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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1926
Page
5
Tanlac is advertised as a tonic and builder to restore health and flesh, claim ing it strengthens digestion and purifies blood. The ad cites hundreds of letters of thanks and urges immediate purchase, promising quick relief for indigestion malnutrition and related stomach issues.
In Austin Texas debate swirls around Governor Miriam Ferguson and her ex Governor husband Jim Ferguson as likely contenders. Dan Moody, attorney general, and Lynen Davidson alternate in speculation while Moody’s backers fear Davidson may stay out. Voters weigh candidacies amid Klan issue echoes from 1924 and Moody’s past prosecutions. Moody argues for enforcing law through prosecutors, not secret orders.
A collage of brief reports: wild coyotes in Albion priced at $100 a head after former pet status, baseball notes from Fort Myers with Connie Mack and Kid Gleason, a New York test on name recall, London remarks by Miners federation secretary, Whitney denies snubbing Berlin, a controversy over residents awarded for largest family, Dutch church synod on Genesis serpent, and Lupescu in Paris with travel details.
New York February 26 AP Commondtuck of the Underwood Typewriter company was placed on an annual dividend at $4 a share with a quarterly distribution of one dollar, payable April 1 to holders on record March. The previous quarterly rate was 75 cents a share, but an extra of one dollar a share was paid last year.
Pittsburgh February 26. Federal prosecution seeks to recover millions from Pennsylvanian liquor dealers under Prohibition Act retail tax. Tax varies by quantity sold. Pittsburgh saloonkeepers already face assessments. Penalties include 2000 for tiler, 4600 per gallon, 6500 for selling liquor, and 400 dealer taxes. Hearings planned across the state.
Chicago Feb 25 Be lief that however the economic winds of the future may veer and change financial disasters of the past never will reappear was expressed by E H H Simmons president of the New York Stock Exchange in an address before the Advertising Council of Chicago. He cited the Federal Reserve System as a key safeguard and said the stock exchange will fight alongside the Fed to restore preserve and sustain business prosperity. He emphasized the exchange's role in directing investment capital to needed lines of business and diverting it from unnecessary areas to prevent past depressions.
Tuesday meeting of Congress High Dramatic club drew thirty nine members the largest roster yet. The group read the constitution and discussed producing A Night of an Inn by Lord Dungany with sketches of parts. New safety Donts for Freshmen were announced and Conan Doyle quoted on Heaven divorces as lawyers discuss plausibility.
The Halifax Morning Chronicle proposes a 10900 gold bonus to the White Star Line if its new 60,000 ton liner makes a maiden voyage from an English port to Halifax, loads passengers and mail, and returns to the United Kingdom. The paper argues Halifax could become the fastest westward terminus for trans Atlantic travel and attract wealthy travelers.
The Fargo delegate, led by B tanna, endorsed today at the Independent Republican convention a candidate for the United States Senate seat held by Gerald P Nye. The endorsement marks support from party factions amid the ND race.
A promotional message claims Hill's cures cold symptoms and bodily toxins, tones the system, and proves superior to other methods. It asserts widespread use and a dramatic claim of immense prior payment, urging readers to take Hill's immediately for relief.
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