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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1920
Page
4
After ten years of stomach trouble the woman found relief in a trial box of Fruit-a-tives. She continued taking the product for nearly a year and credits it with saving her life. The ad lists 5c a box or six for $2.50 and directs readers to Fruit-A-Tives Limited in Ogdensburg, New York.
At the United Forum, Sergeant Huth Farnam, just back from Serbia, described wartime conditions. She reported that only five percent of women could bear children and that many children as young as ten were victims. She warned poverty and disease, noting eye diseases and malnutrition threaten eighty-five percent of children, with twenty deaths since she began speaking.
Alderman Edward T. Hamilton chairs Liberty Memorial committee launching May 20 for a $750,000 building. Ground floor amphitheatre for 3 500 with wall inscriptions honoring Bridgeport war sacrifices. A second floor ballroom for 509 and a decorative scheme embodying the Spirit of America.
Star lefty Kuhmert returns to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute baseball squad along with vet players from last year. Goldwin, Jerry Lawyor, and Schermerhorn join to bolster the rotation and catching corps. The team opens April 16 at Hoboken versus Stevens with six home games against Syracuse Brooklyn Polytechnic, Worcester Tech, Hamilton, Manchester, and Westminster.
London dispatches report the murder of Thomas MacCurtain, Lord Mayor of Cork, as part of a week of unrest across Ireland. The event, condemned by newspapers, sparks fear of secret murder societies and a struggle between home rule critics and Irish leaders. No arrests or clues reported.
Buenos Aires reports Santiago despatches stating Chile answered the US note urging to prevent a Peru Bolivia conflict. Chile calls anti Peruvian demonstrations simple agitation by exalted elements and says mobilization is not contemplated. Chile hopes for peace and praises Bolivia for restraint while condemning Peru for alarms.
Ottawa reports demobilization of Canadian naval forces with exceptions for naval colleges and about 500 men. Esquimalt and Halifax dockyards to be dismantled, units at those ports disbanded, and cruisers Niobe and Rainbow to be sold. Headquarters staff to be affected amid ongoing naval policy debate and Jellicoe’s building-program recommendation.
Cornell baseball and crew candidates, long confined indoors, await open air drills. Crew crews lag in water launch versus prior years, with Coach Charles B. Courtney hoping for outdoor rowing by next week and five boats on the water through Easter vacation. Track will shift to Schoellkopf Field after vacation, as spring plans include Penn Relay Carnival in late April and a four game trip starting April 1.
Victoria restaurant owner Steve Tirana reported a burglary at 601 Howard Avenue last night. Thieves entered the business and took $5 from an unseen meter. A separate note mentions a cotton boom creating wealth for natives of Egypt.
More than 25000 was pledged yesterday at the Armory A. A. club rooms as Bridgeport’s Lithuanian drive neared its half quota. Over 2000 Lithuanians attended the mass meeting led by Sergeant Antenor Valeskis with Compensition Commissioner B. T. Buckingham and Lynn W. Wilson among speakers. Major Poulius Zadelkis of the Lithuanian mission spoke at a Stratfield banquet, noting a $5,000,000 U.S. Liberty bond issue for Lithuania, with Bridgeport targeting $50,000. Wilson urged League of Nations support and emphasized U.S. welcome of Lithuania as a new republic. The parade featured service men bearing a banner reading Lithuanian by birth, but in spirit and deed American.
Detroit secretary treasurer Bycraft announced May 1 start for all Detroit Boxing Club shows at Navin Field owner Frank Navin has agreed to host bouts there. Contemplated fights include Herman vs Sandow Sharkey vs Lynch Kilbane vs Walger Wilde rematch and Carpentier Dempsey potential bid. Snow removal experiment used plame throwers on New York drifts with poor results.
In a local tavern room fight late Saturday, Joseph McDonald of 63 Liberty Street hurled a rock breaking a plate glass window and a candy case. He was arrested and charged with breach of the cease and injury to property, and he forfeited bonds by failing to appear for trial in city court.
A fragmentary summary notes a Saturday fracas linked to a McDonald associate over heat with a char. It mentions Peru's centennial in 2921 and Poland regaining a port for a brief period, marking a nautical revival after 148 years.
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