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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1918

Page

6

Fruit a tives Liver Tablets End Kidney Ailment Claim

A Rochester reader recounts years of stomach liver and kidney trouble and failed remedies before trying Fruit-a-tives Liver Tablets. He reports "grand improvement" after a 50 cent box and endorses the product from Fruit-A-Tives Limited Ogdensburg New York with six for two dollars and a trial size.

North Union &J Rochester Montreal Eiworla R. B. Flynn Government Concrete Inspector Fruit-A-Tives Limited Ogdensburg N. Y

Elks to Observe Golden Jubilee Nationwide

Grand Exalted Ruler Frederick Harper of Lynchburg Va has urged Elks lodges nationwide to celebrate the golden jubilee of Elkdom, founded sixty years ago, with a Saturday night event. Bridgeport hosts a Munich pool match featuring Tadhe rski and Ernest Lynch at the Elks home on State Street. Next Tuesday Harper and staff attend a Winthrop hotel dinner in Meriden to honor the ruler and Connecticut exalted rulers. The Meriden Elks home dedication is set for Tuesday.

Frederick Harper Lynchburg Elks Lodge United States Elkdom Bridgeport Jidge Tadherski Phayer Munich Ernest Lynch Elks State Street Wilks Harper Winthrop Hotel Meriden Connecticut

Elks to Attend 50th Anniversary in New York

Bridgeport Elks leaders Joseph C. Ivers Dr Philip J. McLaughlin Daniel J. Clifford and James L. McGovern plus Thomas F. Flynn SK Kelly Richard Sheridan and J Alex Robinson will attend New York lodge's 50th anniversary banquet in New York City. Tables are reserved for Bridgeport members who will also spend Sunday in the metropolis. High Elk officials plan an exceptional program for the anniversary.

Joseph C. Ivers Philip J. McLaughlin Daniel J. Clifford James L. McGovern Bridgeport Lodges of Elks Thomas F. Flynn P. T. Skkelly Richard Sheridan J. Alex Robinson Bridgeport Lodge of Elks New York Hiks Tonyzht New York City Metropolis Elk Dom

Diamond trade linked to marriage promises in war era

Kansas City Star notes conservationists question luxury during war but statisticians and jewelers show diamonds equal marriage pledges. U.S. imports reach 24 million dollars, up 70 percent from 1915 and 110 percent from 1914, as engagement ring demand grows with marriage rates.

Kansas City Star United States

Synagogue Retraces Scrolls Lost in Fire Ceremony

The Ahawath Achitin congregation will open its Cherry Street synagogue Monday for a scrolls of the Law retracing ceremony after a fire damaged part of the building. One Torah is donated by the congregation and another by Mrs Peter Schwartz in memory of her husband. A rabbi who copied the Torah will attend and a banduet will be held in the vestry that evening. The date coincides with Adar seventh, Moses death anniversary.

Ahawath Achitin Cherry Street Péter Schwartz Clinton Avenia Moses

Mother and Daughter Die In Death Pact At Rutherford

New York Mel Li reports Rosa Werner and her 19 year old daughter Ruth Werner killed themselves in their Rutherford New Jersey home. The bodies were found by Arthur Werner Jr after work, a gas tube leading to a paper cone in the bathroom, yet relatives say the motive remains undetermined as they had appeared to be shopping and chatting hours earlier. The scene suggests a deliberate death pact between mother and daughter.

New York Mel. Li Rosa Werner Untion Avenue Rutherford

Embargoes on Freight Remain as Taunton Delayed

Freight embargoes between New London and New York stay in effect after the City of Taunton failed to arrive for repairs at Brooklyn dry dock. Company officials offered no definite arrival date due to ongoing repair work and scheduling uncertainties.

Lstidgeport New York New England Steamship Company City of Taunton Brooklyn Drydock

Fraterna 5 Hares Lodge Meeting and Dedication trip

Fraternal lodge Fraterna 5 Hares Lodge will hold a regular meeting Monday to decide on purchasing and building. Bridgeport Elks exalted ruler Deter J. Bellow leads a large party to Meriden to help dedicate the new club house. Grand exalted ruler Weed Harper presides as canaries perish in a cremation note scene involving Ruth.

Hares Lodge Burris Lodge O F Liddgeport Miks Deter J. Bellow Bridgeport Lodge of Elks Bridgeport Elkswit Mariden Meriden Lodge Weed Harper Thetorsburg

Pythians to Celebrate 54th Anniversary

Plans for the 54th anniversary of the order proceed with a February walk from the 18th to the 24th. A committee will meet with Joseph Dewdall lodges to coordinate local lodge participation. The service flag dedication precedes a fundraising drive toward 400000 for the Red Cross. The Knights of Pythagoras bolster liberty and democracy. At the last convention the lodge at 1025 Main Street exemplified the rank of para on three candidates.

Joseph Dewdall Knights of Pything Ledge Main Street Para

Catchings Resigns as Sloss-Sheffield President

New York Feb 15 The resignation of Wadditt Catchings as president of Sloss Sheffield Steel and Tron company was announced. J W McQueen, formerly vice president, succeeds him as president. Catchings has become a partner in a New York banking concern. A stray humorous line about Benepambian is included in the text.

Catchings New York Wadditt Catchings Sloss-Sheffield Steel Anc Tron J. W. McQueen

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