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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1918
Page
14
General Edwards the 26th Division will be recalled from the front to rest for future engagements. General Peyton C. March announced Edwards leaving the line after Chauteau Thierry and credited him with contributing to the German retreat since early summer.
A Greensboro, North Carolina advertisement warns druggists of a Vicks VapoRub oversold due to a Spanish influenza surge. It outlines shipping delays as shipments move to jobbers, urges small quantity orders, direct shipping to retail customers, and offers free influenza booklets.
Bridgeport became the first city east of the Mississippi to receive a shipment of English walnuts from California with 450 hundred pound sacks arriving Saturday. Market supervisor H.5. Schwenk notes onion prices have bottomed and are rising while California Valencia oranges sold for 14 a box, with Connecticut markets at 17 to 18 per box. Jamaica and Porto oranges fetch 10 to 12 per box, retailers paying 9 to 10 for southern stock as Florida oranges arrive green. Lemons rise to 11.75 to 12.50 a box as influenza declines may ease prices.
Stratford reports a group of 35 Bridgeport youths raided an orchard after a Derby football trip. They were detained at the police station, identified none, and released with a reprimand. Police vow to curb orchard thefts as guards are set by a local grower. Two pneumonia patients admitted. hospital securing staff and a nurse with a $50 donation from Raybestos aiding the new isolation hospital. Non commissioned officers named in State Guard Company L drill. Local residents noted on illness and visits.
After inspecting Bridgeport's new Public Welfare building at Main Street and Washington and Madison Avenues, Mayor Clifford B. Wilson invites all citizens to tour the facility tonight. He stresses it is the people’s building and should be seen to understand its purpose and needs.
The divorce trial of May Belle Smith Jackson versus Horace H. Jackson is postponed from tomorrow to November 6 due to illness. Mrs. Jackson accuses cruelty. he denies it. Judge H K Nicholson represents the wife. Thomas M. Cullinan the husband.
An old advertisement claims Pape's Cold Compound quickly relieves cold symptoms. It recommends taking a dose every two hours for three doses to open nasal passages, stop discharge, relieve headache and feverishness, and ease throat soreness. It stresses simple use, pleasant taste, and low cost at drug stores.
Three men will be sent under special orders to different branches of the national service by Draft Board 2 today. Earl Dp. Lockwood of 96 Hazelwood avenue goes to Garden City, I. I. to be come a member of the Aviation corps. Paul Wagstrom of 408 Laurel avenue will be sent to New York to join the navy. Fred J. Roth, now in New York City, will depart for Raleigh, N. Y. to join the Tank corps. Board 2 faced delays in mailing questionnaires to 18 year olds and those 36 to 45 due to clerical finese. Minute Women helpers expect all surveys mailed by midweek.
NEW MILFORD October 27 A special report says two men Howard Nettleton and Howard Peck escaped injury when their stalled automobile owned by George Soule hung on a railroad crossing. They leaped out as a passing train collided with the rear of the truck, causing damage but no serious harm.
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