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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1920
Page
16
An advertisement touts a dandruff remedy claiming four ounces of ordinary liquid argon dissolved scalp buildup with nightly applications. It promises removal by morning and complete dissolution after several uses, plus relief from itching and glossy hair. Acuidarvon is suggested as the product.
Constantinople July 6. Celebrations of Independence Day met gunfire as British and Greek forces, dreadnoughts, and destroyers rushed to Marmara and Bosphorus to respond to nationalist threats. Allied ships fired on mountains while Turkish crowds fled. the Fourth of July salute punctuated tense actions along the coast. Major Joel Groesner praised Bridgeport physicians for Federal Vocational Education work aiding disabled veterans. More than 200 applications awaiting processing. exams to place ex-service men in suitable training continue. Henry J. Guite leads local efforts urging disabled veterans to apply with discharge papers for guidance today at the courthouse.
Vital statistics records list twenty six births yesterday with names and addresses across numerous streets. The births include daughters and sons such as Cummins Bucoll Giuseppe Marchet o Arthur Husykins Michael Potacik Youn Freynolds Martin Sheehan Joseph Mlenovi and many others.
Secretary Daniels announced the Atlantic fleet will be mobilized at Provincetown New York and Norfolk to mark the tercentary of the landing of the Mayflower and the start of free institutions in America. He noted the Navy department favors participation in celebrations at Provincetown New York and Hampton Roads.
An official Moscow statement reports Bolsheviks defeated Polish forces along the entire front. Northeast of Rovno Polish troops are pushed back from Beradna to Ostropol, with heavy losses near Ostrogy. Further south near Proskirov Soviet forces pursue the Poles.
Readers report four Americans drowned while bathing at Oneida Lake near Whitesboro in a vacation swim gone wrong. In other items, a severe fire devastates the Okhotsk fishing district leased to Japan, with losses pegged around 4 million dollars. The Prince of Wales survives a passenger train derailment in Australia, while a mississippi postal worker wounds a clerk in New Orleans. Turkish forces seize Asiatic Constantinople shore opposite Allied headquarters. A former police inspector in New York City is granted a parole certificate after perjury, and Utah educators debate a textbook ban tied to alleged Confederate praise.
In London a fireman named William Barry on the steamer New York was arraigned in a polite court today under the security act. He faced charges of sending letters from Sinn Fein in the United States to members in Ireland and possessing two pistols with about 300 rounds. He was remanded for one week.
A pedestrian at Seaside park near the bathing pavilion was struck by a motorcycle driven by Frank Varella of 35 Wallace Street. He sustained severe hand lacerations, right knee abrasions, and back bruises, taken to Emergency Hospital for treatment and later discharged. Henry J. Fadley named associate conductor of the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, to tour as a conductor in the United States. Horsfort's Acid Phosphate advertised for headache relief.
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