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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1919
Page
10
The New Standard Houses project, issued by the new ministry of health, outlines complete construction specs from mortar composition to wall thickness and fittings. Standards require nine inch outer walls, individual hot water systems, and standardized pipes sinks cisterns and appliances for government aided housing programs.
The government has realized 12,500,000 from selling war stores on hand when peace was declared. Hundreds of motor cars and trucks were marketed at prices well above the original War Office cost due to the supply surplus.
The Kansas City Star notes ongoing reductions of tribal land in Oklahoma as federal sales open large tracts to white settlement. It details 54,400 acres of farming and timber lands plus 328 tribal town lots to be offered in November at sites including Chickasha Ardmore Huge Poteau Stigler McAlester Atoka and Millages. Some land already sold is forfeited for resale with minimum bids set at 1.50 an acre on forfeited parcels. This mirrors similar diminutions across all Indian reservations.
Dispatches from the National Geographic Society warn of a possible famine in Russia this winter, predicting dire suffering surpassing past oppressions. The article recalls early famines, such as 1600, with massive death tolls, cannibalism rumors, and widespread starvation as context for current anxieties about a repeat of history.
The Department of Agriculture reports about 102,800,000 acres of uncultivated swamp and wetlands in the United States could be made productive. Drainage districts in eastern North Carolina cover 258,425 acres with 48,000 previously cultivated, and efforts have cleared and cultivated large tracts. State and local projects in many states have spent millions on drainage, with notable districts like Little River in Missouri and Cypress Creek in Arkansas nearing completion. Parallel notes discuss historical famines and relief in Europe, highlighting severe hardship and government aid in the early 20th century.
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