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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1918
Page
7
Market reports show tomatoes selling quickly at half the usual growers turnout. Prices vary by grade and crate size with California pears and corn strong. fruit and veg prices listed for Bridgeport area, noting retailer costs and consumer markups. A closing quip compares cost to a stray band serenading.
TIARSFORD August 10 Compliant that certain Connecticut tobacco growers are obtaining workers from essential industries by offering unusually high wages has been made to the federal director of labor through the United States Employment Service. Federal director Leo A Korper said he possesses information confirming the charges and is considering immediate action to curb a primary violation of orders. He also said growing tobacco is not classified as farming or an essential industry under government rulings and should not count as essential industry for bid eligibility.
Washington Aug 16 The shipping board began semi weekly notices on port performances to move coal to New England for winter. Norfolk and Newport News handled 12 ships in 34 hours 42 minutes per ship in port for the half week ending August 1% The average in port of 21 ships unloading at Boston was 116 hours 30 minutes.
The Huntington Tuist ing Pon reports on a parish front service, members gathered for morning worship and sermon by Rev. L. M. Konesten. Notices include members present, condolences for Mrs. Foavid Liboria, a lightning loss, and upcoming services at St Pauls Church with morning worship at 11.
Washington report notes a slight rise in pneumonia cases among U S troops in the seventy day period ending August 9. Deaths from disease remain at an annual rate of 3.18 per thousand.
In federal court today Wadi Hebi, a German national, pled guilty to claims of false American citizenship to aid import of photomaps and carbon paper from Germany before U.S. entry into the war. Judge Mayer, noting the citizenship claim was misconstrued, sentenced Hebi to seven months in prison and a 1000 fine.
San Francisco city flags drooped to half mast as city hall facades wore black in mourning. Albert Metin head of the French Weenomice Mission to Australia, now in the United States, would lie in state in the city hall rotunda by order of the mayor. M. Bietin died last night. his body would lie in state tonight and tomorrow before the mission’s journey to France.
President Wilson wins his first vacation match in Manchester Massachusetts as he plays a round of golf with Mrs. Wilson and Rear Admiral Cary on a quiet seaside outing amid summer buzz.
Washington August 2 State institutions admitted today to the Federal Reserve System include the New Rita Company of Conn and Westfield Company of New Jersey. The entries list assets of 6,186,000 and 2,100,000 respectively as part of the new admissions to the central banking network.
Fragmentary wartime slang narrative depicts Major Theodore Roosevelt Jr and his unit as they endure wounds and crowded camps. The piece notes crutch use and a vocabulary of nicknames among soldiers, contrasting American slang with French terms during the conflict.
New York City aviator Lieut. Wich Miller, a former member of the Felto Mature, trained in the wireless service and died in combat on August 8 during a patrol mission.
An old Worcester area brief notes a price hike from one to two vents starting next Monday. The fragment mentions machines and a Lieutenant Alisterell, with reference to a patrol clash amid a fierce struggle, but details are unclear due to damaged text.
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