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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1918
Page
6
Medical experts at Johns Hopkins including an Army surgeon monitor Margaret Bamberger after she was shot three times yesterday by her sweetheart Joco Tehrlinger. They aim to test a theory that a lover’s true feelings determine whether a wounded woman dies or survives.
Mildred reflects on contentment living in a modest cubicle with shared facilities as she overlooks the changing seasons. She recalls past reluctance to adjust but now feels satisfied with her simple living situation and the absence of former worries.
Brockton Mass March 19 due to a government order banning certain leather grades for army shoe manufacture several plants suspended operations in some departments. Manufacturers formed a committee to meet Boston officials to seek a modification. Inspectors objected to feathered leather showing a yellow streak from imperfect tanning.
A fire caused by a smoke stack placed too close to wooden work at the McGee Coal Yards on Washington avenues damaged the building about $100. The alarm came from Box 416 at East Washington and Harriet Streets around 6 30 last night. Officials report the fire stayed in the basement of the coal yard buildings. The recall was at 5 39.
Pasquale Thresh of 161 Wilmot Avenue was arrested yesterday afternoon and booked at the Third Precinct on reckless driving after allegedly passing a standing trolley on Fairfield Avenue and endangering pedestrians.
A vintage advertisement promotes a lemon based complexion lotion. It instructs using two fresh lemons and three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint by shaking in a pottle. The mix is strained to remove pulp and claimed to whiten soften and brighten skin for day and night use with daily facial massage.
A Cincinnati authority touts Freezone as a painless method to remove corn and callus spots. A quarter ounce costs only a few cents at any pharmacy and leaves underlying skin pink and healthy after removal.
Dispatched reports from France claim Germany pressed Sweden to join Brest Litovsk talks on Baltic settlement. A separate item notes Munich hosting a colonization drive sending 60,000 German settlers to Courland. The rest of the text shifts to a long, explicit schoolboy narrative about conflicts with a classmate, Jubilee, and various pranks, ending with mentions of a dog named Sweetie and illness.
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