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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jul 14, 1925

Page

3

These Folks Laugh At Hot Weather McCoys Cod Liver Oil Tablets

An advertisement touts McCoys Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as a summer health aid. It claims they boost strength digestion and energy, come in 60 cent boxes, and are easy to take like candy with a money back guarantee if they don’t help. Hindle Levert drug stores and other chemists carry them, praised by Mrs Luther Dorn and others.

America McCoys Hindle & Levert Luther Dorn Ofirks Hills Co

Ecuador in throes of political coup in Quito

Washington reports President Cordova and cabinet under guard at homes in Quito after a July 9 coup led by General De la Torre. A three man triumvirate now heads the new government with other officers to be co-opted. State Department notes no bloodshed or immediate U.S. action. recognition policy to be considered as situation develops.

Washington Cordova Ecuador Hig Lis Quito Comez de la Torre State Department Quio Quito Guayaquill General de la Torre Luise Napoleon Dillon Jose Raniel Bustamente Yeas

Buttermilk Cream Promises Freckle Tan Removal At Home

An old advertisement touts Buttermilk Cream for removing freckles sunburn and tan with daily facial massage. It claims visible improvement and a money back guarantee from Hindle Drug Store with a simple affordable prescription style product and a satisfaction guarantee.

Hindle Drug Store

Evans Triple Phosphates promise quick nerve relief

Nervous overworked readers are urged to try Evans Triple Phosphates to restore confidence, alertness, and vigor within two weeks. The ad claims benefits for those exhausted by late hours and strenuous work and urges purchase through Hindle Drug Stores and other druggists.

Viggraus

Phillips Milk of Magnesia advertised for sour stomach relief

An old advert promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a remedy for sour stomach and excess acidity. It claims it neutralizes stomach acid, relieves gas, and aids bowel relief, noting it has been prescribed by physicians for fifty years and is gentler than soda.

Philips Jrecan Phillis Phillipa

Titcombe Starts Trout Stocking in State Streams

Hartfort July 18 AP Superintendent John W Titcombe opens trout fingerling distribution Wednesday to stock streams statewide The wind some Burlington hatcheries supplied the fine fingerlings last year about six million were released and similar numbers are expected this season He is also negotiating the sale of the State Game Farm at Madison asking not less than twenty thousand dollars The property covers 13 acres with several buildings and two residences.

Hartfort John W Titcombe Windsor Lochs Burlington Titcombe Madison

Body found in bushes prompts murder probe

July 13 report from Schnectady states the body of Nickerson, 29, of Chatham, Ill. was found in bushes near the high ground, triggering authorities to question Harlan Smith, 17, of Schenectady and a third unidentified man after a trip to Saratoga Springs on July 4. Smith says Nickerson and the unknown man returned without Nickerson. The men reportedly met an injured individual.

Vin Nackerson Chatham Chicago Bughes Harlan Smith Ckerson Saratoga Springs Smith Nickerson Isa Liptoring

Woman in New Rochelle Uses Police Gun to Kill Herself

Audrey Schultz 23 years old shot herself in her New Rochelle home using a police service revolver belonging to her brother, Frederick Schultz of the New Rochelle police. Family heard the shot, found her unconscious, she died later at Fortyfort Inn hospital. Schultz was a clerk for the Ajax Putter Co of New York.

Rochtlllen Audrey Schultz New Rochelle Syeing Hisses Frederick Schults Mra Emma Sehulty Fourtaer Inn

Provision of food perplexing Tokyo

In Tokyo a meeting of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry hears that food supply and population pose the most serious issues. It was decided to lease regulations for opening and bringing land under cultivation to widen farming opportunities.

Tokyo Yokuto Tipan

Tug jams in bridge delay

Tug Sachim rammed the Connecticut river bridge opening delaying about 691 machines and 71 vehicles on the Connecticut side. Draw was open from 4:45 to 2:28 pm as state troopers managed traffic at Old Saybrook.

Old Saybrook Sachim Khhawgridge Connecticut River Highway Canterbrook Barracks

Letter Pursues Man Thirty Seven Years

AP report from Tacoma notes Haakon Bader who left Norway in 1888 recently received a letter mailed from the same town after a 37 year wander. The letter, written by his deceased father, expresses love and good wishes and includes photographs of Bader’s parents. During his travels the missive passed through five nations as Norway gained independence from Denmark.

Tacoma Haakon Bader Norway Denman& Under Bader

Allen Arrested at Father’s Bier Held as Bandit

John R Allen of Rosindale, tagged as leader of a payroll band, was arrested while at his father’s funeral in West Quincy. His bond set at 100000 after prosecutors requested an increase from 50000. He faces charges of involvement in three holdups including an armored car robbery of the American Trust Co in Boston. Fingerprints were taken in a police cell for comparison with prints found at the bank.

