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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1920
Page
23
An advertisement touts No-To-Bac as an easy method to stop smoking chewing and cigars. It claims the tablet instantly eases cravings, ends desire, and breaks the habit, promising full mental and physical improvement and a refund if cravings persist. The product is marketed by Cascarets’ owners.
In Austin on July 15, James J. George of the University of Texas outlines a prehistoric Texan people along the Edwards plateau. He describes their nomadic hunter life, stone weapons, lack of agriculture, and kitchen middens as key evidence. Evidence suggests cannibal behavior and central rock-lined cooking fires at camps.
New York July 15 The International Ladies Garment Workers Union announced plans to create union owned factories and stores to combat profiteering in the women’s garment industry. Six factories are to open in New York with shops in Chicago and Philadelphia. Ample funds exist and further assessments may be levied to sustain the venture.
Concord N H July 18 beaver reestablishment is planned by the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests to restore the beaver to streams and meadows of the White Mountain country. Four beavers released at Lost River reservation, once prey to dam builders, were donated by Minnesota state forester from a breeding colony near the Headwaters of the Mississippi.
Six new internes appointed to serve at St. Vincent's Hospital for a year. The graduates come from various medical schools in June and will work a year before entering private practice. The appointees are Dr. M. Amsel of New York City, Dr. A Kornblatt of Ansonia, Dr. L. A. White of New York, Dr. M. Tournei of Fordham, and Drs. A B Margulis and A Bathanian of Bowdoin, Maine.
London teachers have launched a campaign to eradicate the Cockney dialect, calling it a disease of language caused by incorrect enunciation and improper voice motion. Several Gary Schools workers say their students often mispronounce vowels and consonants as part of the effort.
A public notice urges Bridgeport residents to save and bottle all milk containers due to a serious bottle shortage. Five months of production delays and freight embargoes raise costs to dairies, with bottles priced at 6 1/cts each. residents are asked to search homes and place bottles out tonight, with Barnum 4599 listed for contact.
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