156 Leave for Slocum to Join Heavy Artillery
This morning at 11:10 o clock Bridgeport young men depart for Mort Slocum where they will be assigned to a heavy artillery regiment. The numbers from each board are listed as Board one 3, board two 18, board three 28, board four 28, board five 26, board six 28. Bridgeport has sent 616 men in the past five days. The men will meet at their boards and march to the station to board special cars for a train taking other Connecticut men.
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Bridgeport
Mort Slocum
Wort Stocum
Connecticut
Italian Assault Clears Stocéareddo Position On Asiago Front
Rome reports continued activity on the front as Italian assault troops rout a stronger detachment at Stocéareddo on the Asiago plateau. Italian and British parties west of Canove and in the Ornic valley take prisoners while an enemy patrol is driven back at Malga Costalunsa. Regular artillery is active along the front.
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Rome
War Office
Asiago
Stocéareddo
Canove
Ornic Valley
Malga Costalunsa
Connecticut First to Release Men for Farms
Washington reports Connecticut leads states in releasing industrial workers for farm labor. The labor department says 18 large Hartford plants on war work have released employees to farm work, marking a first for industrial labor shifts to agriculture.
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Connecticut
Washington
Department of Labor
Hartford
Merchant Marine Slump Prompts Navy Recruit Drive
A significant slump in Merchant Marine recruiting follows rapid induction of eligible men into the National Army by the local draft board. The service still needs many volunteers for sailors, coal passers, cooks, and messmen, according to a recent order.
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Merchant Marine
National Army
Freezone touted to peel corns and calluses with ease
An advertisement claims Freezone dissolves dead skin allowing corns and calluses to peel off with the fingers. It asserts the drug is inexpensive at pharmacies, removes every corn or callus without soreness or infection, and leaves underlying skin pink and healthy.
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Cincinnati
Flush kidneys with salts to ease backache and illness
Noted authority claims meat clogs kidneys and suggests four ounces of Rad Salts daily before breakfast to flush and stimulate kidneys. The remedy, Jad Salts, is described as an inexpensive effervescent lithia water drink made from grape and lemon acids, touted to neutralize urine acids and prevent bladder issues.
New vigor for the tired liver pills ad
An old printed advertisement promotes R and G Pills containing podophyllum as a native vegetable liver substitute. It claims the pills revive a slow acting torpid liver, improve skin and breath, relieve headaches and constipation, and do not gripe or sicken. The ad cites price and availability in druggists.
Plan opens eight Bridgeport playgrounds with supervisors
Bridgeport's Board of Recreation plans to open eight public playgrounds Thursday at 3 40 PM supervised by Pierce V Gahan and high school boys with women aides. Locations include Yellow Mill Old Mill Green North End Lafayette Seaside West End Bryant and Waltersville schools. Bases for Seaside park baseball diamonds will be provided Saturdays. Equipment funding comes from the Board. Regular programs run through spring with full season staff and college instructors planned for summer.
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Board of Recreation
Bridgeport
Pierce V. Gahan
Yellow Mill
Old Mill Green
North End
Lafayette
Seaside
West End
Bryant School
Waltersville School
Gahan
Bridgeport High School
Seaside Park
Park Department
Pittsburgh
Springfield Colege
Montreal
Springfield College
Explosion at West End plant causes smoke no damage reported
An explosion of chemicals in the grinding room at the Columbian Graphophone Manufacturing Company West End plant yesterday afternoon sent a Pox 249 alarm at 4 36. Firemen found no damage and little to do as the scene produced smoke but nothing more. The report notes uncertainty around collections and paper hangers.
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Columbian Graphophone Manufacturing Company
West End
Pox 249
U. S. Steel Declares Usual Extra Dividend
United States Steel Corp today declared its usual quarterly dividend of 11 4 per cent and an extra 3 per cent on common stock, plus 18 4 per cent on preferred. Quarter ended March 31 earnings total $66,961,424, vs $59,124,104 year ago. Net income $48,449,817. surplus $15,032,502.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Gas Price Hike To Take Effect Today
Official notice states Bridgeport Gas Light company will raise gas by ten cents per thousand feet starting today. The increase follows nationwide moves as coal and oil costs rise, driving higher gas production expenses.
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Bridgeport Gas Light Company
Lyme Residents Oppose State Sanatorium Location
East Lyme town meeting adopts resolution against placing a state sanatorium for bone tuberculosis at Crescent Beach with an initial $28,000 appropriation. Dr Stephen Maher of the state board asserts Crescent Beach residents exaggerate contagion risk and calls objections absurd.
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New Haven
East Lyme
Crescent Beach
Stephen Maher
State Board
Chicago Herald to Merge with Examiner
Chicago news announces the Chicago Herald has been sold to the Illinois Printing and Publishing company and will consolidate with the Examiner. The transfer occurs tomorrow night and the renamed paper will be the Herald and Examiner with Arthur Sbrivane as editor. The Illinois Publishing company has long published the Chicago Examiner as part of Hearst papers.
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Chicago
Chicago Herald
Illinois Printing and Pubishing Company
Examiner
Herald
Iixaminer
Arthur Sbriabane
Ilinois Publishing Company
Chicago Hixamiiner
Hearst
Sage and Sulphur Compound promises overnight hair darkening
Advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound as a quick fix to restore dark lustrous hair. It claims one or two applications erase gray patches and enhance youthfulness, urging readers to buy at drug stores and dismiss unattractive graying.
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Wyeth
Bridgeport Housing funding eyed for 12000 relief
Washington dispatch indicates a government housing grant may reach Bridgeport to ease congested conditions. A Housing Co committee led by J Kingsbury works in Washington as the German bill passes, with $3,000,000 rumored to fund about 12,000 people. Roads work from Washington Bridge to Beard's Corner slated for Thursday, delayed by army truck traffic.
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Washington
Bridgeport Housing Company
the Housing Co
J. Kingsbury
Oerman
Bridgeport
Francis Mahaney
Hares
Washington Bridge
Beard's Corner
Jeven
Drink a Glass of Real Hot Water Before Breakfast
Sanitary science touts internal flushing each morning with hot water and limestone phosphate. The ad urges everyone to drink a glass of hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate before breakfast to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels, improve appetite and purify the alimentary canal. It promises relief from constipation bilious spells and various ailments.
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