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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1919
Page
12
In advance subscription rates information appears with garbled phrases and scattered names. The text references advertising representatives in New York Chicago and a Metropo litan Tower address, plus an audit bureau note and Associated Press credit line. It also hints at daily open exchanges and a poem line.
A scattered, reflective piece notes public worries about labor, government, and currency amid postwar strain. It touches on trusts, taxes, marriage costs, leadership, and social morale with a tone of cautious critique and unease. The excerpt surveys public sentiment, urging action over idle talk as society negotiates upheaval.
The obituary reflects on Andrew Carnegie's life and career, praising thrift, sacrifice, and public service. It notes his fortune was incidental to a larger mission of democracy, education, and world peace, citing Carnegie libraries and the steel industry’s national role. It questions whether future Carnegies will arise in a changing age.
This readable fragment presents Walt Mason’s verse praising optimism. It contrasts the optimist who finds joy in daily life with the pessimist who recalls only woes. The text evokes a cheerful, reflective mood about balance of happiness and sorrow.
Fairfield County residents urge President Wilson to order the grain director to buy wheat at 2.26 per bushel and sell flour at a low cost. They argue price fixes could lower bread and food costs, reduce profiteering, and stabilize consumer prices while supporting farmers. They question protecting growers while leaving consumers exposed.
The nation shows fatigue with militarism as bills for compulsory training for youths 18 to 20 face tough odds. Advocates seek three months initial training and yearly three weeks for ten years, but public sentiment, arm y criticism, and political timing threaten passage despite potential presidential approval.
The article argues a railroad strike is unlikely if workers receive cooperation and notes government will prevent a total shutdown. It contends transportation disruption would harm the nation, especially affecting food, raw materials, and business, shaping trainmen’s calculations despite fear.
New York remains dry in name but drinks flow through back rooms and secretive bars five weeks into prohibition. Hotels and eateries cut back to 2.75 percent drinks or halt alcohol entirely, while some owners admit defiance and pay fines or flee to Europe. Sly passwords and coded orders persist as patrons seek illicit whisky, gin, and wine, with deliriant cases rising in hospitals and domestic troubles mounting in courts.
Washington Aug 11 Senator Kellogg Republican Minnesota introduced legislation to license corporations with capital or assets of 10 000 or more engaged in interstate commerce. Licenses would be issued by the Federal Trade Commission which would supervise stock and security issuance and have power to revoke licenses for illegal combinations or conspiracies in restraint of trade.
President Wilson nominated Lowrey Humes of Pittsburgh to be United States attorney for the western division of Pennsylvania an office he had resigned to serve in the army during the war
Norwich August 11 The Shore Line Electric Railway company suspended operation of the trolley line from Norwich to Greenville Tafftville and to the west side due to light patronage leaving only two lines in service in the city.
Twenty year old man, aged 31, identified as Pujek of 466 Bostwick Avenue, took his own life yesterday morning by slashing his throat with a razor at home. He had been released from the state asylum for insane a week before after two prior commitments. He died almost instantly.
A water main break on Nort Avenue yesterday damaged a 20 foot pavement stretch and washed out trolley tracks. Cellars flooded but no serious damage reported. A repair gang had just replaced tracks the night before. Cheong Dempsey alias Mee Carthy was arrested and bound over to the Superior Court for theft after posing as a book agent and entering vacant homes.
The passage notes an increase in family dinner parties as couples dine together more often. It highlights shifts in home social life and suggests theaters and cabarets face economic pressures from prohibition affecting their business.
Bridgeport twenty items report factory hours, local clubs and excursions, Knights of Pythias plans, Reed of regiments hats, the Laura excursion to Shelter Island, a grand republic trip, and a funeral procession for Captain Wim. B. Thompson alongside Barnum lawsuits. Deer killed on the cubtrain, infrastructure moves, new oil for Coe’s store, and school board finances show lower costs. A burglary attempt at Frederick S. Sanford’s home failed, and Jewett Peck of Pees and Banks dies at 38 in Stratford.
Berrell Tomkins, 35, of Waldron Arkansas, died at Griffin hospital after being struck by a Shelton switcher on the trestle. He leaped from the car to throw a switch but his foot was caught in the track, causing fatal injuries and severe facial and body wounds. He lingered only a few hours after transportation.
Rome August 11 The allied commission appointed by the Supreme Council to investigate disorders at Fiume has concluded its work and proposed a plan to guarantee peace in Fiume. Corriere della Sera reports the findings aim to please France without harming Italian dignity or pride.
General Pershing and accompanying officers were greeted in Nice by a French government official who noted the dusty, pockmarked roads. The official said marching on such roads required bravery. An officer added it was a matter of grit.
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