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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1927
Page
4
After a severe rheumatic fever attack a New York girl suffered days with neck and shoulder pain. Her mother applied Sloan's Liniment and in three days the pain stopped. The ad claims Sloan's stirs the body to heal and relieves pain quickly without rubbing. It urges readers to buy a bottle for 35 cents at druggists.
Bridgeport’s 242nd Coast Artillery completes recruitment and will grow to a six battery regiment. Federal recognition ceremony for the three new units with headquarters will occur the first week in April. Lieutenants Eddy and Watt will command Batteries A and B. Public invitation to the recognition event to follow with a Stratfield dinner for officers and families.
In Paris on March 28 AP reports an anti-punishment fashion movement opposing starched collars and high neckwear. Leaders of the Paris Taylors association support dress reform arguing for lighter attire and detached collars. Demonstrations and an upcoming style show aim to promote local fashion over traditional Euro-American standards.
March coverage notes Croker sought Irish Free State citizenship after 1922 death. Doctor Lennon testified Croker wished to join the new state and wrote to Arthur Griffith requesting it. Estate contest pits widow Mrs Croker against his children over domicile and Florida property disposition.
In Mald Massachusetts on March 20 an 13 year old boy and his sister found their widowed mother, Amelia Hicks, dead from a gas jet in the kitchen after a failed suicide attempt. They carried the body to call their uncle and flagged police, arriving six miles from home, two hours after the discovery.
In Veedersburg Indiana a dollar was sent to Mrs. Joseph Glaycock by two Illinois residents as payment for a half watermelon stolen from Henry Gade, father of Mrs. Glaycock, about sixty years ago. Included was a letter urging the writer, thirteen years old and now dead, to see the melon in Heaven and to forgive the theft.
A dense long OCR of varied radio schedules shows multiple stations with hour by hour programs. Entries list operas concerts weather reports markets and talk segments featuring numerous performers including Kathleen Mundin Salvatore De Clevo and many orchestras across New York listings.
A sprawling listing details radio programs for multiple stations including WOR WNYC WIZ and more. Entries cover time slots from morning to late night with concerts news weather markets and children programs plus notable performers and orchestras across Newark New York Pittsburgh Cleveland and other cities.
Chicago March 29 AP The average American boy today is about three inches taller than fifty years ago. Dr Lineate Gray of Chicago in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports measurements of thousands of school boys. Factors cited include vitamins, disease control, and better economic conditions. The study notes a six year old now about 47 inches tall versus 43.6 inches fifty years ago and an eighteen year old about 70 inches tall, three inches taller than the past.
Chicago report recalls Marguerite Scholl, 27, in Indiana jail, awaiting release, stating she will wed once Walter Scholl is executed for killing his two children Vivian eight and Donald six in Gary, Indiana. She fostered the children and had been questioned for shielding him.
In this column, readers learn how to decide which card to play when Dummy holds an honor and only one or two cards in the led suit. It explains using odds and the Closed Hand to maximize tricks, with examples of King or Queen holdings and upcoming topics.
March 20 Paris displays neat checks for spring. The Varia collection features “Checkers,” a suit by Dean Deaton trimmed with straight bands and buttons. The unlined coat resembles a Cardigan in effect.
Police say William Stanch shot his wife Mrs Josephine Branch during a card game in Philadelphia on March 20. The two witnesses saw the incident as the woman was shot in the abdomen and she was hospitalized.
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