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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1919
Page
2
Bridgeport plans show new facilities at Seaside Park including a caretaker residence barn tool store and a first class garage for park department vehicles. The dressing room and gymnasium for athletes are part of the handsome project designed by architect Inest Southey.
Bridgeport lodge of Elks completes plans for annual frolic on Sunday August 17 at Black Rock. Rhode Island dinner replaces regular bake sale as main attraction along with a monster athletic carnival between Bridgeport and nearby Elks. Events include fat and skinny races three legged races pie eating boxing exhibitions. invitations must be requested from the club manager by August 14.
An advertisement touts Horsford's Acid Phosphate as a healthful summer tonic. It claims it refreshes and invigorates, recommending its use in place of lemons.
Raymond W Harris Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars dedicated its new rooms at 189 Slate street with a ceremonial initiation. Walter Farvis, father of Bridgeport’s first war casualty, and Mayor Wilson were made honorary members. The event featured a new ritual, a color display, and a luncheon, followed by informal entertainment with Ladies of the World War and G A R members assisting.
George P Desposito a member of the Ninth and Arthur Whim hall of Bridgeport are expected Sunday for a Second Division veterans parade in New York. Desposito enlisted at the war’s outbreak and served with a regiment among the first to go into action. Whim hall served in the 17th Field Artillery. Both are nearing discharge and will join the parade briefly.
Evelyn Herbert Meyers petitions for divorce from Erest A. Meyers of Vernon in Superior Court alleging desertion after their October 1908 marriage and August 1 1571 departure. Mabel Jennings seeks separation from Walter H. Jennings, claiming desertion two years after their marriage.
Labor dispute grows as Machinists Union moves to expel ex agent Samuel Lavit. A 44 hour week, pay scales for toolmakers and machinists, a union shop, and a strike option loom as committee prepares demands for the Columb Graphophone and local shops. Girls sell papers to fund the strike. union leaders dispute reports of mass returns to work.
President Woodrow Wilson signals federal willingness to resolve shopmen wage disputes while urging immediate return to work to avert broader transport disruption. The note emphasizes fairness, cost of living concerns, and the need for railway employees to recognize authority and end strikes. A Hartford Justice Department branch closure note follows.
Mrs Nellie Chamberlain formerly of Bia hironas funeral held yesterday from the 4 EL Carroll funeral parlors. High mass at St James Church Strreford officiated by Rev Michael J O Connor. Burial in St Michaels cemetery. Mary A Devitt widow of Patrick J Devitt died yesterday at 809 Washington Avenue. Survived by two daughters and two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements not completed.
Weather notes describe a Friday shower warning and thunderstorms, followed by cooler interior conditions Saturday and fair weather thereafter. Winds from Atlantic near Sandy Hook broad and southwestward. Temperatures appear moderate with varying gusts noted in the coastal area.
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