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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1927
Page
8
An ad style testimonial from Miss Mary Lilley Banton and Mrs EB Laes promotes Dr Pierce’s Favorite Preserver. It claims improved health for the speaker and mentions mail order access from druggists and a free medical advice offer from Dr Pierce at a Buffalo hotel.
An old advertisement touts Sage and Sulphur based hair dye called Wreth's Sage and Sulphur Compound. It claims natural, even dark color, easy application, and a 70 cent price. It targets gray or streaked hair with simple sponge or brush use.
Church leaders across Bridgeport plan Community Chest Sunday on November 19 with five minute talks in Protestant services. The Pastors association and Clericus met at the University club to review Chest history since 1921 and the unresolved goal of 3600000, aiming to avoid further deficits this year.
Hartford October 31 Two automobiles were demolished one man injured and police seek a young man and his female companion who rode in a car believed stolen. Joseph Mott was trapped beneath his wrecked vehicle and later freed by passersby with a back injury. The suspects vanished after the crash near the Yale Dartmouth game.
A health column extols tomatoes as a top health food, detailing vitamins and minerals, benefits for liver function, acidosis, and rickets prevention. It cites years of cultivation, a lavish praise for fresh tomatoes, and urges higher tomato consumption alongside denatured foods. It includes Q&A on cholecystitis, appendicitis, fruit diets for sour stomach, and weight gain for a young girl with spinal curvature and posture issues.
Readers are invited to write Dr Frank McCoy about intimate problems and will receive a personal reply. Include a self addressed envelope for a reply and address letters to Dr Frank McCoy Bridgeport Telegram.
The Yale News urges the university president to engage more with undergraduates. It argues direct contact builds trust, reduces misgivings about motives, and would give students insight into his intellect and powers, leading to smoother university affairs.
A sharp note condemns a husband who offers his wife a magazine but withholds stamps to write for free samples in the ads, illustrating hypocrisy in domestic restraint.
Hartford Oct. 31 The state police will no longer tolerate defective vehicle equipment such as a single headlight or bad brakes. Commissioner Robert T Hurley orders stricter enforcement, ending leniency toward persistent offenders. An ongoing educational campaign to urge motorists to maintain working equipment will continue alongside enforcement actions.
Waterbury October 31 By Associated Press Leroy Thomson the Woodbury pilot of the ill fated Fairchild plane that crashed at South Plainfield N J yesterday killing him and three passengers had a premonition of death Two weeks earlier in a telephone talk with his mother he spoke of losing his nerve and not feeling at home in the air His family says several of his close friends in the profession have been killed since April His father ill with a heart ailment was told of the tragedy and laid low by the news
A boy becomes frightened by his children reading Diamond Dick material. He worries the sensational comic adventures place him at risk of moral danger and questions the content's impact on youth.
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