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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1918
Page
3
A dated ad touts Mayr's Simple Solution as a cure for gas, colic, and intestinal trouble. It claims the remedy clears mucus from the tract and relieves stomach issues, liver, and appendicitis ailments with a single dose. Riker Drug Store promotes the product.
Seniittor Frederick MM Salmon of Westport, secretary of the committee of representatives as ad nc ators of the legislature fran Teui- Held county, said no date had been set for the committee meeting where the jail labor contract for the county jail will be awarded. The special committee, chaired by Representative Frederick M Huxford of Stamford, will meet before April 1 to decide a plan to increase county revenue from jail labor, currently about seven cents per man per day. The panel was authorized by the last term to address the matter.
A report from the United States army recruiting station at Fairfield avenue shows 757 men enlisted in the American army between April 1, 1916 and February 1, 1917. Frank Delosa, 18, of Benham avenue, was accepted for the aviation corps yesterday and sent to Fort Slocum, New York for enlistment.
The North American Civic League plans a vigorous drive to promote war savings and thrift stamps among immigrant communities. Meetings for Polish Slavish Russian Bohemian Lithuanian and Hungarian people will be held in the coming weeks, with over 45 000 expected to participate in the campaign.
Women's day at the Atlas Turkish Baths on Fairfield avenue features Bridgeport's noted beauties in loungers while bodies and faces are steamed and scrubbed. Prof James Atlas promotes full body massage as a source of beauty and health with needle-bath and hot cold variations. Open to women Fridays 9 am to 9 pm. men admitted after closing.
Washington March 7 The administration railroads control bill advances to final action after Senate and House conferees agree. Government control lasts 21 months, taxes on railroad property stay within the prewar ratio, short lines covered, and the President gains rate initiation power subject to ICC review.
Berlin to Superrise Relations blends notices on Roumanian treaty implications and Teuton advances through Moldavia toward Odessa. Reports note Ottoman forces near Trebizond, Bolshevik resolve to fight, and American warnings against ratifying Lenine Trotsky pact. Trench raids persist on the French front with U S troops gradually taking positions.
Kilburn Scott consulting engineer of Landon Hag will deliver an illustrated lecture at the Engineering Laboratories of Sheffield Scientific School 10 Millhouse Avenue New Haven at 8 o’clock this evening. His subject will be Nitrogen From Air for explosives. All interested are invited to attend.
Bridgeport readers learn of a new price publication issued by the United States Food Administration. A committee of wholesalers and retailers will publish a standard price list for wholesale and retail goods to guide housewives. The program aims to clarify price differences and ensure fair pricing while noting retailers incur higher costs.
A salvage and investigation push follows multiple shipwrecks near Green's Reef lighthouse after December storms. The Marion, built in 1901 and owned by Miller & Houghton, struck five submerged barges carrying 4,000 tons of coal to Bridgeport and New Haven, with prior incidents including the Norwalk barge collision and the Armithee Brearley crash.
Firefighters fought a 45 minute blaze at a Riverside rubber works facility. Water supply cut off, sheets of tin and iron beaten to smother flames while chemicals aided the effort. No injuries reported as crews prevented spread to adjacent rooms and ships.
A fragmented sale notice lists pillow cases 42x36 and 150 Huck towels in odd sizes and Turkish towels for regular meals. It mentions bleached and unbleached cotton remnants, 40 inch lengths, and shoes trees with small price points, plus assorted darning cotton spools in white black and tan.
A garbled excerpt from the Louisville Courier Journal mentions fascination with miles and paths, noting there were places without something called Tish. The text is incomplete but suggests a travel or local feature with unclear subject and context.
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