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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1920
Page
6
An accord between the New York Dairymen's League and the New York Milk Conference Board ends months of tension. Dealers will buy farmers' milk for June through October 1 at set prices 2.10, 2.93, 3.35, and 3.65 per hundredweight, covering production costs and stabilizing the industry.
Washington reports ripe olives are restored to favor after a scare over contamination. Government scientists say the bacterium botulinus responsible for poisonings has been routed and the industry will recover with standard sterilization methods and packer cooperation.
Thristol reports one of four National Guardsmen units at the National India Rubber Company plant withdrawn after a week of duty. The town remains technically under insurrection as Governor Beeckman declared following last Friday's riots tied to the rubber strike, with further troop reductions expected unless violence resumes.
One hundred forty six years ago in London the first family or temperance hotel began in Covent Garden. Founder David Low built a successful establishment without a bar, creating a wave of imitators and leaving Low wealthy for life as London later hosted hundreds of family hotels. The original hotel still stands and houses the National Sporting Club where boxing bouts are held.
The Board of Education will ask the common council on Monday night to appropriate 59000 from unappropriated revenue to pay a $2 per scholar bonus approved by the legislature. The funds had not been appropriated previously, and the council must decide on the measure.
A quirky Park Ave notice page recounts a 5000 count challenge on Benny Potts steps with Sid Hunts watch where Sam Cross reached 318 before a fire engine interruption. It notes Teddy the fox terrier’s third birthday and a backyard party misadventure with a bite incident involving an Airedale and a French poodle. It also includes poems and light local notes about Heaven, Miss Kittys art class, and fruit theft at a drawing lesson.
The entertainment committee of Court Marina No 53 F of A prepares the grand opening of their new quarters at Munsterberg I C O F hall 164 State Street this evening. The Marina Guards Degree Team will exemplify the Furistic degree followed by Dutch supper by Caterer Wolfe then a card party. An elaborate surprise entertainment will be provided. Supreme Sub Chief Ranger George P Sullivan of Derby Conn directs the membership drive with Grand and Supreme court officers present.
Licenses for parcel post food imports to Hungary can be secured by the sender or Hungary based addresses. Previously, licenses were required from the Hungarian food minister. The report notes candy makers have a one month sugar supply, depressing housewives.
Advertisement touts Freezone as a tiny bottle that instantly stops corn pain and lifts the corn out without soreness. It claims to remove hard and soft corns and those between the toes with little cost and no irritation, calling it a sensational Cincinnati invention.
Hartford June 5 Judge Edwin S. Thomas urged able bodied men to work on farm production and not violate the law, sentencing James Smagelsky for aiding whiskey making and giving him time to pay a $100 fine. The piece notes job prospects for strong laborers and nearby related items on customs, sports, and Marine Corps enlistments.
Portland Maine June 5 an exposition of industrial manufacturing and agricultural interests will highlight the centenary celebration of Maine separating from Massachusetts Exhibits will run June 28 through the week under the State Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture League. A 100 gun salute daylight fireworks a music festival and a Mardi Gras festival are planned with three parades on July 5.
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