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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1919
Page
18
Mlle Martha Gauthier, wounded nursing with French and American armies, arrived in the United States for recovery. Two fellow passengers helped her ashore as she deplaned. The French government awarded her the Legion of Honor Cross the Medaille Adilitaire and the Croix de Guerre. While a prisoner she aided twenty two Germans and crawled to safety from shell holes.
A Mora canvas titled Ideal American Madonna of the thousand faces is presented by the War Department to Red Cross headquarters. The mural, blending portraits of over 1,000 women wartime workers, will tour major cities after permanent Washington installation.
Professor E. K. Landt, noted authority on political economy, argues health and earnings are closely linked. He says unemployment rises when workers are physically unfit, noting tiredness, insomnia, and poor appetite as common causes. He promotes a system cleanse and tonic to restore vitality and keep pay checks intact, touting a herbal remedy sold by Hartigan's Drug Store.
Emm in Goldman and Alexander Berkman have trunks packed with clothing and canned goods and are ready for deportation on five minutes notice per their counsel Larry Weinberger. They await government orders to send them this week with notices spread to over eighty anarchists at Ellis Island.
Christmas schedule lists City Normal School seniors to sing at St Vincent's hospital in the afternoon and at Sterling Widows Home in the morning. Gurroughs Home hosts an 7 pm service. New singer groups from multiple churches and schools joined, with a committee urging more registrations.
Final tributes were paid to Charles E. Smith superintendent of the Smith Mege Co at the family home 742 Lafayette street with a 2 30 pm funeral service. The entire factory and many employees attended the services conducted by Rev John G Sader at Christ Episcopal church. Honorary bearers included Thomas O'Brien John Bergland A B Alvord and W H Shortsleave. Burial was in Mountain Grove cemetery family plot.
The Columbia Mines Company plans a stockholders meeting to vote on dissolution. Augusta and Bridgeport figures, including Williamson Burleigh and McLean, are noted among organizers. Details on the dissolution process and company official papers are referenced.
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