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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1918
Page
4
In Ansonia on October 23 Rasanki and Mike Drula were each held on $1500 bonds in the city court for an alleged assault on John Mavelikiz who lies at the origin hospital with a four inch wound in his neck. The wound is not dangerous and the cases were continued until next Monday.
Health officer Dr Wallar Tl. Wie tut Wasse WHnPort suffers an ankle injury during a hillside incident while aiding in epidemic response. The event hinders his heavy workload and worsens the already trying conditions of outbreak control. Community notices report local officials and residents reacting to the incident amid ongoing health efforts.
Public health authorities urge immediate care at first symptoms of fever and aches. A suggested home remedy kit includes guidance on hydration, warmth, and rapid treatment to curb spread, with warnings against delaying care during outbreaks.
Fragmented OCR text discusses aging and facial appearance with garbled phrases. While many words are unclear, the piece hints at tips or methods to look younger than one’s actual age, mentioning facial features and possibly cosmetic ideas.
Letters from Chirtes and William Martin of West Bark Avenue Stratford report good health and wartime duty. Charles joined SLTCU in 1917 and William to the American expeditionary forces after the July enlistment. Both brothers served with the American war effort and were stationed overseas, one with the contigents guarding the front in October last year.
Town notices report a meeting tonight at the armory to prepare for a wartime parade and war work drive. Voters and town officials attend shadowed by illness, with deaths and a flu epidemic affecting the community.
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels denounces “American Junkers” in a New Haven speech to Worcester factory workers. He links postwar policy to Wilson’s fourteen points, warns against a Republican Congress undermining social justice, and predicts equitable labor capital ties and a new era of national leadership after the war.
Winchester's Repeating Arms plans a major reorganization to cover 3.4 million dollars in operating costs and plant expansion. A new 13 million dollar stock issue will create 10 million in cumulative first preferred, 2 million non-cumulative, and 1.08 million common stock. holders of current preferred will exchange into the new preferred at seven and a half shares per one. Isidder Penabody Co and associates will receive 2.4 million first preferred, 2 million second preferred and 1.99 million common in exchange for 3 million dollars working capital. Common stock retains voting rights. first preferred becomes voting when dividends fall behind. The move is framed as a reorganizational step to secure funds and expand production.
Mrs Ort 25, Mrs Ghiulys Dunn wife of Atlin Pun Lhe Weiter arraigned in district court after being charged with shooting J. Allen Jones, her son, at home in Lenox on August 1. Dunn pleaded not guilty and was held under 8000 bond for trial on November 12. Since the shooting she has been in Northampton hospital. doctors report she is not insane but has impulse to commit self harm.
A price cut was agreed by the price fixing committee war industry board and the hide discussion to reduce packers prices by one cent per pound for November and December and one cent per pound on count hides. For January the plan calls for a two cent reduction on packers hides and one and a half cents on country hides.
An old advertisement touts Ambition Pills as a tonic for vigor and vitality. It claims benefits for nervous prostration and overwork, promising refunds of purchase price if unsatisfied. Sold for twenty cents at the Hirde Pharmacy and by dealers nationwide.
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