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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1920
Page
8
See the Rice Method demonstrated with a fitted appliance by Mr. Gilligan at the Lorraine Hotel. Free trial with no charge unless you keep the outfit after seeing its comfort and effectiveness. Office hours 9 to 12 and 2 to 5, evenings 7 to 9. Do not wear a truss for life without trying this option.
Milford Nov 23 The Milford Business Men Association plans a special meeting at Odd Fellows hall on Monday evening Nov 29 to discuss the future action on the town current issue. Edward Knean is involved in organizing the discussion and aims to gauge the members' stance.
An advertisement claims a new method to remove hair including roots using a product called phelactine inday from a druggist. The copy touts painless, safe depilation without tearing or irritation and promotes the product as superior to depilatories.
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a cheap, safe cure for catarrh and related illnesses. It promotes a pocket inhaler with drops of Hyomsel, claiming two minutes to relief and weeks to full cure with daily use. Money back if not rid of catarrh and related symptoms.
Report outlines movement for a different government form in Milford. Citizens discuss who should speak, what changes would help town affairs, and whether to move beyond the current town meeting system as population grows and tax burdens rise.
Inter-Allied military control in Germany halted eleven Junkers air planes ordered for America. The ships lay idle in Hamburg harbor awaiting loading for New York, blocked by the Versailles Treaty after its six month ban on commercial aircraft expired July 16.
Secretary Baker indicated the War Department will continue bringing home unidentifed Dead from France, while New York officials discuss a proposed reception and burial in Central Park. Remarks referenced a plan to display one unidentified body in Victory Hall as a demonstrative gesture.
A reader quiz reveals aviator rope-ladder stunts in film, Jackie Colgan praised by Chaplin for a future classic, Winifred Westover returns to America from Sweden, Pope Pius XII noted for early motion pictures, and a study hint on the term burden in studioland with tomorrow’s answer.
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