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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1918
Page
7
Mildred boards the steamer as rough seas keep most passengers indoors. She notices an army officer asleep in her chair, his gauntlet left behind, while a deck steward approaches with something to offer.
In St Louis on February 7 delegates from three states and the province of Rio Canada attended the American Road Builders association and the Good Roads congress. They adopted a resolution urging nation wide highway improvement as a war measure.
An old advertisement touts Marmola Tablets as a simple path to regain a youthful figure without exercise or dieting. It claims rapid effects on facial lines and form, promising health and brightness, with a price of about seventy-five cents and a Detroit address for orders.
William Matthews aged fifty seven, foreman at a hides factory, contracted anthrax. Doctors at Bellevue performed a neck incision and injected Eichhorn serum, then treated with dischloramine wash. He recovered enough to return home to his ten children, one of only two known cures in the state.
A dated advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as instant relief for a cold. It describes dosing every two hours for up to three doses to ease head, chest, and body symptoms, open nasal passages, and stop discharge. The copy promises quick relief with no assistant needed and urges readers to buy at drug stores and insist on genuine product.
Washington Del United States reports that railroads earning over 1 million in 1917 generated about 953 million dollars. Government compensation in pending legislation is estimated around 945 million. December earnings fell by about 30 percent due to costs, winter, congestion and embargoes. Net rail revenues last year totaled about 1.177 billion on 4.028 billion in revenues against 2.861 billion in expenses.
Representatives of the egg and poultry trade after a conference with food administration officials named a general committee for each trade to draft agreements regulating prices and distribution. If acceptable to the food administration the measures will be voluntary. The reforms aim to reduce handling and curb speculation.
Bridgeport Orphan Asylum members gathered on Court street to hear the home committee report on a suitable site for a Jewish orphan home. Over 60 attended as the committee said a location had been found but kept secret for now. The organization with 100 plus members plans to transfer Jewish orphans from other city as funding efforts continue.
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for bilious or constipated children showing feverish, cross, or pale symptoms. It promises easy, gentle cleansing within hours and notes the product’s pleasant taste. The copy warns against counterfeits and directs buyers to seek the genuine California Fig Syrup Company product.
Women across the country report relief from monthly pains and nervous weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Testimonials from Athol Massachusetts and San Francisco California describe dramatic improvements, with inquiries for guidance directed to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
Over one hundred thousand people in this country have proved that nothing relieves chafing as quickly and permanently as Sykes Comfort Powder. 25c at Vinci and other drug stores. Trial Box Free. The Comfort Powder Co., Boston, Mass.
An overlong ad advises avoiding meat for kidney or bladder issues and promotes Jade Salts as a safe, inexpensive cure. It claims uric acid irritates the bladder, promising quick relief with a tablespoonful daily for a few days, and extols pleasant effervescent lithia content.
An advertisement touts R. and G. Pills containing podophyllum as a vegetable substitute for calomel to help bad complexion breath headaches biliousness with claims it stimulates the liver and aids bile secretion without causing griping or sickness. Boxes priced 10a and 20 the box.
A testimonial ad touts Peters Ointment as a cure for eczema and piles and other skin ailments. Readers praise its effectiveness, noting clear skin in days and relief of itching, with statements from Mrs. Maury Cull and others in Pittsburgh Racine and other cities.
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