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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1920
Page
7
An old ad touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as chewable relief for digestive upset. It claims the tablets neutralize stomach acid and aid digestion of starches like potatoes rice oatmeal and white flour. The copy urges keeping a cent box on hand to prevent indigestion.
Atlantic City reports from the American Electric Exposition where Philip H. Gadsden of Philadelphia urged adopting a service at cost plan for electric railways to restore credit. He cited Cleveland Street Railway wartime securities as proof the plan can provide fair returns while keeping fares at cost.
In New York on October 12 a solemn military Mass honored Terence MacSwiney Lord Mayor of Cork as Ireland’s hero. The Fighting Sixty-ninth Irish regiment attended at St Francis de Sales with war time elements, a guard, and veterans, while Rev James A Dunnigan led prayers praising MacSwiney as a hero and man of God.
The annual convention of Presbyterian Sunday school teachers in Fairfield County met at First Presbyterian Church in Myrtla4avenna and State street. About 100 representatives attended with afternoon addresses by Rev. Alexander Aligon Jr and others. Supper was served with H LT Road as toastmaster. In the evening Rev. William J Thayer spoke on A Chain Without a Broken Link and Prof George R Wells on The Fundamental Task of the Church School.
The Autocar reports plans to use maize cassava and sugar crops in the Pacific Islands especially British East Africa and Kenya to supply raw materials for power alcohol. It estimates production could meet global needs and cost about 12 cents per gallon of power alcohol.
Paris October 12 report describes a Pan American demonstration at the Allied club on Columbus Day with Dr Gagina de Cunha and Brazilian ambassador La France hosting a dinner in the American ambassador's hangar attended by Wallase and other diplomatic representatives of the Squish Ameren republic.
A storage tank in Cataronis County exploded today sending more than eleven thousand gallons of oil into the air and smoke. Firefighters battled the blaze through the afternoon as authorities investigated the cause.
Government efforts to enforce fixed pricing fail to curb shortages. Officials raid shops and private homes for vanished staples including potatoes pilchards rice salt sugar and bacon. Many hidden stocks seized and fines imposed though searches yield little result as living strains grow.
Leyden Holand marks tercentenary of Pilgrim Fathers departure. Charles Macfarland of New York delivered a sermon from the pulpit once used by Robinson. The Gothic St Peters church preserves the same setting as in Pilgrims era with the organ that once cheered the fathers still played for descendants at the memorial service.
Dr Jandore Dyer, dean of Tulare University medical school, renowned for work on leprosy and malignant diseases, died of heart disease at his New Orleans home, on October 12. He was widely cited for influential medical research.
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