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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1926
Page
17
An advertising pitch explains a dental test and a product that removes a viscous film on teeth, improves gum firmness, and fights decay. It urges readers to send in a coupon to try a new method, claiming brushing alone fails to remove the film and promote oral health.
Pittsburgh World Champs praise Mike Martin’s Liniment as the best remedy for aches and pains. Endorsed by stars including Cobb and Johnson, the product is promoted as superior to other preparations and backed by Martin’s signature and directions on every bottle.
Feel Splendid Nicest Laxative Cascarets 10c. Don’t stay constipated sick. One or ten pleasant Cascarets anytime will stimulate your liver and start your bowels. Then you will feel clean, sweet and refreshed. Your head clear, stomach sweet, tongue pink and skin rosy. Cascarets never sickening. largest selling laxative in the world. Directions for men women children on each box.
New York March 8 A long report on accident fraud targeting public transit shows how individuals and families stage injuries to claim damages from subway stairs buses and trains. It cites cases from eye glasses to paralysis and details how organized bands used fake accidents to extract funds from Interborough and other rail lines.
In Amritsar India Mumtaz a celebrated dancer married Mumtaz Begum the woman linked to the Indore murder plot that led to the Maharaj Joh of Indore losing his throne. The tale ties royal scandal to a fashionable marriage in India.
In Passaic New Jersey a clash involving snowballs and jeers broke up a 2000 strong march of striking workers near Clifton and Passaic mills. No injuries or arrests reported. Strikers plan to march tomorrow to Lod textile works housing about 4000 workers. Two Labor Department observers were present. Union leader Albert Weisbord claimed diverse nationalities compose the ranks with 75 percent of mill women on strike.
A Canadian syndicate backed by Curtiss Aircraft ordered two passenger planes from Curtiss in Garden City for rapid transport to Canada’s Red Lake region. Charles Jones of Curtiss expects delivery within a week, with potential to pilot one himself. The group aims to cut the six day dog trail to hours, charging 200 per passenger and one dollar per pound for freight, via a patrol-trained team.
Anna Theresa Coughlin Stone of Bridgeport filed a petition in the Superior Court for divorce from James Lee Stone, alleging desertion in December 1918. The couple were married in November 1895.
A woman admitted to fabricating a series of accidents to collect 5600 dollars from sixteen falls at trains, stations, and damaged pavement. She testified that doctors believed the tale, but she confessed at arrest, exposing the scheme and the chronic injury claim.
Urbana Illinois March AP report announces discovery by Dr Hopkins and assistants in the rare earth group. A new element tentatively named number sixty one sits between neodymium and samarium in the periodic sequence. Only about half an ounce of rare earth ore remains and the find may be the sole American discovery among four unknown elements pursued globally.
Hartford March 8 AP The State Tuberculosis commission awarded the general contract for an administration building at Norwich State sanatorium to Archibald Torrance of Norwich for 989,842 07. Plumbing and heating went to J A Pitzgerald for 11,500 and O Neil Electric for 3,096 55. Architect designs were selected for cottages at Meriden and Derby areas. approvals await State Board of Control.
President Calvin Coolidge will sponsor a gold medal for the best new plant at the thirteenth International Flower Show. The award, named the President Calvin Goolidge Horticultural Medal, will be presented by Secretary of Agriculture Jardine. The show opens March 15 under the Horticultural Society of New York and the New York Florists Club.
New Oata blends oata and wheat to boost nutrition and flavor. It claims quick three minute heat ready ready cooked and smooth texture, offering a time saving breakfast for families and children. Available at all grocers.
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