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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1928
Page
10
An old advertisement touts Kellogg's All Bran as a guaranteed aid to prevent and relieve constipation. It features customer testimonial from Wm Grina... about long-term constipation ending after using All Bran. The copy urges daily use two tablespoonfuls and suggests incorporating it into meals or cooking.
Fairfield hosts the annual declamation contest with Stratford Milford and Fair Held High schools. Roger Ludlowe High seeks the cup for three consecutive wins to become its permanent possession. Fairfield has held it four of six years. Teams from each school enter two speakers for the local gymnasium event.
One of the largest crowds in Bridgeport attended the obsequies for Mrs. Charles T. Pistey and her son Edward who were killed in a Bristol accident. Edward was carried in his mother's arms in an aluminum casket lowered from a third story window at 43 Rolly Street. Mass was sung at the church of Sts Cyril and Methodius and interment followed at St Michael's Cemetery.
New York Feb 16 Associate Press M H Aylesworth president of the National Broadcasting Company told the Merchants Association of New York that the listener ultimately pays for radio programs through responses to sponsor advertising. He noted most stations are owned by local industries and urged press support for radio development.
Cambridge, Feb 18. Testimony sought to prove Grace Mills of Waltham was killed in Worcester county not Middlesex as alleged. Defense produced a state works official with a map showing the shooting in Southboro Worcester County. Buckley defense witnesses testified to the couple’s devotion and marriage plans amid parental opposition and Mills being an invalid.
In Pittsfield Massachusetts federal and local police raided an abandoned dance hall uncovering a four thousand gallon still with 1000 gallon capacity and a 30 pound boiler. Vats held mash and agents found about 50 gallons of alcohol 250 fire gallon cans 3 tons of corn sugar and large quantities of yeast. Edward Kelley, who leased the hall, is being sought.
Devon Feb 16 special report covers a Tuesday Feb 21 whist and pinochle night at St Ann's church on Naugatuck avenue with prizes for participants. Captain William Ashworth receives notice from Conn A A Th president Kennedy of his athletic mission appointment as swimming committee member.
Mrs. Nevada Hitchcock, Westport League of Women Voters president, told police two deer are destroying her estate along Cross Highway. The Nicoll property and neighboring woodlands host deer, foxes, raccoons and other wildlife. officials note rising herd numbers since a rare past period of destruction.
The principal medicines of Ching are derived from plants and animals. Favored remedies include fly maggots, fish worms, grasshoppers, dried silkworms, and beetles. Roots of the thistle lotus and ginseng and toad caliva are also listed as popular medicines.
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