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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1919
Page
7
The notice asks readers to provide name and address or call at a new building to receive a four week trial of a "printed caller" with home delivery and a bill after four weeks. If unsatisfactory, mail back the bill. if satisfactory, send two dollars to continue.
A German coal conference appointed a commission of employers and workers to boost production to avert freezing and famine this winter. No concrete steps were taken, but experts warned the situation is desperate. Railroads may lead coal calls. Ruhr output remains inadequate. many industries face coal shortages and shorter hours.
Bridgeport machinists vote to reinstate Savit as business agent amid factional strife with an international officer. They plan to deposit dues locally if the IAM refuses and press the case at the national convention in April 1920. Grand Secretary Davison hints at possible charter revocation if Bridgeport refuses to conform.
A London Tit Bits fragment depicts a young woman preparing for marriage. She tells her grandma she is fitted for married life as she lists seventeen gowns and three costumes being fitted in preparation. The elder questions readiness, while the bride remains confident about her upcoming nuptials.
A fragmented narration describes a person trying to sleep by laying a hard square wooden block beneath his head. The scene conveys unease as sleep escapes him, suggesting discomfort or struggle. The text uses uncertain phrasing and lacks clear context or timing.
Boston reports a chaotic second day as suburban service ends on the New York New Haven and Hartford and Boston and Maine lines. Milk supplies shrink, trains slow, and railroads threaten suspension. autos deliver food while streetcars absorb redirected traffic. Striker demands include higher wages and earlier pay dates, with unions criticizing management while rail officials call actions illegal.
Thomas Cunningham, billed as the city’s top up and down man, is on his rest break this year. Janitor David O Connor fills in on the elevator levers while he is away in Brooklyn.
In Budapest on August, six hundred political prisoners were released by the new government headed by Archduke Joseph under a general amnesty. The Bela Kun regime reportedly spent one million kronen about $200,000 on propaganda for a world revolution.
A famed surgeon performs an operation as a warehouse fire lights the street across the road. After finishing, he dryly tells a nurse to draw the blinds so the patient does not think the operation failed.
The article explains chiropractic theory that nerve health depends on spinal alignment. Readjustment of vertebrae is said to restore nerve function and alleviate ailments, noting historic shifts and licensing in sixteen states and listing several practitioners with contact details.
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