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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1920
Page
14
A fragmentary report notes about 3,000 telephones with 60,000 people said to be using the service. The project appears impaired as English names replace many place names, complicating verifications and operations.
U S Senator Warren G Harding outlines Republican platform aims in Cleveland. He calls for leadership in aviation, a strong army, universal military training, and defense readiness. He advocates repeal of wartime measures, restoring peacetime freedoms, opposing heavy government control of business, and pledging gratitude to soldiers who served.
In Brussels, March 0, Deputy Plevard of Sessian Parliament pushes an amendment to raise the amusement tax on dances bars and all night restaurants to 30 percent of takings, up from 25 percent. He cites large sales of champagne at a single bar where a $1,000 bottle was bought and a total night’s receipts reportedly reached $4,000, with as much as $8,500 noted as sold.
Chicago workers including clerks stenographers and garbage handlers walk out over pay and staffing. Officials calm tensions as police guard city channels while council debates a $4 million salary boost and future raises. Clarks and window washers report new wage demands amid widespread labor unrest.
A garbled report from Geneva says a wealthy widow plans to marry an archduke formerly in the Hapsburg line. The bride, Frau Mesa, became rich through real estate speculation and is divorced from an Austrian lieutenant. The archduke, retired after an incapacity, seeks rights after a revolution.
The fragmented text references Argentina and a lottery like scheme with a total $176,000,000 tied to horse mines and bettors. It mentions per person payments around $22 a year and notes public interest in the claim, with Rooney or La Teague as possible names.
Fragmentary report discusses analysis methods and hopes to identify a chemical element. References to substances and processes are incomplete making specifics unavailable.
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