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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
5
An old Sloan's liniment advertisement touts rapid relief for pain from rheumatic twinges sciatica and stiff joints. It claims easy application without rubbing and markets the product as economical with a long history of use.
Connecticut state grange officers were elected at Toot Guard hall with Bla n tman reappointed master and new line of officers. Resolutions urged national highway construction while protesting indirect taxation and advocating farming representation on official boards. membership reported at over 14 009 in 147 subordinate granges. The piece also notes stance against Bolshevik influence in Europe and calls for unity to boost production.
Washington January 1941. Senator Moses announces a real investigation by the New York state legislative committee into radical activities. Mir Stevenson, attorney for the committee, is viewed favorably as counsel for the Senate committee but pressure grows to examine his own ties and potential conflicts.
New York Jan 14 The extraordinary grand jury dismissed Mayor Hylan's charges that Interborough Rapid Transit officers and employees conspired to cause the subway strike in August to force a fare increase. The grand jury found the evidence insufficient and lacking substantial fact.
Wartlord January 14 Louis Y. Peisner a Middletown druggist waived exam before United States Commissioner Corbett and furnished a $600 bond for appearance in federal court in New Haven late February charged with selling alcohol under wartime prohibition act in Middletown.
Gertrude Lamarre, six, of Sanford Maine, was rescued from fits by her mother's prompt administration of Dr True's Elixir. The letter to Dr True & Co. describes prior dizzy spells and poor health, noting the Elixir as a trusted family laxative and worm expeller since 1881 and urging others to care for bowels for better health.
An advertisement claims Freezone, a Cincinnati discovery, quickly relieves tender corns and calluses with a few drops. The sticky liquid dries without inflaming surrounding tissue and is said to prevent deaths from infection from personal corn cutting, offering a cheap, painless remedy.
An advertisement claims four ounces of ordinary liquid arvon dissolves dandruff when applied at night. Regular use promises complete destruction of dandruff after a few applications, stops itching, leaves hair fluffy and silky, and suggests liquid arvon is inexpensive and purchasable at any drugstore.
At the annual meeting in Hartford the group named officers including President N Day from Martford, Vice President J B P Rohan from Tart ford, Secretary ER J Forsythe of Greenfield Mass, and Treasurer A W Hopkins of Springfield Mass.
Major General Clarence Edwarde, former commander of the 26th Yankee division, will be toastmaster at the annual banquet marking the second commemorative celebration of the Military Order of Foreign War of the United States. The event will be held at the Hartford Club on January 27. Seven killed and many injured in Brussels storm. Belgian sovereignty proclaimed over Eupen Malmedy districts on January 14.
Nervous people urged to use KALPHO claiming magical effect on brain nerves and muscle tissue. The ad says it rebuilds worn nerve tissue, aids mental workers, contains no habit forming drugs, and is sold for $1.00 at Hindle's and Hartigan Drug Stores and J A Leverty Inc. Bro.
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