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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1923
Page
7
Paris reports two audacious thieves looted the ivory palace of Versailles last night, stealing two valuable tapestries weighing 140 pounds and measuring 15 by 20 feet. They cut windows with a diamond and escaped with The Beige of Dout and Lows Fourteenth's Entrance Into Dun. Police have mobilized a full detective brigade to recover the items.
Governor-General Leonard Wood leads Brigadier General Tassel Crame and staff for a Mindanao visit to assess Moro tensions. He will interview provincial governors and Moro chieftains to gain first hand information while stressing focus on local disturbances. Government aims to show capacity before any policy changes. Legislative leaders oppose delaying the Wood Budget.
Bridgeport Hospital receives national recognition from the American College of Surgeons as it installs radium emission and X ray equipment to treat cancer. Superintendent Dr John Gresnahan notes the facility aims to be the finest between New York and Boston, with enhanced nursing training and private rooms.
Chief Jamey T Walsh, junior officer of the Joe navy recruiting, was appointed head of the station after Chief Townsend GC moved to New Haven. Chief Walsh will be aided by Chief Machin e Mate Herbert Jackson and Mate Class Cook George M, who arrived to assume duties today.
Danbury report states Leroy W Chapman appointed county farm agent to replace Charles Clark who resigns November 10. Chapman, a Connecticut Agricultural College Storrs graduate, served as superintendent of large farms in the Viet area and is married to a former bureau secretary.
New Haven report: an unnamed elderly man near death in a city hospital after ingesting poison. Police and doctors found only partial leads, including a stray Waterbury tag and the oddly spoken words Orang J. The victim, about six decades old, was found in City Point park by medical students.
In New Haven on October 21 Judge Thomas fined four liquor defendants. C H Bowers of Providence paid 25 for transportation, machine ordered forfeited. Giuseppe notalmaye received 250 for aiding a stranger with brandy. John Glickw of Waterbury fined 200 for whiskey. Martin Norton of Waterbury cafe keeper 200 for two quarts of whiskey found last May.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable laxative substitute for calomel. It links yellow skin, poor appetite and bad taste to bile issues and claims the tablets cleanse bowels without dangerous effects. The ad mentions olive color tablets and urges readers to buy the product in boxed form.
Ad claims Musturine relieves rheumatism stiffness and backache overnight, easing joints and muscles. It touts general soothing benefits for chest throat and lung congestion, with a yellow box dose and a 60 cent price, urging readers to buy the original product.
An advertisement extols Zen Saap and Zeng OINUh products promising quick relief for itching eczema and skin ailments. It targets persistent skin conditions with claims of penetrating action and rapid effect, urging readers to try the remedy.
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