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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1920
Page
10
Bridgeport residents debate transit preference between jitney and trolley service. The Bridgeport Times invites readers to vote via coupons sent to 179 Fairfield Avenue to gauge public opinion for tabulation. The piece also includes light humor and unrelated quotes from the Florida Times-Union.
The Illinois Agricultural Association completed the first farmers’ census of freight cars. Secretary Thompson said Illinois farmers found little evidence of a car shortage, calling transportation inefficiency due to immobility. The survey covered 494 stations across 46 counties over seven days, with 29.5 percent showing idle cars on the last day. No Chicago counts were made, and some yards expelled enumerators. The findings challenge the car shortage excuse and set farmers to investigate the underlying causes.
Dr. M. L. Smith remarked that modern thugs operate so openly that a physician could only resort to essentially selling the blanks to the highest bidder, highlighting corruption and lawlessness in the current climate.
Baltimore Aus 20 More than fifty hunger strikers began a riot in a dormitory of the Maryland penitentiary early today tearing out electric lights and plunging the building into darkness A two hour demonstration followed until fire hoses were used by fire companies summoned to the prison and the prisoners finally quieted down
London reports drunkenness convictions in England and Wales rose sharply in 1919 to 57 thousand from 29 thousand in 1918, with Greater London and Northern England making up 93 percent of the total. The report cites more men at home, fewer in khaki, more officers on duty, longer drinking hours, and stronger forms as factors.
Chicago August 20 The American Protective Medical Fraternity was launched by Chicago physicians to discuss liquor prescription blank restrictions by the federal prohibition director. One aim is to secure an unlimited number of prescription blanks. Dr EB W Scott, former chief medical officer at a Washington influenza hospital, spoke about physician roles.
Mexico City, Aug 19. The Boy Scout movement in Mexico is being revived with a call for youth ages twelve to seventeen to join as the corps of Mexican Explorers. Formerly aided by government uniforms shoes and small allowances the movement waned during the revolution and plans now aim to renew its activities. Glycerine feathers appear in the era’s decorative effects.
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