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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1922
Page
14
A damaged notice outlines plans for the McKinley association event in January with a noted attendance of past officials and entertainers. It mentions a meeting Wednesday morning to form committees and set the date for the city event, highlighting speeches and musical acts.
An old advertisement promotes a "Red Pepper Rub" claimed to relieve chest colds, congestion, and coughing by penetrating the chest with tingling heat. The promo notes fast relief, mentions a store sale, and lists brands and retailers.
A lengthy report outlines the tungsten discovery in Drazgeon B Mountains and Boulder County, detailing swift mining boom from 1900 to 1919, prices soaring to 758 per unit, imports, and protective tariffs. It notes tungsten’s vital role in high speed tool steel and electric lighting, including durable filament lamps and extensive wire production, with social and economic impacts described.
An old advertisement touts Mentho-Solptus as a skin healing cream. It claims quick improvement for eruptions and rash with sulfur’s antiseptic properties, urging readers to try a small amount from a druggist for relief.
A New York capitalist's daughter, Mone Martinsen, wed Abe Nathardt after studying art in Paris with Rodin. The couple, now parents of four, claim marriage proved successful without physical longing. Nathardt, hailed in Nebraska for an epic poem, remains the only pact latreate in the United States. The family enjoys warmth and familiarity with their children amid local reverence.
The Industrial department will open a parliamentary law school for nine days starting January 19. A false signups hint at a broad citizen interest. Sessions on alternate Thursdays begin at supper time, adjourning by 7 45. Lectures cover laws for business and civic bodies, officer duties, meetings, motions, directors and committees, with instructor David S. Day of Stoddard and Day.
Lita Peru, Jan 8 Associated Press Peru adheres to the aim of arbitration over the Vacna and Arica provinces. Dr Alberto Satomon, foreign affairs minister, says Chile is prepared to use stringent measures if plebiscite is held. He notes Peru did not reject the 1933 treaty exchanges but would reconsider with Chile.
Reports from Anantio Oity note John Kendrick Banga improving and resting comfortably in hospital. The article also discusses tungsten production, alloying in gas engines, and references Bulletin 187 on treating tungsten ores with details available from the Bureau of Mines.
In New York a gang war left 17 year old Jamon Lawlor dead after five men fled a lower West Side shooting. Police tie Lawlor to the Owney Madden gang in Hell's Kitchen and suspect the Ageon Dusters crossed into their turf. Three bullets were recovered from Lawlor’s body as witnesses recall gunfire and fleeing assailants.
In Alaska the Episcopal bishop Peter Rowe notes Eskimo villages on the northern coast hold regular Sunday services. Built as snow churches, old structures failed due to ventilation and crowding, leading to above ground frame churches. Rowe says mission work has made Eskimos familiar with church life, with many villages forming choirs and conducting services.
Old age pension system of United Mine Workers of America in District No 21 Oklahoma Texas and Arkansas pays an average weekly pension of 35 dollars for retirees unable to mine. In nine years the fund grew to about 51 000 dollars while a 70 cent monthly assessment funds pensions and tax collections reach 81 000 dollars yearly. District officers cite adequate reserve and restrict fund use to pensions only and plan to stabilize membership assessments to reach roughly 100 000 dollars before reductions.
Serge Solovieff a New York Syracuse businessman turned U S corporal recounts a holiday in Soviet Russia that soured at the frontier. He lost money clothes and $109 after being detained by the Cheka and warned that papers could be unsafe. He travelled via Japan to Moscow then Samara seeking safe passage home while Americans aided him with basic work and clothing. The tale reflects harsh wartime travel perils and a jumbled journey toward Rigé outside the Russian port.
The Stratford parish plans to erect a parochial school on Main Street near the rectory, as Father O Connor reports debt clearance progress. Church funds show $1,178.29 balance and debt relief advances, with future construction pending after the debt is fully cleared.
A historic note reports the abolition of the Rogues Gallery at St Louis police headquarters. Former chief Allender’s tenure ends. plans replace the gallery with a 1822 model and a vast collection of photographs and portraits relocated for legal and reform purposes.
A notice outlines proposed amendments to the by laws of a loan association to be voted on at the regular meeting January 27. It covers capital shares limits and voting changes, with references to Article III and Section 228, and notes many details and applications handled by secretary George Ty.
Three of the largest coal and iron properties in the Donbas basin have been organized into a new trust by a Russian company with a government concession and capital of 25,090,006 gold rubles. The South Russian Steel Company, previously run by English Belgian and French firms, forms the core of the Ukrainian industry under this arrangement.
An unclear OCR fragment hints at a person named Ben and potential attraction to and movement toward a country highway theme. Details are fragmentary, and no definite event or names besides Ben can be confirmed from the readable text.
An advertisement promotes Jad Salts as a simple remedy for urinary irritation from uric acid. It claims four ounces of Jad Salts in water daily neutralizes urine acids, reduces bladder irritation, and aids normal urinary function. The mildly scented, grape and lemon juice based solution is described as inexpensive and harmless.
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