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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1923
Page
6
Boston, Oct 24: Fire Marshal George Neal approved a specially constructed motor truck for safe highway transport of explosives. The vehicle features three air spaces, automatic locking doors, emergency key, and a guarded exhaust, with markings and flags displayed only when carrying explosives.
A testimonial from Robert George Laws, a retired London broker, credits gland pills with restoring health and vigor to youth. The ad promotes Glandogen, a glandular tonic in tablet form from young animal glands, advertised at Hindle Drug Stores on Main and State streets with mail order service.
A long forgotten package found on a high shelf in the U S House records room contains letters from George Washington and other Revolutionary figures. The papers show Col Robert Hanson Harrison as Washington's aide and reveal how Harrison narrowly declined a Supreme Court appointment due to health. The discovery may prompt biographical revisions for several cited figures.
Near Centennial in the Cony Creek area, veteran prospector Jacob Schnitzler reports a native platinum ore discovery. Denver assayers confirm platinum content once thought negligible, with tests showing high value and accompanying copper minerals. The find, if verified, marks a major mining milestone near the Medene Bow range.
Three Bridgeport youths at Yale, Herbert Louis Cohen Forhard Galen Osborn and Joseph Schwarz, receive junior class honors among other Yale juniors. They are listed in the junior appointments, confirming their recognized status.
Patsy Ross of 77 Hamilton Avenue was arrested on East Main Street Saturday night for driving a motorcycle without headlights.
In Vienna the chancellor Dr. Seipel faces questions on Geneva agreement and Austrian taxation. He defends the Geneva pact, notes increased indirect taxes and land taxes, and cites loans funding telegraph and telephony projects to boost employment. He says the loan aims at productive use, not just deficit cover.
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