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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1918
Page
4
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root advertised as a herbal kidney liver and bladder medicine. Claims include relief from back and urinary troubles with gentle healing effects. Encourages trial by sending ten cents for a sample and mentions Bridgeport Daily Telegram and Post.
A advert promotes GOLD MEDAL Haar Jem Oil Capsules as a remedy for overwork and various ailments. Three capsules daily claimed to restore strength, with a money back guarantee if not helpful. Look for GOLD MEDAL on the box. three sizes offered. imports from Holland.
A vintage advertisement touts Knowlston’s Danderine as a cheap, easy remedy to end dandruff and hair loss. It pledges quick glossy, thick, wavy hair, with new hairs sprouting after two weeks, and urges readers to test the product by drawing a strand through a cloth to reveal instant shine.
An advertisement claims a single application removes hair with a delajone paste. It describes mixing powdered delajone with water, applying to hairy skin, rubbing off after 2 to 3 minutes, then washing away growths. It asserts painless, inexpensive results without skin injury, urging care to obtain genuine delajone.
Bodies of American poetess Mrs Leni Guilbert Ford and her son were found among 12 dead in a London wreckage from a German air raid. Ford formerly lived in Elmira New York and wrote Keep the Home Fires Burning. Her companion Mrs Brown, from Elmira, was rescued Friday and taken to hospital severely injured.
A wartime navy recruitment drive at Cannon Street station calls for fifteen seamen second class to join the United States Naval Reserve for coast defense. Yesterday a call urged immediate enlistment, with plans to send recruits to Camp Deven today or tomorrow. the brief item notes a death at Camp Deven from pneumonia involving a Nashua, New Jersey resident who served with the Meld Artillery.
United States Marshal Thomas I. McCarthy of New York City will address the fifth annual banquet of Bridgeport’s Friendly Sons of St. Patrick at the Stratfield next Monday evening. The article lists banquet committees and officers, notes the order’s Philadelphia origin in 1771, and recalls wartime fundraising for the Continental Army.
Philadelphia reports four crewmen from the barge Hampshire missing after the vessel broke loose in a late night gale and sank northeast of the Fathom Bank light ship off the Delaware Capes. Captain Irving J. Brown of New England is identified. other barges in tow from Southport to Hampton Roads are unaccounted for, including Pennant Osceola and the Mars tug.
Huntington notes report a large attendance and a lively gathering at the Amity club event with games, music, and refreshments after which the next meeting is set with Miss Eva Quick on March 23. Other items include births, visits, services, Red Cross planning, and local society notices.
James J Royal reports three years of constipation dizziness and violent headaches eased by using irraitatives Fruit Liver Tablets after a single box and continued until twenty boxes were used. The ad promotes two dozen boxes for $2.50 and trial sizes.
An archival fragment describes a judge making an incorrect prediction about a lawyer. The text dates a medical ad claiming Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy cures many ailments, including stomach and liver complaints, with a money back guarantee. It notes a doctor’s use of morphine and possible gallstone operation, ending with an ad for Riker Drug Store.
A brief advertorial urging women to wash hair with a purpose of beauty and safety. It promotes a homemade Canthrax mixture, costing about 3 cents per shampoo, claiming it dissolves dandruff oil and dirt, leaving hair fluffy with lustre and softness.
A vintage musterole ad touts a white mustard oil rub that soothes sore throats, colds, rheumatism, and aches without blistering. It claims doctors and nurses endorse it, with 60¢ to 80¢ jars and a hospital size $2.50 mentioned.
A local advert shows Peterson's Ointment claimed to cure all piles cases including blind, bleeding, and itching types. It boasts an 80 cent box guarantee with money back if not cured and includes a testimonial from Devitt A. Seymour praising its effectiveness.
March arrives with spring in view shaping plans for a calm week ahead in New England as residents expect mild weather and gentle daily conditions around the eighteenth of the month.
Community effort urged to aid soldiers through the Salvati Army Fund. Campaign promotes sending contributions to support troops and their welfare, urging local participation and donations.
The Poke Bonnet Poke effects dominate current millinery with lisere and Japanese straw braids. Crepe facing and taf feta or satin in spring colors, plus small fruit or flower trims, create simple yet smart hats for early spring. Millinery Section, second floor.
A local shop showcases new centerpieces scarves and linens in Madeira stamped patterns with eyelet edges. Items include 36 inch linen centerpieces 1.56, scarves up to 54 inches 1.50, white linen luncheon sets 1.75, napkins pillows baby robes and night dresses priced from 0.59 to 5.59. Pongee fabrics range 32 inches wide 0.75 to 2.85 with silk like finishes and novelties in gabardines and piques. Also advertised Elsie Janis Veil Pin and a few hats and capes. Rudolph Ganz slated to perform at the Casino this week with Pathophone records to be heard at Read's.
New York on March 31 funeral services were held for Commodore Jacob W. Miller U S N builder of the Cape Cod canal Rev A R Mansfield officiated pallbearers included Commodore Robert P. Gershaw Major August Belmont Captain Herbert L. Satterlee and naval militia officers Naval organizations and attendees included J P Morgan Otto T Barnard and Adjutant General Charles W H Sherrill who represented the naval militia in which Miller served 25 years
Federal authorities probing pieced letters found in homes of German nationals Hans Worcheimar Starnest Albrecht Philip Adam and Robert M Adam arrested Saturday as dangerous enemy aliens. Papers indicate possible ties to Count von Bernstoff former German ambassador and alleged director of Germanys spy network in the United States. Boston also reports Stay Rite street railway lines to be discontinued by receiver Walter Denham under court authorization, affecting 26 short lines and 25 miles of track.
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