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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1920
Page
11
Gray hair is styled with the paid advertisement for Brownatone tinting product promising a no rub, no swash solution to recolor streaked or bleached hair. It touts odorless, non injurious formula free of lead and mercury with two shades and a special free trial offer via coupon.
Enclosed twelve serviceable cents to cover postage packing and war tax for a trial package of Brownstone light to dark shade. Request four full name and address and mail with shade choice brownstone to Kenton Pharmacal Co Covington Kentucky.
Franklin Bartlett Camp, Sons of Veterans, meets at G A R hall to finalize Bridgeport April convention plans. Officers to be installed include Hall as Commander Roswell and Hawkins as vice commanders Keye as secretary and Moore as treasurer. Two delegates from each camp will attend the state encampment in April.
Dublin January 7 An order from the joint strike committee bans union members from handling petrol in response to a government rule requiring all motor car drivers to hold permits. The move halts the small remnant of motor traffic, as railwaymen dockers and transport workers push for protest. Labor leaders warn Ireland edges toward a major industrial crisis.
Sofia dispatch reports the Bulgarian government has resigned and Socialists are attempting to form a cabinet led by Dr. S Deneff former premier and foreign minister in Copenhagen on January 7 1925.
Women in Bridgeport show strong interest in a building and loan project. Over 200 inquiries at the Chamber of Commerce reflect active engagement by factory workers and married women. A drive week begins January 26 with 200 Chamber members forming teams to recruit ten new subscribers each. A January 26 smoker will organize teams for factory employees. At a Bridgeport Club meeting tonight, Br. Askim and H. B. Blakeman will outline plans.
Health Officer Walter H Brown urges quick medical aid as December reports show the city with the state's largest diphtheria rise. The board of health records 15 scarlet fever, 7 diphtheria, 137 measles cases and 168 deaths in December, with 11 diphtheria fatalities. 1919 total deaths reach 1,975 with monthly breakdowns.
A general alarm fire swept the Natick lumber district destroying the G W Coombs Paper Box plant and threatening homes. Sparks ignited four houses a barn and sheds of O Woods Lumber as high winds drove flames toward hill residences. Damage cited at 200 dollars. A separate suit in Common Pleas of New York firm American Slicing Machine vs Samuel Martin seeks 158 dollars.
N W Ayer Sons of New York sues Lotus Dudley of this area in Common Pleas Court alleging an unpaid debt of 81098 22. Damages of 1600 sought. Separately, Cambridge Harvard observatory reports discovery of a new star, 35th in astronomy history, announced today.
Judge James T. Meskill of the City court and presiding U S naturalization court was found dead in bed at his home early this morning. He was 45 and survived by five brothers and a sister.
In Barcelona the civil governor has suppressed Syndicalist associations. About one hundred Syndicalist leaders have been arrested in the crackdown affecting the city and its labor movement.
The funeral of Paul Adam the novelist held in Aris on January 7 follows his death on January 2. Latin American mission chiefs in France attended and Francisco De La Barra former provisional president of Mexico paid respects. General Mangin and others offered praise.
A. Bassett, chief inspector of the Hudson Bay Company fur trade department, stated that catches of fur bearing animals were reported across the fur country in Winnipig area. He said muskrat pelts would be scarce but not as great a shortage as rumored.
The French steamer Madonna, arriving from Naples, reports Chief Wireless Operator Bergis missing after last Monday's storm. He left the bridge for breakfast and is believed washed overboard during the high seas near New York.
Washington Jan 7 Senator Myer a Democrat from Montana introduced a farm loan bill for four million dollars to be loaned to farmers in drought stricken sections for seed purchases. It was referred to the agriculture committee.
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