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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1919
Page
4
Miss Lavinia of Strntton serves as substitute to the guard Predovies, Shieldviks, while he takes his annual vacation. Beattie handles the route by auto, across roughly 0 miles of territory.
The former Hwan Clones Richter, a naval admiral and ally of Pring Lvell, now works as a day laborer in Camden after his downfall with the New York Shipbuilding Company. Power shifts under Jeni and Treeghy left him nearly ruined, forcing him and the baroness to earn a living locally while some readers misread Willard-Dempsey fight chatter as news.
Fragmentary ad text touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a reconstructive spring medicine. Claims to boost appetite digestion and assimilation, purify blood, restore strength, with accompanying family tonic Coca's Pills described as gentle and effective.
Residents resent a board decision granting relief on Main Street rail paving after Engineer Durham cited lack of funds for the $15,000 project. The unanimous aldermen vote to delay the improvement drew sharp local criticism as other cities permit delays due to financial strain.
Ansonia officials have hired Ifred J Bliss and Clinton L Cole of Hartford to appraise all city buildings and property under a contract with Mayor John C Mead. The four month effort costs about 14000 and includes field workers and valuation experts. The results will aid the year grand list by the assessors.
The province announces a wage floor of 12.75 dollars per week for women over eighteen employed in mercantile industries. Employers paying less face conviction, with penalties ranging from 25 to 100 dollars.
In Ansonia on May 1, Sergeant Mahoney and Patrolman Shea were rescued after a veranda collapse at the Munroons saloon on Bridge Street threw them about 30 feet into the Naugatuck River. Both officers suffered serious injuries but survived after rapid aid from Chief O'Donnell and Dr. Verdi Haven.
Derby announces John Lud will take over as superintendent of schools in Winsted and Norfolk starting July 1. John F. Picketty returns from army leave to assume duties, with a salary of 2700 dollars, except for Gilbert High School which remains endowed. Picketty previously taught at Bridgeport High and led Derby’s evening school for foreigners and Americanization efforts.
The Marine Corps and Texas split honors at the American Expeditionary Force competition at the Davours range. Private Fred Kramer of the Sixth Marines from Remsen Iowa won the gold medal with a 403 score in the individual contest. The Thirty-Sixth Division team from Texas captured the divisional title. Second Division, Fourth Platoon, 31st Company of the Fifth Marines took third in the efficiency contest under Second Lieutenant J D OLeary of Waterbury Connecticut.
Florrie Allyn will resign as Derby Hospital superintendent on June 1 after years in the role. Alice Watson, previously assistant superintendent and Griffin Hospital School graduate, will succeed her. Gertrude Niverson of Massachusetts General Hospital will become superintendent in a reshaped middlewest posting.
Washington May 18 Henry D Lindsley announced his resignation as director of the Treasury bureau of insurance declaring red tape intolerable under the present administration His departure follows ongoing friction over regulatory supervision and the bureau s handling of insurance oversight and policy matters
Gray Zerawaddie reports a new rank in May with Joseph and Zelayus listed in key positions. The item notes organizational changes and a leadership shift.
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