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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1924
Page
9
Mrs Lyve Arben of Bond Street Augusta Maine describes severe illness and weakness prior to Tanlac treatment. She says the medicine restored strength and energy, enabling her to walk to the store and street and lose seventeen pounds after two years of decline.
The Show Off at the Lyric, a George Kelly satire, earns high praise as a vivid American slice of life. Aubrey Piper and Amy Misher drive a brisk, witty production led by Louis John Buta and Helen Lowell with strong supporting turns and sharp dialogue from George Bell.
Miss Mary Weaver of New Milford urged restricted immigration before Republican women at Stillfield hotel. She cited high foreign birth rates among inmates at Mansfield and other state humane institutions, urging fireproof facilities and expanded care to reduce costs and crowding.
A report notes pasture land in Connecticut is strained by grazing cattle. It cites blue grass and waste clover as the only pas tures that can endure continued grazing, stresses closing fields to let pasture regrow, and advises stable manure as the best fertilizer. It also covers milk advertising and improved pasture management as urged by officials.
The Phyllis Wheatley YWCA branch held its annual meeting led by the committee with Miss Wiry L Dunbar elected secretary. Officers included Blanche Askew chairing and Miss L Beth Pil creating others, with terms set for the new year.
The annual Linita report shows 2,292 new patients treated at the city dispensary in 1923, down 1,649 from the prior year, and 18,761 old patients who were treated more than once, a decrease of 1,001. October saw the peak month with 379 new admissions, and 965 fewer prescriptions were written compared with the year before, reflecting reduced poverty and sickness.
Captain J Walsh led twelve Imperial War Graves Commission men to a Belgian field to recover a body of an unknown soldier. The corpse, found in a private's uniform, was stripped and packed in canvas, shipped to London, and buried at Westminster Abbey in August 1926 with royal and military honors.
Details of a proposed venture linked to St Georges Hostelry include a plan for a store, headquarters in New York, and a 309 member Teal chapter. Sidney Blake of New York City led a meeting at St Georges with plans for stock holders and agents, plus hotel operations and selling ship jackets overseas. The top floor would house a club room open to a broad audience.
The report lists changes in the Officers Reserve Corps with names and units such as 318th Gifinn, Major Allan Axtichel Sunt Bowd 31 battalion, Ronald FP DeLacors, Captain Paul A Tasmant Goreen, Lieutenant Albert McCrough, Stank Golo null, and others. It notes reassignments within battalions and headquarters units and mentions new institutes established to study geography and politics of empire.
A damaged OCR fragment describes a sulfur based remedy for skin irritation and eruptions. It mentions itching burning sensations and pimples, a topical paste or ointment, and claims of soothing and healing effects. The text references a small jar and Menthol sulfur product usage.
An advertisement touts a cream claimed to end head colds rapidly. It describes soothing inflamed nasal membranes and throat discomfort, promising fast air passage relief and dryness reduction with a topical balm sold by druggists.
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