Cambridge Mass John R Allen Rosindale West Quincy Middlesex County Allen American Trust Co Boston Gimpoint

Governor Warns Elevated Workers Over Outside Influence

Boston July 18 AP Governor Fuler warns Boston Elevated employees not to “kill the goose that laid the golden eggs.” He urging domestic organization though cautions against outside groups not local to Massachusetts or the area served. He notes potential public risk if workers cede control to outsiders.

Boston Boston Elevated Fuler Maasachusetts Boston Etrsate Public Service Corporation

Robbery At Barrington District Nurses Benefit

Mrs Mabel Walter of Boston was robbed of jewelry worth over 700 dollars while visiting the home of Frank O Field, a Providence wholesale grocer in Barrington. Police were shown a list of stolen articles, including diamond rings, after she returned from a lawn fete for the Barrington District Nurses Association.

Mabel Walter Boston Frank O Field Providence Barrington Mra Walte Barrington District Nurses’ Association

U S Coast Guard Ends Atlantic Rum Hunt

The Coast Guard abandons the intensive rum drive on the Atlantic seizure operations continue as cutters Mojave Cushnet and Issippe are ordered to New York New London via Bar Harbor for dry dock in September awaiting further orders.

Washington J Cist Guard Atlantic Smurgiers Issippe New York New Condon Bar Harbor

Judgments in Norwalk suit total small balances

Judge Frederick W Huxford of the Common Pleas court ruled in the case Harry Wickens v Louis and John Fiphisan. The court awarded the plaintiff 871.92 and granted the counter claim 876.38 to the defense, canceling the suit on the terms of a store renovation contract between the parties. In Quincy Massachusetts July 13 AP slight fire damage reported in the ammunition hold of the remote dreadnaught Morano at Fore River shipyards. the hold was empty.

Harry Cwickens Norwalk Louis John Fiphisan Beavera Ballt Frederick W Huxford Common Pleas Court Quincy Mass Fore River

Widening Middle Street Spurs Block Remake

In coming days contractors will raze buildings on Middle street to widen the highway by ten feet between Fairfield avenue and Gold street. Water Street and Fairfield avenue are also to be widened, with sidewalks trimmed. The Reay Carpet shop will be demolished for a parking station, potentially followed by a business block. The Mexican Petroleum Corp is negotiating for a gasoline and service station site. Local stores plan storefront upgrades to align with the project. Pardy Construction will build a temporary Congress street trolley depot, later torn down for Water street widening.

Middle Street Fairfield Avenue Gold Street Water Street Golden Hill Gold Streets Middle Water Streets Reay Mexican Petroleum Corporation American Hardware Stores and Coulter and MacKenzie Pardy Construction Company Congress Street

Fire destroys Comel ferry after Midlake run

A blaze aboard the Comel ferry burned passengers as it docked at Spring Lake after racing from Midlake. About 50 people, mostly women and children, were forced to jump to the dock as the vessel burned beyond crew control. The ferry ran between Grind Haven and Spring Lake and the fire origin was not determined.

Spring Lake Comel Midlake Steidl Grind Haven Sprine Lake

Elimination of Crossings Ordered in Washington Town

Hartford July 13 AP The Public Utilities Commission orders Washington Town to relocate a highway and eliminate three railroad crossings in Litchfield County following a hearing. The NYNH Hartford Railroad is to remove tracks. Dunbridge and Rock Dodge crossings within the railroad right of way will close when the new highway is ready. Blickville Road crossing will also close and remain as a private crossing.

Hartford Washington Litchfield Public Utilities Commission New York New Haven Railroad Companie Dunbridge and Rock Dodge Blickville Road

Explosion allegedly foils arson at Bel ford Woolen Mills

An explosion believed caused by a gasoline-soaked pile of waste thwarted an attempt to burn down the Bel ford Woolen Mills near Chepacit. A stick of dynamite blew apart as fires were checked and contained before spreading.

Providence Belford Woolen Mills

Widow Suggests Aide For North Dakota Senate Seat

Widow Mrs Baulin Ladd urges Governor to appoint Douglas MacArthur, her late husband’s secretary, to succeed him in the North Dakota Senate. MacArthur, a two term North Dakota official, has ties to land and was involved in the enactment of poultry laws.

Washington Mra Baulin Ladd North Dakota Senate Today Douglas Macarthur Ladds Senate MacArthur Gadd

Hoadley In Hospital After Horse Fall

Nelson Hoadley son of Bankruptcy Referee Carlton E Hoadley of Wattenbury was admitted to Charlotte Fuggerford Hospital in Torrington after a fall from a horse in Washington several days earlier.

Torrington Nelson Hoadley Carlton E Hoadley Watenbury Washington Charlotte Fuggerford

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