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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1920
Page
7
Bridgeport board discussed crowded schools and a war time registration surge. Superintendent Slawson urged nine extra teachers beyond vacancies, sought funds from city officials, noted normal schools filled, and outlined space and boiler needs plus temporary portable classrooms to relieve overcapacity.
Paris dispatch reports Mrs. Sarah Porter widow of O. Henry may continue his literary style. She travels to Paris to gather material and plans to write in Asheville North Carolina. Friends say she has captured the late writer's tone in some stories.
Reading L 33 Baltimore 0 with Brown and Konnick on offense. Ogden Styles contribute in first game. In second game Reading S 6 Baltimore 110 with Hughes Holmes and Konnick. Filter Prank and Styles aid Akron Rochester matchup. Toronto B14 Buffalo 410 DI Craft Snyder Devine Rogers Brugger lead scoring.
Yesterday’s results show New York 4 Detroit 3 Cleveland 3 Philadelphia 2 Chicago 15 Washington 6 Boston 4 St Louis 4. Team standings list Cleveland New York Chicago St Louis Boston Washington Detroit Philadelphia with varied win totals and games played. Upcoming games include New York at Detroit and Philadelphia at Cleveland among others, with several cross‑league matchups on tap.
Death notice announces W Theodore Van Yorx of Mt Vernon aged 22, grandson of Mrs W T Van Yorx of 790 State Street. He served in the 165th infantry Rainbow division, was gassed March 22 1918, returned to action after healing, penned war letters published in Telegram and Post, later worked in Bartlesville Oklahoma, and died after pneumonia following gas exposure. He had many friends in Bridgeport and Laurel Beach.
An article fragment discusses holy cities for different faiths including Allahabad Bonarea Cuzco Jerusalem Mecca and Medina. It notes variation in death mutism prevalence across countries and contrasts Swiss rates with the general European average and the U N states.
Hazelton Pennsylvania Sept 13 a proposed policy would order miners back to work and renew the request to President Wilson for reopening the anthracite fields. Union leaders claim sufficient votes exist to adopt the plan despite insurgent opposition. The policy confronts the issue as the anthracite strike nears a decision by the coal industry and the United Mine Workers.
An Ossining man was arrested today and handed to Briarcliff authorities after a crash scene inquiry. The case adjourned. Levy charged with violating the Volstead Act and taken to New York for arraignment.
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