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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1919
Page
9
The article notes a long silence by Robert Bridges the poet laureate and reports a proposal in Hogland to restore the tradition of canary wine for laureates. In Britain Bridges now receives twenty seven pounds yearly instead of wine and has not celebrated a victory, raising public curiosity.
Hartford purchases twelve tons of bacon from the War Department and plans a sale at 36 cents a pound starting Tuesday morning. Mayor Kinsell conducts the opening of the car and distribution to designated stores in Hartford.
Copenhagen reports that General Vatatiste and his chief of staff were arrested by order of the Bolshevik government for allegedly organizing a counter revolution. The Welsingfors despatch cites the report from Petrograd.
Dredging near the Burfbo bank at the Mersey docks reveals the remains of a wooden paddle steamer buried for generations. Believed to be the William Huskisson, the 1846 Liverpool to Dublin China trade vessel wrecked with 120 aboard, 95 rescued by Muddersfield, nine’s pierce of memory praised by Liverpool citizens.
A fragment from the Detroit Free Press records a young man recounting his proposal to Ethel. The sister's questions reveal confusion as the youth explains that she encouraged him only briefly before eventually refusing after looking at him three times.
A terse note objects to repeated dunning for a bill and demands payment at once. The exchange references a doctor’s order prohibiting further writing for three months, citing a humorous line from the Boston Transcript.
A fragment shows a couple in an engagement moment where a surprise is promised. The fiancé Evan Cook reacts with a resigned tone about boarding somewhere, while a friend or narrator labeled Hoston comments on the conversation.
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