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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1919
Page
2
An noted authoress addresses a forum discussing the political divide as Labor party candidates loom in the next election. The speaker mentions England and the United States citizenship status since 1910, after a trip to assess unrest and conditions abroad.
Commissioner Roper of the bureau of internal revenue reports strict public compliance with the anti liquor selling law during its first two weeks. He notes a small and shrinking lawbreaking element and credits morale agency aid and treaty assistance from EMT quarters for enforcement support.
White Sulphur Springs Virginia November 16 The modest wooden church drew a capacity crowd with a bishop and a royal prince among worshippers The prince of Wales entered to a full house his seats filled while the rest of his day was spent playing golf before returning to New York the following day
Lieutenant B. W. Maynard the Flying Parson, winner of the recent transcontinental air race, announced plans to attempt a one stop coast to coast flight within eight days. He will use a modified De Havilland named the Greyhound for a 1500 mile or longer hop.
New York November 1 1919 Veterans of Foreign Wars urged all posts in the United States to watch for internal foes after the Centralian shootings. The national council condemned un American agitators and urged citizens to denounce such attempts, whether organized or individual, as a duty to the state and nation.
Advertisement touts Bromo Quinine tablets for preventing influenza and colds. Mentions a single product name EB. W. GROVE with a signed box and the price 30 cents. The ad frames the remedy as an active measure to remove the cause of illness.
Col House travels between Paris and Washington to brief President Wilson. Described as a master of silence, he has undertaken numerous secret missions and served as master of ceremonies at the peace treaty signing.
The outlook calls for warmer air Monday into Tuesday with cloudy breaks and light local rain in the lake region and northern eastern New York and New England. Elsewhere east of the Mississippi fair weather for the next 48 hours. Coastal winds mainly from the south and southwest, with varying intensities, and temperatures around the mid 40s to low 60s at major stations.
Recipes for Vegetable Souffle and American Chop Suey outline ingredients and steps. Souffle mixes cornmeal with boiling water salt pepper tomatoes green pepper onion and eggs then bakes briefly. Chop Suey combines spaghetti or rice tomatoes pepper onion meat and sauce baked until done.
In Popwea a blurry inquiry asks if she is over 39 as the picture of Lariat Aliso Broquet is shown as part of a million dollar inheritance claim. The claimant asserts the dancer mother’s marriage to Broucet. others contest paternity, arguing she was born before his marriage.
Juvenile court officer Miss Gratia Rice told at Olivet church in North Bridgeport that foreign born mothers and fathers are forcing children to earn money, neglecting home duties and education. She cited cases of abuse and crowded living conditions, including a six year old girl left to care for a two year old while parents hid the child's clothes to keep her indoors.
British secret agent Paul Dukes told the AP that Petrograd’s Communist government uses a stark method to end strikes. They locate and kill the strike leader, leaving workers disorganized and returning to work under tougher conditions.
Three Buffalo barges each carried 418 tons of pig iron and arrived last night in tow of the Red Ball tug Charles McWilliams. The steel, consigned to Crane Company, came as weather forced other ships to berth. The Blue Line tug Owen MewWilliams and tow rode out the gale nearby.
Larry Williams, famed Bridgport fighter and promoter, touts Cinot as producing wonderful results for himself and for Bognath in training and conditioning. The herbal tonic is advertised as a tonic that tones the stomach, flushes kidneys, and boosts appetite, with Williams claiming quick vigor when using Cinot. Available at multiple local drug stores including Har Tigans and Williams drug outlets across several towns in New England.
Mrs Mendell Quinn of 147 Lenox avenue sustained painful injuries to her right arm yesterday afternoon when her husband collided an automobile with a taxi cab from Heaphy garage on Pairfield avenue near Brewster street. Treated at Emergency hospital then moved to St Vincent's hospital, where her condition was not considered serious.
London reports that college students nationwide intend to raise funds to cover the medical and nursing costs for William F. Pussyfoot Johnson, the American anti saloon crusader, following alleged ragging incidents. Rev Arthur B. Richmond of Trumbull's Congregational church is scheduled to speak at a Newfield M E service tonight with Mrs A G Robins as soloist.
More than 130 persons attended the 75th birthday anniversary of Max Neisner, a Connecticut Jewish Civil War veteran, held in Harmony Hall Staples Building State Street last night. Attorney Charles TH Shapiro, president of the District Grand Lodge Bnai Brith, presided. Boy Scout troops from Park Avenue temple acted as guard of honor. Neisner presented Harmony Lodge members with a large silk American flag, and his portrait was hung on the lodge wall by Shapiro.
Pawick Henry Murphy died yesterday at his Westport home after a long illness. He served the New York New Haven and Stamford Railroad in multiple posts over 50 years, including station master at Westport and Saugatuck. He led the Fat Men's Association in Connecticut and is survived by his sister Mrs. Jane Horrigar of Saugatuck. Funeral is tomorrow from the Church of the Assumption in Westport with burial at King Street Cemetery.
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