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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1919
Page
12
Plumb decries Wall Street plans as grasping and illegal, arguing the railroad system has extracted public wealth through stock and bond capitalization well beyond charter rights. He cites vast land grants and the disparity between paper values and market realities, warning that legalizing fictitious values risks revolutionary consequences.
Jenny Wren explains to Peter Rabbit that the stranger Spreckles the Starling is from across the ocean and not truly American. The pair debate his value to the flock as his family may crowd out locals with loud yellow bill, grain cravings, and potential competition for worm and grub meals.
El Paso Texas reports an American mining operator aged 53 was killed by Mexican bandits at his mine in Zacatecas on August 18. Officials say he was a British-born American citizen. others claim he retained British subject rights.
Directors of theaters motion picture houses and music halls in Paris refused to make a pact with the Federation of Theatrical Employes union. The first demand to bar nonunion artists and workers was rejected though managers expressed readiness to discuss matters with unions for each class of employes or with those not belonging to any organization.
Philadelphia September 1. Leaders of the organized employees proposed reforms at the Twenty Second National Convention of Letter Carriers. Proposals include more than three daily deliveries in large cities, transferring parcel post packages to wagons for delivery, retirement on pension for employees over sixty five, and a wage increase after only one small rise since 1907. Howard J. Gaynor attacked Postmaster General Burleson's policy in his address.
General Pershing will lead the First Division parades in New York and Washington, announced by Major General James W. McAndrew. Pershing sailed from Brest aboard the Leviathan and is expected to arrive in New York September 2. Chicago observed Labor Day with 260,009 idle workers and no parade.
Advice warns against premature grayness and faded hair dulling complexion. It urges preserving youthful lustre using simple, harmless hair care methods to maintain beauty and charm. The piece emphasizes avoiding aging appearance through easy, safe practices.
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