New Comer Letter Critiques Bridgeport City Politics
A Springfield observer writes to the Bridgeport Farmer praising civic pride while condemning local contract practices. He cites pat ent pavement bidding, bonded debt, and repeated relaying, urging independent civic groups and voter vigilance to curb corrupt governance. The author contrasts Bridgesport’s reform-minded newcomers with a divided, minority-supported current government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Springfield
Ringfield
Bridgeport Farmer
Connecticut Avenue
Massachusetts
Whiter
Idgeport
Sacredness of Personality Ends Lynching in Southern Thought
A long address by W. D. Weatherford argues lynching fails to curb crime and corrupts society. He calls for prompt justice, anti race prejudice crusades, white and Black cooperation, and a profound respect for human personality to erase lynching and uphold law.
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Waco
Texas
W. D. ‘Weatherford
Southern Sociological Congress
New Orleans
America
South
Cutler
Green County
North Carolina
Bridgeport Housing Calms Growing Pains Rise in Homes Planned
The Courant notes Bridgeport faces housing strain from rapid growth as Remington Arms builds worker homes and the Chamber seeks 500 dwellings at 3000 to 4000 dollars each. Private builders plan hundreds more, with ashore cottages rented early and families doubling up while roomers arrive. The city’s housing situation improves but remains tight.
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Courant
Bridgeport
Remington Arms & Ammunition Company
Chamber of Commerce
Philadelphia
Freight Clerks Strike Averts Potential Disruption At New Haven
The freight clerks state their recent struggle led to a tie up at New Haven and credit for a public welfare concession. Managers and clerks agreed terms seen as reasonable, preventing a disaster that threatened service and wage progress.
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New Haven
Bardo
Manufacturers Hear Legislative Reports
Washington May 17 a report on the general legislative situation as perfecting the industries of this country was presented to the National Association of Manufacturers in the final phase of its annual convention here today. Officers of national associations of employers delivered brief talks on conditions in their trades. Election of vice presidents and directors followed. The annual banquet would be held this evening with addresses by Shamas Nagel and John Hays Hammons on federal incorporation and Paramount National.
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Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
Shamas Nagel
Commerce and Labor
John Hays Hammons
Five Regiments Ready for Plattsburgh Camp
New York May 17 recruits sum Leient to form five regiments of infantry for war strength have enrolled for the summer training camp at Plattsburgh. Enlistments total 8,486 with the first senior encampment in June reporting 1,854. The junior encampment in July shows 1,919, the second senior in July 2,511, and the August senior expected to reach a peak with 2,357. The final camp in September has 624 volunteers.
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New York
Plattsburgh
N. Y
Fragmentary declaration on justice and social order
A fragment praising a political figure and urging citizens to support laws that would prevent lynching and advance civil order, emphasizing lawful action and public duty. The text references broad social issues and calls for widespread adherence to reform.
Detective Fox Tracks Stolen Car Across Hudson to Catskills
Detective George Fox of Liberty reports a long chase ending with the recovery of Andrew Churchnow's stolen car. Frank Drew and Fred M. Hayes confessed, the vehicle var sold for 109 dollars with a promissory note, and the car was found abandoned 15 miles from habitation. Fox will ship it back to Connecticut or have it repaired, with full details expected in Bridgeport tomorrow.
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George Fox
Liberty
Hudson River
Catskill Mountains
Andrew Churchnow
Warren Court
Frank Drew
Warren Street
Fred M. Hayes
Broad Street
Fox
Hayes
New York
Yonkers
Tarrytown
Poughkeepsie
Cobbleskill
Catskills
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Centenary of General Meigs Celebrated Across Nation
TheBirth anniversary marks Montgomery Cunningham Meigs born May 13 1816 in Augusta Georgia a West Point graduate who shaped river harbor works Fort Wayne and Fort Montgomery the Capitol expansion and later served as quartermaster general guiding nearly two billion dollars in wartime supplies. He died in Washington in 1886 after a renowned career in engineering and military logistics.
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Montgomery Cundingham Meigs
United States
General Meigs
Augusta
Southland
New England
West Point
Delaware
Mississippi
Fort Wayne
Detroit River
Fort Montgomery
Lake Champlain
Capitol
Washington
Fort Pickens
Pensacola
Gen
Meigs
Sing Sing Birthdays Mark Long History of Prison
Sing Sing Prison in New York state turned 90 on May 14, 1936, amid overcrowding complaints despite added facilities. The town of Ossining, long tied to the site, has rebranded itself, while the facility's grim legacy includes pioneering use of the electric chair and stern warden challenges over nine decades.
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New York State
Sing Sing
America
New York
Ossining
Thomas Mott Osborne
German East Africa and the Cape to Cairo Railway Plans
The article describes German East Africa as the Kaiser's largest colonial holding with 384,170 square miles, its strategic value to Britain as a barrier to the Cape-to-Cairo railway, and the troubled German rise there since 1884 including the 1891 takeover and the Sultan of Zanzibar sale. It notes uprisings caused by harsh rule and long resistance from natives. The narrative explains the region's imperial stakes and historical background.
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German East Africa
Smuts
Southwest Africa
Kamerun
Great Britain
Germany
Zanzibar
Silent Rebellion and Allied Reforms in East Africa
The text notes a 1905 rebellion and subsequent reforms in the treatment of natives, leading to relative quiet in German East Africa until the present war began. It highlights the sequence from uprising to reform and the wartime disruption that followed.
Nomadic Life Abandoned by Belgian Gypsies
New England industry shifts away from nomadic customs as health inspectors order tenements eviction where Belgian gypsies lived. Investigation found the group living in a tenement and adopting Beau Brummel fashion while women maintain fortune telling trade. No health code violation. eviction deemed civil. Gypsies cite rising urban trade and motor transport reducing roadside trading and palmistry work. many wagons stored.
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New England
Board of Health
Pembroke
Willard Streets
Healthy Department
Jury Selection Slow in Orpet Murder Case
Waukegan Illinois May 17 jurors for the trial of W H Orpet University of Wisconsin student charged with the murder of Marian Lambert have not been easily chosen. Three tentative jurors from the first venire of 136 summoned were selected and a new venire called as attorneys argue over voir dire.
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Waukegan, Ills
W. H. Orpet
University of Wisconsin
Marian Lambert
Orpet
Enaounce
Rubber Coat Style Suggestion for Weather Prep
A brief note advises choosing a rubber coat for bad weather readiness. It promotes a practical investment, suggesting the coat as a dependable outer layer for wet conditions and daily use during storms. The tone is advisory and promotional.
Orpet testimony planned as trial nears verdict
The defense plans to call witnesses including Celeste Youter from DeKalb Illinois as a state witness in the case. DuPont Powder Co Wilmington reports 11 known dead and three missing from the Gibbstown plant explosion. John J Manker of Athend Town collapsed and died while defending his paper at Saratoga New York.
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Celaste Youter
DeKalb, Ills
Orpet
du Pont Powder Co
Wilmington
Del
Gibbstown, Sy. J
John J. Manker
D. D
Athends Town
Methoria General Conference
Saratoga
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Fredricks
Boston
Chiefs
Associated Press Service
Service
Ceres
Plattsburgh Camp
Prine
Detective Fox
Gen. Meigs
Africa
Fairchild
Holmes & Edwards
Vicinity
House of Fairchild
Holmes and Edwards
G. W. Fairchild & Sons, Inc
Main ST
Fairfield Ave
Broad ST
Co-Operative
Palmer
East Side Tenement
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