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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1919
Page
13
A fragmented note from Bridgeport references a clash between chain company foot pellers and General Electric, with the writer reacting emphatically to the rivalry and reactions. The brief text hints at local industry competition and public sentiment.
Berlin reports two week suspension of railroad passenger traffic. Thousands unable to ride even on freight trains. Rumors of limited city trains prove false. only milk, food and mail trains run. Death in a family could secure a cart ride, else second class fare demanded.
England's girl farm laborers who joined the wartime land army to replace men have stayed on after the harvest. Government control ends after the potato harvest, around November 30, but many prefer to remain at farm work. About 1,000 girls are in the army, with many eager to form a voluntary organization to keep the group together. The aim is to create farms with reliable workers who can help in emergencies.
Pope Benedict held a private audience with Baron Johann von Gebsauel, Bavarian secretary, as Bavaria prepares the minister's return. The Vatican notes that Holy See Bavaria relations were not interrupted during the war and that indirect links via diplomatic mail pouches were respected by Italy.
Berlin reports show Independent Socialists increasingly refusing to work alongside Majority Socialists in key industries. Some strikes occurred after employers refused to discharge other workers to appease Independents, affecting hospitals and gas plants while Berlin’s magistrate seeks a solution.
Beauty of face and figure is found by every woman in the Turkish bath. The Turkish bath is much more beneficial for women than for men because of a woman’s physical characteristics and hereditary ailments due to generations of corsets. Atlas Turkish Baths in Bridgeport offers facial massage with bodily treatment by female experts at the same price. Open day and night.
Von Mackensen and his staff, brought from northern Serbia by French authorities, are interned near Salonika. They may roam freely but are usually escorted, riding with Iron Cross decorations noted by onlookers. The German war leader is housed opposite a French airfield and may face trial over rail destruction in Roumania after the armistice.
Edward Caldwell Moore of Harvard urged a United States mandate over Turkey at a United church service. He pressed passage of the peace treaty and league unification within six weeks, warning Turkey faces political turmoil risking gains from war. He noted Italy and France are not ready to establish a mandate and cited Turkish troops.
A Milford reassessing committee led by William F. Renouu Clarence V. Sewall and Harry M. Merwin has begun a town wide property survey in Devon. The group will classify each property into three categories and publish a book of taxable property for public transparency. Reassessment will extend over one year.
Milford November report from the Visiting Nurse Association shows 144 calls in October. Reimbursements were higher than any prior month, 50 cents per paid call goes to the association fund, and transport was provided by the Women’s Ace Corps under Miss J. Ackroyd until the new car is delivered.
Members of the Minute Women's Motor Corps have been mobilized for Armistica Day to secure as many automobiles as possible for the Gold Star mothers in the parade. Barnum T4190 and Camatan lead local mobilization with the city service commission coordinating the effort.
Reverend Donald J. Cowling president of Carleton College will address a Brooklawn dinner at the Brooklyn Country Club opening a series of meetings over the coming weeks. Delegates from county Congregational churches will join discussions on a major Congregational movement with events on November 16 and 23. Loans to be sold Nos 5022 Oct 26 1918 1434 May 6 6437 May 6 4447 May 7 1912 notice filed by N F Wurrell at 1477 Main St.
The Board of Park Commissioners will receive bids at the Clerk's office Room 716 Security Building 1115 Main Street Bridgeport Conn until 12 o'clock noon November 18 1919 for construction of a sewer disposal system on Beardsley Park land formerly owned by the Cassier estate. Loans and specifications may be seen at the Clerk's office. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids.
Bankruptcy notice reports Muray & Brodsky Co being adjudicated bankrupt on Oct 20 1919 with a creditors meeting at First Bridgeport National Bank Building Bridgeport Conn on Nov 18 1919. Also probate notices for Noah Lee and Ernest M Quittmeyer administrator estates, a divorce rule for William Wagket in Philadelphia, and notices of road work bids and a sale/intention to transfer a grocery business at 204 Park St Bridgeport.
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