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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1919
Page
13
Bankruptcy Referee John W Banks orders the sale of stock and fixtures of David Webbers former Stamford cigar store to settle creditors. Webbers, sued for divorce by his wife, was granted divorce and disappeared after debts were collected. First dividend of per cent was declared.
Paris papers praise Joaquin Sanches Toca and Marquis DeLema as loyal Entente friends. Le Journal predicts Spain's foreign policy under the new cabinet will tilt toward the Allies, especially France.
A telegram from Constantine Stephanove, head of the Macedonian colony in Switzerland, to Brooklyn Standard Union publisher H. L. Bridgman states Bulgaria is willing to settle its problems and disputes at the peace conference under Wilson and Allied principles. Stephanove, an American citizen and Sofia University English professor, relays Bulgaria’s stance.
A vintage ad promotes a range of diamond jewelry including rings brooches lavalieres pins and more. It urges buyers to gift diamonds as a lasting symbol of success and invites personal purchase with emphasis on reliable prices and quality.
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon introduced a bill to grant amnesty to all soldiers whose offenses would be felonies under federal law. The measure, sent to the military committee, aims to pardon veterans. A United States Quartermasters bakery in France once produced up to 1,000,000 loaves.
A list of firms including The Smith-Camstock Co., Inc and WO DISTRIBUTORS Hardware Stores, Inc appears on a local commerce register. Street addresses such as 313 Buston Ave and Main St are noted, with additional entries toward West and Langton areas.
Vienna dispatches report Budapest is ruled by a three man Soviet government formed by Varga Moses Alpary and Tibor Samuely replacing Bela Kun. The new leaders ordered Habrich to hand over command and called for volunteers for “terror troops.”
Hartword reports new communicable disease cases to the state health department for the past week. Typhoid fever tallied 11 cases, diphtheria 20, scarlet fever 11, measles 28, and whooping cough 21.
Two German prisoners of war arrived in New York today aboard the transport Agamemnon from Brest. They are the first Germans to be brought to the United States and are consigned to the director of military intelligence. The identities were not made public.
At a meeting of stockholders and lot owners of the Park Cemetery association held yesterday afternoon in the First Bridgeport National Bank building the following board of directors was elected: George A. Thorne M. J. Flanagan L. Bull David Ginand KK Langzettel G. W. Barter.
Charles H Anglin left Belmont park for Chicago with a mail load when his plane wrecked during a forced landing near Hellertown Pennsylvania. He escaped uninjured and the incident was reported by informants in the Augst period.
Frank L. Polk Under Secretary of State sailed today on the steamer Imperator to replace Secretary Lansing at the Paris peace conference. The report notes that Great Britain France Italy and Germany have accumulated debts ranging from 0 to more than 4 percent of their national worth.
Early in the European war planners expected ample cavalry use but trench warfare reduced its importance. The article notes a shift in military priorities and mentions the era's broader context amid warfare. It also cites an average teacher salary of 680 dollars per year for 740,000 American educators.
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