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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1920
Page
10
Peking reports May 11 that Germany aims to reestablish commercial and diplomatic ties with China. Berlin reportedly assures China it will accept treaty clauses and privileges, while promising not to confiscate German property. A stray note on women stealing towels from hotels appears in the same text.
An old advertisement stresses authentic Bayer Aspirin with the Bayer Cross on both the packaging and tablets. It touts relief for colds pain headaches toothaches and rheumatic conditions and notes physicians have prescribed Bayer for over eighteen years. The ad mentions small twelve-tablet tins and larger packages sold by druggists, and explains aspirin as Bayer’s trademark.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless, inexpensive corn remover. It promises instant relief from hard and soft corns and calluses with simple application, claiming no pain or irritation and noting the product as the discovery of a Cincinnati genius.
Weather conditions spark nasal troubles like postnasal congestion and hay fever. Prominent men endorse Kotox marketed as Kotex, claiming it clears the head and improves breathing, eating, and sleep. Available at druggists.
The advertisement states blood poverty hinders cell repair and disease resistance, noting blood carries oxygen to all cells. It promotes Father John’s Medicine as natural nourishment, drug free, suitable for blood nerves brain and other tissues, claiming over sixty years in use and urging readers to obtain a bottle today.
Several funeral services were held yesterday for Mrs. Sarah A Barrett infant Louis Lamedica Mrs Josephine Tucker Mrs Amanda Larkin and Mrs Annie Dollard. Services were conducted at multiple churches and burials followed in St Michaels cemetery with multiple bearers listed. Surviving relatives include a daughter, son and siblings.
Henry W. Cornwall funeral held yesterday afternoon at 2 from Green street Milford home with Rev G L Knolimyer officiating. Burial Milford cemetery. Harriet E Cummings died yesterday at Bridgeport hospital. services Wednesday at 2:30 at Lieberum Heaphy mortuary chapel. Burial Lake view cemetery. Sarah J Bailey died yesterday at her son William Bailey's home 57 Ash street after months of illness. Funeral Wednesday at 2:30 at H A Remington mortuary chapel. Burial Pari cemetery.
Major Alfred Atoe announces limited vacancies at Camp Grant Rockford Illinois beginning June 1. Intensive courses in automotive electrical building textile metal highway construction topography music machine business and agriculture. Enlistments for three years in any arm except air service motor transport corps and chemical warfare service. Information at Army Recruiting Station 925 Main Street Bridgeport.
Game Warden Wilbur A. Smith spoke to the Hall Home Girls Club on wild flowers in the vicinity. He showed colored slides of flowers in their natural colors and urged protecting Connecticut's state flower the laurel. He cited Roosevelt’s example and discussed local hummingbird images from the exhibit.
The notice outlines a May sale on seasonable merchandise including domestics like sheets and pillow cases, dress goods such as ginghams and voiles, kitchen utensils, laundry items, underwear, hosiery, millinery, and shoes. It highlights low prices on lace edgings, and features novelty items like Log Cabin Pecan Rolls and Mohawk Trail sugar, with multiple price points indicated for various items.
Read's offers handkerchiefs with sixteenth inch hems, ornamented linens, and a range of bath and toiletry items. The sale also features three hundred pairs of White Shoes, kids clothing including Oliver Twist style wash suits, Girls' Dresses, Creepers, and discounted veiling, with round thread weave embroidery material and slip-on veils on sale.
A report notes an 185F publication and a baby red fox seen in a daisy field. The lecture, given through Mrs iDeVere's courtesy, drew Warner Clab members who showed interest ahead of the Saturday hiking parties for wild flowers.
In Brooklyn and at the Polo Grounds last Sunday Casey Stengel of the Phillies and Boeckel of the Boston Braves were each fined for unsportsmanlike conduct during games. Killefer was ordered from a prior incident and sent back. The season’s fighting instinct in sports draws debate among managers and fans.
Chicago May 11 Charles BR Brown dean of Yale University school of religion argues that every real man has the instinct to fight and that people pay more to watch prize fights than any other entertainment. He says he has always been interested in these contests though he has never seen a pugilistic encounter.
National League president John A Heydler moved to curb rowdy behavior by fining Cubs catcher Bill Killefer $50 for holding up a game and using a maneuver deemed unsportsmanlike after recent umpire reports.
Cambridge, May 11 Harvard track team defeated MIT on Tech Field yesterday, 65 to 44. The meet proceeded amid heavy rain, with several events completed under wet conditions.
An old advertisement outlines bed bug biology and a product called P D Q or Pesky Devils Quietus. It claims seven eggs daily, hatching in five days, two thirds female, maturation in four weeks, and poses a hypothetical yearly growth. The ad touts P D Q as an egg-killing solution for bed bugs roaches fleas and ants, with pricing, patent claim, and distribution through drug stores and mail order.
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