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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1919
Page
21
Violence erupts in Cork and Millamney with gunfire and baton charges as police clash with crowds. Several civilians and a sergeant are injured before order is restored.
Coroner Phelan requests all probable witnesses to contact him or the police after a fatal bus crash in Ogden near Pembroke Street and River Road. Authorities seek details from a man who left Pembroke Street just as the crash occurred to improve the case description. An official notes livestock prices force farmers to neglect horses, raising worries about future work stock.
Death notices from December 1919 list John Fleury Beach aged 80 at Stratielil Hotel with funeral planned at Grace Episcopal church, Hill, burial at Lakeview cemetery. Also recorded are multiple obituaries and funeral details for Burton, Byrnes, Chapman, Cleary, Goldsborough, Grey, McHale, Ogden, Peterson, Stviter, Wheeler, and a remembrance note for Helen Schaaf.
Seattle inmate Jake McGluke stands charged with murder in the death of Thomas Mariah a respected cat father of six. The alleged killer surrendered after the crime and initially refused to provide fingerprints or be interviewed as officials fear the case will go to the gas chamber.
Erasmus Stephanus Jacobs, 67, identified as the discoverer of the first famous Kimberley diamonds, recalls finding a 21 14 karat stone at DeKalb near Hopetown in 1866. The stone, later named part of two famous gems, sparked a decades old wealth and notoriety for South Africa.
Finance Minister De Hoyer of the All Russia government urged unifying scattered paper currencies held by rival governments. He cited 678 million rubles in use, high value notes, and widespread counterfeiting. He noted loans and cash from Archangel, Rostov, Crimean issues, and American Bank Note Company delivery of 1.5 billion rubles, with a target date after January 1, 1920.
Dr Wilfred M Post of Princeton University seeks methods to erase branding and tattoo marks placed during the Armenian genocide by Ottoman forces. He notes such marks impede reconstruction and rehabilitation, with some victims self harming to remove evidence of enslavement. dermatologists call revival methods dangerous and largely impractical.
New Year’s Eve celebrations in Bridgeport will resemble past years with clubs and hotels planning dinners and dancing though wartime restrictions loom. Reservations suggest crowded events at Stratfield Brooklawn Greenlawn and Algonquin Seaside Ilise clubs with private liquor rules changing after January 16. Patrons are advised to ship, export, or move liquor before dates and to consume or transport private stock prior to federal prohibition taking effect.
London date with Bernard Shaw praising Lady Astor and urging women on government bodies. He argues women improve administration, understand practical tasks, and would make better politicians, noting motherhood and spending power while conceding voting skill may vary. He mocks vanity and reflects on masculinity and modernity.
New York December 26 receipts show 3,660 barrels of creamery butter with higher prices. Eggs firm with 4,800 cases received. white fine to fancy eggs up to 77 cents. Raw sugar steady around 7.28 cents. Wheat steady on spot with No 2 red at 3. fob steamer. corn weak with No 3 at 1.60. Oats barely steady with No white at 98.5.
Geneva field dispatch reports a major contract closed by Standard Oil with the Romanian government. Romania will deliver 500,000 barrels of refined oil in February via Constantinople, at a price of 3,250,000 dollars. British firms seeking similar deals were reportedly blocked by Rockefeller interests.
In New York on December 26 Rosa Marino, 23, died after attempting to escape from homeroom by using sheets as a rope from a fourth floor room at the Good Shepherd. Children nearby saw her descent and she fell midway, dying an hour later. Federal tax totals for the year ending June 30 are projected near 4.94 billion dollars, about 235 dollars per family, with earlier figures showing a rise from 26.70 dollars per family in 1924.
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