A Line of Cheer Amid Bleak Winter Tones
A fragment recalls a cheerful tune despite gray days and sparse warmth. The lines hint at a small bright moment, a voice lifting with tiny melodies amid dull weather.
Bridgeport Standard Telegram in Bridgeport, Connecticut
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1919
Page
12
Breakfast Table Reflections On Money And Society
A fragment from a breakfast table column muses on money efficiency and public life. It riffs on employment, the value of work, and the era’s appetite for extravagance while touching on Pershing’s homecoming, wartime debts, and social mood amid changing times.
Lynchings and the Call to End Mob Violence in 1919
A 1919 outlook argues lynching numbers may exceed prior years as mobs in Florida and elsewhere target black victims. The piece condemns mob violence, urges trials for participants, and demands state action over monetary aid to halt this brutality. It stresses equal rights to legal due process regardless of race and calls for convictions to deter future crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Thank you Mayor Hylan on honest newspapermen
In a spirited piece the author defends journalists against politicized praise, praising Mayor Hylan for calling newspaper workers honest while urging officials to let reporters speak for themselves. It argues reporters stand on equal footing with lawyers and doctors in skill and ethics and insists critics should stop defending or attacking the profession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fo. Hizzonor
Hylan
New York
Commissioner Enright
Light of Dawn Promises Price Relief After War Strife
A historic plea argues that the end of wartime disruption is near with gradual price reductions ahead. Public sentiment fights extortion and calls for swift action such as the Kelly Poindexter plan and a wheat subsidy to lower bread costs as a permanent fix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Umder
United States
Let Them Spoon On Top Of Fifth Avenue Busses
A New York transit boss defends spooning on busses, arguing it is a natural youthful pastime. He urges tolerance, noting police action harms public spaces and that banning spooning would wreck the city’s social life. The piece cites the public’s fond view of lovers and the impracticality of stopping the trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
New York
Fife
More Room for Congressmen in the Capitol Buildings
Washington dispatch notes that the House of Representatives outgrows the current office space a decade after completion. Langley plans a new building to provide more offices, arguing increased duties and population justify expansion. The piece recalls historical context, Stone cornerstone remarks, and views on city planning.
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Washington
Louse of Representatives
Joe Cannon
Tir
Fron
Shteenth Iinois
Hig
Senate
House
Capitol
Olive
Chern Langley
Howse Vonnolitene
Ufllew Bosllfins Vontalng
Jare Ashi
comumTt
Presliesit
Watelune
Miken
Mneh Peypressuc
Tabigiey
Itencuieky
Ieaf
Wsi
Ipel
Comalites
Ley
Tiree Alllces
Langler
Cts
George Washington
Tryu
Lees
Georgy Weshington
Snel
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Diairieslmer
United States of America
Mark Twain
Bridgeport Notes From Forty Years Ago 1879
Bridgeport items cover Pay for Pall ancompment, patent news for Cutlery Co. of Bridgeport, firemen parade, bands, and local civic chatter. Reports mention Wheeler Whilsat Howe bands, waterbury events, a police poet, a Metropolit- an steamer incident, and a North American St Georges Union banquet with addresses, songs, and city hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler & Whilsat
Howe
Waterbury
Bridgeport enjoys outdoor concerts as season fades
Citizens extend thanks to Bridgeport hosts as Wheeler Wilson band plays at Seaside Park and Augustine's band performs on Golden Hill. Bridgeport owes New Haven 400.05 for pauper support, with Huntington 64.65, Milford 42.09, Monroe 161.20, and Trumbull 1.67. Reports describe a lively steamer excursion with music, a public arrest in Mullay's Lane, and a reading party at Benjamin Ray's home featuring Miss A Lulu Raymond and local singers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler & Wilson
Seaside Park
Augustine
Bridgeport
New Haven
Huntington
Milford
Monroe
Trumbull
Grand Republic
Housatonic
Naugatuck
Wheeler and Wilson
Daniel Lucey
Laura
Factory Foremen to Meet Saturday
Foremen from Bridgeport Brass Co Automatic Machine & Tonal Co Bilton Machine & Cool Co American Chain Co Raybestos Co and others will attend a gathering arranged by the Industrial Department of the Y A A at State Street. Byron Pratt of the MCA overseas quarter will speak open forum follows the recent Silver Bow Lake George New York industrial reference. Refreshments and possible moving pictures are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indusotrial
State Street
Byron
Pratt
M.C. A
Silver Bow
Lake George
N.Y
Col Lecke Asked to Form Army Brigade
London Sept 11 Col John Leake recently returned from North Russia with Canadian officers of the Murnans expedition has been asked by the North Russian government to form a brigade for service on their front He is willing to consider if there is no opposition in diplomatic care ers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
John Leake
Co. Leeke
Theft Rings Target Town Vows and Vehicles
Police report multiple thefts in a single night. A Pie ster and a sweater vanished from a Wool line on B. B L Caldwell. A.N. Llayduets home at 300 Madison Avenue saw $12 stolen plus bank books and a gold wedding ring. A screen door was broken at Read's store. Charles Graham reports his Kood car stolen from Middle Street. Local investigators describe the incidents as connected thefts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Severa
Pethy Uitelts
B. BL Caldwell
Maggidna Pill Ynieves
Andrew Llayduets
Madson Avenue
Charles Graham
Broadbridge Dventie
Rocks Ahead Walt Mason Daily Poem
A fragmentary lyric by Walt Mason lampoons public mood with mock rustic humor. Jumbled phrases reference state woes, old political figures, and social decay while urging lighthearted indulgence with four hundred beers as a coping quip. The piece maintains a dated verse tone.
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