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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1921
Page
16
Heavy rainstorms swept Fredericton and across New Brunswick, extinguishing forest fires that caused more than 590000 dollars in damage over the week. The report notes continuing concerns and several incidents as crews battled blazes before the rain arrived.
The Interconditional Twelfth Masters association opened its annual convention in Lodsy where a Philadelphia relief worker asserts block parties with strict guidance and fox-training on streets have elevated dancing’s standing. She blames crewed dance halls for vice and urges higher standards to curb immorality and temptations. A new telephone transmitter design is described as reducing outside noise.
Dispatches to the Daily Express from Constantinople indicate the Greek occupation of Ismid is anticipated. Only a small number of the Turkish forces remain, and a large offensive is unlikely before September due to railway repairs. The capture of Tanı would improve Greek communications and allow easier advances.
Representative Langworth, Republican, proposed extending the dye imports to March 27 due to delays in enacting the Mordny tariff bill. The plan would substitute a ten month extension for the three month limit set for March 27 in the emergency tariff measure.
Officials at the State Hospital for the Insane in Waterbury Vermont disclosed today that a tenacious smallpox outbreak has begun. A new patient was reported to have contracted the disease and brought it to the facility.
A rambling glimpse of Bridgeport social life shows Wolfe and Slotiman of the Bridgeport Celery Co. visitors mingling with locals. Dentists, clerks, and workers are named amid casual chatter about daily routines and a “very important date,” painting a bustling urban snapshot.
A devastating electrical storm killed a family of three and their two month old baby near Rockland Lake. Mr Charles Schaeger and his wife from Nyack perished along with their infant child as they sheltered under a large tree during the afternoon downpour. A farmer found the trio dead after the storm swept through the area yesterday.
In Pueblo Colorado August 8 the Rockefeller Steel Works offers new six room homes to workers of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company who lost their homes in recent floods. Homes will be built on company land near the Minnequa plant with payment over many years. The project aims to house employees displaced by the flood and relocate them close to work.
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