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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1924
Page
16
A vintage advertisement touts Wincarnis as a strength and nerve restorative for weak or overworked men and women. It claims renewed vigor in ten days from a 1.244 ounce bottle, with a daily three tablespoonful dose, priced at $1.10 and $1.95 for double size.
An old advertisement touts Cod Liver Oil tablets as the best flesh producer. It claims high vitamin content and promises weight gain of up to 10 pounds in 30 days. The ad promotes McCoy's tablets at 60 cents for 60 and offers a money-back guarantee if no gain is seen. Hindle & Leverty Drug Stores supplied locally.
Prof. Roland H. Bainton of Yale Divinity School told a United church audience that medieval Europe once achieved unity of unions and papal arbitration, contrasting it with later politics. He urged Christianity first, then nationality, asserting men must be 199 percent Christian before any national identity.
Stratfield Nov 16 More than a hundred attended the Father and Son banquet at Stratfield Baptist church hosted by the Stratfield Men's club. Dr White of Rochester N Y spoke on conditions in India and differences between Indian and American boys, while S H Smith the state Y M C A secretary discussed training of boys and the father son bond as a true companionship.
Alejo Garcia and Francisco Ruiz were sentenced to death for the August murder of Mrs. Rosalie Evans, an American born widow of a British subject, near her Puebla hacienda. The men argued the fatal bullet came from John Strait, and execution is expected within the week.
George Henry Grimes aged 78, long crippled, suffered a shock this morning and died at his home in Britain. He leaves a widow.
The article previews several theater programs. Pasti Moore's Song and Dance Revue leads a vaudeville bill with Madie Clifford and the Seven Domino Entertainers at the Majestic. Also featured are Avis Bennett, George Lee in Vaudeville Etiquette, A Girl of Today, Takada Mowers, and Alice De Garmo. Valentino shines in A Sainted Devil at Majestic, with Gloria Swanson in Manhandled at Colonial, and K The Unknown at Cameo.
The famous musical revue opens a week long engagement at the Shubert New Haven tonight with two acts and twenty four scenes. Highlights include cartoon girls travesty on critics models posing tableaux Hawaiian dancers and the skit If Ford Were President. Other acts feature porcelain statuettes Memorial Day Japanese prints and a burlesque on Rain along with Samoan and Oriental scenes and a diamond number.
Portland officials announce a fresh inquiry into the 1910 disappearance of William Sanborn, sparked by confessions alleging Mrs Alphange Cote former wife of Sanborn, her son Ralph Barton Sanborn, and Charles Henry Fielding involvement in the murder of Mrs Cote s second husband. Fielding is to be arraigned in municipal court while Cote and her son face accessory charges.
Washington Nov 14 The 1026 Army Navy football game site was discussed as Secretary Weeks rejected a Chicago location. Representative Britten urged Chicago, while Weeks said selecting a site rests with the Army and Navy athletic associations and he opposed any venue forcing cadets to stay away overnight.
Grantland Rice sketches the Harvard Yale rivalry with notes on pace and past bouts. He surveys teams strong in October, cites Red Grange statistics, and discusses speed as a decisive factor in football and other sports while previewing upcoming games and the broader college scene.
An ad claims a single European physician operated on 25 600 appendicitis cages while touting Hartigan's Drug Store products. It promotes simple buckthorn bark gly cerine and Adilertica as agents that guard against appendicitis and cleanse poisons. The ad asserts rapid relief for stomach gas and says Adlerska extracts matter unseen in the system.
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