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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1919
Page
2
Fragmentary notes question Landru's knowledge of Mme Benoist and cite a Durand music hall performer, with mentions of a woman found shortly after Landru's arrest. Content is incomplete and attribution uncertain, offering no verifiable events or conclusions.
A fragmentary ad copy extols Dr True's Elixir as a sweet pleasant remedy for constipation. It claims many people are unaware they are constipated and urges daily bowel movement through gentle cleansing. The ad suggests the product suits men women and children and is sold by doctors and druggists.
Union meetings across several plants including Singer Sewing, Lake Torpedo Boat and Bridgeport Chain debate a 44 hour week and 60 percent wage hikes. Workers press for 75 cent minimum for screw workers and abolition of piecework while some plants delay decisions awaiting employer offers.
Alderman Cornell attacks Bridgeport Construction Co claiming 256000 more was spent than competitive bids would have cost. He accuses favored insiders and opaque ownership, urging a full investigation. Mayor Wilson defends cost plus method and denies bids were refused. The meeting adjourned with Howard Clark briefly attempting to speak.
Funeral services were held yesterday for John Edward Lick at August G Baker mortuary chapel with burial in Lakeview cemetery. Also observed were services for Frank H. Krause at 1990 Madison avenue, burial in Park cemetery. Mary A. Bradley and Annie A. Hall had funerals at family homes with burials in Long Hill and local cemeteries respectively. Hannah M. Beers’ service at 70 Wheeler avenue drew large crowds before burial in the nearby cemetery.
The notices report Archangelo Casillo of 48 Fulton street dying after eight months with heart disease at St. Vincents hospital. Funeral Wednesday from Louis Richards parlors. Catherine Grady of Mast Mair street dies at St. Marys hospital Passaic. high mass at St. Charles church and burial at St Michael's cemetery. Mary Gilchrist, 58, dies at Derby road Nichols. services Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at home. Rev. Sutherland to preside. burial Nichola cemetery. Anders A Nielsen funeral held at 2:30 p.m. yesterday at 120 Anson street with Danish Brotherhood attendance. burial Park cemetery. I E Hotchkiss of Kensington dies at family home. funeral Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in Kensington.
A labor driven plan proposes public ownership of U S railroads with equal say for the public managers and workers. It argues profits must serve consumers and workers, not capital, and suggests a nonprofit lease to a public service corporation to guarantee investment and operation.
Weather data from the Recording Chermometer and Murometer at The dust Building No 44 Cannon streets Washington August 4 forecast fair Tuesday and Wednesday with little temperature change. Atlantic coast winds north to Sandy Hook light to moderate south west. inland large scale pressure patterns noted. Almanac data provide daily highs and lows for cities including New Haven Chicago Detroit Hartford Hatteras New York Pittsburgh Minneapolis Seattle and Washington with cloud cover readings and marine tides.
The body of Charles Sawkins, a discharged soldier from Quaker Farms, was found by woodmen in Oxford Woods. He had been missing for two weeks. Authorities believe he was struck by lightning as a nearby tree showed signs of damage from a recent storm.
Hughes writes to Senator Borah endorsing Article XI and rejects Borah’s claim that Article XII is as objectionable as Article X. He argues Article XI causes no injury to American interests and highlights railroads as key to national economy and public welfare in a broader labor and consumer context.
Mason M. Patrick, former air service chief, told a House war investigating committee that no AEF planes were burned needlessly or wastefully. He stated that only planes not economical to keep were destroyed, insisting none were wantonly destroyed.
General John J. Pershing viewed the Rhine from Andernach within Roman walls before leaving the American sector of France. He will make a final tour of districts where Americans fought and then return to the United States.
Figures from the local post office show week ending July 1 with War Savings stamps totaling 1182.04 and Thrift stamps 611.50. For week ending July 26 War Savings stamps reached 937.22 and Thrift stamps 96.50. The text notes a historical reference to cocoa as the divine plant by the Incas.
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