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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1926
Page
9
Advert offering Diamond Dyes for all fabrics including wool silk cotton or mixed goods. Instructions promise simple directions for tinting soft delicate shades or permanent colors on items like silks ribbons skirts dresses coats sweaters and coverings in various hues.
An old musterole advertisement promotes a mustard oil salve for bronchitis sore throat stiff neck pleuring rheumatism lumbago croup asthma neuralgia congestion back pains and more. It claims warming tingling relief, quick soothing effect, pneumonia prevention, and broad nurse doctor backing.
An advertisement touts Bronchutine as a powerful remedy for stubborn coughs that resist ordinary syrups. It claims one bottle can end persistent coughing, noting it contains no sugar or narcotics and cites success stories with heavy colds or flu and a New York incident. It urges purchase at Hindle's and Kingsella drug stores.
George Belknap of Belknap Manufacturing spoke to Lions about copper’s role from ancient times to modern valve production. He traced early mining in Connecticut in 1708, described advances from hand molds to automated casting, conveyors, and plating. Production gains cited include 160 percent overall and 275 percent in assembly, with improved handling from machine rooms to shipping.
The Reverend Dr. A. Ray Petty, pastor of Judson Memorial Baptist church for eleven years, announced his resignation to lead Grace Baptist temple in Philadelphia. He will succeed the late Dr. Russell H. Conwell who died December 6, and plans to preach his Easter sermon from the Philadelphia pulpit.
Seymour March 3 AP Joseph Beecher at Seymour Manufacturing Company fell forward and died at once from acute heart trouble. Medical Examiner Dr. E W Davis ruled the death sudden though he had seemed well. Beecher is survived by his widow and several children in Poland.
Superintendent Thorne warns Hillside Home faces nurse shortage and crowded wards as 268 patients fill hospital and dormitory facilities. He urges immediate hiring of five nurses by April 1 to relieve overcrowding in the hospital and insane wards where beds overflow into corridors.
Rep. Block of New York introduced a House resolution to appoint a five member committee to investigate reports of a leak in the Interstate Commerce Commission decision in the Van Sweringen railroad case. Wall Street rumors linked the leak to stock market crashes, which commissioners denied.
Herbert M Moll thirty three and Emma M O Rourke thirty five divorced wife of James O Rourke ball player and daughter in law of the late Uncle Jeans O Rourke were quietly married yesterday in the Welfare building. They left for New York for an indefinite trip with plans to honeymoon in Europe mainly England Mrs Moll is a wholesale dealer in antiques Their son James age fourteen will join them later in Europe and attend a preparatory school in Stratfield Fairfield The couple will reside temporarily at Mrs O Rourke s residence on Lolisome Hill Road after their return.
The State Department summarized advices on the China conflict: General Wu presses an attack along the Peking Yankow line, which is closed to southern travel. Chang Tso-Lin’s forces attack Tientsin from the south and Lena from the east. rail travel south of Tientsin and on the Peking Mukden lines is closed. Peking Tientsin communications risk closure. heavy fighting is probable. It notes Chang and Wu may be allied with a new figure, General Sun Chaun-Feng, amid complex military politics.
The U S S-5 V-1, the Navy’s largest submarine based at New London, returned from a 14 000 mile southern waters cruise and brought aboard South American rats. Officials face a plan to eradicate the rodents who resist poisoning and traps, risking undetectable deaths in hull compartments.
Jersey City police detained Paul Cuomo after shuttering a Ponzi like plan that allegedly shuffled $2,000,000 over five years. Police say Cuomo confessed and more than a hundred victims face losses between $75,000 and $200,600, with many victims from Newark Elizabeth and New York City.
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