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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1918
Page
7
Boston January report says hundreds of New England cotton mills face a raw cotton shortage equal to coal scarcity. William F. Garcelon of the Arkwright club states mills may cease operations without swift federal relief to avoid delays in large government contracts.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as the quick, harmless cure for indigestion and sour stomach. It claims simple relief in five minutes, neutralizing acids so meals digest smoothly, with a large case costing fifty cents at drug stores.
New York January 8 Elliott I Spencer 04 West 148th Street superintendent of Central Union Gas died by self inflicted gas asphyxiation to speed gas production during a fuel crisis. Widow said he worked 20 hours daily, appeared nervous and low in spirits, died after a gas tube was placed in his mouth in a small room adjoining his office.
At the Wilton Congregational church annual meeting held Saturday, members voted to hold Sunday morning services in the church rather than the chapel. Coal on hand should last the season, so no wood purchase is needed. Evening services will be given up during January and perhaps longer to conserve fuel. Report summaries from church groups will be heard, with election of officers and leaders to follow. Nearby notes mention Miss Mary R. Comstock’s return to New Haven and Walter Scribner’s sending from France with the 604th Engineers. Rev. John G. Davenport’s arrival is noted, and Miss Mabel Hart returns to Alfred University after vacation. Dr. Morrison plans to begin medical work mid-month after enlistment. Wallace Bates and son Percy visited relatives. Percy has joined the aviation corps as a mechanic and is at Yaphank, Long Island.
Army recruiting at Fairfield avenue shows no new enlistments or orders from headquarters amid a quiet day. Navy recruiting in Canhon street reports two new apprentice seamen, Raymond H. Coleman age 19 and William Glassfield age 18, sent to Newport. Large number of English applicants rejected for noncitizenship as draft fears rise.
Seven contested divorce cases will be heard before Judge Willian M. Matthie in superior court’s short calendar Friday morning. Names include William E. Dodez and Mary Singleton Dodez, Julia Dela wesee, Anthony Peltwese, Albert C. Mertens, Alice L. Mer wens, Dennie V. Malone versus Thomas A. Malone, Judith Davis Ack ale versus Richard I. Ackerle, Wil ne Mayer versus Annie Lo May, Katherine Tull Chase versus Charles G. Chase. The page also contains garbled remarks about an antviel Lerminse and a distorted medical aside.
Compensation Commissioner Edward T Buckingham will travel to Stamford today to hold a hearing in the case of A Lupine versus Johns Manville Co of New York. The plaintiff was injured in Connecticut, then returned to New Jersey where medical bills were incurred. The session will be at Stamford city hall to decide whether the bills are proper.
Paris report notes elections of officers will occur when the senate and chamber reconvene after the holidays. Antonin Dubost is expected to be re-elected senate president and Paul Deschanel chamber president with no opposition. Socialists will seek representation as chamber secretaries and plan to interpellate over passports denied to party representatives for Petrograd.
In the Sunday short calendar before Judge William M. Matthie in superior court the cases include Edward Levis Marks seeking a name change to Edward Arthur Tyler, Albert E. Flint against Danbury & Bethel Street Railway over receiver report, and John H. Hinck vs Newfield Silver Manufacturing on temporary to permanent receiver and claim presentation limits. Also notes Hjalmar Branting resigns as Sweden’s finance minister to pursue international socialist peace work in London.
London reports Lieut Commander David North Bagley, commander of the destroyer Jacob Jones, which was sunk by a German submarine on December 6, left for the United States last week.
The court of appeals ruled Burns was guilty of publishing private papers connected with Morgan & Co. efforts to guard Allied munition contracts. Burns faced a $100 fine from the New York court of general sessions.
An old advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female worry and blues. It claims functional derangements cause mood swings and cites this root and herb formula as revitalizing, strengthening, and beneficial over a few weeks of outdoor living, sleep, and water intake.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a mild effective laxative and liver cleanser. The copy promotes them as a safer alternative to calomel, claiming quick relief without harming teeth or causing liver trouble, noting 10c and 25c box sizes and availability at all druggists.
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