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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1921
Page
9
Olive Tablets, advertised as a vegetable liver and bowel aid, claim to brighten skin and improve appetite. The copy touts no calomel side effects, urges nightly use, and notes millions of boxes sold yearly at 15 cents and a dollar store.
A 1910s Home Making column blends kitchen notes with bridal fashion. It lists greens and wild plants for spring dishes and offers wedding veil styles from lace to feathered bands, champagne gray gowns, and ornate headpieces, reflecting traditional domestic priorities and period fashion in one column.
An old advertisement touts a liquid treatment to dissolve and remove dandruff overnight. It promises complete elimination after four doses, claiming hair will become fluffy and glossy. The ad urges purchase from any drugstore and labels the remedy inexpensive and effective.
Washington reports a new military use for airplanes to lay land telegraph cables in Sweden. An eight mile stretch was deployed in minutes, showing quick ground connection and potential for open field operations and communications with moving or retreating troops. Commercially, cable laying could aid forestry, fire protection, and scientific exploration where rapid communication is needed.
Milford March 14 Special to Geoge Handler Rocky Hill secretary of the State Chamber of Commerce will be a principal speaker at the annual banquet. The meeting is set for Lawn Hall Thursday March 24 with business leaders in attendance.
A collage of old time dessert methods including custards flans and prunes soufflé. It covers making custards with milk eggs vanilla and sugar, with notes on texture and cooling. Prune soufflés and jelly moulds are described with assembly steps and serving ideas plus ginger shortcakes and jelly sandwiches.
An advertorial fragment promises relief from indigestion headaches and stomach issues with a Foley Cathartic tablet. It claims delayed bowels cause biliousness and promises improvement tonight and tomorrow. It mentions liver support and sweetening the stomach and appears as an often seen home remedy pitch.
A Chesterland Ohio mother writes that her boy is sick and in need of a worm remedy. She praises Dr True’s fish and mentions Dr Kue’s Clixiv for common worm symptoms. The ad claims remedies like an amily Laxative and worm expeller are sold by dealers.
A controversial contract from the United Agricultural Association recruits Hatfield to operate a rain production plant near Medicine Hat Alberta. Plans call for rainfall to be measured and financed by a committee, with operations from May 1 to August 1 1921. The project targets a 100 mile radius around Medicine Hat and Foremost Sask, with a $4400 base credit for a four inch rainfall and no extra charges for exceedances.
Pittsburgh women who are taxpayers have a dedicated room adjacent to the county treasurer’s office to retire, retrieve their bills, and make settlements. The practice grew after a rash of robberies in the shopping district. Public safety director Pritgh ard urged women to abandon pocketbooks and purses and use hosiery for hiding money.
A dated advertisement describes a home hair dye mixture using a half pint of water, one ounce of bay tum, a small box of Compound and 1 4 ounce of ing sold at a drugstore. It claims the application twice weekly yields the desired shade without greasiness or flaking.
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