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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1918
Page
5
An account from Penzance describes German sailors attacking a Belgian fishing smack. The master, refusing to abandon ship, is killed as his son and crew battle to save themselves. A submarine commander among the fishermen rows to safety while bombs are faced aboard.
An advertisement offers weather relief with a liniment claimed to ease after-effects quickly. It emphasizes natural penetration, no skin staining, refreshingly economical use, and a generous bottle. Available through druggists with no price increase listed.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle calomel substitute believed to cleanse blood, bowels, and liver. It claims a clearer skin, reduced dark taste, and improved energy after taking one or two nightly for a week, priced at 25 cents per box.
Newtown March 8 Special The weekly Red Cross auxiliary meeting at the Congregational church room ended with a small session and about six Indies present. A shipment of clothing for destitute French children was sent to br. Leck for distribution. Ladies plan to send winter boxes to front line troops and camps, including candy tobacco socks and comfort items. The town relief board finished hearing 1917 assessors appeals. Town meeting to tax the 1917 grand list will be March 9 at 2 pm in the town hall. Miss Julia Tikeman sold woodland adjoining Taunton Lake to Jessie A James of Hawleyville.
Major A W Foster of the medical corps arrives with five officers and 26 enlisted men to take over a tuberculosis sanitarium in West Haven near Lion park Campbell avenue. The facility, under Yale medical control, will be prepared for 200 beds on 40 acres with nine buildings. The project funded by an anonymous donor followed a half million dollars expenditure. This sanitarium is one of five government taken facilities to care for soldiers.
Washington March 7 Efforts of counsel for Frank J Goldsall accused of embezzling millions from French war contracts were defeated by U S Commissioner Hitt He will remain in custody until his arraignment on March 20 in the unit here
Crowds surged through Christiania marching on bakers shops and base stores amid demonstrations outside the parliamentary building. Dispatches note many arrests as unrest gripped the city state with reports forwarded by the Telegraph Co.
Bepeee VTC teeeaee reports a partial sighting event at Hasel-at ve fie with terse notes. No clear names, dates, or locations are legible. The fragment hints at a visit or meeting but lacks verifiable details.
The advertisement extols Lady Grace shoes as featuring more attractive design, quality, and comfort for discerning women with lasting satisfaction. It promotes styles in tan patent calfskin and black patent calfskin at 8.50, white washable kid and bright suede at 9.50, and patent coltskin Oxfords for Spring in new lasts at 6.98.
A mixed catalog of beauty products includes various chamois nail buffers with white and cherry handles, several jars and boxes of Simplex nail polish paste and whitening cream, Lusinite nail enamel, pocket emery boards, Hudnut’s nail polish, Harriet Hubbard Ayers cuticle softener, Simplex nail bleach, litly toilet pumice stone, flexible steel mail files, and a Simplex set with cuticle remover enamel, nail polish paste, cream whitener, and orange wood sticks. The items appear in assorted quantities and configurations.
A catalog of dental care items with prices: various tooth pastes including Albadon, S. S. Whites, Aubry Sisters. Sanital tooth powder and liquid antiseptic. imported brushes with white or bone handles. Ygorrhocide powder for teeth gum and mouth health.
An old advertisement highlights Hair Bottle of Empress Hair Color Restorer offering one application in ten colors and a Bottle of Empress Hair Tonic claiming relief for oily scalps and scaliness. Includes Mulsified Coconut Oil Shampoo, Kitner's Violet Florentine Orris Moot Dry Shampoo, Wano's Shampoo Bag with pure herb shampoo, and Pinaud's Eau de Cologne Compound. Also references tarentine Orris Dry Shampoo and related hair care items with price hints in cents or shillings.
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