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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1925
Page
15
All Fat People Should Know This claims Marmola Prescription tablets aid obesity reduction. Advert says the tablet form is available at drug stores worldwide for one dollar, with direct purchase from Marmola Co. Detroit, Michigan, as a new method for slimming the overfat body.
Mrs Maxy R Baws pict of Kewanee Illinois credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash with restoring health after years of illness and two healthy daughters. She recommends the tonic to others and urges mothers to start the remedy as girls reach womanhood.
Fraudulent health ad promising varicose vein and gland swelling relief using Emerald of full strength from Flindle Drug Store. Claims quick results in days with a money back guarantee though details are unclear and product validity questionable.
The second in a weekly Lenten series features Rev George Craig Stewart DD rector of St Luke's Evanston. A veteran of Chateau Thierry Mihiel and the Argonne as chaplain Evacuation Hospital No 6 AEF. Also musical offerings by Fred Patton baritone of repute from New York Washington Hamilton Ontario choirs and Bridgeport Oratorio Society.
Miss Edith May Porter will preside at the fifty first annual meeting of the Women’s Congregational Missionary Union to be held Friday at 3 o’clock in the Olivet Congregational Church. The city notes multiple social events and visits including births and club meetings across Bridgeport and nearby areas.
Fred G Signor aged 38 of 126 John Street drove into a guard gate at Yellow Mill Bridge while the span was open. A gate section ripped off but Signor escaped injury. police report notes the collision occurred yesterday morning at about 2.00.
February births bring twins to three Bridgeport households as recorded by the Bureau of Vital Statistics. The latest twins were born to Mr and Mrs Wladyszaw and Panora Michracks of 73 Sherman Street on February 25.
The spring bill of the Little Theatre League was presented for a second and final time at the Barn on West avenue. A large audience attended as four comedies were performed: The Crow's Nest, Catesby, February goth, and King Arthur's Sock, featuring actors Eugene Hull Charles W Cyrus Samuel Davis Dorothy Ogden Wheeler John McDonald Jennie Buceine Theo VanTas gel Gladys Murphy Albert Johnson Julia Farnum Marlon Donk George Morrow Erma Chase.
The article blends consumer tips and social scenes, describing savings accounts from a Bridgeport bank, a coffee shop, and a laundry delivery service. It touts White Rose Bread, co op grocery buying by Lund Row, and Adelaide Eight Acres homes near Brooklawn Estates. It also highlights a sale at YFM Reid's with imitation jade beads and pearls, and praises a Klabe piano store and Edison phonograph for home entertainment.
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