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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1921
Page
12
City playgrounds officially close for the summer today as workers begin dismantling playground apparatus at a dozen recreation centers. Swings and chutes will be stored until next summer when grounds reopen. Baltimore expects 30,000 ex service men of the 29th and 78th Divisions for Buddy Week starting tomorrow.
Hartford readers learn of the new electors act and the registrar schedule for October town elections. Registrars of electors in each town with annual or biennial elections will meet on September 6 from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. to revise lists and receive names. Selectmen and town clerks convene September 17 to canvass voters and may adjourn through September 24 for final voter inclusion.
Mrs Eleanor De Hart a New York widow says she uses a rubber shillelah and her right arm to curb mashers. She claims to have assisted police by arresting about fifty men in five years, insisting women should defend themselves and seek police aid when faced with harassment.
A secret plan to outfit jitney operators with uniforms and caps is set to start Saturday with 910 machines enrolled. Milford police chief James Maher says no new steps will be taken until the state attorney directs further action after a federal court decision expected tomorrow.
A vivid, fragmentary snapshot from Main and Fairfield featuring Sid A M Platt Milfera peach stower Warren Herman the insurance man and a cast of local figures. The note mentions Danl teachers, a Kiwanis secretary treasurer, Read's tea room manager, a Graphophone employment head, and a Philade lphia National catcher visiting town. Witty asides about weather and daily errands punctuate the livelyfolk portrait.
Staff Captain and Mrs. Edward Trimble who led Salvation Army social work in Utica New York will depart for Bridgeport to undertake similar duties. They have guided local outreach programs and will establish and supervise corps activities in their new posting.
Edmonton Sept 19 One thousand buffaloes are for sale by the Dominion Government. They come mostly as bulls from the Wainwright area in Alberta’s national park, a vast wild-tame preserve housing over 100000 acres. The herd faces winter scarcity and hay shortages, forcing a planned reduction to about 10060 head. The herd, started from 800 acquired in 1999, is the world’s largest, with many breeding cows boosting growth.
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