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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1918
Page
5
An advertisement promotes Father Johns Medicine as a safe remedy for colds and throat troubles. It claims it avoids alcohol and nerve-destroying drugs and warns neglecting colds can cause pneumonia, promising prompt relief without harming the lungs.
An old musterole advertisement touts relief for neuralgia and headaches by rubbing the ointment on temples and neck. It claims soothing inflammation and quick relief, noting its mustard oil base and superiority to mustard plaster. The paste is promoted for sore throats, colds, asthma, lumbago, sprains, and other pains with hospital size priced at $2.50.
An advertisement promotes Delatone for removing hair and blemishes. It advises mixing the powder with water to form a paste, applying to the skin for about two minutes, then washing off to leave skin free of hairs and blemishes. The copy emphasizes obtaining the main Delatone product.
In Brooklyn federal court Miss Astring Amundsen, a Stamford nurse, and Tohr Lund of a travellers agency began trial on charges of conspiring to smuggle letters aboard the Bergensfjord. They were arrested last November under the trading with the enemy law for sending letters to Christiania, Norway. Officials say contents would have been valueless to an enemy.
Acting Medical Examiner Frederick C. Graves reported the infant's death in Waterbury as either suffocation or loss of blood. The body was found beneath basement floor boards on Baldwin street. Mrs Lenora Rodriguez, who lived there, has left town.
Federal officers probe an alleged organized anti church movement centered in Youngstown Ohio with roots in Cleveland Pittsburgh Detroit and Mekkeesports. A mob gathered before the Ruthenian Greek church parish house and was dispersed after shots wounded three people including Adolph Zatzerkowny son of the priest. Several arrests followed.
Hartford report says Governor Holcomb abstains from smoking in honor of Smokeless Tuesday for Salvation Army fund. Former Governor Morgan Bulkeley also says he has not lit a cigar and does not intend to.
More than 900 longshoremen and dockworkers employed by the Southern Pacific Steamship Company in New York failed to report for work this morning, renewing a strike that had been adjusted by the Shipping Board's labor adjustment board.
Milford Connecticut February special report shows the Milford committee of the State Council of Defense has enrollment blanks and pledge cards for the United States Shipyard Volunteers of the Public Service Reserve. Men in all shipbuilding trades are sought. enrollments stay at current jobs until called. George W. Munson M. J. Cheney and Arthur B. Clark lead the local effort with cooperation from Leo Korper Federal Director for Connecticut.
Paris Feb 20. Reports claim the German embassy in Madrid funded anarchists in Spain and that Dr. Von Stohrer sent money and letters to agitators. El Sot hag claims the propaganda targeted public order and even the king, influencing Madrid. Torrington telegraph notes death of Joseph Andrews, 70, brother of former Connecticut Governor Andrews.
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