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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1918
Page
9
A vintage note touts Delatone hair removal paste as a simple home remedy. It claims mixing water with the powder removes unwanted hairs after 2 to 8 minutes, leaving skin hair free. Consumers are warned to obtain the genuine article from a druggist.
Massachusetts New Haven and Hartford Road get 1000 primers. mass meeting by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society with Gov McCall and national war garden leaders. Connecticut Rhode Island and Maine groups join effort to turn gardens into munition plants and boost home food production. James H Havens found guilty of violating automobile laws. license suspended for a year with an appeal planned.
Many men and women suffer undetected kidney weakness and poor health. The ad claims the kidneys fail to remove waste, causing back pain, swelling, and fatigue. Haley’s Drug Store promotes a pill advertised as restoring kidney function.
A group including Jubilee and dogs travels at night, seeking shelter from a freezing cold, encountering two large friendly dogs. They sleep in a barn after milking cows, sharing bread, butter, pie, and warm milk, then rest until daylight.
Michael Nonnan awarded a ten thousand dollar contract for the Beardsley Span concrete bridge construction. The city plans to finance the project, with crews to start work and provide fuel, while road access to the area will be affected during building.
Twenty five thousand Belgian men and boys have been compelled to labor under German sentries behind the lines in Valenciennes and Maubeuge regions. Reuter reports high mortality in the camps and that unfit workers are replaced by new recruits.
Coroner Joun Phelan concludes investigation into the death of James McQueeney a 14 year old who was hurt while playing on lumber piles at Park City Lumber yard. He finds no criminal liability for the company despite the accidental death and notes the coroner’s report completed yesterday.
George Cove secretary of the Chamber of Commerce will lecture in Worcester on Friday on good housing conditions. Ducted hearings into the death of 9 year old Dominick Serena struck by an automobile on Grand Street were held yesterday as police sought witnesses deemed important.
Baker's will from April 48 will be heard in Probate Court on May 6. Indications of a contest arise as she left $4,000 certain and only $10 to sister Sarah M Hervinett-Brown of West Pawling, New York. Walter women died April 22. All property is left in trust with Jacob Reh for the benefit of husband Charles Sehmidt. At his death $1,600 goes to daughter-in-law Josephine, widow of Charles Schmidt, with one-half to Harter and $1 to a Roman Catholic church for the parochial school. Jacob Reh named executor.
A convoy of 42 barges carried 37,800 tons of coal into the city yesterday. The cargo included both hard and soft coal and officials say it marks one of the largest coal shipments in weeks.
Appeals filed with the tax commissioner by Archibald Mea Neil, David M. Lustig, and Rogers Clothing Co. seek changes to property valuations. McNeil property listed at 364,000 vs 40,000 by others. Lustig seeks 312,000 for a millinery business and 1,233 for an automobile. Rogers Clothing valued at 20,000 lowered to 16,000, which the company disputes as still high. Appeals filed in Superior Court.
A provisional draft order issued by the provost marshal general mobilizes 8985 men for a two month training course in mechanical trades at 22 scattered institutions. They depart May 16, except Virginia recruits who go May 23, with training as auto mechanics, machinists, carpenters, electricians, and more. Alimony of 250 awarded to Fannie Bolbert after divorce from Louis Bolbert in Stamford.
Mrs Louis Rawson of 1857 Mairfield Avenue praises Deans Kidney Pills for weak and aching backs and kidney complaints. She notes back pain when bending to sweep or dust, blurred vision from specks, and says Conan's Kidney Pills bought at Cannon's Drug Store quickly relieve the trouble.
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