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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1918
Page
12
The piece argues weather dominates daily news value and public life. It notes urban power grids rely on forecast data, shaping city operations, and ties heat to agricultural harvest, stressing weather's wide impact on all workers and vacationers.
Washington July ships board declares no grievances justify a strike by seamen on the Great Lakes. It warns a stoppage would disrupt ore for steel and wheat for troops, notes the navy will handle training, and cites labor policy in denying compelled talks with lake carriers.
Gloucester captain recounts a German officer’s claim that the U boat he boarded had destroyed a large ship a few nights earlier, drifting survivors including a six year old boy. The officer sought a report on treatment given to him and his crew.
An excerpt ponders facing an unknown future with calm. It rejects anxious fear for a steady acceptance of whatever lies ahead, urging a present minded cheer as time unfolds. The speaker finds joy or woe in what's to come and keeps moving along the destined road.
A column of light verse and observances from the Washington Star era reflects wartime mood. It pokes fun at rationing, home gardens, and garden-variety domestic life while noting German and Allied actions. The piece weaves humor about mustard gas, loafs of sugar, and social foibles into a snapshot of homefront sentiment.
Doctors warn late hours due to daylight saving affect many children with fatigue and lassitude. Parents are urged to restore early bedtimes despite longer days, ensuring children get at least ten hours of sleep for health and long term wellbeing.
New York Democrats commit to Alfred E. Smith as governor hopeful, backed by Tammany Hall. The platform supports woman suffrage and submitting prohibition to the people, while criticizing Republican state policies. Primaries set for Tuesday September 2 with Hearst unlikely to win without Tammany support.
A wartime analysis asserts German leadership hides losses and retreat from the public. It claims a forty mile front shift and over 160000 American troops engaged, arguing German rulers fear home political backlash and avoid truth.
Report from Germany says the Kaiser ordered the Salvation Army's suppression and confiscated its property after fifty years of charitable work. The action is cited as characteristic of kultur, with the Army praised for mercy and kindness. The claim notes how any foothold in Germany would be seen as a pretense by critics.
The Waterbury American comments on Judge Harland B. Howe presiding over a Bristol clergyman's trial and his effort to remove whispered confidential talks in court. The piece criticizes the practice as bad form and urges judges to abandon such confidential discussions, even if attempted by prosecutors.
Wartford officials visited to assess traffic conditions and management. Mayor Kinsella met Captain Wheeler and observed operations at a busy Hartford corner, praising the handling and noting Hartford could benefit from the example.
NORWALK July 28 Spectal algae has appeared in homes in the Second district towns Towlayton Bell Island and others making water taste unpleasant. Residents note low midday pressure as water is wasted for cooling milk sprinkling lawns and baths. The filter for Rownyson and Bell Island outlets was shut off causing many to drink poor tasting water.
On July 29 Draft Board sends twelve volunteers to camps in Georgia Maine New York and Massachusetts. Named volunteers include Edward J. Kinsella a telephone operator Alexander Fraser inspector William Caplan merchant Homer Floyd Bertine factory worker Michael Dalton tool setter Hugh McEwen guard Ernest Shaw machinist Edward H. Patterson electrician Harold Pitt machinist Joseph Vaughan stenographer Joseph Henry Neville foreman and others. They report to Camp Forrest Oronok Newton and Syracuse for training and service in the limited service class during 1918.
Frank Faranti of 52 Lexington avenue reports $38 missing from his room after three lodgers shared the night at his Stow Avenue address. He had $28 on his person at bedtime. all occupants deny knowledge of the loss as Bridgeport police investigate the case.
Washington July 5 The war labor board referred the 4000 paper mill workers dispute involving International Paper and unions to a section led by Crocker and Guerin to interpret the boards award and consider a possible rehearing. Mills in New York New Hampshire and Maine are shut with a 73 percent drop in newsprint output.
Salvation Army volunteers, mostly young women, set up huts near front lines in France to bake doughnuts, pies, and coffee for American soldiers. They operate kitchens under fire, sew, and distribute comforts, aided by officers and husbands, with 22 huts, 430 troops, and 25 tons of supplies including 1,000 pie tins.
About a dozen men previously rejected by the Draft Board will be re-examined after Governor Holcomb amended the weight and height requirements. Minimum height lowered to 60 inches from 63 and minimum weight to 110 pounds. Unconditionally rejected: men under 60 inches or under 110 pounds except for insular troops. those ill or in civil life may be reconsidered if camp life could improve them. Insular troops refer to Hawaii and Porto Rico. The count of men rejected under former standards will be re-examined.
Dr Matthew J Foley of St Vincent's hospital has been commissioned a first lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps of the United States Army. He recently served as head interne and acting surgeon at the geney d hospital and is a native of Tailimore Md. His appointment followed closely by Dr Maxwell of the same institution.
New York Prohibitionists designate Olin G. Bishop, head of the state committee, as their gubernatorial candidate amid a stirred political scene. Party enrollments show 58,423 Prohibitionists, once seen as supporting Governor Whitman’s re-election. In the 22d Senatorial district, John Brady seeks the nomination along with Lawrence Gallagher and John McGuinness, while the Citizens’ ticket fate remains a political mystery in Fairfield County.
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