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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1920
Page
3
The article notes a rising Latin American love for music with phonographs prayer pianos mandolins and guitars. It cites 1918 US sales of musical instruments records and perforated rolls to the southland totaling 2 630 000 including thousands of pianos player pianos organs and phonographs.
An old advertisement touts Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as genuine and safe for colds and pain. It instructs buyers to say Bayer and highlights the product's long safety record, with 12 tablets in a tin and larger packages available.
Rheumatism attacks all alike and thrives in damp cold. Use Rad Salts daily before breakfast to flush uric acid, claim better kidney action, and ease joints. Jan Salia drink from grape and lemon acid mix is offered as harmless relief.
Wendell's Pills Ambition Brand advertised as the real nerve tonic for nervous people. Box priced at 60 cents with refunds from Findie’s Pharmacy and Hartigan stores if dissatisfied. Claims to aid debility, nervous disorders, low mood, and nerves worn by overindulgence or overwork. Ad promotes nationwide availability and satisfaction guarantee.
Linonine supplies nourishment and food that hunger uses to run down the body. It restores strength to those with grip colds wasting diseases. Four bottles build up, one serves as a particularly helpful medicine.
W B Colver chairman of the Federal Trade Commission warns the Tri State Wholesale Growers Association that foreign exchange rates threaten export industries. He argues Europe should fund recovery via American securities to restore balance and lower prices and taxes, urging repeal of the excess profits tax to ease the price structure across citizens.
The article forecasts a surge in transatlantic travel to Europe this spring and summer, led by Britain and France. Passport restrictions are expected to ease by June 1, and American ships will rely on four U.S. liners and two Red Star vessels. Prohibition and high prices drive voyages, with a rough minimum fare of $110 and about $200 for larger ships.
Irving S. Metzler of East River National Bank pitches an international trade clearing house to balance world exports and imports without moving credit. He envisions trust receipts backed by gold reserves, enabling gold basis pricing and reducing exchange risk as nations gradually adopt an organized, nonprofit global mechanism.
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