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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1921
Page
4
An old advertisement warns against harsh alkali soaps that injure the scalp and hair. It promotes a pulsified coconut oil shampoo as gentler, greaseless, and economical, claiming a few ounces last months for a family. Instructions: moisten hair, rub in, lather, rinse, and dry.
Washington July 27 The Senate and House conferences with President Harding at a White House dinner led to a plan to defer major tariff and tax revision bills. The administration aims to push the tax revision and funding measures while delaying some tariffs, with decisions on recessing Congress into September or October. The program centers on moving the Ford administration reform and funding legislation, while delaying other bills and awaiting Finance Committee action. Senate leaders favor swift passage of the tax revisions, though opposition exists to adjourning the current session.
A New York physician warns that more than half the U.S. population may die young due to iron starvation in the blood. He argues that modern diets and weak seas cause fatigue, headaches, and nervous complaints, and that organic iron can restore vigor, urging readers to seek iron-rich foods or remedies.
A disrupted strike by Chantplain Beattys workers led to a plan for sending troops to Bel l as a precaution. Governor Hurtness announced the measures tonight while troops stood ready at high poles to quell potential disturbances. The standoff followed a halt in production at the International Paper plant and raised concerns of wider disorder.
Unclear readable text reports the death of a university president in Alberta with references to names and dates that appear garbled. The fragment mentions Pin Trinity and Ind, suggesting institutions or individuals, but details are unreadable. Further context unavailable from the damaged source.
Fragmentary OCR text describes ocean surface interactions with subsurface layers, mentioning depth, mud, density, and pressure. Contains incoherent phrases and likely literary or scientific jargon about marine environments and underwater textures without clear events or identifiable entities.
Historic Monticello estate of Thomas Jefferson, 700 acres overlooking the University of Virginia, is offered for sale through Jefferson Memorial Association efforts in 1920. Representative Levy and partners discuss price 3.1 million and plans to fund a national Jefferson memorial with donations and early leadership by James W. Gerard.
The daughter of missing financier Spurgin and her mother disclosed that she knew of over 509000 taken from a bank before he fled. State investigators Shane and McShane said the information came after a conference with the wife and daughter. Police pursued two new search lines reaching Ouray Colorado and Alabama as the hunt extended nationally.
An astonishing Danbury incident reports mail found scattered in gutters across a West side area. Residents recalled letters and periodicals arriving in damaged condition, prompting authorities to investigate possible drainage or conveyance faults and to trace senders and recipients involved.
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