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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1924
Page
5
An old advertisement extols rich red blood as the source of strength and nerve, urging readers to trust blood tonics and tonics for vitality. It links improved stamina to tissue nourishment, nerve support, and overall well being, targeting workers and businesspeople with promises of renewed vigor.
An old musterole advertisement touts mustard plaster style relief for colds and congestion. It promotes rub on curative oils camphor menthol and other ingredients to stimulate circulation and loosen mucus. A milder mothers form is offered for babies and children under terms like 35r and 6&ce Im jars and tubes.
An advertisement touts coconut oil shampoo as pure greaseless and gentle for hair. It claims it produces a creamy lather, cleans scalp, removes dirt and dandruff, leaves hair fluffy and easy to style, and cautions against harsh washing methods.
Miss Ethel Chery, social worker, argues at Ridgefield League of Women Voters meeting that the State Farm for Women at Niantic offers recovery, training, and better conditions than prisons. She cites mental screening on entry and useful labor training aimed at honest living after release, noting over sixty attendees including Miss Mary Gleen and Mrs Hugh Shields.
New York Feb 4 The year 1923 was one of great difficulty and discouragement for shipowners of all countries Alfred Gilbert Smith president of the American Steamship Owners Association declared in his report at the annual meeting Mr Smith was reelected president Gale H Carter president of the Pacific Steamship Company David T Warden manager marine department Tide Water Gas Company Eugene E G O Donnell vice president and general manager of C H Sprague & Son Boston were reelected vice presidents Winthrop L Marvin reelected vice president and general manager
A man bragged about a fast tooth crown after a rough dental visit, praising minimal pain with Nap-1 Mini and painless extraction methods. He noted previous crowns were more painful, but this experience impressed him as quicker and smoother overall.
President Coolidge urges federal state and local cooperation to aid wheat farmers in the Northwest. He backs Norbeck-Business bill funds for diversification loans and extending War Finance Corporation credits, conditioned on creditors funding and farmer indebtedness restructuring to avoid private losses.
In a New York address at the Marble Collegiate church the Union College president urged that world relations be guided by Christian spirit or be doomed to failure. He attacked reliance on gold or big business as paths to peace or prosperity, warning such ideas lead to slaughter and poison the nation’s blood.
Anthony Patrone of New York and Antonio Abriola were named administrators of Giovina Padroni Chillino's estate by Judge Paul Miller in Probate Court. The estate is valued around $9000 with a family house at 45 Capitol Avenue left to son Antonio Chillino, plus bank cash and an interest in Caruso Theatre at 401 George Street and an automobile. Frank Dee was named as an executor in the will but declined to act.
Members of St Vincents hospital alumnae will attend the funeral of Anna Cunningham an initiate of St Vincents hospital nursing class of 1920 in Torrington this morning Miss Cunningham died Saturday.
A Gotham woman purchases the JMarlin Arms Plant in a public auction. Minnodaln? of New York acquires the facility for 30000 dollars. Mrs Nfas Kell holds a 150 009 mortgage on the property as part of the deal.
In Mexico City on Feb 4 Associated Press reports that Obregon’s hoped decisive battle failed as rebels retreated after a minor clash with the federal vanguard near Valle De Santiago. Rebel bands scattered as federal forces pursued toward Guadalajara and Morelia.
In Cambridge Massachusetts February four reports say William J Corcoran former Middlesex County district attorney faces transfer of his blackmail case from Suffolk to Middlesex. Arrests of Mrs Lillian Reese and Mrs Theresa Duggan alleged lures deepen the probe. Grand jury actions include six secret indictments and testimony by Harry E Levenson and others.
At the American Museum of Natural History annual trustees meeting in New York, expenses have risen 250 percent over 13 years. Living costs and salaries have doubled or tripled, with endowment short by about 3.0 million, requiring a permanent endowment of roughly 20.69 million after ongoing expansions. Cleveland H. TDodre retires from first vice presidency after 14 years. George F. Baker succeeds him.
In Turin this afternoon Maria Imdovica, infant daughter of Princess Yolanda, eldest daughter of King Victor-Ammanuel and Count Calvi di Bergolo, was baptized in the villa San Set 4rino chapel. The King, Queen, and Crown Prince attended. the Queen served as godmother and the Crown Prince as godfather.
Adelen Botsford executive of the late Charles H H Botsford is named defendant in a common pleas suit filed by Dr Frank Webb seeking 1662 for medical services with 200 allowed. Webb's license to practice was recently revoked. A separate suit in Superior Court by Katharine MacFayden executrix of Malcolm MacFayden against Charles A Paul seeks 1400 for services and materials in October 1921.
New York February fourth. U S District Attorney staff asked Judge Knox for 290 injunctions to shutter saloons cabarets and restaurants for repeat Volstead Act violations. One padlock order issued against a West Street saloon and a tentative decree targeting the Gipsy Cabaret. Shanleys on Forty-Third Street dismissed after closure. Prosecutors vow more suits tomorrow against about 400 more defendants including Chateau-Thielry hotel Leonard’s ringside and Greenwich Village military, first on the docket.
Mrs Mary OPray of Brockton Massachusetts describes a nervous rundown after grip. Breathing difficulty, gas, chest and back pains, sleepless nights improved after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills. She credits the pills with digestion improvement and overall strength. The ad offers free books and pink pills at sixty cents per box.
A Buchanan Counts resident claims a home remedy can darken gray hair to make a person appear twenty years younger. Mix water, one ounce of bax rum, half ounce Barho Compound, and glycerine. apply to the scalp every other day until the hair darkens. The ad promises the effect is long lasting and non staining.
An old advertisement touts a sulfur based preparation as quick relief for eczema and itching. It promises germ destroying action and skin soothing effects with the claim of rapid soothing and smooth skin. The copy urges sufferers to buy and use the preparation daily.
A historic pitch extols a new toothpaste called Pepsodent that promises to dissolve the viscous film on teeth, prevent decay, and boost saliva’s protective effects. It urges readers to send a coupon for a 10 day tube, claiming rapid whitening and visible film disappearance.
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