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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1927
Page
6
An advertisement claims Allenrin Special Formula No 2 capsules relieve nerve pain from neuritis within about a day. The product is sold via drug stores and promises rapid sleep restoration across neck shoulder arm or leg pain after a short course.
Westport to hold Boy Scout committee meeting next Wednesday at 8 PM at the M C G A to discuss plans for the coming year. Greens Farms church hosts a Valentine party tomorrow night with games and refreshments. New bowling league formed by Frank Dayton opens with four teams: Lucky Strikes Red Devils Shooting Stars Cannonball Four.
Girl Scout's Hope Chest event hosted by the Cilizeh scouts of Norwalk with tea served after the performance. G. O. P. to Dine on Friday February 18 as the Republican town committee holds a Bedford House dinner. Matters include drafting a bill on town official election timing after last year’s vote extended terms from one to two years. William P. Glark chairs the committee. Rep Edward W W Hubbell chairs arrangements.
Stratford town health officer Dr. De Ruyter Howland urged parents to keep children home if they show sore throats or colds and seek exam by a physician. Four schoolchildren ill with scarlet fever reported weekend. one former town clerk Harold Lovell also affected. Diptheria epidemic previously controlled with Garden School improvements. 38 carriers found, five children remaining out. Mention of fatal violence and arrests unrelated to health alert.
Newtown taxpayers discuss the proposed town court bill before the General Assembly Judiciary committee. The measure would abolish the criminal Justice court with civil cases limited to small-damage actions, drawing mixed local reaction and petitions against it. Saint Hope's Players plan a March 18 Town Hall performance of My Irish Rose, following a February 26 fundraiser at Sandy Book's home for Mt Rose’s church.
Judge Thomas W. Swan former Yale Law School dean was installed on the U S Circuit Court of Appeals bench in New York after being sworn in New Haven on February 1. He succeeds the late Judge Henry L. Rogers who also served as Yale Law School dean.
Hartford February 14. Governor Trumbull appointed Joseph Croskey and Care Wi Mild ner of Bridgeport and Edward J. MacGrath of Trumbull as railroad policemen on the New Haven road.
Meriden News brief notes protests by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion against a German language address at the high school auditorium by Count von Luckner. The school board met with the count in New Britain and he agreed to speak in English.
Miss Jennie Agista Hodgmann daughter of the late Dr and Mrs Abbott Hodgman of Greenwich died at her sister's home in Rye New York after a brief illness The funeral will be held at her sister Mrs Ledward J Clapp's home Wednesday afternoon at 3 30 o'clock.
In Monroe Connecticut 54000 chicks saved from mortality last year under the Grow Healthy Chicks program. Across Fairfield County 126000 chicks signed up with 345 chicks saved by following Extension Service guidance. An Eight Point program meeting is set at Stepney Fire House February 17 with speakers R J Jones and L M Chapman urging Day-Old Chick care and campaign value.
Walter W. Wood a prominent Waterbury clothing merchant and Mason with ties to New Haven died at Waterbury Hospital shortly after noon today. He was active in local fraternal organizations and had long operated in the clothing trade.
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