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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1918
Page
6
A compressed news item notes more than three percent of the railway company’s workers east of Pittsburgh are women. The article reflects labor shifts and gender composition on the Pennsylvania rail system, indicating broader workforce changes.
Bridgeport theatres showcase a lavish Plaza program with Tom Moore in Brown of Harvard and Leo Ixendall headlining vaudeville acts plus Betty Hall, Helen Harrington, and the Dixie Four. Poli's screens The Garden of Allah while The Poor Stitt vaudeville sketch headlines a busy 1917 schedule across Empire Lyric Hippodrome West End and more.
An advertisement extols Absorbine Jr as a versatile first aid remedy for tired feet, sprains, bruises, throat irritation, and general aches. It touts a few drops or a dilute soak, claims rapid, lasting relief, no greasy residue, and a convenient, concentrated formula priced at $1.25 per bottle with liberal trial offers.
An advertisement for Dr Edwards Olive Tablets touts a gentle replacement for calomel. It claims improved skin, breath, digestion, and overall wellbeing after a week of nightly use. The ad emphasizes vegetable ingredients and a 25 cent price per box.
Mothers trust California Syrup of Figs as a pleasant laxative to soothe cross feverish children. It cleanses the stomach liver and bowels without griping, with directions printed on the bottle and warnings to beware of counterfeits.
An advertisement proclaims quick relief from grippe and severe colds with Pape's Cold Compound. A dose every two hours up to three ends nasal congestion feverishness and head pain, promising prompt relief without distress and a pleasant taste at drug stores.
Miss Olive Zell renowned to theater crowds will make her screen debut in The Unforeseen from Empire with high praise for beauty and talent. The article notes her past leading roles and expectations she will bring star power to the new film.
In St. Louis, Mrs. Joan Frame recalls enduring monthly pain since age fifteen until Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased her symptoms. She urges other women to try the remedy, citing longstanding testimonials and the company in Lynn, Massachusetts offering confidential advice from forty years of experience.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a harmless gentle cathartic to cleanse liver and bowels overnight. It claims headaches bilious spells coated tongue bad breath sallowness constipation and a pleasant taste like candy for children with thirty million boxes sold annually.
An advertisement touts RR. G. Pills containing rodo phyllasm as a specialist remedy for liver and bowel troubles. It urges consulting a doctor or druggist, claims no gripe or sickness, and offers 10c and 25c boxes.
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