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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1919
Page
13
A narrator recalls a tense morning as she reorders furniture with her husband, noting a power struggle over control of their shared space. She highlights past humiliations, friendships, and a rising resolve, ending with the piano moving back into place and a sense of victory.
In a Colorado tale a woman robs her husband at poker, taking $600 after a floor plan change. Marjorie Boyd comments on the transformed room calling it scrumptious while Crittenden Hayes challenges the rearrangement. The narrator insists on autonomy over the home.
A personal letter discusses travel plans not being urgent this summer while winter travel to Bermuda or the south is considered. The writer mentions Bert, Edith, and twins off to the White Mountains, shopping for frocks and lingerie at Vogue and Doyle stores, shoe and handbag deals, ice cream at Lane’s, and buying presents for the boys before Harold awaits to take a boat outing.
General Pershing in a cablegram to the War Department argues that fallen American soldiers who died abroad should remain where they are buried. He says if soldiers could speak, they would wish to be left undisturbed with their comrades, noting graves in England symbolize liberty and ideals of America, and urges no removals from Europe.
Opponents of proposed federal regulation of the meat packing industry testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee. William T. Nardin of St Louis, milk condensers manager, argued licensing would force higher industrial standards. Emmanuel Wasserman of Norfolk, Va., said retail butchers would be hurt by any damaging legislation. Senator Kenyon noted packers’ representatives pressed witnesses to appear.
A guide for homemakers on structuring daily tasks to reduce wasted time. It advocates planning the next day in the evening, prioritizing heavy morning chores when cool, and tailoring schedules to individual routines while keeping flexibility.
Che D Read Co advertises store hours and a wide array of sale items including knitted shawls in mole, beaver, and reseda green, Navajo scarfs, neck scarfs, and crochet spreads. Also features chiffon veils, stoves, gas ranges, linens, linens for men and women, and assorted household goods with prices and basement or main floor locations.
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