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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1919
Page
12
The piece contrasts the gloom of a pessimist who expects failure with the buoyant outlook of an optimist who anticipates success. It argues that optimism shapes outcomes, asking readers to reflect on how the world appears to them and who they choose to be each day.
A garbled OCR fragment sketches a 1919 era discourse touching dandelions rains and nations. It mentions Versailles delegates Coblenz Seay and trade debates, loverly sayings on peace and love, salaries, barbers tipping, and attitudes toward the former Kaiser. The piece reads as a collage of opinions and phrases without a clear narrative.
A Philadelphia woman physician denounces bathing suits, dances, and dress at Atlantic City as immoral and indecent. She calls for puritanical reform, but others argue fashion extremes will correct themselves and that moral behavior advances with time. The piece contrasts harsh denunciations with views on beauty and societal change.
Taizan Tsuji reports ultra violet rays from mercury lamps can ripen pineapples and boost sugar cane and bananas. Electricity as a crop stimulant increases wheat and oats yields 25 to 30 percent and improves grain quality. The piece notes Asiatic farmers and outsiders driving progress, with electricity and harnessed water power transforming agriculture.
Citizens urge a new post office building at Broad and Cannon streets praising the current structure as cramped and poorly built. They argue a facility twice as large is needed, calling the present edifice insufficient for commerce and public service.
May weather brings busy streets and sewer work while a Dublin-like parade charm graces Main and Congress. News covers Barnum departure, rabies scare, cattle plans, canal dam work, arms factory, postal certs, and local church disputes with civic notes, sports, and society actions.
Immigrants long settled in the United States depart for Europe at about five thousand per day, far surpassing prewar rates. Passport offices report diverse origins across Pennsylvania, Illinois, New York, and California, with Italy and Spain leading destinations. Some plan to rebuild abroad, others seek family aid or business chances, while U.S. banks note substantial funds carried abroad. Government keeps neutral, predicting a labor surplus will absorb losses and that many will not return.
The poem lauds the month of May with bright imagery of pleasant mornings, fresh spring days, and restful nights. It contrasts May with harsher months, noting mild weather, gentle temps, and the joy of waking to singing flies while imagining the approaching heat of summer and the dreams of Morpheus.
A list of names and addresses appears for various World War I era military units and personnel. Entries include individuals tied to infantry, artillery, coast artillery, ambulance, engineers, and service detachments with street addresses across Fairfield Avenue, Central Avenue, Poplar Street, Union Avenue, and nearby avenues. The fragmentary item reads like a muster or roster segment from a newspaper page.
Coroner Phelan will hold an inquest this morning into the death of Frank Lockhardt a painter of 141 Grant Street who was killed yesterday by a fall from a skylight at the Union Metallic Cartridge plant. Lockhardt died within two minutes after admission to the factory hospital. Dr George B Cowell assisted at the scene.
The Girls Friendly Society of St Pauls Church Episcopally will hold a supper in the parish house on Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. A large attendance is hoped for and organizers expect a great success with complimentary tickets available.
Recording Secretary Eugene Weil of Wooster lodge announces that on Tuesday evening June 3 the degree team of Puritan lodge I O F Stamford will visit Wooster lodge to conduct the third degree on a class of candidates.
A meeting of the Brooklawn Child Welfare Circle will be held tomorrow at the home of Mrs HB Hurd at 1685 Kanistan Avenue. The circle will discuss child welfare work and plans for a bridge party to be held in the near future.
May 13 in Derby reports Mrs Pauline Morke aged woman found at home in East Derby with gas poisoning. She is in Griffin Hospital gradually improving though not fully conscious. Recovery expected. Also notes Tony Kruger arraigned for wife abuse and fined $10 plus costs. Louis Quelette 67 charged with non support to be returned to Fall River. Theft of gold watch and chain valued at $35 from Mrs John Jones. Dominick Fraschito case continued.
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