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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1919
Page
17
Readable bits show a terse, era voice musing on worry and Christmas, with disjointed phrases about options and frictions. The snippet hints at a Colonel figure and a wary, ironic tone about life and holiday choices.
Vienna reports detail alleged White terror by Hungarians linked to a movement called the awakening Hungary party. Nobles such as Counts and officers are named in accounts of hangings, whippings, and expulsions targeting Jews and Bolshevist or Reds-affiliated individuals.
Requisitions for several thousand dollars for harbor work at the Marine Operating Company dock near Stratford avenue bridge were approved by New London officials. The plan includes dredging and pile driving to support more than one steamer from Bridgeport next summer, separate from federal harbor upgrades. Captain J H Buncott, Bridgeport Port Jefferson ferry chief, traveled to New London with harbor blueprints.
Harvard University will begin its 283rd year with enrollment around prewar levels. Preliminary figures estimate total enrollment over 4,000, with 400 to 500 freshmen. Freshmen athletics become compulsory and a ROTC program at the artillery reserve officers training camp will be inaugurated as part of college training.
Mayor Wilson reports a possible War Department food and clothing distribution bureau request may place the McElroy building at Golden Hill and Water streets as a storage depot. No official decision yet. Rejections in similar cases nearby fuel Bridgeport’s doubt, with New York bureau likely to cover Connecticut.
Officials of the Blue Hill Street Railway Co told the street railway commission they would suspend service on their lines on September 90 due to revenue failing to meet running expenses. The system covers 12 3 4 miles from Stoughton to Mattapan and 1/2 mile from Canton to Canton Junction, with fares of 30 cents and 5 cents.
An old lady visits a farmhouse and accepts tea and cake, finishing seven pieces of cake before the tea. She then asks to have her hand held and her tea served, prompting the family to exchange apologies and make up. The text includes garbled dialogue and playful misprints as a clipping from a weekly issue.
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