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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1918
Page
7
H. A. MacGILL, creator of the Hall-Room Boys, presents a collection of cheerful, light hearted pieces designed to lift spirits and brighten days through witty observations and sunny anecdotes.
A collage of light essays and quips, recounting a desert island debate about its size, a rich man’s ignorance tale, and social banter. The piece blends humorous asides with brief anecdotes about education, misstatements, and everyday absurdities from a 1917 Cincinnati Enquirer flavor.
Dr Andrew Currier explains myxedema from thyroid failure, its signs including dry skin, enlarged face, thick tongue, and mental changes, and notes thyroid extract as the key treatment. A reader asks about a front-neck cyst and iodine use. guidance emphasizes consulting a physician with thyroid experience and caution with self treatment.
York November 27 Major Thew American Ace with the Lafayette Escadrille has been promoted to lieutenant colonelcy. Alan R Hawley says Thew is among the youngest officers of that rank in American and allied forces. He earned the Distinguished Service Cross with two citations by General Pershing after earlier French honors with the Lafayette Escadrille. His younger brother, Lt Alexander Blair Thaw, was killed in August in France.
Tuesday report says Albania's provisional leader Basa Pasha has begun discharging long serving soldiers. Several veterans have fought nearly three years with French forces on the Albanian front and some have received French war crosses for their service.
Secretary of the Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce clarified that the Liberty Memorial Building concept for Bridgeport was suggested by magazine editor Mr Price, not originated by him, and urged citizens to adopt the memorial as a city project. The note followed a noonday luncheon address urging unity in honoring soldiers who died in France. Also included are brief foreign and religious notices.
Invitations have been extended to members of the D M O B social club for a Thanksgiving festival tonight at the dancing academy on State Street. The program includes entertainment and dancing.
An advertisement touts phosphated iron capsules as a powerful blood builder to aid recovery from Spanish influenza, grip, and hard colds. It claims iron and phosphates restore oxygen delivery, boost strength, digestion, sleep, and complexion, urging readers to obtain the product from Kindle Drug Stores.
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