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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1920
Page
6
An note describes Pepto-Mangan as a pale blood tonic claimed to restore color and energy in children. It promotes the combination of ingredients to enrich blood and offers tablet or liquid forms. Gude’s is presented as a competing product and the only female marketed version.
An old advertisement touts Wendell's Ambition Brand Pills claiming to restore vigor and calm nerves. It promises refunds if unsatisfied with the first box and lists Hindle Pharmacy and Fartigan's Drug Store as authorized sellers with nationwide availability.
A rough OCR fragment describes a method to remove dandruff by applying a plain liquid from a grocery source at night to moisten the scalp and massage in the morning. It claims most or all dandruff will disappear with continued use.
Readers warned that kidney and bladder troubles often masquerade as female illnesses and that kidney health affects overall well being. Kilmer Co suggests sample bottles by mailing ten cents and promises full bottles via parcel post, with outlets at drug stores.
Live flashes from the wire report strikes and labor actions across several cities. Derby bakers demand 1 per hour, a 25 cent raise, while offers to compromise at 90 cents fail as union members reject arbitration. Other items note court actions, shipwrecks, and a Greek envoy's return to New York.
Los Angeles on May 3 reports Walter Andrew Watson James BR. Hfuirt admitted in a second confession to killing five women he claimed to have married. District officials said he told Thomas Lee Woodwine the names could not be recalled, and that Watson allegedly confessed to murder linked to a voyage on Lake Washington near Seattle.
Burlington, May 3. At least two people were killed and an unknown number injured when three walls of the W. C. Hoag toy factory collapsed. Authorities blamed a weakened second floor structure for the collapse during lunch hour. exact counts of workers on the first or second floors were not available an hour after.
Prices of graves have been boosted in most cemeteries here, making final resting places crowded. Many persons buy now to escape higher costs in the future.
An Akron apartment house owner places an ad restricting occupancy to a father, mother, and not more than two children. The notice bans families with more than two tots, citing dwelling purposes only for this family setup amid broader contract wording.
Street editors paste a reminder on doors for disabled soldiers. Lords on the doors indicate wounded veterans, with wording about rights of way and access for disabled men.
The Gillette Big Fellow is introduced as a larger safety razor built on the Gillette principle. It touts no strapping or honing and promises time savings with dulled blades replaced by new two edged Gillette blades for velvet smooth shaves. With four million red blooded Americans testing the prior model, the Big Fellow targets the modern man in America. There are over a quarter of a million Gillette dealers to show the new razor.
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