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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1923
Page
4
Musterole is pitched as a convenient alternative to mustard plasters for colds and related pains. The ad touts warm tingling then cooling relief from pure mustard oil and simple ingredients, recommended by nurses and doctors for bronchitis sore throat stiff neck pleurisy rheumatism lumbago and other aches. Jars and tubes priced at 5 or 65 cents.
Washington March 8 figures from the Children's Bureau show 878,000 children under fourteen laboring at manual tasks. The report condemns Congress for delaying constitutional amendment to curb this, accusing lawmakers of favoring pork bills over protective legislation.
The pulse of the public reflects strong praise for Dr. Moscovitz and his modern dental methods. Patients cite perfect fitting teeth, painless procedures for children, and health improvements. A former soldier and a store saleswoman share endorsements, urging readers to try his practice for quality and lower prices.
An incomplete state inquiry found law violations involving 308 children under sixteen and 40 under fourteen or teen in textile mills. Court action is expected to grow from these findings as employers reintroduce child labor following recent Supreme Court decisions. A forthcoming report will detail child and mother labor in Michigan beet melds.
The uncontested divorce petition of Fetus A O Meara a New York schoolmaster against Lillian E O Meara a Stamford school teacher heard by Judge John W Banks of the Superior court yesterday was continued for further proof that the defendant has resided in Stamford during the time alleged. Testifying in his own behalf the plaintiff said his wife objected to his accepting a very lucrative position in Omaha Nebraska in 1907 as principal of a school there and that thereafter after several more quarrels she left him and refused to see him again. At the time he was living in Brooklyn N Y he said where he was teaching school. Judge Banks granted five divorce decrees and dismissed one. Those granted went to Mary Pedri Gregory of Bridgeport from Joseph Gregory of party unknown on grounds of desertion to Anna Harris Feldman of Bridgeport from Samuel Feldman of New York on grounds of intolerable cruelty to Grace Pease Balfour of Bridgeport from Benjamin Balfour of the same place on grounds of cruelty to Frank J McGinty of Greenwich from Carrie Raub McGinty desertion and to Minnie B Bodge of Bridgeport from William H Bodge cruelty. The latter petition was heard 2 week ago but decision was withheld until testimony from the examining physician was introduced. The petition of Lewis E Olmstead of Bethel against Eva Brown Olmstead of the same place for alleged desertion and intolerable cruelty swag dismissed.
Margaret Bonjon widow of Louis Bonjon who died in State’s prison in 1922 leaves an estimated 40000 estate. Probate court filed a four page will drawn by Thomas M. Cullinan detailing bequests of 1000 to Catherine Sullivan 2600 to Sarah McHale who also receives the residue 1000 to St Peters Church and legacies to two nieces a nephew in Ireland with Bridgeport Trust Company named executor.
The March board of Education meeting in the new High school library set auditorium rental rates: $75 for church entertainments and educational events, $50 for public and outside organizations, and $20 to the city fire department. An auditorium committee was formed with authority to act on rentals: Fritz Stolzenburg president, W A Gordon, William Larkin Altich.
Bardo, general manager of the New Haven Fairhroad, spoke at yesterday's Exchange club luncheon. He warned reporters not to report his remarks in full, hinting at something new, but delivered a familiar discourse that offered no startling new points.
Washington dispatch reports that Moscow aims to unite Soviet Russia Ukraine White Russia and the Trans Caucasian Republic into a Federal Council while preserving some autonomous units. The move signals renewed national unity hopes, though risk lies in tying reforms to the old regime. Officials watch for concrete shifts before official relations resume with Moscow.
The Board of Selectmen met at Fairfield Town Hall and ordered the municipal payroll paid. They will not issue a warning for a town meeting and plan to consider a resolution for appropriation to build the school after bids are opened.
A vintage ad touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a safe laxative and liver aid. It claims they replace calomel, avoid dental harm, and quickly relieve headaches, dullness, and heaviness from constipation and a disordered liver. Price shown as 0 and 0 cents.
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