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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1926
Page
4
An old advertisement promotes California Fig Syrup as a trusted laxative for constipated children. It claims to ease stomach discomfort, cleanse bowels, and improve digestion with a pleasant taste. Mothers are urged to ask for genuine syrup and beware imitation labels.
Alfred V Bodine addressed 125 Alleoniers Bible class members at Newfield M E church on obeying the Eighteenth Amendment while public opinion favors prohibition. He urged adherence to the National Prohibition Act until opinion shifts. A musical feature included soprano Gwendo lie Stephens and a March schedule of choir songs by city singers.
A review of past doomsday forecasts shows repeated claims that the world would end on February 28 across centuries. Notable predictions include Hubert Reidt in New York and others from Steiffiel to Cardinal Cusqan, all disproven. Scientists note the earliest possible end lies billions of years ahead, offering relief.
Carrot Tompkins contractor and his wife died in an early morning blaze that leveled their Lawrence Beach home. Their horse and dog perished in a nearby stable as cold winds hampered firefighting. The six room bungalow and the stable were wrecked and the fire’s cause was undetermined.
In New York the revolutionary faction outlines plans for a new government. A Bolshevist line is challenged by a foreign delegate, claiming communism no longer exists and accusing the Soviet government of capitalism.
Westport, a tidal-river town on the Sound, blends Italian laborers and New England farmers with artists and writers. Notables include McFee, Fraser, Held, Raleigh, Fay, and Shinn. Town studios, galleries, and annual exhibitions shape a lively cultural community centered around the post office and town hall.
Washington February 28 AP Congress moves at a steady pace cleaning up the legislative slate. Principal items include foreign debt settlements and annual appropriation bills with farm relief and railroad legislation ongoing. House expected to pass Watson-Porter Railroad Labor bill tomorrow. Senate to act soon. Hearings resume on Farm Relief and Dickinson export amplification measure for farm products.
Secretary of War Davis designated seventy seven Regular Army soldiers to participate in the West Point entrance exams held nationwide in March. The selections follow recent preparatory courses for cadetships and include men listed after preliminary tests. Soldiers come from all corps areas ahead of the Army.
In Vienna on February 28 a court admitted a blood test as legal proof to determine if a man is the father, marking the first time such testing is used to settle disputed paternity. Prof. Haberda of the court medical institute led the test, showing similarities between blood of father and child as a potential aid for establishing parentage, challenging the prior faith in maternal testimony.
Connecticut motor vehicle records show gasoline tax receipts rose by 896,876.18 in 1925 to 836,376.00, despite only 11,991,646 more gallons used. Total motorist spending on gas reached about 28,236.70, with 262,564 vehicles generating higher consumption in the latter half of the year.
IOUSTON Texas Feb 25 AP Colonel KR M Johnston seventy six veteran Housted newspaperman and at one time an important factor in Democratic political circles died at a hospital after months of illness He was appointed to the US Senate in 1913 and served as editor in chief and president of the Houston Post At his death he sat on the Houston Post Dispatch board Johnston a Georgia native began in a printing shop and was a Confederate Army veteran and former AP vice president
Boston dispatch reports Chris Hammerslough, a former Boston policeman who resigned in 1924, was arrested in Chicago on a charge of holding up and robbing a cigar store in Boston last month. A clerk identified the assailant, recalling seeing a man in police uniform. authorities at headquarters requested a photo lineup.
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