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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1921
Page
5
An old advertisement touts Bowles Red Pepper Rub as a fast remedy for colds, chest tightness, congestion, and aches. It claims penetrating heat from red peppers provides immediate relief within minutes and urges readers to buy at any drug store.
New York December 23 Philippine independence advocate Mise Josephine Kremser argues in an interview that Filipino head hunters and Western stalking of women share motive and asserts Filipinos seek self rule. She urges unbiased U S study, notes strong Philippine banks and warns against stereotyping by museums or press.
San Francisco reports a rise in hobos on western rails with a new generation aged twenty to thirty. Dan O Connell of the largest western railroad notes October see 20034 hobos leavetrains, fatalities rising. R J Clancy warns of dangers of trespassing and ride stealing. The piece ends with a note on the fandango origin from Spanish Moorish influence.
Albert Barral applied to the County Game Warden for a bounty after shooting and killing a wolf prowling near the new Los Angeles high school. The animal measured four and a half feet nose to tail and weighed about 160 pounds, with local pets and poultry reported missing nearby.
A Worcester style advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound to darken gray hair at home with a dampened sponge or brush. It promises full gray coverage by morning after one or two applications and frames gray hair as a sign of age to urge purchase. A separate memorial notice from White Plains details a $9,500 monument for war dogs buried in the Hartsdale Canine cemetery, the nation’s only dedicated dog burial ground.
Chicago notes that Moris Heilborn a veteran merchant left 50000 to Miss Jane Addams and his body to Rush Medical College for scientific use. The will forbids funeral services and directs preservation or burning of the skeleton after medical use. Heilborn a bachelor and atheist made the unusual bequest amid a year end death.
A national claim warns against meat for kidney health. An authority urges daily use of Rad Salts with water to flush kidneys, noting grapes and lemon juice acids neutralize urine and relieve urinary and bladder disorders. The tonic is presented as inexpensive and easy to use every morning.
A New York report details Amelis Wood Binning of East Orange New Jersey finding her husband in Syracuse after a ten year search, only to learn he is married to another woman and is under bail for bigamy. Other items note court sentences for love related crimes, shifting marriage statistics, and curious anecdotes about courtships and separations.
City engineers solved the control problem where rails meet streets by using asphaltic concrete on a heavy black adobe base. Crushed rock was rolled to six inches, ties surrounded, nine inch base, then four-inch asphaltic surface mixed with stone sand and asphalt cement. Completed in 1916, it required no maintenance for six years.
Emeline jealously recalls romance while Julia dreams of stardom in The Amazons. Mark, rising from office boy to trusted aide at Pomeroy and Parke, eyes wealth and status through hard work. Family tensions, youthful ambition, and the pull between love and duty frame a slice of small town theater life.
Detroit December 28 The Ford Motor Company plans to start a factory in Germany for automobile production for Germany, Russia and other Eastern European markets. Charles E Sorenson is in London awaiting departure to Germany to arrange details. A plant will be bought in Germany adaptable to automobile manufacture, with output and workforce figures not yet announced.
In Yorkville Ohio on December 28 a local family sold its little daughter's curls for 35 to obtain money for food. The sale was reported by F A Nunley as the town faced idle time at the tin plate plant due to a strike.
In Dublin Georgia on December 28 a local IN S report notes Cain Foreman, a Black farmer, showing a second pecan crop and an apple crop on one tree this season. Both crops were nearly matured and indicate strong farm productivity in the area.
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