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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1918
Page
18
An old advertisement touts Stuart's Calcium Wafers as a facial beauty cure. It asserts the product nourishes the blood, firms tiny facial muscles, and clears pimples, blackheads, eruptions, and eczema, promising a free trial package by coupon.
Bradford of Winthrop assumes command of first battalion amid reorganization charts for personnel arms and equipment. War department awaits approval as Colonel Herron reports $8500 ready for use. band aids Liberty Loan efforts. Recruit training under heavy packs trudges through snow. Lt Sidney Reynolds of Co K 804th Infantry killed by accidental gun discharge in Newport News. Berlin tea prices soar above $30 a pound.
Lieutenant J. Blunt of the ordnance department will return to Washington to file a report on Bridgeport housing needs. He avoided details, saying he would likely issue the report from Washington and would help Bridgeport with housing conditions. This marks a second visit linked to a tentative government contract for worker housing at munitions plants.
Hartford Jan 7 In the opinion of William Duncan deputy commissioner of factory inspection the five day factory shutdown order will cause a wage loss of over 4 million dollars and affect more than 20000 workers across about 3000 factories under the order He notes coal heated plants are included while water powered mills are not and questions exemptions for munition factories and those with coal on hand
Obituaries list John H Jackson 38 of Fairfield Bradley Manufacturing Southport. Ray W Botsford 87 railroad telegrapher visiting mother 523 Pequonnock St. Josephine B Coyne three year old died from poisoning. Rudolf Matthias funeral in Greens Farms. Jane C Cody widow of Captain John D Cody, 90, of Windsor Nova Scotia. Henry J Bruce Stratford 2:30pm funeral. Jacob Borstelman 71, Ridgewood Ave. John H Miller 218 Penyer Ave, employed at Lehesista Dorset, Moose and Arion member, wife and three children survive. services and interments noted.
London reports Isaak Reading, the British high commissioner and special Ambassador to the United States, will occupy the British embassy in Washington. Foreign Minister Balfour announced in the House of Commons that he will receive no salary, though expenses of the mission are covered. His salary as lord chief justice continues during his U S stay.
Robert G. DeForest, serving as public defender in superior court since September, was reappointed for the February term by Judge John F. Kelloggs. His January term work earned praise after handling cases well, including the William Roberts case where the defendant received a life sentence despite defense. Coringhtan Lodge, Wand A. M, to hold a stated communication Tuesday January 22 in Masonic Temple with fellowcraft degree to be conferred.
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