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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1919
Page
8
Fragmentary reader transmission offers a line from a poem attributed to John Kendrick Biags. The piece captures resilience in hardship with dialect and upbeat cadence, reflecting a personal chant rather than a formal news item.
The readable text presents a collage of postwar social critique, gender roles, profiteering concerns, daylight saving, education, and public health advice. It includes remarks on women cosmetics, skirts, temperance, and backdrops of political tension, ending with a health note on sleep, nerves, and digestion.
A historic reflection questions how two German soldiers who betrayed plans to the Allies will be received as prisoners of war. The piece condemns traitors on either side, likening them to Benedict Arnold and arguing the civilized world has no use for treachery, with mixed hopes about asylum.
The piece argues that nations prosper when rising wages accompany rising production and decline when wages rise faster than production. It warns that production should precede consumption to avoid wealth loss, inflation, and national instability, urging workers to see production as their path to improvement.
A health of the nation hinges on meat supply and consumer disapproval. The public, not buyers of meat, weights Congress to regulate the vast packing industry. Pack ers protest regulation while Congress faces the task of meaningful oversight.
Washington police urge car owners to carry exact descriptions of their vehicles and valuables after reporting on how witnesses give inconsistent details. The piece cautions that faulty memory leads to mistaken identifications, recounting incidents from a green striped car to a jewelry theft and a home invasion alert to train observers in precise recollection.
A damaged historical fragment recalls Walt Mason's verse about Willard Journey returning to Lawrence with disdain for blood feuds. It critiques racial violence and farming life, mentioning pigs, chickens, and moral judgments, concluding with satirical, unsettled reflections on a contentious era.
Bridgeport items from July 1879 report Bluefish along the shore, a fire marshal appointment, council salary talks, railroad fare impacts, excursions, park breezes, hunting plans, and a dog law enforcement movement. Mentions of bank examinations, Glasgow visit, concerts, uniforms for Connecticut National Guard, building rule checks, and various local society updates. Also reports on sporting events, rifle club scores, yacht club cruises, and a death notice for Edward F. Connoly.
Three persons escaped death when a car driven by Mrs Joan Maynard plunged through a wooden railing and rolled down a 30 foot embankment in Simsbury. Mrs Maynard and her mother Mrs A B Welton were injured. Alfred Maynard escaped injury. Bystanders freed them and they were taken to R Peeman’s home. condition reported serious.
Representative LaGuardia introduces a resolution urging the State Department to submit to the House all communications between the United States and Mexico since January 1915, including Mexican affairs with army and navy officials. Growth in U S restlessness over Mexican policy follows Germany’s defeat and postwar expectations.
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