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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1924
Page
14
A dubious advertisement hawks a miracle joint remedy promising rapid relief from stiff joints. The copy touts a topical substance to be rubbed in and claims dramatic results in minutes, urging readers to purchase from local druggists and a named store amid sensational assurances.
An old advertisement claims nature warns of illness with signs and headaches. It touts Lydia I, Plakhama Vegetable or powder as a tense strengthening aid to remove the cause and restore health, urging reliance on these remedies for women’s ailments and general wellbeing.
Footlight Club of Lyndac Port High School presents a noon program before the afternoon session. The show opens the membership drive with monologue by Helen Frye and sketches by Maclen Whippe Rose deahiogh Anna Vox Mildred Waller. Mildred Ketcham presides. Katherine Stone secretary. Helen Pitz Pabloh leads the program team.
A long list of birth notices records numerous couples and their newborns by February dates. Names include Emma Bucher, Marehi Braun, James Gue, Catherine McClinch, Anders Derotle, Domentea Materro, Loub Tunis, Catherine Werner, George Kevirlkenshi, and Katie Zenicisie. Addresses span Park, Orchard, Canton, High, and other streets.
St Josephs T B and L stage a one act musical comedy at Tolento hall Tuesday evening, March under the direction of Leroy Mundry and Riv Warrell with Miss Mary Vaiath as musical director. The show features songs, dances, and numerous amusing incidents at the booking office with a cast including Miss Manel n Far Ie, Miss Foephine Simpson, Miss Thelence Miave, Miss Wargnet Daley, Miss Heme Tresact, Art Afie val, Joe Cronih, Frank Rilia ds, Anthony Isposito, Steve Dondero, Leroy Mundry and Ray Vaire.
A school fair is planned at the Mist Methodist church on Troud Street and Falrilela Avenue on Saturday afternoon. Activities include candy ice cream food and fancy work stalls with prizes. Volunteers from the High School assist with booths and entertainment.
Fragmented OCR reads like a surreal children’s piece with dreamlike imagery. It mentions Our Children, a Magic Sea, a child and fish, and a journey through a town or school setting. Strong entities include Angi Ta and references to siblings, elders, and protective figures. The text evokes a poetic, stream of consciousness mood with unclear chronology.
George G Scott of Ridgefield was severely injured when his car ran off the franchsile road and overturned after striking a stone wall. He was thrown unconscious, picked up by David Korne, and later treated at home for a deep scalp wound after the crash near Holmes place.
State policemen George Myusteck and Lou Seeker from Wolsefed barracks were placed on duty with State Police during the rush of operators for 1924 licenses. Vehicle department issued the crackdown as the license period began in earnest yesterday.
A New York principal resigned after an incident in which a student allegedly trampled a flag during a school event. The report describes how authorities and the school board responded, including statements from the district trustee and references to ongoing investigations.
Armory under construction will become Oriental Village for a major fashion exposition by the 242nd Regiment of the Connecticut National Guard. From March 16 to 20 the event features oil merchants displays fashion shows and vaudeville acts nightly music by traveling orchestras and a contest with admission tickets selling quickly. Promoters forecast the affair as the city’s best exhibition with famous movie stars to announce winners on the final night.
Washington action would bar tariff commission members from cases where they have personal interests, a bill introduced by Senator Rohingen-Deimondal Atkinsas seeks to end perceived conflicts in the board and curtail a long running matter involving Boyar miourhy.
Manila February 26. Datu Santia, Moro outlaw leader of a band that killed three Christian Filipino teachers and nine constabulary soldiers last October in Lanao province on Mindanao, surrendered to police officials, advices received here today state.
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