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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1919
Page
12
Bridgeport promotes the National Motorists Protective League to curb reckless driving before accidents occur. Members vow to drive carefully and report license numbers of violators, empowering authorities to act before harm. Capt. Wheeler endorses licensing as a key deterrent.
The notice lists John Glass Peoples Gas Bidg Chicago Illinois with 6100 and Barnum 6100 for contact and mentions the Eyehange connecting all departments open daily and nightly. It references the Audit Bureau of Circulation and Associated Press branding within the local paper.
An OCR fragment presents a playful verse by John Kendrick Bangs on arithmetic. It hints at counting the effort of one day at a time and notes the doubling of e’s by age forty four. The piece emphasizes plain arithmetic over clever rhyming tricks.
A fragmented column reflects on time changes and labor strikes, mixing jokes about clocks and fashion with sharp notes on politics. It mentions Petrograd names, longshoremen’s strike notches, and reflections on the upcoming election and international war concerns.
The piece profiles Harold, brother of Mayor Wilson, tracing his ascent from obscurity to leadership. It notes his rapid advancement after managing the Grand Street bridge project and his move to a superintendent role at the sewage disposal plant, urging young men to be prepared and learn from experience.
Mayor Wilson accuses Allen E. Vincent of misquoting him over commission government. Vincent signs a statement opposing the single headed tax commissioner and pledges to carry out the will of the people, including recalling such an official if needed, and argues Wilson failed to heed the people's will.
The Standard Telegram regrets the hissing of Mayor Wilson at campaign displays. It urges blaming policy actions like Grand Street bridge costs and bond issues instead, while asking the public to spare the elected mayor during his term.
The Standard Telegram urges readers to vote in the coming election for Clifford B. Wilson over Allen E. Vincent. It stresses voting as a sacred privilege and warns that many elections in Bridgeport have been lost to voter inaction, calling for a healthier city through participation.
A stream of informal musings questions art talent and parental expectations. The speaker jokes about being a muralist while a child perspective hints at curiosity and playful self doubt. The piece treats drawing ability and identity with humor and affection.
Bridgeport notes show autumn leaves choking gutters, a Republican Town Convention planned for Standard Building, and a wave of coal fires. Local engineer Bradley Mull builds a dam near Mattawamps, and a New York Rubber Company ad is listed. A Ladies Missionary Society meeting is set, while a Stratford resident is praised for Bible reading. The Sedgwick Guards drill, rail updates promise improved NYNHH service, and traffic delays persist from wet leaves. Community improvements, a village company meeting, and a concert fundraiser at St Johns Hall are reported with local social details. A theft verdict, a Sunday closing case, and fines surface, alongside a window dress reveal and a pocketbook restored. City projects on Kossuth Street and the riverfront progress unfold with new crossing and steps. A fatal elevator accident kills Mr. George Fill, leaving a widow and children. School board deliberations on new buildings fill the agenda, and October 28th brings a meteor-like shower. Obituary notices for George Hill and birth announcements mark the day.
Invitations have been mailed by the American Legion Post to about 200 members for a Parade on Armistice Day November 11. All members urged to participate and wear overseas uniforms if possible. The next Legion meeting will be at Elk's Hall on the evening of the session with election of an officer and naming of the post for the ensuing year as chief business.
Paris Ontarialist reports that members who voted for the peace treaty and those who overstated government support during the chamber controversy will not be reinstated. The decision was decided at a federal socialist council meeting held last night.
Compensation Commissioner Fh.T. Burkingham will travel to Stamford next Monday to hear testimony in 12 compensation cases. The proceedings will be held at City Hall and begin at 30 a.m., continuing throughout the day.
Town Clerk C. Wintory has received 50 copies of the 1419 Connecticut Neh axod, with the note bas 3y.
Report in Bridgeport cites W I Burton accusing Alibel of rent profiteering during wartime. Ferdinand Fox counters with libel allegations, insisting he rented to five tenants none in munitions work and notes rent was not raised while improvements were made at no cost to tenants. Fox accuses city auditors of probing the Bridgeport Taxpayers Association and urges a thorough investigation of mayor Wilson’s eight year spending.
New York October 27. Louis Leavitt, a Brooklyn bacon producer, was arrested by a U S marshal after authorities seized about 12 818 cases containing over 1 3 million pounds of bacon valued at more than 2 000 000 pounds. Leavitt faces $5 bail and claims he paid 28 58 cents per pound to the army for the bacon. He offered to surrender the stock to New York City through the bureau of farms and markets for less than his cost.
The Standard Telegram Information Bureau in Washington, D. C., directed by Frederick J. Haskin, invites readers to send brief questions with a 2 cent stamp for return postage. Replies are confidential and sent directly to each inquirer with no charge beyond the stamp.
A briefing list notes that Cabinet salaries rose from $6,000 in 1883 to $12,609 today and Senators and Representatives from $5,000 to $7,500. The compiled trivia also covers banquet menus for railroad workers, tree varieties, burial customs, strike months, the first U.S. woman physician, French nicknames for the French, and old weather signs.
Hartford reports a rise in diphtheria with 466 cases this month, up from 248 in the same five weeks last year. Dr Charles Nouns of the state health department urges Schick testing to gauge susceptibility and administering anti-diphtheria vaccine to those at risk.
A $106,000 gift from Mrs. James H. Williams, class of 1870, funds a new faculty house at Vassar College in Pougikeepste New York. Each instructor in the house will receive a private suite with study bedroom bath and kitchenette as part of the project.
A verse by Walt Mason extols charity as a guiding light through village scenes. The speaker vows to aid the needy, forgive faults, and endure gossip, insisting charity covers sins while urging kindness toward beggars, orphans, widows, and the fallen in a steady, public-spirited moral tone.
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