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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1919
Page
20
The Impartial notes Ross Youngs, once hitting .407, has slumped to .341 over twelve days as Giants games slip. He went 4-for-31 with no multi hit days, while rivals like Roush and Chase gain ground. Boxing and golf references appear amid scattered sports chatter and headlines.
Ansonia leader John J Hine past exalted ruler of the Ansonia lodge of Elks is named one of the aides to the grand esquire for the Elks Victory parade in Atlantic City July 7 This is his fourth aid appointment He served as mounted aid in parades at Los Angeles Rochester and Baltimore.
Gates Half-Sole tires cost half as much as others and wear longer. Over size and guaranteed puncture proof for 3,500 miles, rarely under 6,000 and often 20,000 miles. A seven year track record with over 500,000 users in the West and South. Free tube repair service and tire changes, with on-site demonstration and quick work.
More than 150 Bridgeport Lodge of Elks members will travel by special train at 6:30 PM to Wallingford for the institution of a new lodge. Mayor Wilson leads the marching group, Wheeler and Wilson band will accompany, and district deputy Joseph C. Ivers will officiate. After the parade visitors are guests at a social session hosted by Wallingford lodge.
Charities Supt Angus P F Thorne in Hartford with Col Robert Q Eaton administrator of widows relief and state pauper departments outlined the widows pension act. Blank forms and information will be sent to town selectmen city charity departments and county commissioners. Applications for aid may be made through these bodies.
Sports snippet lists games today Bridgeport at Worcester Waterbury at Priffeld New Haven at Springfield Providence at Hartford with scattered standings. National League results include New York six Cincinnati two and Pittsburgh ten Brooklyn six St Louis four Boston two. American League notes show New York two Detroit one and Chicago six Boston eight among others.
A garbled column mixes sports quips and political jumbles with references to Woody, Dempsey, Willard, and the White Sox. Odd phrases volley about training, salads of seeds, and wartime laxity while noting comedians, golfers, and braves in a loose, chaotic editorial tone.
Fragmentary musings mention De Palma and birds racing, Washington fans supporting a pennant winner, and travel to Baltimore. Notes on bomb tossing, Willard-Dempsey fights, and a dozen towns bidding for a heavyweight bout appear, all in a garbled, nonstandard newspaper snippet.
In Jersey City New Jersey Harry Wills defeated John Lester Johnson of New York in an eight round heavyweight bout. Johnson scored a first round knockdown with a right hook to Wills jaw but Wills recovered and floored Johnson in the third round.
An organization meeting of the transportation, sales aid service subdivision of the Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday. Three committees were chosen to address questions on terminals land legislation, rates, and aviation service.
June 10 The site of old Fort Washington, where American troops fell to British in 1778, sold for 86 000 to Washington Park citizens who funded preservation. The 36 lots include remains of the fortress core amid Washington Heights land sale tied to James Gordon Bennett estate. Proceeds support the James Gordon Bennett home for new New York journalists.
Shelton June 10 The board of aldermen adopted a plumbing ordinance to create a plumbing inspector and an assistant inspector. James Guider a journeyman and John Preston a master plumber were named for the posts. The ordinance reflects input from the health officer plumbers and the corporation.
Leonard Obermeier former deputy attorney general of New York spoke at Masone temple during Past President's night of harmony lodge addressing claims that Jews founded Bolshevism. He argued Jewish service to country is shown by conscription totals dead and wounded service stars. A class of 40 candidates was initiated before remarks by Siemard Leewith Isaac Moss Maximilian Stein and Joseph Shapiro. Corporal Horwitz, France veteran of the All American division, sang two numbers as community singing followed under George Greenspun.
Shelton notes Mayor F Nettleton departs for Atlantic City to attend the American Medical Association annual session through Friday. In his absence Alderman William Froletes will act as mayor.
New York June 10. Hobo College opens on the Bowery directed by James Bade How of St. Louis the so called Millionaire Hobo. Graduates are invited to enroll for post graduate courses in sociology industrial law and public speaking with a two hour fab hunt to start the day.
Lithuanian residents in Bridgeport prepare for another protest in the near future. A recent Lithuanian protest meeting adopted resolutions that were sent to the Lithuanian convention underway this week in Chicago seeking support.
Miss Ruth Law reportedly reached an altitude near 14 000 feet in flight at Peoria Illinois in September 1947 while Barone Roche ascended to a high record at Les Moulineaux. The report notes aviation feats by French aviatrix Ruth La French and mentions political concerns over Lithuanian independence and actions by Bolshevists.
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