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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1927
Page
10
A fragmentary ad-like notice invites readers to try Cystex with a 48 hour test in drugstores. It promises improved sleep and energy if effective and offers a money back guarantee if not. The copy uses misspellings and garbled phrases but centers on a health claim and trial offer.
An advertisement promotes a free trial of a method to relieve asthma and hay fever symptoms. It targets all ages and climates, offering a no cost trial to hopeless cases where inhalers and other remedies failed. Readers are urged to mail the coupon for the trial at the Frontier Building address in Buffalo, New York.
An advertisement touts McCoy's Tablets as a top health aid promising rapid weight gain and improved looks. Claims include a 10 pound gain in 22 days for women and a guaranteed money refund if unsatisfied, with distribution through druggists nationwide.
An old-time advertisement touts Saxe Tea and Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound as affordable gray hair darkeners. It claims quick results, restoring color by morning and adding luster, with ready-made product sold for 75 cents.
Women in banking plan to gain from the joint Houston convention of the American Bankers Association and the Association of Bank Women. The women’s group, with 904 members in 32 states, aims to exchange contracts and discussions with male bankers while maintaining their own leadership and events.
The American Institute of Banking marks its tenth year with classes at Bridgeport High School Room 105. Open to outsiders and bank employees, courses run by Professor Wesley A. Sturges cover Advanced Analysis of Financial Statements at 5 50 and Business Law at 7 30. Graduation requires four years of study. local enrollment here reaches 120 with the institute totaling about 60 000.
Recent political changes in China extend social and political rights to 300,000 people once considered outcasts. Descendants of Mongol garrison troops left after the Yuan dynasty collapse in 1368, they were barred from intermarriage and education for centuries. They work as barbers, tailors, chair carriers, and rickshaw coolies.
Practical guide urges proper hygiene at onset of sore throat. Rids antiseptic gargles, recommends rest and fluids, tepid baths, and careful monitoring for diphtheria. Includes breathing exercises, diet notes, and Q&A on arm exercises bread with meals and incipient tuberculosis.
Perry Walton of New York discovered a book in a Newcastle on Tyne shop containing a handwritten message from James Watt dated 16 July 1818. The note warns Mr J Weston not to remove the book from his possession before its publication. Watt, inventor of the high power steam engine, had added notes and revisions to the work.
A daily paper published by Scotland Yard links the detective HQ with all British police departments. It carries inside information on recent crimes and descriptions of persons of interest. Copies are confidential and not accessible to the general public or unaffiliated individuals.
Readers are invited to write Dr. Frank McCoy at the Bridgeport Telegram with intimate problems and will receive a personal reply. Do not enclose a self addressed envelope if a personal reply is desired. Letters should be addressed to Dr Frank McCoy Bridgeport Telegram.
In Morrill Maine on October 18, Mrs Abbie Merrill Merriam about fifty four sat with a quilt on the floor and cut both ankles with an axe then bled to death. Family found her with husband Hermen Merriam and seven children present. A temporary insanity episode was believed to have caused the act.
A French chemist, TM. Jotlivet-Castelet, claims a 1100 degree process to create gold from a mix of six grams pure silver two grams yellow silver two grams antimony one gram orpiment and one gram tin. Silver and antimony are added during heating. the liquid is washed with water and ammonia, then filtered to yield a gold deposit.
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