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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1920
Page
5
City sanitation chief Howard Dunbar announced that 301 yards were cleaned in the first week of May. He noted an earlier April total of 385 yards swept and cleaned, signaling ongoing efforts to improve cleanliness citywide.
Residents receive ongoing alerts during cleanup campaigns urging property owners to gather yard waste and trash for curbside collection, reflecting municipal efforts to keep neighborhoods clean and orderly.
Fragmentary report from Cincinnati describes a burial amid two former husbands. A fund is proposed to aid the slaves mentioned, though details are unclear.
A fragmented report from Sheridan outlines a May convention with Wyoming Republicans. It mentions assembling state delegates to address party leadership and the national convention, with references to Vinent of Grane and a Cheyenne-based foundation. The text is garbled but indicates preparations for a state party gathering and related nominations.
A group gathers to select six delegates at large for the national Democratic convention in San Francisco. The meeting aims to designate representatives to attend the party gathering and influence platform direction. Delegates will travel to San Francisco to participate in the convention proceedings.
In Ouro May 10, locals report a shortage of coated nails and general scarcity affecting shipments. The note describes providers canceling orders and prices rising, with consumers awaiting supplies from ongoing distribution.
In New York on May 10 the Tuinola delegation to the Socialist party convention attacked conservative leaders and the party platform defending private property while urging radical reforms. Delegates accused rivals of lacking concrete causes and the convention planned to consider the platform the next morning for press exposure as Debs faces espionage act questions.
A long obituary column lists multiple local deaths and funeral services. Louis Lamedica, infant son of the Lamedica family of Hewitt, is noted with a 2:30 PM funeral at August G. Baler mortuary chapel. Other names include Mrs. Tucker, Mrs. Larkin, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Dollard, Henry Cornwall, John Schulz, Miss Marriet E. Cummings, Mrs Bailey, and Thomas Goralis, with services held at churches and cemeteries such as St Michael's, St Peter's, and Milford cemetery, and various burial sites.
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