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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1918
Page
3
A fragment touts Ely’s Balm as fast relief for blocked air passages from a cold or catarrh. It promises easier breathing, less snuffles and headaches, and suggests applying a small antiseptic cream in the nostrils for instant soothing effect.
Bridgeport reports strong War Savings Stamps sales, aiming to beat Hartford with $23,000 in a day. Local Mintz Co offers a free 25 cent Thrift Stamp per customer, while posters arrive and a multilingual speaker urges greater sales at Rakoczy hall. State director allows postal savings stamps to be used for thrift purchases.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a home remedy for colds and grippe. It claims taking every two hours up to three doses will relieve nasal congestion, headaches, feverishness, and sore throat, with prompt discharge and restored ease, costing only a few cents at drug stores.
Holland endures violent snow storms from northern Germany disrupting telegraphic and telephonic links. Rail and streetcar service severely disorganized. Three hospital ships bound for England and the Holland-America liner Nieuw Amsterdam delayed in Rotterdam unable to sail. A civil service examination for a post office custodian opens February 4 with a $720 yearly salary. Robbery charges follow as Edward Dorkin and Howard Thentis are arrested for slot machine theft. A divorce suit cites cruelty and desertion, seeking custody of three minor children.
Leather handbags with patent leather finish and top handles priced at 29 cents reduced to 95a. Mesh bags with oval and square frames in small and large sizes now 4.35. Cuff links brooches boxed 0.92 now 0.79. Hose supporters sew on style 0.06 now 0.04. Dress shields of Japanese silk 0.12 now 0.12. Children and misses hose supporters with rubber button marked down to 0.07. Brassieres net 0.296 now 0.29. Children dresses and women waists cut from 0.59 to 0.50.
Red Tag prices for ribbed shirts and drawers begin at 69 cents, with flannel shirts at 78 cents and gray sweaters at 79 cents, all offered in limited sizes. White cotton hose priced at 25 cents for a pair, with collars optional and colors mostly plain. Regional retailer promotes value clothing.
Women’s hose offered in fibre silk cotton blends with good wear, Regular price 35c, Red Tag 29c. Another style in fine cotton balbriggan or black, Regular price unknown, Red Tag 21c, now reduced to 19c.
Mixed lots of voiles percal es and chambrays with new spring patterns. Regular prices range from 10c to 25c with red tag discounts. Now 8¢ to 19c for various fabrics including Galatea and Romper Cloth. Best quality percales and pongees in stripes and figures discounted to 15¢ to 19c.
Quality lawns and voiles offered in 40 inch width with clean, perfect condition. Sizes range 3 to 22 yards with reductions from 19¢ to 12¢ per yard. English long cloth 10 yard pieces on sale at $1.09 each, with red tag pricing reducing regular $1.29.
Bleached Turkish towels and large washcloths reduced to fractions of their regular prices. Double bed sheets and bedspreads dropped from high cents to about a dollar or less, with muslin lengths also steeply discounted.
Sale notice highlights regular 48cc red tag women’s neckwear featuring filet lace net and embroidery. Regular price 39c reduced to 29c. Limited stock likely, colors included.
A sale offers wide Shadow lace flouncing and embroidered organ die flouncings at reduced prices. Regularly higher tags drop to 15 cents for lace items and 9 to 12 cents for embroideries, with 6 yard bundles now 23 cents.
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