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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1925
Page
5
A female speaker describes saving her husband from moonshine and degradation. She recalls reading a pamphlet and using a “Golden Treatment” to free him from addiction. The poem urges others to act decisively to end a partner's drink habit and restore happiness and sunshine in their home.
An old note offers a free treatment coupon with name and address printed, instructing readers to mail the coupon to Dr. J. Haines at 84 Glenn Building, Elkininath Onlo. The claim states return treatment will prove it stops drunkenness in any form by adding to tea, coffee, or food, and the drunkard will stop drinking without knowing why.
An aged advertisement promotes Musterole as a counter irritation to relieve congestion from influenza grippe and pneumonia. It claims a mustard plaster like effect without blistering and notes a milder form for babies and small children.
Mayor Behrens said odors from a garbage disposal plant in Ninth and Tenth districts should be eliminated this year if the Board of Apportionment approves an appropriation without overburdening taxpayers. Engineer William Dolier would oversee changes. cost estimate to be prepared. Rejuvenation would take three to four months and avoid incineration, which would reduce city income from $60,000 to about $79,000 with new machinery.
The House post office committee in executive session decided to reinstate Frederick C. Riedesel to former clerk after he resigned due to publicity about his connections with a mail concern. After inquiry the committee found the acts not of a character to halt his service.
Ottawa February 11 Canadian mounted police report the arrest of G. I. Alexander of Galt Ontario for a conspiracy smuggling aliens from the United States into Canada using counterfeit passports and immigration permits. Impersonated officials and forged naturalization papers were cited. Alexander pleaded not guilty and will have a preliminary hearing next week.
Mrs Archie Maxton of Bloomfield denied inserting poison into the teapot at breakfast and claimed no knowledge of how the poison entered the pot. Her husband is recovering from acute poisoning and she resides with her parents. Reappearing in Bloomfield court Saturday at 9.
Burton Dorman, Mountain Grove cemetery superintendent, proposes an inn on the Lamp Mortar reservoir hillside. The Hedgeport Hydraulic Company summons the State Board of Health to inspect the structure for sanitary features. The Lamp Mortar reservoir remains unused since Hem reservoir completion, requiring pumping from Samp Mortar lake and facing Hemlocks. The Brickigeport Hydraulic Company holds most land along the Black Rock turnpike by the water system, with Dorman’s parcel among the few not controlled by the company.
Four Navy midshipmen found guilty of participation in liquor escapades at the Annapolis Naval Academy face expulsion within the next twenty four to forty eight hours. Secretary Wilbur says he will not reveal their names to spare the students public humiliation. He has personally investigated the case and charged a bootleg ring in Annapolis, with steps being taken to dismantle it.
Geneva Feb 11 The international opium conference adjourned after adopting both the protocol and the convention concerning opium smoking. The protocol includes words to satisfy Japanese wishes and reaffirms the Hague convention obligations while clarifying that opium smoking is only permitted in limited form.
Wilton residents report roaming cows at a former golf course prompting police action. The article notes that the Pyramid temple in Bridgeport and Sphinx temple in Milford will be allowed 20 patients each at opening, with Springfield Shrine hospital to handle more outpatients. The hospital project aims to serve children and pursue ongoing readiness into spring.
Victor Ales of Brooklyn was sentenced at Sing Sing to not less than 20 nor more than 29 years for arson. The court ordered that after serving his term he be deported to Italy. Ales was convicted of setting fire to a bakery shop endangering the lives of about one hundred people in the tenement above.
Details of a Guatemalan export tax policy are under study by the Commerce department. The coffee export tax would range from ten to twenty percent onGuatemala’s 1923 trade worth about $9,000,000, while the sugar tax starts at twenty cents per hundred pounds with a rising schedule.
Nichols Matluck, worker for the Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station, sought compensation after developing sciatic neuritis from years of mosquito control work in Fairfield marshes. The case before Commissioner Edward Buckingham could illuminate eight years of marsh fighting. A hearing will be held at Matluck’s home in Fairfield.
Wilton Feb 11 members of James Whippie post vote to perfect Memorial Day observance with a parade band and prominent speakers. Past Commander Canterbury received badge. Mrs Chancellor Stone organizes Junior Epworth League. officers named. Valentine social planned. women groups schedule meetings at local churches and homes.
Michel Mackham of New Canaan and Plattsville Avenue was arrested February 1 for liquor law violation. He pleaded guilty and was fined 200 dollars on two counts with 20.88 dollars costs and given a non daily suspended sentence. A separate case of Marty Soeman for non-support was continued to next Monday. William K. Pinker, a known insurance agent, was arrested for non-support and bail was set.
Long Hill M E Church announces a Thursday evening program at 8 o clock featuring a male chorus with Marching Meats The Sweetest Breezy Ever Told a Mary Leslie reading by Miss Patford a duet by Webster and Beardsley and a medley of old songs including The Only Way You Went to Cookins Whitney.
Halifax Nova Scotia February 11 Trewis Bevis was hanged in the jail yard for the murder of a policeman killed last July during an 18 hour gun battle in the forest at Duich Village near the city.
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