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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1919
Page
14
A damaged fragment from a Connecticut newspaper notes the Bridgeport Standard Telegram branding and publication details from 1891 and mentions morning circulation. It includes a reflective aside on aging, time, and the pace of youth, counterpointing the paper’s historical frame.
A fragmented column riffs on price spikes in eggs wheat and living costs, mentions unions eight hour day and overtime, plus sports talk about the World Series and Milwankes not visiting. It nods to King Albert, Germany ambassadors, and a satirical take on profiteers and vacations.
The Central Labor Council of Cincinnati records a rejection of the Plumb plan to seize railroads and hand them to railroad employes. The piece critiques past labor conventions, salaries, and leadership, warns of broader implications if such plans spread, including government and stockholder oversight, and cites Senator Pomerene calling it a Soviet plan. It questions labor bodies’ ability to manage railway funds and control costs.
Senator Borah’s Congress speech claims radicals drive unrest and calls out alien language propaganda. He argues leaders of radical tendencies provoke strikes and riots, while most people favor the system and seek normalcy after a wartime upheaval. Boston’s police strike cited as example of mixed sentiment.
Bridgeport prepares for Thrift Week under Mayor Wilson's proclamation following Treasury Savings division guidance. The piece urges residents to track and cut expenses, noting postwar shifts from war production to peace and the need to maintain thrift until the economy fully returns to peacetime footing. The aim is to boost personal savings and support national recovery.
The piece argues exchange as the root of foreign trade, detailing how Europe pays varying fees to buy American goods, and how a global shift in balance pressures the United States to buy as well as sell. It cites postwar loans, tourism, and shipping costs, with Canada and Italy as examples, urging Americans to understand exchange to sustain exports and curb imports.
Bridgeport voters weigh two constitutional amendments on biennial legislature sessions and age tenure for judges. News notes cover local fair profits, a steamer incident, church services starting tomorrow, temperance group events, harvest celebrations, and a temperance rally. Sports roundup details regiment shooting scores and company results with regimental standings.
The piece outlines two payment methods for international commerce. One is shipping gold, limited by global gold output. the other is barter style, selling domestic products abroad to acquire imports. It argues permanent trade requires increased home consumption and eventual price declines as supply shifts, noting the US Argentina and Italy examples and the need for exchange to normalize despite current handicaps.
A chaotic episode follows a wine incident as a Fairfield youth mistakenly steals a dentist’s dogged team from near the City bakery then returns it after telegraphic search to the Fairfield House. The item also mentions Miss Emily Nelson's Seminary and teacher Miss Mary L Rikeman offering drawing and music classes and reviews constitutional amendments with varied editorial opinions. Further, Budolts murder case hearings reveal witnesses and a hatchet discovery near the scene and a classified death notice for Elias N Plumb and Annie M Smith.
The New England Milk Producers Association agreed to suspend the wholesale price of ten cents per quart of milk for November and December pending a full ten day investigation. Prices were raised October 1 from nine to nine and a half cents, with the commission finding October pricing not unreasonable due to higher labor costs.
The annual autumn rally of the school will be conducted by Superintendent on Park avenues in its several departments. Rev H A Davenport will deliver the sermon. Sunday school exercises led by superintendent Harrington with an invited speaker and orchestra. Christian Endeavor services at 6:39 will include the first Sabbath consecration and installation of officers and committee chairmen recently elected for the coming year.
Walt Mason's Daily Poem riffs on messages from departed souls who chat with the living at midnight. It mocks imagined exchanges with famed figures like Savant Lodge and Doyle, noting phantoms discuss chores, fun, and doom while mortals wonder about the afterlife. The verse blends whimsy and irony with literary references.
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