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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1925
Page
5
An advertisement touts Dave's Mentha Yepsin as a universal cure for indigestion and dyspepsia. It promises rapid relief within ten minutes and claims it restores normal digestion, alleviates dizziness headaches and other symptoms, with Hindle's Drug Stores guaranteeing a bottle to prove its effect.
A chummy health ad targets parents of thin children urging Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as a pleasant tablet form. It touts rapid weight gain and vital vitamins, claiming a nine year old gained 12 pounds in seven months and recommending Hindle & Leverty Drug Stores for purchase.
Bridgeport officials discussed moving meat inspection back to the Health department from Public Works. Mayor Behrens said a formal plan is likely after the new fiscal year starts, with no confirmed date. The issue centers on the legal use of the Health department stamp on meat from the slaughterhouse.
Paris March 16 William Burton an artist stepson of Frederick Houseman of Park Avenue New York will fight his wife's separation suit alleging New York courts lack jurisdiction The announcement was made today by Dudley Field Malone's law offices in Paris.
A survey of upper-class wedding customs reveals invitations and announcements, church and country rituals, rehearsal anecdotes, and lavish decorations. The article details gowns, gifts, attendants, and ceremonies, plus the social rules, honeymoons, and post ceremony entertainments characteristic of turn‑of‑the‑century prestige society.
Hundreds attended the double funeral for Mrs Delia A Jones and her 21 year old son George Jones Jr the Walnut Beach fire victims. Also mourners included Stanley 14 who survived by leaping from the burning building and 18 others hospitalized. The service at M J Gannon Mortuary and St Augustine's church featured Rev Alfred Driscoll and hymns, with organ and chimes accompaniment as pallbearers carried the two coffins to final rest.
Charles Carrans Shea Edward Jordan and F Patherson Rev Hebert Bowen read the committal services at the grave. Survivors include a married son and brother Elmer who lives at 249 Williams Street and two daughters and sisters Lsther and Tia, employees of the Southern View England Telephone Company, who reside at the Y W C A dormitory in Prospect Street.
New Haven coroner Eli Mix indicated that 18 year old girl slayer John Bagnano faces a possible first degree murder indictment when the grand jury convenes later this week or early next. The case stems from a shooting in front of a local theatre after the alleged mistreatment of her six month old child. The coroner expects to release a finding before the grand jury session, and noted that circulating statements in local papers will have no influence on the case.
FRANKFORT March 16 A liquor robbery spanning months exposed thefts worth about 104000 at bootleg prices. Sixteen men are said to be indicted by a federal grand jury and several arrests reported in connection with the case.
Yale is producing two wartime history volumes to cover World War service by graduates and undergraduates. The first volume lists names with units and battles, plus a chapter on military training. the second volume details roll of honor, biographies, and the war careers of those who died. Woodbridge Hall staff oversee compilation and rely on Yale records to ensure completeness.
The weekly morbidity report shows fifteen scarlet fever cases in the city for the week ending March 9, down from twenty the prior week. State totals drop from 165 to 163 as Bridgeport reports no whooping cough and New Haven records 14 measles cases.
Bridgeport resident B. G. Battman of 3 Beach Street endorses Lax-A-Tone herbal remedy. He credits three bottles with relief from long standing stomach trouble, gas, and fatigue and says digestion improves and energy returns. Hindle's Arcade Drug Store hosts the product introduction.
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