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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1920
Page
9
Authorities note tobacco stains come from a viscous film on teeth that brushes fail to remove. The film harbors food, acids, and germs leading to tartar and pyorrhea. A new method reportedly removes the film after several days of use, with dentists endorsing it for millions of people.
The office and Postmaster plus PL Greene report a rise in postal receipts through September 25 of the current year totaling 474 005 27. Greene aims for 600 000 by January 7. Receipts include various areas and taxes, with 1949 figures cited as 388 626 74 after tax.
A band of masked robbers entered a Lenox Avenue cafe early today and lined up 45 patrons while two members searched patrons. They escaped with cash and jewelry over 3000 dollars. Five bandits fled across roofs, then down a fire escape to the street, pursued briefly by police before one jumped into a subway and dodged an oncoming train.
The federal grand jury handed up indictments charging profiteering in coal purchased for Brooklyn Edison and diverted for export at profit. Named defendants include Brooklyn Edison vice president Walter F Wells and coal contracts head Harry Pt oon, plus the B J Lynch Coal Company, The Delphia Coal Company, and others.
Aaron Watkins, Prohibition party presidential nominee, will tour Connecticut by automobile starting October 6 from the New York line to the Rhode Island border. Address schedules are being finalized. The Prohibition state ticket should be completed about October 12.
Brecklin news from October 4 reports Bracklys pitchers yielded 28 home runs this season. Sherry Smith, a left-hander, pitched the full season without allowing an earned run in a lone case.
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