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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1920
Page
7
The Bayer Company explains proper directions for taking Aspirin with one or two glasses of water after each dose. Genuine Bayer Tablets show the Bayer Cross, and the package lists uses including colds headache toothache rheumatism and general pain. Small tin boxes hold twelve tablets at low cost and larger packages are sold by druggists.
A Sylvan Crest Improvement Association meeting at Mr. Freedman’s vacant Sylvan store drew about 100 property owners. They seek city water, a school for 400 local children, street repairs on Trumbull Road Reservoir Avenue and Sylvan Avenue, and better lighting. Officials from the aldermen board and board of education promised to help, with a school site investigation underway. Next meeting is Tuesday June 1 with Aldermen McCormack and Martin set to speak. Vincent Whitney spoke on community work and praised the association’s turnout.
Ad claims Freezone instantly relieves pain by applying to corns and calluses, then allows lifting the corn away without soreness. It markets a small bottle sold by druggists for a few cents, touting a Cincinnati genius behind the product.
Milford health official Dr. Willis S. Putney is elected president of the Connecticut Homeopathic Medical association at Hartford. Seymour visitors lead a Mary Taylor Memorial church initiation with spirited ritual and choir. George W. Dayton dies aged 81 in Devon. funeral today. Mrs Susan A. Hine of Woodmont dies at 88. funeral at Evergreen New Haven. Needlework Guild hosts sewing class at Miss Sarah O Connor 68 Gulf Street. Mrs George W. Carrington’s body returns from Brooklyn for interment. First church Christian Endeavor plans May Work event. G A R meeting at town hall slated for 7:30 with local clergymen and Dr Simonson speaking. Ackenash Tribe Red Men announce July exposition poster and dates July 5 to 10.
The Waterville school civics class under Miss Ann McNamara visited the Naturalization Court, led by Federal Examiner Allen Church, where Judge Howard J. Curtis saw five early cases dismissed or continued as applicants showed gaps in knowledge of US and Connecticut history. One applicant claimed George Washington discovered America.
A health advertisement touts a periodic drink to flush kidneys and maintain urinary tract health. It urges high water intake and a citric salt beverage called Jad Baits to stimulate kidney activity and relieve backache.
A historical home remedy ad offers a quart of bug killer called P. D. Q for bedbugs roaches fleas and mites. It claims eggs are killed and promises safe use in hotels hospitals and homes with a two fifty price for a five gallon size and prepaid mailing from Owl Chemical Co Terre Haute Indiana.
Mrs. Irma Steinberger widow of Dr. Maurice Steinberger petitions the Probate Court to postpone administration of her late husband’s estate until peace is declared with Austria-Hungary. The estate is valued at $26,000 and she resides in the former Austria-Hungary empire.
Washington officials seek to calm panicky fears about bread supplies and outline expectations for a bumper U S wheat crop after government price support ends on June 1. If weather cooperates, U S yields should exceed average while Europe lifts crop prospects, easing import concerns.
Brussels May 19 American competitors and visitors to the Antwerp Olympic Games may want to tour Europe after the event. A diplomatic secretary says rushing foreign visas is difficult and costly, with fixed fees and in‑person forms at legations. Athletes should obtain French and English visas before leaving the United States.
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