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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1927
Page
11
Underweight men and women are urged to use McCoy's Tablets to gain flesh and strength. The ad claims rapid improvement, a money back guarantee after four boxes, and stresses the tablets as a safe, inexpensive tonic available through druggists nationwide.
A testimonial claims Tanlac restores health for indigestion and digestive ailments. William H Champagne of Worcester reports three days of treatment restored strength, appetite, sleep, and vigor while promising a money back guarantee. The ad emphasizes natural ingredients and a low per dose cost, noting 52 million bottles used.
An advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as a powerful cure for severe itching of skin and scalp, claiming tens of thousands see relief overnight and urging readers to buy a 34 cent box at any drug store.
A United States Commerce Department survey with the New England Council notes that nearly one third of the nation's fur felt hats come from New England. It covers plant lifespans, location factors near Boston, raw material sources outside the region, wage methods, and sales shifts with data on exports and brand shares across fur felt, straw, and hat and cap groups.
The August issue of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry notes a German cartel, Interessengemeinschaft, forming with British manufacturers in a suspected plan for a European chemical trust. It reports Louisiana natural gas field property acquisitions and cites evidence of British and German chemical cooperation despite denials.
Leningrad report says four Russian noblemen, Alexander Soisky Vasilli Samokoff Nicolas Stroevoy and Alexander Bal myeants, were sentenced to death by shooting after conviction for throwing a bomb at a Communist meeting injuring several. Alfred Aceh, a Kyiv citizen, was sentenced to ten years imprisonment.
A dense listing of hourly radio programs and musical acts across stations in New York and nearby markets. Entries name performers like Kirin's Serenaders, Waldorf Astoria Dinner Musica, and Ruth Montgomery, plus stock market segments, weather reports, and theatre music. The long schedule mixes talks, concerts, weather, concerts, and news throughout the day.
Dr. James P. Chapin and B. L. Sage of the American Museum report discovering huge ice fields about 60 miles from the equator at 15 400 feet elevation after exploring the Infty Ruwengzort range and Kavi volcanoes in Africa and the East Congo. They collected 2 500 stuffed birds and many mammals for the museum.
Alfred Borneman of Irvington New Jersey dies of heart failure aboard a train returning from his honeymoon. Bride, two weeks married, is hospitalized after the shock. The couple married in Newark and planned one final train change before reaching home in Irvington. In Maine Benjamin H Turner, convicted of murder, remains jailed awaiting transport to begin life sentence after hunger strike following denial of appeal.
Westboro Massachusetts Sept 94 Lieutenant George B Lindsey thirty a fire department member was fatally injured while answering a chimney fire alarm. His own machine was struck by a fire truck driven by Howard Hogan throwing Lindsey into the street. He was picked up unconscious and taken to Worcester hospital where he died shortly after from internal injuries.
Genoa Pisa and Rome prepare for arrival of American Legionnaires led by Commander Ravage. They will tour Columbus home in Genoa, visit Lac Rossore royal summer house, and reach Rome to be welcomed by authorities and ex combatants. In Rome they plan prayers with Pope Mussolini and tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
In Bluefield West Virginia on September 35, policeman husband Gertrude Williams testified that he killed prohibition chief N. Dillon in self defense. The car carried Williams’s wife, who bore five children, altering the unwritten law defense widely supported by onlookers. He admitted firing the shot, claiming he did not know his wife was present.
Mrs Harriet Boyden Ford, 90, longtime resident of Bagot Main Street, died Friday at her son Harry I. Ford’s home in Lynbrook New York. She was mother of the late Theodore B Ford of Scofield and Ford and wife of Daniel M Ford a former East Side alderman and Democratic figure. Survived by son Harry and daughter Mary Ford Dunn a former local teacher. Funeral services were private.
An essay contrasts the joyous claim of home safety with harsh family realities. It follows a child presenting a dead bird to a mother misjudging the moment, then shifts to Elizabeth Montgomery Jones and a tense home scene after a newly born Mercy baby. The piece probes how security at home often dissolves into dread and misunderstanding, urging true refuge for every child.
Samuel Lewis Shank, former Mayor of Indianapolis, died suddenly of heart disease. He had appeared recently as a witness at the trial of Mayor John L. Duval, who was convicted of violating the corrupt practices act.
A broken wheel on a southbound freight train derailed six cars and disrupted the single track of the Southern Vermont railway between New London and Stafford. Wrecking crews from Brattleboro and New Haven repair yards labored to clear the engine tender and cars all day and night. The accident near Tilden crossing tore up 700 feet of roadbed while engineer Gormley and fireman Byers were thrown from the cab but uninjured.
Funeral services were held for Charles A. Paul former Bridgeport United Illuminating Co. city manager at Read Memorial chapel with Hamilton Commandery Knights Templar in charge of the services and burial. He was a 33rd degree Mason Odd Fellow and Twilight club charter member. pallbearers included A Kraft J Weibel Harry Husted Robert Beers Charles Logan Robert Hurley Judge Carl Foster and John Haviland.
New Haven Sept 25. An accidental fall in a Branford restaurant where Clyde Watts, 32, was employed led to his hospitalization at Grace Hospital. Hours earlier doctors disclosed Watts was suffering from pneumonia. It is not yet clear if Watts died from the fall or the illness, and he reportedly did not know he had pneumonia.
Cleveland reader Mrs. M. Rees relates postpartum weight loss and ongoing illness until she used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After four bottles she weighs 116 pounds and performs housework without trouble, praising the remedy's life changing effect. The ad promotes health as wealth and positions the product as a good fairy for better health.
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