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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1918
Page
7
Plumbers are working in 34 tenement houses on orders from the sanitation division of the Health department. New toilets and sinks are installed and ventilation facilities corrected. The work began July 1 and more orders are expected in the next two weeks, Dr. Brown stated yesterday.
William Trussell, a well known athlete, is frequently in demand as the “third man in the ring” at boxing and wrestling meats in Santa Barbara. His fair decisions earn fan approval at all meets.
Bridgeport nurse McNamara in a base hospital in France writes of meeting Lieut Vincent L Keating another Bridgeport boy brought in for treatment A hospital physician told him a local man had just been brought in The officer son of City Auditor Bernard Keating was wounded in the hand and able to talk about Bridgeport Also noting McNamara enlisted after the war began and was sent overseas soldiers treated there are in good spirits
Dr Currier discusses hay fever also called autumnal catarrh, its symptoms from eye and nasal discharge to wheezing and digestive upset, and cautions against overuse of patent remedies. He recommends a wood atomizer with antiseptic vaseline, daily baths, good diet, rest, and nasal spray with camphor and oils, plus possible serums but notes variable success and potential habit formation.
Seventy-two registrants were added to Class 1-A after physician exams at a high school on Wednesday night. One man was fit for limited service and placed in Class 1-C. Fifteen were unfit for any service and moved to Class 11-C. The examinations covered 1918 and 2017 registrants advanced from deferred status.
Seven draft age men in Division Six seek permission to enlist for training at Newton Massachusetts and Bangor Maine. Board officials await notice of their quota before enlisting these men for the schools. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. features include stunts with Bob Hall Claude Elliott and Mike Brahm. Forty seven cases note men married since May 18 1917 with no children. Board No 8 expands clerical staff by adding a new typist due to heavy business.
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