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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1920
Page
4
An official Soviet statement says Bolshevik peasant corps have reached the Chinese frontier near Kolbdo on the western border of Mongolia, signaling a significant advance. The report emphasizes proximity to China and highlights border activity in the region.
Judge John Ketler assigned four divorce and related cases for hearing today in the Superior Court. Names include Grace B James vs The Connecticut Company and Stella Mondruszewski vs Rosa Peter, plus several other pairings. Four additional cases are slated for Wednesday and Thursday, with Judge A T Roraback to hear Walter Hunter vs Ruth Kupfer in Bral vase pore. Judge John W Banks will convene a special session February 17 to hear many uncontested divorces, as about 400 divorces remain on the docket despite ongoing efforts to clear it. Earlier filings reflect allegations of cruelty infidelity and desertion among spouses, including Victor Mackenzie vs Mariatt Mackenzie, Leonard Powell vs Robert Powell, Laura Shellkopf vs Lawrence Shellkopf, and John Terbesi vs Rebecca Terbesi.
In Florence Italy a meeting broke into clashes when Enrico Malatesta, newly elected to a chamber, urged revolution and confronted a group of Girabine. Responding demonstrators fired on the crowd wounding several participants.
Washington January 20. House leaders are doubtful about considering anti sedition legislation after the rules committee blocked it from preference. Hearings before committees resume tomorrow with Republican leaders set to meet to decide if the bill will be reported to the House.
Federal agents will begin an immediate search for concealed liquor stocks in households within the central division. Major A V Dalrymple announced the operation, aiming to confiscate unreported quantities and determine the extent of hidden alcohol.
A hair guide explains waving hair with an iron or curlers to achieve long lasting curls by drying without combing immediately after curling. It then notes Italy's total land area at about 71,500,000 acres, roughly the size of New York Pennsylvania Massachusetts Connecticut and New Jersey combined.
Radio messages show multiple steamers in distress across the North Atlantic. The West Corum and West Zulu seek Bermuda and the Azores for repairs after propulsion and steering damage. Oskaloosa and Airlie report damaged gear and heavy seas while Buffalo Bridge tow and Powhatan, with Ossipee as rudder, struggle 390 miles off Halifax.
In Hartford on January 2, about 268 physicians and surgeons were counted, with not more than 15 applying for permits to prescribe liquors. The state records show roughly 1,607 physicians and surgeons registered with the health board, and no more than 150 have applied for permits according to Collector J. Walsh.
The blast of frigid air pushed temperatures to new official lows from Maine to Vermont with Northfield Virginia? recording 30 below zero. Reports from Van Buren Maine and Montpelier show lower extremes while Burlington Vermont hits 22 below and Portland Maine 18 below. Block Island and Nantucket register above freezing.
The New Haven and Hartford railroad admitted fuel shortages force seizure of coal trains to supply locomotives. Director Gardner said no coal for public utilities had been taken, but transit coal was seized to maintain operations.
Hartford January 26 Hyman Barnowitz bound over to superior court in ten thousand dollars bond on manslaughter charges. Police say the taxicab driver struck and killed William J. McBrien, a mail collector, on January 12. Barnonwitz allegedly was intoxicated at the time.
The Paris peace conference ambassadors council began work and granted the Jugoslav representatives four days extra to reply on the proposed compromise. On the Adriatic question a Danish invention called the Homogenizer claims to keep milk fresh indefinitely using 2000 psi pressure with no preservatives.
An old advertisement touts Danderine as a cheap hair tonic that quickly transforms dull hair. It claims to add abundance, softness, gloss, and life, removing dust and oil, stimulating the scalp, reducing dandruff, preventing hair loss, and promoting longer, thicker, stronger, more beautiful hair.
The advertisement lauds Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle vegetable remedy that stimulates normal liver and bowel action without griping. It promises quick relief for bad taste bad breath dullness constipation or biliousness, noting tablets come in 10c and 25c sizes and are taken at bedtime.
Miss G I Baird of Allston Massachusetts describes two years of sickness with four doctors and no relief before using Dr True Elixir The Family Laxative and Worm Expeller She reports rapid improvement with worm symptoms disappearing and a transformed feeling after one bottle Sold by all dealers.
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