Bridgeport Standard Founded in Connecticut Morning Circulation
The Bridgeport Standard notes its place in Connecticut publishing with advertising and circulation details. The paper credits the Associated Press and Bureau of Circulation, mentioning Open all night offices and the Barnum 100 Exchange. Features a poetry quote by Ben Kendrick Bing and a motto on effort and endurance.
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Bridgeport
Bridgeport Standard
Ee Laren
Connecticut
Ererege Y Advertising
Wey
N.Y
Yoka Glass
Ans
Peoples Gas
Srraccee Iago
Tite E Barnum
Morning chatter on prices and politics in a bustling town
A fragmentary column touches on breakfast talk about rising costs, milk, and bread. It notes price pressures, grain overuse for cattle, and a shift in stamp color signaling a tea total era. The piece references weather, public figures, and league news with a mix of satirical lines.
Burning money and fickle fortune in a satirical verse
A rhymed meditation on carefree spending and looming economic hardship. It laments immediate riches, mocks spendthrift optimism, and predicts a reckoning when wages rise no more and thrift reclaims value as savings plans fail. The piece cites "the Mepecks" and "the Kepeck" as figures of shift in fortune.
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Earth
King
Mordale
Our Youngest Grandmother and the New Grandmothers
A discussion on aging and vitality contrasts late 19th century imagery with modern grandparents. It notes old leaders war years and women’s vigor, arguing that age is mental and that grandmothers today swim at Fairfield beach, stay active, and embrace travel, vehicles, and technology over the old stereotype.
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Bridgeport
Osler
Foch
Clemenceau
Lloyd-George
Fairfield Beach
The Government as the Public Third Party in Labor Strife
A contemplative piece arguing that government acts as the collective public power in industrial disputes. It laments strikes harming consumers and urges the state to define and exercise its authority to curb violence and disruption, asserting the U.S. government can unite capital and labor for peace.
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Europe
Wall Street
United States
A Natural Sequel to a Brooklyn Streetcar Strike
The piece argues Brooklyn streetcar violence reflects political meddling in policing, blaming Tammany influence and mayoralty shifts for disorder. It criticizes the new police regime and warns that politicizing law enforcement threatens democracy, urging a return to professional policing and scientific methods.
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Brooklyn
Mitchel
Tammany
John Hylan
New York City
Creckdow
Arthur Woods
Hizzoner
New York
New
Homes on Wheels and the Caravan Club Idea
English Caravan Club backs nearly five thousand houses on wheels on roads. These mobile homes resemble houseboats with front and back yards and garden space. They aim to cut moving costs and leverage shifting labor demand, arguing moving houses on wheels could have prevented some housing shortages and benefited areas with available houses.
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English Caravan Club
Uncle Sam
Real Problem Before the People Takes First Place
The passage argues cost of living outranks war, prohibition, and treaties as the top issue. It notes consumer hopes rise as the question of living becomes priority. It warns that politicians who promise investigations may delay action, quoting a western mayor who urges act first then investigate.
Ain't It a Grand and Glorious Feelin Song Parody
Fragmentary chant describes a grand feeling, a mother offering a baby bottle, and a shouted refrain. The text conveys playful rhythm and exclamations with repeated phonetic embellishments. The fragment emphasizes a musical mood and social interaction in a quotable casual style.
Bridgeport Forty Years Ago Highlights and Happenings
Bridgeport notes from The Standard dated August 1879 recount a busy coastal scene with social and civic events. Curtis and Fairchild depart for Saratoga, St John’s Lodge meets, W and W band performs, temperance picnics, St Patrick’s Society to Coney Island, and seaport health inspections. Reports on local disasters, deaths, and recoveries mix with beach amusements, band excursions, and street life including Main Street closures and post office activity.
Sun and Weather study from Calama station sparks forecast claims
The Sun and the Weather column describes Smithsonian scientist Dr. C G Abbot and meteorologist H T Clayton linking solar radiation at Calama Chile to weather forecasting. Observations suggest sun heat varies daily and yearly, potentially enabling near perfect forecasts, with pyranometer and pyrheliometer instruments improving measurement and a total eclipse observed in La Paz bolivia.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Calama
Chile
C. G. Abbot
South America
Smithsonian
Weather Department
H. TH. Clayton
Blue Hill Observatory
Massachusetts
Clayton
Weather Bureau
Dr. Abbot
Mr. Clayton
Calama Station
Abbot
Earth
Calina
Lell
Price of Shoes to Drop, Not Immediate
Boston observers testifying at a grand jury probe into the high cost of living predicted a noticeable fall in shoe prices, but noted the decline would not occur for about a year. Witnesses said consumers want high grade shoes and are willing to pay.
