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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1927
Page
4
A promotional message claims McCoy’s Tablets rapidly increase weight for underweight men and women. It promises a refund if a gain of at least five pounds in 4 weeks is not achieved and directs readers to ask druggists for McCoy’s Tablets or McCoy’s Cod Liver Oil Tablets.
Miss Grace Sterling spoke at Capitol Avenue PTA on The Ends of the Modern Primary School. She urged focusing on the present task and using children's spontaneous interests in education. The meeting changed the group’s name to Nathan Hale Parent Teacher Association after the new Nathan Hale School opened.
Joseph Buckley of Weston was arrested in the Waltham hospital after Grace Mills of Waltham was found dead beside Buckley in a car. He claimed she shot herself, then he killed her and turned the gun on himself. An autopsy said the wounds could not have been self inflicted. Buckley said they intended a death pact. He was hospitalized with a life threatening wound.
Special correspondent notes Milford Visiting Nurse Mrs Muriel Webb R N reported at the November Public Health Association meeting. At October 1 she had 236 patients under care including 201 child hygiene and 16 tuberculosis. During October 20 new admissions and 39 discharges occurred with one death from tuberculosis.
Mrs Webb reported six hours across two conferences with Dr Hiskins in Orange on October 7 and Dr Hyde in Milford on October 23. A total of 217 visits included 56 advisory, 4 social service, and 167 nursing visits. Church fairs and dances were announced including Saint Peter's annual fair and Holy Name Society dance on November 18. Red Men and Eastern Star activities, engagements, births, retirements, and local visits were noted along with Rotary fundraising, hospital illnesses, and community plans for a Mitford Town Hall show and firefighters tournament preparations.
A fifteen year old, Richard H Johnston Jr, sought to become a sailor and ran away from Culver Military Academy in Culver Indiana. Stranded in Savannah with funds exhausted, he telegraphed his father asking for train fare home. His father had posted a 1000 reward for information on his whereabouts.
Walter W. Husbands assistant secretary of labor arrived in Montpelier to confer with Governor Weeks on establishing federal employment bureaus as winter labor problem clearing houses for flood areas.
An advertising blurb touts Adlerika as a quick acting intestinal cleanser that clears upper and lower bowels, relieves gas and bloating, and restores appetite. It cites testimonials including Geo C Brooks of Knoxville and doctors endorsing its cleansing and antibacterial effects. Sold by over 39 000 druggists.
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