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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1924
Page
8
Danbury January 9 Secretary William N Northcott secretary of the Bridgeport Y M C A delivered an address on boy problems at the Boosters club dinner in Hotel Grean. More than sixty five club members attended.
Advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a universal aid for digestion. It claims the product sweetens the stomach, absorbs gases, relieves heaviness, stops sour risings and heartburn, and supports digestion for all ages, noting a 60 cent box to keep the stomach sound and prevent distress.
Ansonia fire damaged the A C Turner building on Main Street a wooden structure noted as among the town’s oldest. The blaze forced occupants on the second and third floors to flee as flames damaged the roof and wooden partitions. Firemen fought the two hour blaze with first floor occupied by Turner men s furnishing store and upper floors by wing apartments. Damage totaled about 7000 with 4000 to the building and 3000 loss of stock from water.
A joint installation of officers for Westport Post American Legion August Mathias Post Ladies Auxiliary and Westport Post was held tonight. H George Moore presided with Bridgeport post members William Ballou and Andrew Goodwin assisting. Officers installed included Harry Keene commander and Ralph Frace financial secretary.
A recent authority asserts the housefly Musca domestica is the cleverest of insects, surpassing the ant and the bee in intelligence. It is claimed the fly can think 100 times quicker than a man, a bold statement cited by researchers.
Nineteen constabulary soldiers are killed in Mindanao by the Colotum sect. Survivors estimate the fanatics at 1,000 plus, with coast guard efforts to reinforce Surigao. Manila reports Governor Wood to appoint more Moros to office and arrest offenders locally. In Washington the Philippine independence petition criticizes Wood as violating assurances and Filipino autonomy norms.
Miss Ethel Keefe informed yesterday that her successor will start in two weeks. Miss Margaret Ellsworth, Republican from the sixth district, will assume the post.
Wallace M Bayliss urged deeper thinking and study of history at the sixth annual banquet of the Wire department of Bridgeport Brass in the Hast Main street plant cafeteria. He warned against blind trust in others and urged open debate, examining both sides before voting. He pressed duties as well as rights, spoke on prohibition enforcement as a citizen task, and urged rejection of bootlegging and propaganda. Carl F. Dietz thanked the brigade, honored George Hut with a memorial, and the event was guided by Toastmaster BE Felint with a coordinating committee named Ty Tarlton and others.
Pasqua, a 28 year old waiter, allegedly maimed his brother in law Delian by biting off a large portion of his nose in an incident on December 28. Pasqua was arrested next morning on mayhem charges with $3,000 bond but fled, leaving cap and umbrella. Authorities note domestic issues may underlie the attack.
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