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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1920
Page
8
Ernest resident of Ledyard nearly starved in the cellar of an abandoned farm house near the village. He had disappeared weeks ago while Morgan works nearby. Searchers found him near death. Attending physician believes he will recover. He cannot explain how he reached the cellar.
Despatches from Constantinople report Sir Her- Samuel the high commissioner entered Jerusalem on June 30 guarded by eight armored cars fitted with machine guns. The streets were cleared to prevent a demonstration opposing the establishment of the Jewish national home.
Foreign dispatches report Allies shaping policy toward Russia and the possible recognition of the Bolshevik government with safeguards. Japan pushes to avoid lagging, hoping Russia’s rehabilitation and easing of terror through Allied involvement. Two paths loom: aid anti Bolsheviks to quell them or negotiate peace to steer moderating reforms. Determination is urged to end procrastination.
A clipped dialogue fragment shows a woman in distress after losing her munition job. Her friend questions the troubles as the woman laments losing her pearls to pawn due to dismissal. The terse chatter hints at social strain and economic hardship following workplace loss.
Diplomatic corps in Peking warns the government that in case of an uprising there must be no fighting in the city and that Peking must not be bombarded. Forces led by Tuan Chi Jui surround Peking after the dismissal of General Hsu Shu Cheng as resident commissioner of Inner Mongolia.
Building operations in June rose by six percent from May, led by a surge in industrial contracts. East of the Missouri and north of the Ohio rivers awarded 260.334 million dollars in June, with first half 1920 totals at 1.524555 billion. Industrial projects dominated 26 percent of the six month total, while residential work accounted for about 22 percent. Public works and utilities and business buildings also featured prominently as overall activity neared three billion dollars of contemplated work.
Reston Tranearint notes changing social patterns as youths pursue freedom yet seek guidance amid cultural shifts. The piece contrasts youth behavior with traditional expectations and explores community responses to evolving norms.
Denver judge Ben R. Lindsey explains a juvenile laboratory assessing three ages of girls before disposal of cases. A girl may be 13 biologically, 18 physically, and 10 mentally, guiding treatment and prevention efforts. He seeks expert psychologists and mother access to the lab for early intervention.
A century old note on Cottrells dust filtration and a copper plant led to a claim of cheap potash from cement and iron dust, with Frederick G. Cottrell credited for practicalizing the method. The column then offers a quip about Cuba from a Birmingham Age-Herald joke.
The theatres Polis Will Oakland features a final engagement with singing star Oakland leaving after a successful city run. Four shows start at 1 o'clock with vaudeville acts by Margaret Taylor and others adding variety. Jack Pickford and Fathe News provide additional attractions at Poli's and Empire theatres feature Bryant Washburn in The Sins of St Anthony along with Dorothy Gish and Jack Dempsey at West End.
The account recalls William of Nassau the Great as the first stadtholder of Holland who was killed by a hired assassin on July 10, 1584. It notes the rise of the House of Orange Nassau, the pacification of Ghent, the union of northern and southern provinces, and Maurice's later rule before the Dutch Republic evolved into the United Kingdom of the Netherlands under William II and past.
The piece argues that retail profit is not the full margin between wholesale and sale prices once costs like rent and taxes are deducted. It suggests using Times advertising as a standard of values for fair pricing and warns that obtaining public office often relies on political influence rather than demonstrated work.
London dated July 10 reports Edgar Crammond, English financier, detailing postwar losses for European belligerents. He estimates Germany lost about £8.7 billion, France £8.25 billion, United Kingdom £5.2 billion, Italy £2.1 billion, and Belgium £550 million, with U.S. and Japan prospering.
A brief Boy's Life item features a joke exchange about origins of germs from Germany parasites from Paris and a puzzled reply from Treland Tenderfoot. Mike Crobes is named in the dialogue.
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