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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1918

Page

4

Weston Fire Traced to Torch Destroys Home and Vehicles

Fire at about 4 20 a m Wednesday destroyed a Weston residence and adjoining garage, with a Ford car a Mercer auto truck and auto tools and farming gear valued at at least 20000 belonging to First Selectman Lamet Bartlett Williamson of the 1st Side. Most furniture and valuable items were saved while other structures remained standing. Williamson had been lighting a torch near an oil stove when a torch caused the blaze.

Weston Jan Ford First Selectman Lamet Bartrett Williamson Welen Archer Williamson

Blame Yourself If You Continue To Suffer From Rheumatism

An advertising feature touts a claimed breakthrough on rheumatism. It debunks uric acid theory and blames undigested food toxins indol phenol and skatol for pain. It promises a free booklet The Inner Mysteries of Rheumatism from Distribution Depot No 125 A Hallowell Maine.

Tf. J. Clearwater Hallowell Maing

Local notices recount deaths and incidents in Cannondale area

Fragmented town notices report deaths, illnesses, accidents, and visits from Cannondale and neighboring towns. Mentioned are Cassius Grumkmakt funeral, Lyman Conningham Yale 1919 dying in England, and local residents Adela, Borace, Marehant, Prank O Hanan, and others amid a string of personal events and travels.

Kifged New Haven England Lyman Er Conningham Yale Leutenant British Royal Flying Corps

Newtown Girls To Give Dance For Church

Newtown Girls plan a charity dance at St Marys hall on Friday January 25 with three popular young women organizing and Danbury S orchestra providing music. Also notes school teachers meeting January 25 at 100 and local scarlet fever cases easing with recovery hoped soon. residents include Miss Susan Camp Taunton and Miss Gladys Green farm bureau cooking lessons, William Trayes returns from Passaic and NYC, Mrs J W Behn visits Norwalk, and pneumonia health caution as schools reopen after illness.

St. Mary's Hall of &T Singer Danbury Susan Camp Taunton Wight Bethel Harry Bradley Springfield Mase Re! Girls Friendly Society Gladys Green Farm Bureau William Trayes Passaic New York City J. W. Behn Jari Brundage Norwalk Platt Bridgeport

Painters of State Nominate Officers at Connecticut Convention

At the annual convention of the Society of Master House Painters and Decorators of Connecticut in Staviord, endorsement of Nell Muir for vice president of the International Association was announced. Thomas J. Kelley of Hartford spoke this morning, serving as secretary of the Hartford County Manufacturers' Association.

Staviord Nell M Muirhead Bridgeport International Association Society of Master House Painters and Decorators of Connecticut Thomas J. Kelley Hartford Manufacturers” Association Hartford County

New Fiction and Fashion Offers at Main Floor

Grapes of Wrath and other novels advertise under two items in the New Fiction section with titles by Crittenden Marriott Sherwood Anderson and Sapper while a Braithwaite anthology and Upton Sinclair titles are promoted. The Neckwear section features a broad selection and a note on a great stock of styles as Muskrat coats and furs go on sale with substantial discounts. Also a leather goods and shoe special promises moderate prices with several boot models for men women and children.

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