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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1927
Page
13
A plaintext advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle laxative to boost liver and bowel function, claim to stave off sickness from inactive bowels, and restore a natural buoyancy. It highlights olive color pills priced 15¢ 80¢ and 60¢ and notes the product as a substitute for calomel.
Medical authorities say about 90 percent of stomach trouble stems from hydrochloric acid rather than lack of digestive juices. The remedy advised is Bisulated Magnesia taken after meals to sweeten the stomach, prevent excess acidity, and ease sourness and pain.
Connecticut road conditions list multiple routes with bridges under construction grading and detours. Notable items include Route 1 projects in East Lyme Norwalk and Westport, Route 2 Berlin wintered, Route 12 Norwich to New London open with advised detours, Route 110 Windsor under construction with winter pause, Route 111 Marlboro Hebron detour near Marlboro, Route 126 Norwalk-Danbury and Bridgeport-Newtown still open with limited detours, and several routes in Farmington Bolton Burlington and Newington with detours or winter suspensions.
Fall River, Mass. Feb 17 AP. Wilfred Demuth was killed at the Raoul Martin bottling plant. Martin pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and guilty to carrying a revolver without a permit. Case continued until Monday. bond set at $2,500. Martin claims accidental discharge during inspection. Bolz says gun discharged in Martin’s hands. Police note Martin is an alien from Portugal and may be deported on the firearms charge.
JAP J. E. Wallace deputy collector of Palm Beach and three men including two postal workers are jailed on murder indictments tied to the slaying of a negro boatman after his schooner laden craft was seized.
After a fish bone lodged in her throat for five days Mrs Wil liam Memitt of 226 South avenue sought treatment at the Emergency hospital. Doctors could not locate the obstacle and referred her to a throat specialist.
A surge of speculation propelled railroad shares to multi year highs on the New York Stock Exchange with 25 issues hitting peak prices and the railroad group average at its highest since 1910. Trading exceeded 1,000,000 shares as merger rumors circulated after eastern trunk line firms gained control of Wheeling and Lake Erie and Western Maryland railroads.
Judge Edwin C. Dickenson grants Mrs. Lilian Gillespie of Stamford an annulment of marriage, weekly alimony of 7.60, and custody of a minor from Frank E. Gillespie of Stamford after she testified she wed Carter for a joke and that he had a prior marriage and a wife alive. Carter’s later disappearance and Gillespie’s denial of desertion are noted.
Rebels in Cotabato up river districts confront government troops as 500 Moros defy forces, prompting Colonel Luther Stevens to Depart with artillery previously used against the Datu. Governor Gutierrez reports the situation may surpass the Wahit uprising in severity and reach.
The proposal for an elevated express highway along the Hudson waterfront from Anal Street to Riversite Drive advanced today as officials approved preliminary estimates and set a hearing. The project carries about 15 million dollars and plans call for construction in Manhattan with a completion target of about one and a half years.
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