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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1919
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a journey many miles from Ancres where a vessel or party resorted to extending awnings for shelter or sail. The text mentions Maddex and Ponta Delgada and notes a safe arrival.
Berlin reports calm masks underlying tension as radical groups vow quiet while propaganda aims to disrupt industry. Government warns strikes could cripple coal and rail sectors during winter, while authorities mobilize troops and monitor unrest amid a broad scare over labor agitation. Inventory reveals Hamden real estate valued at 3290 and a New Haven road claim against Mary O'Brien estate filed in probate court. death traced to a railroad accident on November 15, 1918.
Senator George J. McLaan of Connecticut presented four petitions to the Senate Saturday. Petitions from Shelton aldermanic board urging the American peace commission hearing in Parla for the Treland delegates. Lithuanian descent citizens of Hartford Thompsonville and Waterbury urging withdrawal of hermy from jaihue ania and support for Lithuanian sovereignty. Eastern division of American Wire Weavers Protective Association protesting renewal of foreign wire cloth entry. petitions from New Britain Bridgeport and New Haven area carriers favoring Resolution 84 proposing a 30 percent raise for post office workers.
Mrs. J. U. Bunner of Tridgefield New Jersey suffered a forehead wound requiring six stitches after the auto in which she rode and another vehicle driven by Tharry Goodwin of 1244 Main Street collided on Fairfield avenue between Yale and Sherwood avenues at 4 30 last night. She was treated at the Emergency Hospital. None were arrested as the crash was described as unavoidable and all parties were en route home from New Traven.
At Taiberry Park the Twelfth Cigaret Republican held its annual clambake and outing. Over 100 members gathered before noon and about 150 attended the bake in the afternoon. Athletic events, including a baseball game between married and single men, added to the enjoyment, with the married men winning.
Boston September reports two men under arrest in a long running scheme to defraud the New Haven railroad of valuable rails. John P. Birmingham general foreman at South Branch reclamation yards and William Natt dealer at Joseph and Brothers face charges of conspiring to defraud the railroad administration. Rail theft allegedly spanned years with rails shipped from reclamation yards and sold to steel plants nationwide. Over 40 detectives have worked the case for a year. Natt lists 40 and lives on West York street.
A quirky local tale reports Peter Poulos asking Mayor Peters to free an owl from the city zoo to make owl soup claimed to cure illnesses. The mayor refused, citing safety and ethics, and the owl remains in its cage as Poulos seeks other remedies for his child.
Paris and suburbs shuttered twenty music halls and picture houses after managers and the federation of actors and theatrical employees failed to reach a complete agreement. The shutdown follows a labor dispute amid ongoing talks.
A Philadelphia reader reports relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for five months before a birth. She credits improved health to the remedy, noting her later baby is a healthy three year old. Messages urge other women to seek guidance from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. for female ailments.
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