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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1919
Page
8
Subscription rates and advertising notices appear amid misleading OCR fragments. The text references the Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Associated Press, noting exclusive rights and republication terms, along with contact lines for metropolitan offices and department exchanges.
Fragmentary prose reflects on companionship and shared days among friends. Mentions lines of cheer and a pilgrimage through space like Hermit life, urging solidarity and the value of doing one’s best together.
The fragment discusses lingering postwar tensions and hopes for peace, noting Armistice day, duties of husbands, deported prisoners, and workers’ raises. It blends reflections on history, tradition, and the comfort of ordinary moments amid a world in transition.
Announcement says Professor David Todd of Amherst College plans to contact Mars by lifting instruments 50 000 feet in a balloon. He hopes to escape Earth's atmosphere to better observe and possibly signal the red planet, though odds of success are tiny and Mars may be inhabited by highly intelligent beings with advanced engineering.
Close Wilson confidants say the President’s illness is not surprising given his France duty load and relentless tour to win support for the League of Nations. They note strain from the Lusitania crisis, Mexico border tensions, war aftermath, labor unrest, and high living costs, with rest seen as essential to avoid a serious collapse.
Reports Horvard researchers developed a serum that greatly reduces influenza mortality and after effects. The piece warns of possible return of influenza next winter and urges state and city health departments to obtain all US Public Health Service information and ensure physicians are well instructed in best handling methods.
Washington announces a Bureau of Chemistry plan to extend shoe life and cut costs by proper care. Experts urge regular cleaning, brushing, and oiling of leather, plus saddle soap use and careful drying to nearly double shoe longevity amid rising prices.
Milford plans to start a new night school during the coming winter following successful results from last winter and spring. No definite action yet, but classes will be formed after the new school board is organized in October.
Washington Sept 28 A P report states wartime restrictions on amateur radio stations and equipment will be removed. The order covers technical aid experiments and all other non commercial operations previously limited by prewar policy. Commercial traffic restrictions will remain in effect until further notice.
Lieut Wright of the American Red Cross describes Poland's shattered condition after the great war. 600 years of persecution have left Poles underfed and lands stripped by Germans, with Bolshevik forays and guerrilla fighting. 12,000,000 Poles are returning from Siberia, facing starvation, disease, and typhus as winter nears, requiring months of aid and self-sufficiency efforts.
Bridgeport items from September 29 1879 include John Raymond in Wolfert's Roost at the Opera House weather and excursions by the Grand Republic and Rose Dale, local walking match results with distances and money, a Danbury engine-house fire effects, a petty crime arrest on board a New York bound boat, a sermon by Rev Dr Samuel Osgood, a brutal assault on a fellow deck hand named Hefferton, Connecticut Spiritualists meeting notes, and community notices including deaths and local moves.
The Irirst National Bank of Ridgefield held a meeting with 246 of 250 stocks represented and voted to double capital stock from 25000 to 50000 and to change its name to The First National Bank and Trust Company of Ridgefield. The charter renewed for twenty years. Savings department opens Oct 1. Capital 25000 surplus 80000. Bank building addition underway with new safe deposit vaults. President Dr George Schistten and other officers named.
A Alaska resident adapted a dog sled for summer by mounting a traditional sled on four bicycle wheels. A steering column and an automobile wheel steer the front, and five dogs pull the wheeled sled in warm weather, illustrating that snow is not permanent in Alaska.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Devon Union Church plans an annual Harvest War Vest Supper at the church Friday evening October 10 from 6 to 8 o'clock. Proceeds support church activities and community needs.
The speaker recounts a dinner with roast mutton beets and pie, wonders about the cost of eating, and jokes that skipping meals could yield wealth like hay. He laments indigestion and jokes about doctors and vendors as he muses on appetite and prosperity.
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