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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1918
Page
20
Engine Company three answered a still alarm yesterday afternoon at the corner of Pairfield Avenue and Yale Street. The blaze started in a chimney of the house but caused no damage.
A health ad urges both men and women to drink hot water with a teaspoonful of phosphate every morning to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims internal sanitation improves skin tone, reduces ailments, and promotes vitality, noting the skin does not absorb blood impurities while bowel cleansing vitalizes the body.
Army recruiting in Fairfield Avenue seeks expert wood workers for the Spruce Tireduction division of the aviation section. Recruits will go to Fort Slocum then to Vancouver Washington army barracks to work on airplane construction. Also notes Greek enlistment but drafts exclude Greeks. Daniel Claude, 18, of 378 Stratford Avenue joined the medical corps and was sent to Fort Slocum for enrollment.
Washington January 10 The state department and the war trade board agreed to cap money sent out of the country for charity at 800000 a month. The limit covers funds for Palestine Armenians and other organized international relief efforts.
Memphis Tennessee. An explosion occurred when dynamite in coal was shoveled into a locomotive engine boiler at Hurhan Bridge over the Mississippi River. Several persons were fatally injured and at least two men were reported dying. Coroner John J. Phelan opened an inquest into the injuries and deaths, examining Nicholas Aiminekovw cx of 500 Putnam Street and other witnesses. Evidence revealed no robbery or skull fracture by thieves as initially believed.
Newtown January 10 Special The Grange weekly meeting was postponed due to members out of town and icy conditions A T Nettleton and K M appointed as assessors on the estate of the late Dirdsey Glover of North Newtown Miss Cindy Green will lecture at the Grange Hall on Wednesday the 16th at 2 30 pm under the auspices of the Art Bureau subject substitutes for sugar All invited Mr and Mrs Frank Gilbert guests of Stepney friends Mrs Michael Tyan and daughter Margaret guests of Danbury friends Arthur Page and family visited Danbury Master Paul Smith a Junior High School student is on the sick list
In a county court, Worth Knapp of State Street faced a theft charge involving 200. He was bound over to the February term of the Superior Court with bail set at 500 dollars.
The Mercurio in Santiago Chile says President Wilsons speech may open the door to peace. It notes officials will view his stance as balancing a sword and an olive branch. The piece argues practical men should see the United States as fighting for true ideals.
Sergeant Johnson the recruiting officer in this city accepted six men for the Canadian Army. The applicants were sent to New Haven for examinations this afternoon. Two recruits applied yesterday and will be sent to New Salem for examination this morning.
The sixth Pridseport Automobile show, to be held in Chisine from March 24 to April 2, will be under Home Guard auspices. Promises include larger displays of pleasure cars and essential items, with Steiger as directing manager and patriotic decorations planned as a major feature. The piece highlights a peak in American auto industry with flawless bodies and high mechanical standards for the era.
Wang Wat Sue, under the Chinese exclusion law, is deported from Hartford to China after being found unlawfully in the country. He killed fellow Chinese resident Wong Pen Lang in a Hartford laundry on October 22, 1914, was detained at the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane during a fire, then taken into custody by Deputy U S Marshal Ma hon and transported to Hartford. Proceedings followed political upheavals in China and uncertainty about his reception there.
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