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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1925
Page
4
An old advertisement discusses rheumatism pains seasonal flare ups and various home remedies. It touts Eve or Ethos salts and boiling decoctions with herbs, claiming quick relief and inexpensive options. The piece emphasizes simple methods, including tea and herbal mixtures, to ease stiffness and aches.
A major bridge project forces the telephone company to reroute and rebuild three main cables. Dismantling, dredging, and a new span will be required, with extensive engineering and temporary service disruptions across Yellow Wall and nearby cities. Four lines and a cross-town trunk will be affected as work advances.
Trustees announce a hearing on the Bishop Trust Fund set for Tuesday. The estate of the late Bishop Nathaniel Piahop is involved, with proposed distribution and administration expenses noted.
A misread column presents a garbled crossword with scattered clues and partial answers. It lists puzzles labeled COMER and KUEHN with fragmented hints including references to a Baltic country and a Western region, plus garbled word fragments and stray phrases.
A motor boat from Providence was seized near Narragansett Bay while unloading 400 cases of whiskey. The patrol boat CG 286 detained four crew members including Captain Ira McVey and Samuel Cohen. The incident occurred within sight of Warwick Light with authorities to question the crew.
A damaged OCR entry promotes a Funk and Wagnalls cross word puzzle book by Charles E Funks, touting a simple alphabetical vocabulary from the Standard Dictionary. Includes pricing hints and a disconnected ad note for a 50 word set and location at 354 360 Fourth Ave HY.
A chaotic OCR fragment offers a broad invite to Bridgeport residents to Hindle's Drug Store on Tuesday, promising medicines and remedies. The text is garbled with numerous stray lines and nonsensical phrases, but repeatedly emphasizes medical products, a community gathering, and a push to attend a sale or event at the drugstore.
A memorial for Lenate Sligh Sherif and Lenate Telly of New Haven County will be discussed at the state postal convention in Meriden on February 23. Topics include an eight hour day for postal workers, the salary ball, and officers to be elected. Dancing and bowling events, plus Bridgeport and West side gatherings, are planned with delegates and local teams named.
Mrs Charles MacPherson hosted a Saturday dinner at Naugatuck Avenue for the 53rd wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs K G Foote of Stratford. Guests included Allan and Gene Foote, Herbert Rabbe and family, Lewis Clarke and Chiles Wackherson, with radio listening after the meal. A Devon Improvement Association meeting is planned for Monday evening with urgent business to discuss.
A memorial service was held in France for U S and French fallen soldiers. Officials led by the Minister of War and Wa rton stated the joint tribute honored those who died at St Levis and in the engagements around Chumpsane during World War I.
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