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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1919
Page
3
Fragmented text shows a Senate committee clash with President over treaties with Japan and Shantung, referencing national rights of citizens and wartime policy. The garbled lines mention reservations, responses, and mobilization, with vague allusions to President statements on the wartime situation.
World War II era clipping reports American forces mounting heavy machine guns as a response to enemy action. The fragment references soldiers and artillery deployment, indicating heightened combat readiness and mobilization efforts.
Visitors at the castle report the ex-kaiser's behavior as monomania and religious hysteria. He laments lies about generals, claiming truth would have altered his actions. Admirers say his bouts of solitude, profligacy, and psalms embarrass them.
The Shore Line strike extended into its eighth day as paymasters from the head office arrived to settle wages for workers in the Norwich Westerly and related divisions. Reports indicate the company planned payoffs for Thursday with payments expected in London and Saybro within the period.
In Bridgeport corset workers demand a two week notice and union representation. A three member arbitration board would decide the 44 hour week issues while shop committees would be composed of union employees. Picketing and a continued strike threaten if employers refuse concessions.
Edwin G Gaynor of Gaynor Manufacturing addressed Rotary Club members at a weekly function, stressing the importance of novelty manufacturing and tracing its century long history in Connecticut. He concluded by presenting each member with a pair of pocket scissors. Ed Wolfe presided and announced Alvin Breul will discuss music next Tuesday.
A brief cable notes Lansing arrives in New York aboard the steamship Rotterdam. He is quarantined and brought ashore by a revenue cutter with his wife and a small party of state department attaches. He will remain in New York before possible travel to Washington.
The coroner's inquest opened into a Chicago disaster with twelve dead and many injured after an airship crashed into a bank. Officials cited spontaneous combustion and faulty exhausts as possible causes while witnesses described flames and a catastrophic plunge amid public amusement.
Children of the First Church unable to attend Sunday school in fall and winter may obtain instruction at the church where Michael Kozma a Bloomfield N J theological student teaches. Young Peoples Christian association plans a picnic at Farm Sport Hin. Consistory meeting next Sunday after DOOWOHAR. Women’s society contributes 1.00 to debt removal. Young Peoples association has 26 toward the fund. The piece notes railways representing about one seventh of the world’s wealth.
Weather report from Washington notes partly cloudy conditions in New York and near normal temperatures with showers in the Atlantic states. The Atlantic coast sees rising pressure east of the Mississippi with generally fair weather east of the river and a forecast of showery, warmer conditions north of Virginia. Winds shift from fresh southwest to moderate south along the coast, with widespread cloudy, showery weather from Sandy Hook to Hatteras.
A recent inspection along the Milford waterfront including Walnut Beach found electrical wiring faults and other hazards. As a result, property owners and lenders face a 25 percent increase in fire insurance costs due to faulty equipment and conditions observed.
New Haven July 22 After a two year delay caused by war conditions clerks of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad who were granted a forty cent a day increase in 1917 are now to receive it Payments by the railroad at the new rate began this week and affect several thousands of employees in many classes of work This action follows increases in the pay of firemen engineers and brickmen a fortnight ago Gate men and switchmen are also slated for movement on the basis of an agreement reached in 1917.
Bryant employees walked out amid anti union sentiment with officials from AAA and Machinists urging a 44 hour week and higher pay. A compromise 44 hour week with 18 percent raise was rejected as workers pressed for 44 hours and 2 1 2 percent more pay. If offers fail, a general walkout and continued peaceful picketing are planned. Also a fall injured a 14 year old girl in Salt Lake City.
On Thursday July 24th the store marks Official Dollar Day with special prices across untrimmed and trimmed millinery shirts waists sweaters marabout capes summer furs cloth capes guaranteed raincoats petticoats ribbons and ceilings.
A Bridgeport resident, Mrs. Bernhardt, once crippled by rheumatic pain and fatigue, reports dramatic relief after taking CINOT at Hartigan's Drug Store in Fairfield. The CINOT Expert promotes the tonic as a proven remedy, urging others to try it and expect noticeable improvement within days.
New unit second hand Burnitture bought and sold. High grade second hand furniture at less than half the price of new. Telephone Barnum 1800. Bridgeport security bidg. Storage sales rooms 33-41 Union Square. Phone Barnum 108. Volume and arrangement suggest an old classified ad for a furniture store.
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