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Mets Association
Gregory's Point
Corleen
New York
Avoirdupois
Jnc
BE. Wheeler
Saugatuck
Boston
Attorne
Joseph CC. Pellatier
British Profiteering Bill Advances After Geddes Testimony
In London the House of Commons passed a second reading of a government bill to prosecute profiteering in foodstuffs after hearing Sir Auckland Geddes. The measure, backed by Labour, passed 251 to 8 and is to be considered by a committee of the whole House.
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London
A. P
House of Commons
Auckland Geddes
National Service and Reconstruction
Labor Party
Sir Auckland
England
America
Transport Workers Kill British Direct Action Plan
London August 12 The British labor triple alliance aimed a referendum on apolitical topics but the Night Evening News reports the plan collapsed after the Transport Workers Federation refused participation. District branches also declined to issue ballots, paralyzing the proposed action.
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London
Triple Alliance
Evening News
Transport Workers’ Federation
Honduran Revolt Suppressed After Pursuit Mayhem
Honduran revolutionists, after a defeat at Goascoran by Colonel Santon Fortin, were routed at Mount Laringlera and driven from Guarus. They fled at first shots, looting districts as they retreated. General Vicente Tosta reportedly defeated government forces at Toro, leaving government troops in disorder.
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San Salvador
Teguicgalpa
Honduras
Santon Fortin
Goascoran
Mount Laringlera
Guarus
Vicente Tosta
Toro
Yorkshire Miners Urged to Resume Work
The Yorkshire Miners' Council urged over 200,000 striking miners to return to work after weeks of stoppage, declining the government and miners' settlement. The text also notes the League of Nations emblem resembling a three stripe flag with white blue white, and identifies it as the letter J in the code with reversed colors.
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Order of United American Mechanics
New Haven
Henry J. Seeley
National Council
Yorkshire
London
Yorkshire Miners’ Council
League of Nations
Peruvian Natives Seek Sun Through Fears of Eclipse
Report describes a solar eclipse where a prominent halo hung from the sun. Scientists find the event beautiful while Peruvian natives, descendants of sun worshipers, fear the sun’s disappearance. fires were lit and rumors spread as typhoid epidemics coincided with the omen.
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Peru
Lorror
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Mumbers
The
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Nembers
Associated Press
Associated Frosa
Kendrick
Poe
Sunday Post
Weil
Ter
Chicago
H. C. of
Seider
Old Grimes
Gman
Bam
Rey
Geah
Reed
Borah
Yom Johnson
Shantung
BY Walt Mason
Homes ON Wheels
Tya
By Briggs
Curtis, Esq
George W
Fairchild
Saratoga
St John’s Lodge
No. 3
East Main
Maple Streets
New Milford
Brookfield
St. Patrick's Society
Coney Island
Laura
Main Street
Frederick House
Main
Ulton Streets
Elisha Harris
National Board of Health
William 8. Edwards
WA. 5. Coast Survey
Portland
Oregon
Edwards
Clark Hine
Menry Hine
Grand Central
Still Gan
D. B. Stillson
Houyetonic Road
Cfre
Barrington
Mass
Seaside Park
Stata Street
Howe
Manhattan Beach
Fairfield and
Sherwood Avenue
Vine Grove
Canaan
Simpson
Nawman
Aear
Wheeler
Wilson
Odd Fellows
Indian Point
Stoney Craek
Fink's Hotel
Thomaas C. Hollis
George N. Moses
Ebenezer Wheeler
John N. Roberts
Monitor Base Ball Club of
Waterbury
Twenty-third Street
Central Park
Birmingham
Stratford
Quinnipiac Range
Tafonterd
Svayille Mme. Co
Kingman
Po Keuyen & Co
Hartford
C. Newisen Fens
Frederic J. Haskin
C. Kingman
Veyeu
Hof Baewry
Jo Soeedsay
Turtford
Niantic
Olustad
Sanfrancisco
Bucholz
Norwalk
West Stratford
Kaura Belle
Ilenry Uzner
Barnum St
Elizabeth
John McManus
Puneral
William St
New Thaven
Ang Wth
George Scheibel
L. Sterling
Lridas
H.C. of
Auckland
Geddes
Transport Federation
Guascoran
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