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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1920
Page
9
A blaze at Milford Gulf yesterday morning at 9 o clock burned wharf structures and fifty tons of coal. Connecticut Oyster Farms company reported damage around 500 dollars with several tons of coal lost to the flames. much coal salvageable from the water.
Sheds and freight houses on Montreal wharves display warnings to sailors not to desert their ships. In Canada’s largest port, desertions are blamed on cheap western rail fares, rising wages, and whiskey as enticements.
Dr Williams Medicine Co of Schenectady offers a free booklet What to Eat and How to Eat to ease indigestion nervous dyspepsia and stomach troubles. The ad promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills non alcoholic stomach tonic to enrich blood restore appetite and aid digestion with instructions to order by mail if not available locally.
In Leighton Buzzard, a drive to censor epitaphs grows as tombstones reveal varied verses from solemn to humorous. The town clerk seeks approval from the burial board, while stonemasons copy faithfully yet misspellings persist. Orthodoxy debates rise with a new Bible in the hands of officials.
Miss Henrietta McKnaghan, Portland reporter, abandons the beaten path for a vacation climb. Dressed in men's attire with a pack, she journeys by train, port, stage, canoe, and on foot toward the Olympic range, aiming to cross the mountains this summer.
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