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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1918
Page
20
An old time newspaper ad warns busy business people rush meals and overwork the stomach. It promotes Miona tablets as a digestion aid and stomach tonic with a money back guarantee, claiming relief from sour gas bad breath and indigestion. It states the product cleanses the stomach and bowels and restores vigor.
An old advertisement promises freckles can be removed easily with one ounce of Othine double strength. It targets Miss Freckle Face and guarantees money back if it fails, noting it yields a clearer complexion after a few applications. The ad emphasizes reliability of the dealer and a simple, inexpensive remedy.
Milford reports a smaller but festive Baby Parade at Whispering Pines despite weather. Winners include Mildred Spurr and Baby Pearl Orrel with silver cups and pins for Charles JH Campbell. prize fund contributors listed, with total near 9.70. Community events span recitations, music, Red Cross fund drive, and locals returning from vacations.
Traffic on the Stratford avenue bridge halted for about an hour after a heavy load of angle iron detached from a Riker truck, spilling onto the car track and blocking trolley traffic. The Isis tug and two barges passed as crane crews reattached the load and lifted the bridge for the Isis to pass. New Destroyer Launched At Bath Iron Works In Maine The torpedo boat destroyer Philip was launched in Bath, named after the late Rear Admiral John W. Philip, christened by Mrs. Barrett Philip of New York.
Gifford Ryder of Great Woods on the Housatonic has enlisted in the U S Naval Reserves and awaits orders. Mr Ryder, Milford High School graduate 1917, remains a farmer whose Ryder farm yields fine strawberries and vegetables. Haroll Lockwood of the 343rd Infantry in France is with Baltimore’s Own. J Nolan of Edgewood Park Milford has arrived safely in France. Captain Hoyt of the Quartermaster Corps reports arrival in France via a cable to Mrs. Hoyt. A storm killed a peacock at The Lindens and struck two white birches. Funeral services for William Cecil Durand, a longtime St Peters attendee, will be held tomorrow at his Broad Street residence.
Governor Marcus H Wolcourb states August calls will reach about 3560 white men with a proportionate number of colored men. Local boards must deny releases to navy marine corps and emergency fleet for registrants in Class one until enough Class one men are available. Boards are urged to classify and examine all 1918 registrants promptly to meet August 31 needs.
A Pershing report to the Senate, relayed by Secretary Baker, outlines improvements to army mail service. Beginning August 7, a new system with postal and army coordination and French involvement aims to deliver mail more promptly to soldiers, aided by special postal cars and movement information for troops. Delays attributed to misaddressing show notable gains since the army assumed mail duties.
Phoebe I Wells 43 dies. private service at Henry I Bishop mortuary. body shipped to Port Jefferson L T for interment. Rev John G Sadtter to conduct. May Healey Gentmect. May Gent mell funeral held. pallbearers listed. burial at St Michael's cemetery. Catherine MeEwen Yale widow dies in Milford. Stephen Davis 68 dies. funeral 2 pm at Henry BE Bishop mortuary. interment Park cemetery. Charles Meleady funeral held. Arthur Hazen funeral held. Park cemetery interment.
The French government plans a general system of physical training modeled on the Boy Scouts of America as outlined in a cablegram from Brenden Pichon. France unites its scout groups into a federation and notes over 100,000 Americans serving in France who were or are Boy Scouts. The report highlights former scouts in the trenches and their regarded impact on military efficiency and self help.
Philadelphia July 25 Chaos. M Schwab director of shipbuilding tours western yards predicting a 10,000,000 ship ton output yearly. He will cut off steel shipments to foreign nations including China and France saying contracts must stop to sustain shipyard morale and capacity.
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