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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1919
Page
4
Mayor Wilson donates a silly cup to crown the winner of the baseball game between St Josephs and Blessed Sacrament. The clash tops a Saturday big field day at Newfield park with vaudeville acts and an entertainment program for Blessed Sacrament church.
Andrew H. Hosdela aged 25 of 908 Willard street was treated at Emergency hospital yesterday for burns to his left shoulder and arm caused by a steam exhaust pipe while working in the ballet room of Connecticut Breweries company. The injuries are not serious.
Doctor Connor of Johns Hopkins warns nicotine dangers in a bold advertising appeal. He claims thousands suffer fatal diseases but can be cured by Nicotas tablets with a simple daily regimen, offering a drugstore remedy and money-back assurance if it fails.
Seaside Park awarded contracts for a new 200 by 150 foot garage near the bathing pavilion. The lowest bidders won masonry and brickwork to W Hubbell Building Co, carpentering to CharlesChatneuff, plumbing and heating to R Rock Co. Construction starts immediately.
Joseph Gady, a Polish immigrant with no fixed address, struck John Zinko of Hungarian origin over the head with a shovel on August 9 while arguing that Poland is free and independent. Zinko testified in court yesterday, and Gady was fined $10 plus costs by the Dodge Bartlett court.
General Pershing, hosted by King Victor Emmanuel, leaves Rome for Venice on his way to Treviso to begin a tour of Italian battlefields. Storm halts sea traffic. barges begin moving again though several docks remain tied up. Local manufacturers expect shipments to resume after five days of no exports.
Parcel post packages not exceeding 11 pounds will be accepted at the Bridgeport post office for transmission to Malta. Postage is 12 cents per pound.
Wailliamd Rose, prominent farmer, dies revealing long separated brothers Will and Humphrey Rose had lived within ten miles of each other for two decades after being split as boys. They grew up apart in Mount Leonard and Stanhope areas, reuniting when Will recognized a stranger in Marshall as his long-lost brother Humphrey.
On the southeastern Silesian frontier German forces attacked Polish lines early today and seized two villages. Poles counterattacked, drove them off, and held two villages on the German side of the demarcation. Herbert Hoover ordered American officers in the area to aid in stopping the fighting. Colonel Goodyear was sent from Vienna and Colonel Ryan of the American contingent in Berlin was ordered to cooperate with him and with Colonel Harber.
New York leads state organizations with 277 posts chartered while 1,882 local posts have charters issued and 1,108 posts are in process of organization. A regional drive seeks 1,000,000 members starting November 11, the armistice anniversary, at the first national conv ention to be held in Minnesota.
Rings, brooches and bracelets valued at 7500 dollars were taken from the summer home of Charles Bigelow of New York City. The theft occurred Sunday night or today as metropolitan police and Connecticut officers investigated. The collection belonged to Mr. Bigelow and his daughter Mrs. Ward Melville. Mr. Bigelow and Mr. Melville also lost 100 dollars in cash.
Paris dispatch says more than 6,000 kilometers of roads in the Somme district, battle area for four armies, are under repair this week. The work is estimated to cost 106 million francs.
In Taris on August 19 the former Hamburg American Line is renamed German Aerial Navigation Corporation. Starting today it launches regular passenger service between Berlin and Swiss resorts.
Joseph Worth John Price Michael Zilembo arnold Tannery Krank Rayhe Stanley Wolkowski William Jackel Hussell Mererrifa and gabe Seghi join the Bridgeporteros recently for service on the destroyer Delpy now stationed in Fasten Harbor.
An inventory of the estate of George Stirm, who died here some time ago, was filed yesterday. The total value is about four thousand dollars, with roughly four thousand in real estate and the balance in personal property and cash.
Fragmentary OCR notes from the British Commons session describe an adjournment until October after a speech by a minister. A line about Frederick’s death on August 5 hints at a public mourning or succession matter intertwined with ongoing policy debate. The text is incomplete and several names and phrases are garbled.
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