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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1919
Page
12
A fragmented quotation features a knightly voice urging a dare to prove blood and honor. The speaker invokes chivalry, sympathy, and personal lineage as a test of worth, with references to a father’s toils and a resolve to endure.
Fragmented column items speculate on culture and politics with satirical asides about labor, taxes, fashion, and morals. The piece lampoons theater managers, consumer prices, and social trends while weaving humorous musings on Venus de Milo, vagaries of justice, and the day’s news cues.
The piece argues that the United States must stay united against strikes and Bolshevik influence after World War I. It warns against lawless mobs and emphasizes orderly progress toward fair wages, education, and opportunity. It upholds American labor as loyal to the country and distrusts foreign revolutionary movements.
A peace conference aside notes leaders in high hats while Premier Orlando wore straw. It argues stylish appearances mask cooler wit and cites the high hat as an obsolete emblem. Also urged banning risky motor racing after deadly Indy incidents, proposing focus on safe car testing and long runs.
A satirical critique of German efforts to join the League of Nations. The piece pokes fun at Viereck and Count Rantzau, mocking Germany as a “dear sister republic” and urging better coordination and clearer aims amid wartime rhetoric. It suggests Viereck should be in the Senate and Gemres should compose another epic about Germany.
England welcomed navigators in a peaceful air raid intended to set a trans Atlantic flying record. The raid caused no deaths or injuries among civilians or worshippers in any church. Describes the event as a future invitation to peaceful air rivalry and contrasts it with German bombing of undefended towns. A grand Navy led expedition is noted as part of an amazing plan.
Bridgeport news notes 1870 report fishing along shore, Memorial day mood, local bands, temperance meetings, pension for widow of Captain Morehouse, and a brisk obituary plus Golden Wedding celebration for Eli and Frances Thompson with extensive family gathering and dances at North Avenue residence.
Washington June 4. The Bureau of Education urges Americans to study Russian language and geography to seize Russia’s coming commercial and industrial surge. Russia, chaotic now, will need railroads, factories, and Western traders. Prices are high. profits loom for those entering early. The opportunity extends beyond trade to vast untapped lands and resources across a huge country.
James Parker of New York is jailed in SuiElton on $200 bail after being charged with reckless operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated. The case, postponed in city court, resumes Monday. A Derby man, Mike Morelli, says Parker drove furiously on the Derby road toward Bridgeport last night, nearly hitting his car, crashing a fence, and prompting Morelli to chase and force Parker to stop before police arrived.
A jagged, satirical poem warns voters about performance and public decorum. It lampoons rhetoric, noise, and crowd mood, urging consideration of neighbors before promoting songs or speeches. The piece hints at social tension and disillusion with public performance.
The regular county Pomona meeting will be held at Sherman with the fifth degree conferred in the morning. In the afternoon Lake Valley Grange will complete the program with dedicating ceremonies and other sessions.
In Shelton on June 4 the city court officials sworn in for two years by Clerk T. Palmer included Judge John B. Dillon, Prosecuting Attorney Joseph G. Shapiro, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney John H. Hill, Clerk of Court J. Sterling Edwards, and Deputy Judge George S. Willig.
Fishermen from Boston Gloucester Portland New York and Atlantic City began a strike vote today. They belong to the Fishermen's Union of the Atlantic Coast and protest the National War Labor Board's inaction on minimum fish prices and re classification of the produce.
The Massachusetts State Federation of Women's Clubs at the 37th annual session at Mount Holyoke College went on record, through its president Mrs. Herbert Guerney, for the first time in favor of woman suffrage.
A letter to the editor questions who is responsible for the proposed Old-fashioned Fourth of July and urges suppressing the event. The writer cites concerns over public safety and Loudness, noting tea price changes as a contrast and calling for action to stop the celebration.
Berlin reports a broad German demand for a selective German American pact or a America led retort to secure financial aid and protection while seeking a larger share of profits from the country's industrial activity. Privy Councillor Bergmann, a former partner in German Edison firms, advocates a German American partnership with America as senior partner.
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