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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1919
Page
4
Fragmentary readout lists assorted bakery items with prices including sponge cake sixty to forty cents and chocolate rolls. Mentions Sandtorte cake and general items like cups and cakes, with unclear extra notes surrounding the print.
The People Chorus of this city staged a celebratory reading of The Rose Maiden at the High auditorium last night under the direction of Ebert A. Strout. Archot sixty voices supported by a Henry Hutzel led string ensemble impressed, with Catherine M. Russell and Julia MacLaury Dugan among the Bridgeport soloists delivering notable arias. Mrs Strout received praise for directing and vocal strength across the ensemble, marking the third annual concert as raising standards for the chorus.
Ansonia residents begin a Salvation Army fundraising drive to raise 3000 for the national home service fund and 5000 for local building needs. Captains and canvassing teams organize volunteers and enlist service men to solicit contributions.
The appeal challenges a Board of Appraisal award totaling $5,300 to $5,800 for damages and benefits in Canfield Avenue. The petition was filed yesterday afternoon with City Clerk Robinson. Damages claimed amount to $10,000. case returnable in Superior Court on the first Tuesday in June. Attorney Nathan approved.
Reverend W. Sage Woolworth Jr a United Congregational Church missionary headed for Turkey was honored at a church social in the Parlor. American war workers thronged Petrograd hotels and rooms as they coordinated farewell events and searches for accommodations amid wartime disruption.
Betty Brown reports on the season's smart sports models that outshine past records. The Feature highlights a fashionable blue chic hat with painted straw detailing and a rounded crown, pairing style with athletic inspiration.
Reports from Versailles on May 20 indicate American negotiators seek food supplies and financial terms tied to the peace treaty. Max van Wasser man and Count von Brockhdorf Rantaau arrived to discuss preliminary Allied financial arrangements and the German effort to reach a settlement.
Joseph Russell, 33, former assistant paymaster at Cauldwell Wingate, pleaded guilty today to embezzling $7650. Judge Keeler considered clemency after Russell’s lawyer cited a wife and crippled child. Partial restitution had already been arranged with the company.
New York May 20. U S Labor Department intervention in the International Paper mill strike produced a settlement offer. The company’s general manager Allen Curtis was presented with terms, but no basis of agreement was reached.
London May 20 General Pershing was to visit London as American commander in chief but the trip is indefinitely postponed. Officials say it would be inadvisable for him to leave the Rhine while Germany has signed the peace treaty and the situation remains unsettled.
May 20 Stonington crowd gathers for a grand launch of an Italian steamer. The vessel slid off the launching ways amid wedges driven by workmen. A diver was overboard at the end, and the crowd awaited further details. An event later overshadowed by unrelated domestic mishaps and farcical domestic scenes described in the fragment.
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