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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1919
Page
11
An extracted snippet discusses the soul not feeling pain or wrench when speaking foreign languages, noting a perceived weakness in French and Greek. It reflects on the soul's empathy and the inadequacy of tongues to express inner experience, while neighbors’ tongues lie foreign to the speaker.
Fragmented excerpts from a 19th or early 20th century newspaper page touch on drought impacts, societal changes, and political tensions. Mentions of Bolsheviki in Petrograd, rising costs, immigration concerns, prohibition rumors, and a glimpse of domestic life mingle with poetical lines about Maud Muller and marital dynamics.
An editorial argues dairy pricing shows dairymen earn seven cents a quart while railroads and distributors take most of the final price. It condemns the milk trust and praises a Dairyman's League plan to pasteurize and distribute locally, claiming it will lower prices, boost producer profits, and safeguard public health amid epidemic risks.
Italy faces severe food shortages and rising prices provoking discontent and the rise of red groups. The piece suggests profiteering abroad and at home, notes milk coal meat and vegetables up, and asks American traders to lower prices for patriotic reasons to avert unrest.
The piece argues that funding for higher education has shifted from chat to large-scale philanthropy and businesslike administration. It notes Harvard seeking ten million dollars and suggests modern universities operate as comprehensive businesses with presidents doubling as managers, higher faculty pay, and expensive laboratories and dormitories.
Grantland Rice, veteran sports writer, argues amid praise for Jack Dempsey that he is not the world’s champion fighter. Rice notes Dempsey’s skill and power but says millions who served or stood ready in wartime would not crown him with that title, urging humility about legendary status.
The editorial urges shielding children from fireworks danger in Bridgeport. It argues past bans reduced casualties, laments the current lapse, and demands a universal Fourth of July ban on explosions with public officials bearing responsibility for any deaths or injuries.
A fragmented OCR fragment shows a surreal monologue with garbled lines about feeling refreshed, a painless drive, and a plea to get it. It references a creature’s perspective and ends with scattered exclamations and inconsistent phrasing.
Strawberries vanish as Bridgeport minds linger on weather, floods of Centennial talk, and patent gaps. The city votes on finances, welcomes Governor Andrews, and plans feats from Ritchel’s airship to band concerts while reformers promote clubs and bridges.
Predelic J Haskin reports from Washington on a wartime纪 campaign starting at the White House to plant trees along a national road network as a living memorial. The War Department will oversee the truck caravan ending in San Francisco, with the American Forestry Association steering the tree-planting plan. The project echoes Nikko’s legend of memorial stones and lanterns, urging each county to plant rows of remembrance trees along the route. Officials anticipate a major road-building era, with $600 million planned and 100000 jobs, benefiting returning veterans and the trucking industry.
Sabbath schools plan a High Rock Grove picnic with a bell to ring at six if fine. Samuel Harris Lodge No. 90 installed officers for the year. A horse-and-cart runaway ending with a quick catch drew praise for the rider. A June wedding in Armonk and a flood of war-era road and memorial talks discuss roads, trucks, and trees as memorials, with national figures advocating living memorials and Roads of Remembrance in France.
The Dorsen brothers face ongoing issues as the bankruptcy court adjourns their case again. The trustee seeks to reject the receivers report while attorneys fail to appear. meanwhile a Newark outlet replicates the former business model but faces lease objections over rents advertising and bond demands.
Mrs Annette Sperry Moore arrives with two sons and daughter at Round Hill estate as divorce action proceeds against Major Charles A Moore of New York. He may visit the children several times weekly and Mrs Moore receives 1000 dollars weekly alimony until a decision is reached.
Work of a clever crook was reported after the City National Bank found bogus tin dollar notes. In two cases two dollar bills were camouflaged by tearing corners and replacing with ten dollar bits while changing the center denomination from two to ten. A third case altered corners bearing the denomination to a but the center remained ten. Death rate here low in June with 108 deaths, Health Officer Brown notes pleasant communicable disease picture with 131 cases vs 151 last June.
A poem by Wale Mason imagines city dwellers fleeing to forests for a month of rest from the grind. It cites Michigan highway tree planting funded at 59 million dollars, the Victory Highway project from Chicago to Saginaw, Maryland’s early program, and the Du Pont border beautification plan with a 400 foot road reservation. The piece muses on civic improvement through tree culture as a living monument to war heroes.
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