial ice as a business this summer.
Five oldest children of Lester Wilson were committed to the county home at probate court in Stratford. The father was jailed last week. children had not had proper care. Also notes German alien registration drive, suffrage group meeting, Leavenworth resignation, and local brief items about churches and social clubs.
Five men were accepted for U S Army service at the local recruiting station 15 Wairfield Avenue. Jas W Moore Westport infantry 20 Conzalvo D Elia 12 Arctic Street aviation 20 John B H Rogers 542 East Main Street aviation 20 William T Whelan 199 West Avenue veterinary 34 Harry T Wright 88 Ridgefield veterinary 34 The piece also discusses evolving roles of women in wartime labor and suffrage.
New York world reports that the total value of securities of U.S. corporations maturing in 1917 amounts to 71 631 659 dollars. J F Loree of Nolaware Bud son company heads an organization compiling statistics including Canada Cuba and Mexico. Grand total with these regions reaches 99 147 388 dollars. Utilities total 224 126 683, railroads 214 191 439, industrials 152 687 700, municipal 120 678 971. Equipment trust bonds make 55 962 683 of railroad securities and may be largely covered by sinking funds.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick fix for gas heartburn and indigestion. It claims relief within five minutes by neutralizing stomach acid, preventing souring belches and headaches, with a fifty cent bottle suitable for the whole family.
An old advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for sick children showing a coated tongue as sign of illness. It promises gentle cleansing of the bowels within hours, claims it’s harmless and tasty, warns against counterfeits, and directs asking for the California Fig Syrup Company product.
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