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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1918
Page
24
Washington October 17 Fourth Liberty loan subscriptions total an estimated four billion dollars, with headquarters tabulations at 3 607 597 350. Two days remain to raise the remaining two billion dollars. McAdoo says there is no reason why the loan should not be oversubscribed as workers nationwide are urged to subscribe before the deadline.
Accord to reports last night the undertakers request Sunday funerals during the Spanish influenza epidemic to reduce health risks. They argue keeping bodies longer causes more sickness and urge cooperation of authorities to allow Sunday burials amid the epidemic.
For real effectiveness this old homemade remedy has no equal. Easily prepared and cheap, it claims to conquer a bad cough quickly. Mix 105 coughs worth of Pine extract with soda and sugar to make a pint, add molasses or honey if desired, and take. It soothes air passages, eases coughing, and is praised for bronchitis and related ailments.
A fragmented ad style item touts Banana Peel Gets It as a corn remover. It hints at simple steps and cautions like applying, wearing shoes, and rubbing the area to ease toe pain. Names unspecific. Chicago and MW appear as stray places.
Washington reports an official German protest to the State Department through the Swiss legation against Americanizing German owned business concerns ships and property. It asserts German property losses threaten its economic existence. Plans for Americanization by sale to Americans valued around three hundred million dollars loom, with total enemy property taken near seven to eight hundred million dollars. Unofficial figures estimate American property seized by Germany at about forty million dollars.
A pin boy at the Santa Ymmelito YMCA bowling alleys sustained a fractured right shoulder while setting pins yesterday evening. He slipped while climbing out of the pit at the end of the alley and fell, injuring his shoulder. First aid was given by T. J. Coyle, and he was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital. Fame hush text follows on unrelated government finance announcements.
Lieut Aldo Mazzini of the 1dth Bersaglieri regiment leads 46 Bersaglieri who came to Mridgepo on Wednesday. He wears two medals of valor and has been wounded three times. He spoke at the armory about the invasion into Hales last October by Austrians and Cormans, and how Italian soldiers halted the enemy at the Traverse river.
New York City and surrounding counties push the Fourth Liberty bond drive past 1.9 billion dollars with nightly unofficial totals. Metro life insurance and New York Life Federation company subscrip tions are not yet included in official counts. A separate incident reports Mike Deigo, 28, of Gosford injured after being thrown from a wagon on North Avenue and treated at Emergency Hospital.
In Carnegie Hall New York Oct 17 William Howard Taft urged Americans to demand unconditional surrender from Germany. He warned it could prolong the war and cost more than negotiated peace. Taft read a resolution pledging full support for the fourth district loan as a condition for continued backing. The audience, all loan subscribers, pledged additional millions in donations.
Washington October 17 The War Fuel Administrator eased lighting restrictions on Liberty Loan advertising. Street signs outdoor meetings and all campaign instruments will be exempt for the remainder of the drive. The order, issued at the request of Secretary McAdoo, follows the noonday directive from the White House.
Amsterdam dispatch reports German military communications stating orders to cease devastation of places unless needed for defensive reasons. The note implies some property loss during retreat is unavoidable, especially from bombardments by enemy artillery. Hungary moves toward independence as parliament debates a declaration, with Berlin and Copenhagen sources cited.
Greenwich reports the death of Corporal Edward A. Washburn in Cleveland, Ohio, from influenza and pneumonia. He led Greenwich High School’s science department from February 1915 until enlisting, a Colby College graduate of 1913 who excelled in football and baseball.
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