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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1920
Page
3
An old advertisement extols genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross on the tab and directions for colds headaches toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism and general pain. Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets cost only a few cents, larger packages available from druggists.
The notice urges sufferers to stay off damp ground and keep feet dry, drink water, and take a spoonful of salts to curb uric acid. It explains rheumatism as uric acid buildup from the bowels and blood, worsened by cold, and prescribes four ounces of Radium salts nightly for a week and Jad Salts as a lithia beverage to aid kidneys and eliminate acid.
Representative Clarence F. Lea denounces a Frear sub committee report on US aircraft in World War I. He argues American output was strong, citing 11,760 planes and 30,690 engines built, with 16,831 planes total and 275,000 pounds of explosives dropped. He credits US effort with enabling Allied air power and refutes claims of waste or failure.
A grand ceremony marks the corner stone laying for the Salvation Army building on Elm Street next Monday at 11 o clock. Brigadier William Andrews of Hartford will oversee services, Mayor Wilson gives the opening address, and the inscription proclaims A man may be down, but he is never out. The facility should be ready by May 1 with a public waiting room offices relief rooms gymnasium for youth and a large top floor auditorium. The influenza school closure notes a redeeming feature in the kid crowd.
A report notes a prophet claiming the second coming and Christian teachings near a Burma Assam frontier area. Authorities monitor his followers and movement, amid watchful waiting by officials at headquarters. The piece mentions historical Oxford expulsions tied to Methodism and a London co op strike ending oddly.
An advertisement urged readers to buy Wendell's Pills Ambition Brand at Hindle Pharmacy and Hartigan Drug Store for nervousness fatigue and overindulgence. It promises improvement within three days and a money back plan for relief from nervous system ailments, insomnia, and loss of appetite.
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