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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1918
Page
4
Kearny New Jersey January 28 Stephen Cunliffe eighty three year old machinist and native of England died today. Three weeks earlier he accidentally shot and killed his granddaughter Dorothy Cunliffe. Worry over the tragedy said to have preyed on his mind and caused a breakdown. Six children survive him.
A fragmentary notice describes ending use of Alale's Honey of Horehound and Tar as a cold remedy. The text offers abrupt instructions and mentions druggists and a place or term Zcta, with unclear context and targets. The readable portion emphasizes cessation and a prompt, effective outcome.
New York report says Irish World Freeman’s Journal and Gaelic American were blocked from mail service while Washington reviews their cases. Editorial writer Peter Golden notes issues held up after publication of a petition from Irish women to President Wilson seeking independence for Ireland. Mrs Skeffington, widow of the Dublin Easter Rising participant shot without trial, was reportedly received by the President but did not disclose interview details.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast acting, harmless remedy for indigestion dyspepsia gas sour stomach and related symptoms. It promises relief in five minutes and promotes a fifty cent case as essential for homes.
An advertisement touts a ninety nine percent waste claim about flimsy makeshift trusses. It promotes a guaranteed rupture folder that stands a sixty day trial, self regulating and self adjusting, claiming to prevent rupture and avoid operation. It promises a free book and trial offer via BOX 224 OLUTIHE SONS, 198 East 23rd Street, New York City.
At a Monday meeting of the district 20 Polish army campaign executive committee covering Fairfield New Haven and Litchfield counties five men were elected to offices K B Smykowski Bridgeport chairman Rev A Micziemhowicz New Haven vice president Francis Oklegowicz Bridgeport recording secretary J Rekas Bridgeport financial secretary G S Michniewics Bridgeport treasurer The committee includes Rev Mr Waselko Derby Woeniak Milford J Rutkowski Bridgeport G Tenkin Bridgeport MM Zoollecowal Bridgeport and Mr Eragowskim Bridgeport All are elected from citizens committees of their towns These committees compose presidents of local Polish organizations The Marine Office regulations were read and discussed The committee will meet weekly to plan the Connecticut campaign and citizens committees will meet monthly Many men were examined and passed for enlistment from Union City and Derby with more expected to enlist this week to boost the tally.
New York January 22. Justice Department agents investigate Baron Gustave von Hiperg a prominent German resident arrested and detained at Ellis Island. He lived in New York over a year with a Central Park West apartment and claimed marriage to a retired Navy Commodore’s daughter. Reports say he studied Army camps and cantonments around New York and mobilized with the wife of an American officer, aided by her protection. Chauffeurs who drove him to camps are to be questioned. seized papers in his apartment are said to yield information.
Amsterdam reports Admiral von Tirpitz spoke in Berlin as annexationist groups grow after Cologne meeting. He claimed foreign recognition, expanding branches, and rising membership for the party. He cited Brest Litovsk talks proving national will and unshaken trust in the high command. A resolution urged a peace to solidify Germany east and west, bar England, and ensure Germany’s industrial and cultural development.
Boston January 22 a will filed for probate provides Worcester with 75000 for a monument to commemorate a historic event. The bequest is payable after the death of husband Walter S Kennedy who has a life interest in an estate worth over 509000. Other bequests include 15000 to Worcester Young Men s Christian Association 10000 to Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Clarke University.
San Francisco police report threatening letters sent to Police Judges Timothy Fitgnautrick Matthew Brady and Morris Oppenheim are traced to the same hand that penned notes warning of the July 28 1916 preparedness day bomb explosion that killed 70 people, according to expert Theodore Kytka.
New York January 23. Valara J. Meyer of the Martica Washington hotel says in affidavits filed today that from July 1913 to 1915 she was beaten so often by Frederick W. Meyer a member of the Consolidated Stock Exchange that friends never saw her without a black eye or bruised face. The Meyers married July 1 1908 lived at 468 Riverside Drive and owned two touring cars. She says beatings caused her to threaten separation.
Learn to craft a home made cough syrup using Pinex and sugar syrup. Save money versus store bought and obtain quick relief for coughs throat and chest colds. The remedy promises rapid ease with a pint batch suitable for family use.
An old advice feature urges reducing meat intake to limit uric acid, which supposedly overworks kidneys and irritates the bladder. It promotes Jad Salts as a safe tonic to flush kidneys, ease back pain, and prevent bladder issues by dissolving acids in urine.
Old time remedy claims to darken faded gray hair naturally with Sage and Sulphur. Now offered in larger bottles at drugstores for about 60 cents, advertised as a cosmetic for a youthful glossy look, not a medical cure.
January sale inventory includes hundreds of small table linens towels and linings with heavy discounts. Turkish towels ribbed towels face cloths Huck towels and damask luncheon cloths offer deep cuts with many items near cost or below. Muskrat coats and fashion items on second floor feature marked-down prices along with spring fashion notes and shoe specials.
Sale of blankets and comfortables listing white wool blankets with pink or blue borders, gray cotton blankets with pink or blue borders, and two lots of white cotton filled comfortables. Items described as large double sizes and largely in good condition, with soil on some pieces. Prices shown as 2.25 and 3.50 per unit.
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