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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1918
Page
22
Government bulletins warn about infectious dirt on floors and advise careful selection of disinfectants. The Sylpho Nathol Co based at 14 Medford Street Boston markets cleaning products.
Advice promises painless relief for stubborn corns using a simple method. It describes a soothing treatment claiming quick, comfortable results with no shin irritation, and suggests visiting a store page for more details.
A proposed city center building to house the Chamber of Commerce, the Manufacturers' association, housing company and civic groups was urged at the Chamber meeting. Mingsbury favored planning now for future needs including offices, a hall, exhibition space, and a banquet facility, while noting a long term lease on other quarters would be undesirable if the new building is erected later.
Dr Walter H Brown health officer leads state meeting on child welfare in Hartford in May with national aim to save 100000 babies in 1918. Program includes Dr Jessica Peixotto addressing national plans, Prof GC E A Winslow on Children in War Time, and Dr N D Chester Brown on child welfare in defense.
Berlin reports Dr. Rudolf Pavenstein, president of the Imperial Bank of Germany, told the bank board that subscriptions to the eighth war loan totaled 14,776,000,000 marks, exceeding the sixth loan record by 1,750,000,000. Subscriptions from the field remained outstanding, with 124,000,000,000 marks voted for war credits and 7,730,060,000 marks converted into long term loans.
Amy E Archer Gilligan of Windsor, under a death sentence for murder by arsenic poisoning, was granted a new trial by the Connecticut Supreme Court. Justice Beach wrote the opinion. Convicted in July 1917 in Windsor Superior Court for the 1914 Windsor Archer home murder.
Report from Eu Paso datelined April 00 states Villa’s raiders killed thirty or more residents at Santa Cruz No Trestles forty miles southeast of Chihuahua City. Villa demanded three youths. upon refusal, men were ordered to inflict fatal harm on all inhabitants of the June settlement per Chilnahilla City dispatch.
A fragment reports British casualties for a month with totals around 52,475 to 54,475. Names or units appear garbled, with references to wounded and missing, and partial figures such as 47, and 5,084. The wording is unclear but indicates a casualty roll by month and status.
M. Allen of the Ridgeport MSS Company will address credit disturbances causes symptoms treatment and prevention. Wheeler of the American Tribe and Stamping company will discuss war conditions and current problems of the credit department at the first statewide conference in Hotel Taft New Haven Thursday. A dinner honoring the guests will follow at the New Haven Country Club.
Ansonia youths Ales Flolinsky 18 and Gutrick 17, who ran away yesterday morning, were returned to their parents. They resisted police and fled back toward home. A local man in a public place recounted his own childhood run away story while observing the incident.
Senator Lafontain a Belgian native and international law professor at City College of New York will headline the public forum at United Church Sunday evening at 7:45. He will discuss Belgium the Whirlwind at the Crossroads, promising informed insight from a man with deep knowledge of his nation's affairs.
Ralph St. Hannan of 6Th Ellsworth Street was arrested last night on a charge of breach of the peace at the Brooklawn Dancing Pavilion.
Police Commissioner John C. Stanley reported that thieves took his son's bicycle earlier in the evening from the corner of Dark and Palrfield avenues. The incident was logged by local authorities.
Emmett Bernard of 326 Hanover street reported his Ford touring car stolen from the corner of Main and Gilbert streets last Monday night. It was recovered last night hidden in a stone quarry behind the North avenues jail.
An unclear report notes a theft involving a large sum of money linked to a local business. Detectives Wheeler and VydakEN took the suspect to police headquarters for processing amid ongoing investigation.
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