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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1918
Page
3
A promotional note touts Pape's Diapepsin for fast relief from sour, gassy, and acidic stomachs. It claims rapid neutralizing action, safety, and effectiveness for dyspepsia gastritis and indigestion, recommending a fifty cent case for home use.
Yale will inaugurate a three year artillery training program next fall that leads to a commission but not a college degree. Participants must follow a prescribed, rigid course without elective studies, and the program will run throughout the war. A humorous aside notes a wife resents conceding even when apologizing.
An advertisement urges readers to self evaluate before buying Hood's Sarspaparilla Pepticon and Hood's Pills. It claims the trio can remove tiredness paleness anemic tendency backache kidney trouble constipation and rheumatism and states many people need this combination for health though some may only need one.
An old health advertorial claims lime stone phosphate and hot water cleanse the bowels and purify the entire alimentary canal to prevent headaches constipation and other ailments. It urges morning internal cleaning and compares internal sanitation to outside bathing, asserting pores in the bowels absorb impurities and that the regimen costs little.
Fairfield news notes a government need for stenographers and typewriters in Washington. Examinations will be held Tuesdays at the Bridgeport post office starting 9:00 a.m., with evening tests possible if enough applicants. Wages range from 41,000 to 1,200 annual, and practice tests are available for those not seeking full exams.
Due to fuel conservation needs, Catholic churches in the Bridgeport diocese shift during Lent to a new plan. Weekly venial twic e weekly is eliminated. services now held Wednesday evenings and Sunday afternoons.
Miss Marjorie Slater hosts a surprise kitchen shower at her parents home with about 60 friends. Guests bring kitchen articles and enjoy a late luncheon, while well wishes for the upcoming marriage are voiced. Also notes Red Cross meeting, a funeral in Milford and various local visits and social updates.
A reader reports a mock disease Hooverilis said to attract into the stomach and leave it empty, with no clear cause. The note speculates on a cashier who absconds and a Suminy Sehnoel Superintendent as symbols of satisfaction in a satire piece.
An old advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for a child’s constipation and illness. It claims a gentle cleanse will restore a cheerful, active child, citing a “harmless” fruit laxative as the first treatment and directing readers to buy from the Californian Fig Syrup Company.
New Haven may have charged saloonkeeper Wooley, former Public Works director, with violation of a Garrett Mond cloaks order. He is slated to appear before the Hartford States commissioner next Monday. He claims no heat or lights were burned while conducting business on the noted Mondays.
New Haven February 2 The Connecticut Carpenters and Joiners Council adopted resolutions offering aid to the government in its call for ship carpenters and joiners for shipbuilding and for others to work as contractors on government buildings. adjournment officers were chosen.
Gray hair and fading color blamed on lack of sulphur. An old time recipe from Sage Tea and Sulphur is marketed today as Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound to darken hair naturally. Users dampen a sponge and apply strand by strand. it allegedly restores gloss and a youthful look.
An advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a quick remedy for grippe and colds. It claims to clear nasal passages, stop discharge, relieve sick headache and feverishness, and be inexpensive and easy to take, with several doses every two hours.
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