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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1919
Page
8
A 19th century drama on ideal womanhood cites Napoleon and praises Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for women’s health. The text claims forty five weeks of use restores health and strength, warning of headaches and nervous symptoms from unideal conditions.
Boston officers form a police union with 90 percent enrolled and the remainder expected to join before Friday when the American Federation of Labor grants the charter. The move follows an order by Police Commissioner Curtis prohibiting affiliation with outside groups except veterans organizations.
A seagull type flying boat piloted by Lieutenant Griffith from Curtis Aircraft landed near Seaview avenue and the bath house at Seaside Park. W Parker Seeley and Andrew R Seeley from the Quing corps joined for brief flights over the city to Fairfield beach and Steeplechase Island. M F Baur and John P Fox of the Life Savers corps also rode the craft at the bathhouse.
The Public Utilities commission ordered a Connecticut company to lay grooved rails along Water and State streets in the track extension, reversing the city’s objection. About 1,000 feet of track will be laid, raising costs by roughly $2,000 after a hearing on the company’s appeal. The commission stated it will require grooved rails as requested by the city.
New York August 14 Vance C McCormick former Democratic National Committee chairman and peace conference delegate will get 25000 as half of the residuary estate of Mrs Marietta P Hazelhurst An appraisal filed in surrogate’s court notes McCormick Lanman and Hazelhurst son Howard formed an inseparable Yale trio
The article describes historic travel paths from Ismalia to Jerusalem via overland and sea routes, noting long journeys, dangers, and costs. It mentions a new swing-bridge over the canal, railway shifts, and in dawn views of oases near Gaza, with trains and military fortifications along Sinai.
Miss Mary Kelleher of Scranton, organizer for the American Textile Workers Union, was alleged at a hearing to have declared Silk workers were ready to tear down the HY & C. W. Eagle Silk Mills at Shamokin and hurl bricks at the owners, as part of a petition to restrain strikers from injuring workers.
Hartford August 12 Governor Holcomb appeared at the capitol signing papers and attending a central board meeting. He used a cane when moving about the building after an illness but has reportedly recovered from gout attack. He will not attend governors conference in Salt Lake City August 18 to 24, and will not send a representative.
The August wartime rail line completion allows travel from Cairo to Jerusalem by a broad gauge railway. General Allenby’s army notes the breakthrough as a major improvement, opening new routes to Hilde hillside and Bethlehem area stations, transforming transit times and access.
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