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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1918
Page
7
The third group of Czecho-Slovaks for the military training camp four miles north of Stamford left this forenoon and was given a popular ovation during the street march. There were about 106 in all. These men are training for service in units of their own nationality in the European fields.
The New York board of aldermen adopted a resolution urging Congress to pass legislation to curb landlord rent profiteering. Socialists led the motion, claiming many property owners have raised rents beyond reasonable bounds.
An American steamer named Ovonce was rammed by the steamer Constantia in Georgetown harbor and badly damaged. it was beached to prevent sinking. The issue also reports a new school administrator, Tappert, arriving from Connecticut Agricultural College, with Garrigus named general manager. There are local notices on poultry demonstrations, doctor moves, automobile fires, sailors returning, and various community events and personal items.
E. C. Godfrey of Wilton displayed a rare five fox family born beside a railroad line. He dug out the month-old pups, housed them, and may sell to a movie company as meat scarcity and care burdens rise. The rest of the item lists local notes on farms, track work, and residents' weekend activities.
Walter Titchdale resumes studies at Massachusetts Agricultural College Amherst. Station Agent Mas New Cart. I M Hawkins agent at this station has a new car on which I transport mail.
After reaching about sixty and settling in, a man begins to take keen interest in rules for longevity and how to live longer. He looks at diet, exercise, and routines that promote health and vitality in later years.
A fragment hints at a Prohibition era mood as the speaker muses that a strict reformer might be unsettled to learn he enjoys himself. The remark suggests irony about virtue and vice during the era.
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