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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1920
Page
10
Contractors rapidly complete the new home for the G. Drouve company in Fairfield. The mill will measure 40 by 200 feet with a 60 by 120 foot wing and rise one story high as the plant plans to move from this city to Fairfield.
Ignacio Bonillas ambassador to the United States will relinquish his post and return to Mexico City on January 5 to become a candidate in the presidential elections according to reliable sources published here today.
Washington January session sees Senator Smoot attack sugar profiteers charging 22 cents per pound and selling two pounds at a time while vowing firm action by the attorney general. A Cuban sugar purchase to stabilize prices was urged via a cable from Rafael Montero to Senator McNary, but President Wilson declined the recommendation.
New York judge declares smoking by women not immoral in a separation suit. Justice Mullen states it is not immoral for women to smoke cigarettes, noting some of the temperate women in the country and world smoke them. The ruling centers on alleged evidence of bad character from cigarettes found in the wife's dresser.
London report shows 259000 of 633400 examined children outside London were defective. The chief medical officer cites 48.5 percent as affected by unspecified causes, as part of Board of Education medical inquiries. The data respond to Senator McNary’s sugar act inquiry.
The passage extols the railroad as a mighty transportation machine that empowers workers to earn top wages while delivering the lowest-cost freight. It asserts capital investment in transport and other industries boosts production, spreads prosperity, and advances civilization, likening it to doing half a cent of work per unit versus a full day’s pay for a pack bearer.
A national conference on the cost of living was set for January 22 in New York by the National Consumers League. Speakers include Senator William H. Jenner, William B. Colver, and Clara Mortensson. The event aims to push shorter workdays and minimum wages for women and to boost food supplies via federal and cooperative efforts.
The Boston Produce Co sues Eveno Fedeli of 170 Beery Street this city for 1000 dollars alleging 12 cases of chestnuts sold were frozen and unpaid. The complaint states the defendant refused payment citing the nuts as frozen.
In Chicago on January 6 retail coal dealers announced a 60 cent increase on coal turn on coal effective next week. Dealers said the rise was needed to keep business from halting.
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