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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1919
Page
9
Fragments recount boxing in jokes and naval imagery with references to Bugsy Baer, Cap Willard, the New Mexico iron boat, and sailors, all set in a playful, chaotic sports and warship mix. Notable bits include references to Myr’t dawned rivals, the Merrimac and Monitor analogies, and a colorful cast of boxers and ships.
The League to Enforce Peace invites Dr. Anna Howard Shaw honorary president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association to tour the country for an educational campaign on the peace treaty. She will join President Lowell of Harvard University and former President William H Taft in this civic effort.
Shawkey earned win number seven in a row as the Yankees edge the Browns 4 to 3 in a tense contest. New York overcame a 3-1 deficit with late scoring to seal the victory in St Louis.
Fragmentary report notes substitutions for Caldwell and Barry, with Cleveland and Boston players listed in late innings. Mentions sacrifice hits by Chapman and Mays, double plays Coveleskie to Gardner to Chapman and Johnston to Chapman. Bases on balls for Colvelskie and Mays, strikeouts by Colvelskie and Mays.
London reports the lord chancellor's residence has five floors and 83 rooms yet only one bathroom and no elevator. The 40 year old iron bath prompts him to refuse to inhabit the government house unless an elevator and two more bathrooms are added for a 20 member household. Sweden and the Yukon have granted full enfranchisement to women within weeks.
Duke Mullins who fitted Jack Johnson for his Burns fight trains Australian boxers for the interallied games beginning June 24. The squad includes Captain Gordon Cogmell, Harold, Digger Ivans, Fred Hallam, and Les Carey, with Americans Mathew Smith and Belgian entrants in soccer and fencing.
Stella questions why he uses her first name and says she wants help dropping her last name. She notes Japanese girl babies have heads shaved until age three.
A historic home remedy guide explains locating the ant nest or trail as the key to stopping an ant invasion. It suggests poisoning trails with tartar emetic and sugar or combining fat with poison, and notes sealing food, ant proofing cupboards, and using carbon bisulfide at dusk to kill the nest, warning about toxic gas.
Sir Douglas Haig warns that rising labor pressures in Asia and Africa threaten global conflict. He cites China's push for European labor market access and India's population surge as drivers of potential wars unless nations grant all races a standard of living. Military precautions remain essential despite victory.
A scrambled OCR fragment references Lewis Carroll and Dodgson for a book about Alice and a life of the chief Alice in Wonderland. It also includes a sentimental verse to family members and a note on Siamese superstition about even numbers. Salt-housed villages in Russian Poland are mentioned as a unique feature.
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