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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1919
Page
12
Aviation advances captivate readers with Beach's vertical takeoff concept and a future of air commuting. Reports note Yorks Roy A Conger as an early private plane user while global aerial services and air mail reach milestones. The piece also critiques Anglo imperial politics and urges Dominion independence within the league framework.
A diverse jumble of observations on politics war and social life includes remarks on safety sleep strikes and student housing. It references Omaha rioters General Wood and ongoing European tensions while mixing poems and editorial asides in a restless voice.
A historical column blasts Section 27 requiring drivers to report crashes within 24 hours. It argues the rule burdens owners, ties enforcement to licensing fitness, and skewers postwar red tape. The piece ties military logistics to today’s governance failures and calls for action over delays.
Bridgeport scenes include dock works, club music, and local notices. Events feature a steamboat dock channel, a double quartet, a St Augustine band concert, temperance gatherings, a rifle challenge, and marriages and obituaries amid civic notes and school praise from Vermont.
A commentary argues the public seeks convenience and habit over low prices. It notes army food sales failed to cut living costs due to shoppers preferring local grocers and reluctance to change routines, while army stores opened in New York faced slow early demand. Public behavior, it claims, shows eagerness to spend and resistance to bargain-driven buying.
King of the Belgians travels by a special train through Ohio en route to California with Queen and the Duke of Kra bant stopping briefly at Tolady to greet American ambassador Brand Whitlock. The king runs the locomotive for ten miles and expresses admiration for America and its atmosphere. A separate note mentions a British trade union proposal for English clergy salaries and the U S reenlistment service’s expenditures.
Washington reports renewed vigor in fighting life essential price hikes. Attorney General Palmer and a National Association of State Attorneys General committee outlined a cooperative plan to mobilize federal, state, and legal officials this month. Governors, attorneys general, district attorneys, mayors, and local fair price groups will join.
Washington reports based on British foreign office notes say Britain will press the United States to reinstate ships held as prizes of war. The British embassy has begun talks with the State Department over turning over vessels assigned to British use by the Reparations Commission, including tankers once under German flag but supplied to Germany.
Paris Oct 7 The French peace commission reported to the Senate urging immediate ratification of the treaty. Bourgeois argues it meets justice, grants France political satisfaction, and supports economic recovery while warning of military guarantees and armament concerns. The discussion includes restitution for Alsace Lorraine and the trial of the former German emperor.
Tet techie Votan playwright announces retirement from producing firm Cohan and Harris theater participation after end of current play. He will still write plays and retain interests in the Cohan theater and Cohan Grand Opera House in Chicago. Romualdo Gramigna, Italian army veteran, welcomed home by brother John Gramigna at Stratford Avenue after arrival aboard the President Wilson. An orchestra and banquet marked the homecoming with vocal solos by Lues Petruccelli, J. Gianpaolo, and Giuseppe Raman.
A New York boxer named Mover Tillis, years old, was fatally injured after a fracture of the skull from a knockout during a bout in Jersey City. Wilford W Davle, also of New York, was arrested on a manslaughter charge. The event occurred tonight and Tillis died in a hospital shortly after.
A stray verse portrays a loner clerking in a shop who dispenses Iationade and pop and wonders about the store world. The boss fires him for a head swelling ego while customers still flock, and the narrator vows to watch the shop fail as he leaves. The poem blends whimsy with a retail life snapshot and hopeful defiance.
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