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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1918
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text mentions promotions for tablets and medicines alongside garbled references to an archbishop and places like Grove and Paland. The readable portions are sparse and do not form a coherent news item or event.
Local Red Cross groups in Stratford collect and pack garments to send to Belgian children and war refugees. About twenty five barrels of clothing prepared with aim to reach 100 more by week’s end. School children and residents pledged funds and items amid community drive and patriotic efforts.
A town court heard charges against Burr for attempted wife harm. The case references Nichols, a hospital stay, and a prior breakout into a saloon. Arrest details include Constable Thielwood and a county jail transfer, with testimony from Ames Hawley and others.
Advice on hair care using coconut oil and plain soap alternatives. Warns against alkali in commercial soaps. suggests a cheap, pure option that lasts months. Instructions: moisten hair, rub in, rinse, resulting in hair that is clean, soft, and shiny.
The school faces a book drive organized by the Minute Women with support from local stores Hawland's Meigs' Teva's. Residents are urged to donate and bring books to the high school to aid soldiers, with a hoped-for several hundred volumes.
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