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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1919
Page
30
Washington announces July 1 as National Buttermilk Day to promote the beverage’s health value and boost dairy industry. The Agriculture Department urges creameries and dairy plants to cooperate in popularizing buttermilk for home and commercial use.
David E Miller was chosen delegate to the Hotel and Restaurant Employes International Alliance and Bartenders International League convention at Bridgeport by the local branch on Wall Street yesterday afternoon. The gathering set Providence as the convention site for August. Officers installed by David Steele include President Edward F O'Brian Vice President Harry Allen Financial and Recording Secretary David E Miller and others. The six month terms begin after July 1 when the country dries. Eleven of thirty three called to service attended. A special meeting is planned for next Sunday afternoon.
Mrs Sallie Schmidt of Inges Bay Staten Island resigns from her job as country’s first woman letter carrier to allow George Smith a recently retired overseas soldier to take the position. She cites peace time as reason. she delivered mail daily to Prince Bay Huguenot Park Amnadale Green Ridge. She bought the car and paid operating costs. She is mother to a soldier overseas and aimed to ensure quicker mail for servicemen.
A Berlin dispatch denies a claim that Colonel Von Lettow Vorbeck is organizing a large East Prussia army to oppose Gustav Noske’s defense forces and the Entente. The report says von Lettow Vorbeck is in Berlin rather than directing troops in East Africa.
Results from Saturday show Singers and Locos tied for top after two games with scores 6 5 and 5 6. Ostrowski and Lavery lead Batter lists. Lakes and Remyos split wins, with Stegner, Wargo, Renshaw, and Reilly highlighted. Team standings place Singer and Locos atop a tight table, followed by Chains, Lakes, and Remyos.
At Columbus and Toledo and other cities, multiple games reported with varied scores for Columbus Indianapolis Toledo Minneapolis St. Paul Milwaukee Kansas City Reading Baltimore Jersey City Newark and Binghamton entries showing hockey baseball or similar results. The scattered data lists first and second games with uneven formatting and several misprints.
Rome June 22 A Pittsburgh study led by Dr. William Charles White shows Italy’s prewar birth rate of 31 per thousand shrank to about 17 per thousand by 1918. The war raised infant mortality in major cities to 171 per thousand, and in smaller cities to 637, highlighting war’s toll on Italian child welfare.
Vienna reports ex-Emperor Charles has carried off the imperial Jewels to Switzerland in a dispute between Italy and Austria over regalia. Austria views the jewels as private property, while Italy has claims including the 133 carat Florentine diamond.
Benjamin Pidlow 21, elder brother, loses Brooklyn home while serving in the United States Army. He and a younger brother report the family faced confiscation as a widowed father died in service. A claimed nonrelative woman was named executrix of the estate and siblings sent to an orphan asylum. Investigation by Mayor’s Committee on Kent Profiteering opened. one brother wounded in France and pending discharge from General Hospital No. 8 Caledonia N J.
On Saturday June 21 Vice Admiral De Bon chief of naval operations issued orders reducing the French naval service to eight peace footing. The Mediterranean sine sweeper flotilla is disbanded except that a few vessels will remain in service to pick up stray mines.
The notice bundle reports German francs rising from 34 to 40 18 per hundred marks and Austrian crowns from 16 to 89 per hundred. also contains multiple court, bankruptcy, and public notices from Bridgeport and surrounding districts including probate claims, tax, sheriff executions, and local meetings.
An advertisement touts the De Soto Petroleum Co offering stock at ten dollars per share with claims of large acreage in De Soto Parish Louisiana and wells producing up to 7000 barrels daily. It cites prominent names, a bond guarantee, and projected profits to entice subscriptions, urging immediate mail or wire subscriptions and promising maps and more details.
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