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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1919
Page
12
The Washington Star notes a tense morning as weather and financial pressures affect daily life. Mentions rising prices for food and fuel, looming taxes on beards, and fears of a harsh season. References to influenza outlook and morale hinge on civic economic strains and daily routines.
In Columbus Ohio the fifty third national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic gathers as Civil War veterans dwindle. The piece mourns aging veterans, notes the dwindling ranks, and reflects on memory, honors, and enduring national history beyond the last march before the reviewing stand.
The Austrian government signs the peace treaty crafted by Allied powers at the Peace Conference but protests the pact as brute force. It argues the Entente caused European upheaval and looks to the League of Nations to right the wrong, urging resilience against external pressure while maintaining national identity.
The writer notes, in Bridgeport, fears about a New York boiler firemen strike causing 10 000 people to climb 50 floors. Imagines waking to a closed elevator and facing stairs to a downtown business, stressing the era of high living costs and transport reliance.
The New York State Federation of Labor urges a six month armistice between employers and workers to end hostilities except where action is needed to stop intolerable oppression. The report notes labor leaders support the idea, but the federation president repudiates it, warning that a nationwide pause could prevent disaster and allow prosperity to rise if workers and owners cooperate.
A historical warning notes denatured and medicated alcohol as deadly substitutes. It cites wood alcohol, grain alcohol, and medicated preparations as lethal dangers. The piece urges education to stop the rising poisonings and warns against drinking denatured products, which can cause blindness or death.
Bridgeport life in 1879 includes Danbury fair prep, excursion trains to the Grand Republic, oyster-covered waterworks, and a wave of local news from arrests to church improvements. The Stamford Athletic Club schedules a fall game, and Bridgeport hosts a grand excursion with five bands aboard the Grand Republic.
A U S boxing boom follows the wartime army amateur program. Thousands trained boxers, new rules separate amateur boxing from pro bouts, and states push laws legalizing amateur matches. Western Washington forms the Washington Association for Government of Boxing to promote clean boxing and protect fighters and managers.
Major General Leonard Wood told the Senate military committee there is no justification for a regular army larger than 350000 to 400000 officers and men, rejecting the War Department bill for 500000. He urged universal military training and backed Chamberlain’s plan, saying an efficient regular force plus reserves could meet national needs. control of the Pacific is primarily a naval issue with no need for expanded overseas garrisons.
A letter to the editor cites Pershing as a hero alongside the popular hero Mercier in wartime memory. It praises Belgian defender and hopes for a royal Connecticut welcome, while noting contrasting receptions for each figure. The piece shifts to reports of a Beadle Beadle Wilcox with a fractured arm after a club incident, plus a community event by John L Pole, and ends with an explanation of army boxing rules and Allied boxing performance, highlighting Dempsey, Willard, and Bob Martin.
Walt Mason riffs on Mars hosting living folks and scholarly arguments about Martian inhabitants. The poem mocks the debate, jokes about jail and toastless diets, and concludes there is no way to prove life on Mars, urging focus on earthly matters.
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