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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1925
Page
15
A fast acting stomach remedy combines pepsin with other agents to rapidly relieve gas, heartburn and indigestion. Dave's Mentha Pepsin also tackles dyspepsia gastritis and nervous symptoms linked to stomach disturbance while offering a pleasant taste and tonic effect. Hindles Drug Stores and druggists nationwide guarantee the product.
New London Ship and Engine Co president Lawrence Y. Spear announced an order from the United States Shipping Board for a 30,000 barge power Diesel engine. The two cycle double acting design comes from German licensors MM A N of Augsburg Nurnberg, noted for building the first Diesel engine and the high speed submarine engine used in U boats.
Coroner John J. Phelan heard testimony in an inquest into John Shanley’s death after a sled with rider Charles Ardito collided with him on Colman Street last Thursday night. Passengers said Shanley was unfamiliar with the anti coasting ordinance and shouted warnings before the accident.
An advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as the quickest, surest relief for colds and trippe misery. It emphasizes a price of thirty-five cents at drug stores and notes that Pape's contains no quinine.
Two guests at the Canada hotel died when the building burned down in Cochrane Ontario. Firemen fought the flames as word arrived that N Bedour and his family perished in a separate cabin fire nearby last Friday night, likely from an overheated stove. Edmund Hacquet and Ernest Frechette, both 22 and 25, perished in the hotel blaze. George Demers was badly burned while attempting to rescue the proprietor and a child who was unharmed. Temperature stood at 20 below zero.
New London January 19 Under her new name Allen S the scarred speed launch Man O War captured last summer by the New York police in New York harbor ran afoul of the dry navy yesterday afternoon a mile and a half off Newport when she was captured by Coast Guard patrol boat CG 237 bringing her into the base here because of alleged improper papers Captain Edward Wilson of Newport and his five crew members were released upon their arrival here.
Science Service notes a total solar eclipse visible Saturday January 24 from a 200 mile wide path from Duluth to New York Cod Bridgeport near the shadow center. The moon will obscure the sun at over 3 000 miles per hour and this rare event occurs once in seven lifetimes.
The article explains how solar eclipses occur with annular and total varieties, noting the varying sizes of sun and moon as seen from Earth. It cites the Saros cycle's 18 year 11 1 3 day rhythm, predicts next events, and describes the precision and challenge of eclipse forecasting.
Waterbury January 19 four Loomis children perished when a fire destroyed their Middlebury home near Four Corners. Their mother, Mrs. Loomis, is hospitalized in serious condition after attempting to reach trapped children. State Police fire marshal to probe. telephone company reports no outage.
A German letter to Mayor T William Behrens asks aid in finding Heinrich Horn believed to have died in 1918 in Bridgeport area. It claims several children, including John Horn, live nearby, and mentions a daughter married in the city with kin in New York. The writer, Frau Barbara Kranz, seeks details of her uncle's family.
The Lasky corporation and three individuals were indicted by Suffolk County grand jury for unsafe removal and disposal of inflammable motion picture films and unlawful delivery of explosives for transport. Timothy A. Doherty pleaded not guilty and was held for trial. John Bowdich was previously arranged and held. Shirley Phanus remains hospitalized with burns.
The article explains how the Nautical Almanac Office computes solar eclipse predictions using precise models of the Sun, Earth, and Moon. It notes that the Moon’s slight deviations can shift predicted times by up to twenty seconds, despite high-precision calculations. Tomorrow’s piece will note where to view the eclipse and how to observe it.
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