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Bridgeport Standard Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1919

Page

7

Off Day Delays 1919 World Series Playoff In Chicago

Damon Runyon reports luck favors the Reds as rain postpones the fifth game and the series shifts back to Cincinnati. Chicago teams endure a furlough day, with fans seeking relief and officials weighing next moves as the long autumn baseball drama continues.

Damon Runyon Chicago Cincinnati Gibson Blackstone-on-Boulevard Marquis of Cincinnati White Sox Reds Garry Herrmann Ciney Rauther Reuzther

Fitzsimmons to Meet Shugrue in Derby Show Final

Boxing card in Sterling Centre Derby features Bily Fitzsimmons facing Johnny Shugrue in a main bout under Sam Driver’s management. Notable bouts include Battling Repka vs Jackie Sullivan and Devin vs Young Ahearn for local bantam honors. Derby’s Kid Palmer and Chick Bauers meet in a four-round curtain raiser with Am. Ch. football links and local color throughout.

Filgsimmiona Sam Driver Mickey Travers Johnny Shugrue Waterbury Jos Shugrue the Star A. C Sterling Hentre Derby Sday Ceat Michael Neary Shugrue Fitzsimmons Owill Travers Repka Jackie Sullivan New Haven Pride Naugatuck

Fiume Girls Recruit For D Anunzio Army

Legions of Fiume girls entice Italian soldiers to desert and join D Anunzio’s occupation forces. They travel by motor trucks to posts near Abbazin and other points, evading patrols as they spread word and sway battalions, including Barsaxheri and machine gunners, to defect.

Tiume Associat. Arn Si Fiume Abbazin Gabriele Annunzo Carabine

Eighth international convention of student volunteer movement

Des Moines will host the eighth international convention of the student volunteer movement for foreign missions on September 21, 1928. Officials announced that officers from foreign mission boards in the United States and Canada, along with more than 200 missionaries on furlough from at least 60 countries, are expected to attend.

Stoden Volunteer Convestion York Student Volunteer Movement Des Moines Uail Foreien United States Canada

Fruit should be washed to remove arsenic on pears

Health Commissioner William C. Woodward urges washing all fruit before eating after laboratory tests found arsenic on California pears. The warning notes spots on pears from arsenic used in spraying, but says washing removes most surface contamination. still cautions risks to children and bacteria on unwashed fruit.

William ‘.C. Woodward California Isag Food Division Aster Health, Department Health’ Department

Mottoes of the States Inspiring Yet Fragmented List

A collective, imperfect roster of U S state mottoes with numerous transcription errors. The piece catalogs phrases like Here we rest and Liberty and independence, noting a mix of correct and garbled lines across Alabama through South Dakota with several inconsistencies and mispunctuated quotes.

Alabama Arizona Arkansas Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota Michigan Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico New York North Dakota Tiperty Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South ‘Carolina South Dakotas

Garrett Resigns From Diplomatic Service

John W. Garrett of Baltimore, veteran American minister to the Netherlands for over two decades, has forwarded his resignation to President Wilson. He seeks early acceptance to return home after nearly twenty years of diplomatic service including postings in Argentina and Paris. In Gary, Indiana, unrest followed Saturday's riot as militia mobilized though Gary units were not activated.

Washington John W. Garrett Baltimore Netherlands Wilson State Department Garrett Argentina Paris Gary Ind Chicago Indiana Harbor

Propaganda Ghost Haunts Metz Front Leaflet Raid Tale

A Harper's Magazine account details a German division near Metz ripe for direct propaganda. Osann and a patrol used Alsace Lorraine leaflets to provoke loyalty shifts, prompting a ghostly call to soldiers and finally a cautious, near casualty free raid with captured officers and prisoners confirming leaflets influenced patrols.

Metz Alles Oll H. BH. Ogann Heber Blankenhorn Harper's Magazine Qsann Ingignia Osann Joseph Bulwell Dom Fritz Schneider Willet Biebmann Dampintoux John the Ba Sixtyfirst Boche Trench Osan No Man’s Land Tey Kommando

Saturday College Football Scores Mixed Results Across Matches

Harvard lost to Yale 17 20 while Penn State defeated Gettysburg 33 4. Numerous small games yielded lopsided scores with Ohio State 88 beating Ohio Wesleyan 0 and Minnesota 39 over North Dakota 0. Other bouts included Princeton 25 Trinity 0 and West Virginia 55 over Westminster 0.

Harvard Yale Springfield Cornell Oberlin Princeton Trinity West Point Holy Crugs Brown Bowdoin Pennsylvania Penn Military Williams Union Icinapolis North Carolina Whigh Ursinus State Gettysburg Jaffayette Muhlenberg Amherst New York Wesleyan Worcester Tech Rensselaer Poly Akohart Colgate Susquehanna Dickinson Albright d. _ Mass. Conn. Aggien New Hamish Bates Wurst Michigan Case Ohio State Ohio Wesleyan Town Nebrasta Pittsburg Geneva U Minnesota North Dakona South Virginia Richmond West Virginia Westmeinster

British Rail Strike Ends After Friendly Downing Street Talks

An authorized statement says rumors of continued strike action are unfounded and unions abandon Tuesday conference arrangements. In Downing Street, Lloyd George and Bonar Law led a cordial session as delegates discussed terms and pledged a peaceful path to industrial harmony.

Downing Street Lloyd Geoge Downing Street Commissariat Thomas Rose Gaid Bonar Law

Roosevelt Assn of Ansonia Plans October Campaign

The local branch of the National Roosevelt Memorial Association prepares a member recruitment drive from October 20 to 27. F M Drew of Ansonia National Bank serves as treasurer, with Theodore L Bristol chairing the committee. other members listed.

Ansonia Oct National Roosevelt, Memorial Association F.M. Drew Ansonia .Na~tional Bank Theodore L Bristol

Admits a murder band operated in Stockholm

In Stockholm a confessed member of a 16-member Russian gang admitted to a political murder ring with three known deaths. The group lured victims with a supposed rendezvous and killed them for money, including Bolshevik agent Ardasjeff who was allegedly enticed to a villa, strangled, and forced to sign blank checks before dying. 20,000 kronen was later drawn from his account.

Stockeolm Associated Press Sfadjl Iashet Allt Hadii Tashet Ardasjeff Sweden Stockholm Ardesjeff Wadjl Lashet Avoman Ardasief

Local figures named in historical society roster

Frank T. Terry, George Bryant, Charles F Bliss, Alton Farrel, C. E. Van Riper, BE. Steele and Frank S. Cummings appear in a past society or committee list, indicating membership or roles within a community organization.

Frank T. Terry George Bryant Charles F.bliss Alton Farrel C. E. van. Riper BE. Steele Frank S. Cummings

O Leary Headlines Irish Freedom Talk at Park Theatre

Jeremiah O Leary and fellow Friends of Irish Freedom spoke on Irish liberation and recognition of the Irish Republic before the largest audience yet in the city. The meeting emphasized free speech, free press, and the public assembly right, with O Leary defending the effort as aligned with republican traditions.

Park Theatre Jeremiah O'Leary Friends of ' Irish’ Freedom Ireland United States Thomas Francis Meaghe Friends of Irish Freedo Republic

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