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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1926
Page
5
An old home remedy touts a pine extract based cough syrup said to loosen phlegm and ease breathing within 24 hours. It recommends using Pinex with sugar syrup or honey, promises full pint family supply, and notes a money back guarantee via The Pinex Co in Fort Wayne Indiana.
Color in cheeks turns yellow from poor appetite and coated tongue. Olive Tablets claim to purify the system by stimulating the bile and bowels, replacing calomel with a vegetable formula. The ad promises pink skin, bright eyes, and buoyant mood, urging nightly use and noting millions of boxes sold at multiple prices.
Boston, Nov 15. United States Senator William M. Butler reported campaign expenditures of 4500 dollars with 1000 to state committee and 100 to the Republican club of Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Anti-Labor league campaign committee logged 14533.11 contributions and 14353.02 expenditures for salaries printing literature stamps and advertising. Other reports show Congressman William P. Connery of Lynn spent 363 and Congressman Allen T. Treadway of Stockbridge 376.26.
Nov 15 AP report from Torrington describes Mrs Eugene Wheeler collapsing from shock after her grandson John A Scott Jr of West Sand Lake N Y was struck by a car driven by Richard George of Torrington. George fined $53 and costs for reckless driving and no registration papers. The injured boy was visiting and playing beside the roadside while Mrs Wheeler watched from her window.
Former Biddeford mayor Edward H. Drapeau was arrested again on a larceny charge tied to funds from a discarded fire engine site. The indictment stems from city affairs investigations. Drapeau and others face trial in the Supreme Court tomorrow.
A reader recounts a persistent cough affecting a husband whose doctor found nothing wrong. After trying Linonine, a flaxseed eucalyptus mixture, the cough stopped and the husband regained strength. The ad promotes Linonine as a fast acting cure and urges readers to ask local druggists for it.
An advertisement touts Dare's Mentha Pepsin as a cure for stomach agony gas and indigestion. It claims rapid relief within ten minutes with one tablespoonful and asserts the product can end chronic indigestion, urging readers to ask for it at Hindles Drug Stores and pharmacies nationwide.
Queen Marie of Roumanie recounts visits to Buffalo Niagara Falls and Toronto during a 1926 American tour. She notes cordial welcomes, humorous exchanges, and meetings with officials, including depu ty mayor Mr Moore, British and American mayors, and Canadian hosts, praising hospitality and shared memories with England and Canada.
New York November 1 federal judge ruled Nick Arnstein must stand trial again on six year old charges of receiving stolen property linked to the 1919 Wall Street bond thefts. The judge held that federal and state authorities may try a defendant separately even if one already did so.
Pittsburgh November 15 AP A forecast of a wary coal market reaction hinges on British miners returning to work. Goodyear, spokesman for the Pittsburgh Coal Producers Association, says foreign demand boosted prices to about 1154 a ton, but with the strike ending prices should fall to pre rise levels.
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