Music Weeks Bring New Interest in Bridgeport
A Bridgeport Times feature notes Music Week ideas spreading nationwide from New York to Denver and beyond. It cites benefits of public concerts and school, church and civic involvement, and asks why Bridgeport cannot join the movement this year.
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Farge
Gilies
New York
Washington
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Denver
Great Falls
Mont
Dallas
Detroit
Bridgeport
Aftermath of War Sinks Greek Vessel Bouboulina
An after-action tragedy from the great war era shows the Greek flagged ship Bouboulina hitting a mine and sinking swiftly, leaving only two survivors and a death toll of two hundred fifty, underscoring lingering casualties years after Armistice as a call to end war.
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Agea
Iron Cross Given to German Spy Captain Rintelen
The article notes Captain Franz Rintelen, ex-German Navy, received the Iron Cross first class while imprisoned in America for plots against the Allies. It argues this stain reflects German contempt for war crimes and lack of penitence, despite wartime conditions.
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Franz Rintelen
America
Dispute Over Peace Plans Delays U S-Germany Pact
Reports from Washington say the effort to end the technical state of war with Germany is stalled by a rift between the Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs committees. Each side claims presidential tacit approval while demanding its own plan for peace. A long, drawn out process is feared as committees seek mutual accord.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
House
Fragmented musings on law and fate from varied writings
A collage cites James Hartley Beal on legislation failing to cure social evils and notes a shift from limited government. It proceeds to excerpts from Farm Life about captain of one's soul and a poem about a child seeking belonging, reflecting themes of identity and loss.
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Lfe
James Hartley Beal
Running to the Preside Sees Harding About Strike
The Springfield Republican weighs Franklin K Lane’s warning to Dr John H Finl about overloading the president with minor issues. It argues presidents cannot handle endless tasks from clothes to disarmament and warns of diminished effectiveness and public pressure to curb such duties. It notes Wilson paid a price for isolation and urges minimizing “sore thumb” activities.
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Springfield Republican
Harding
Franklin K. Lane
Washington
John H. Fin
New York City
Lane
Wilson
United States
Hartford Fire Insurance Debate Sparks City Controversy
The Wartford Courant rages over fire insurance exposures in New York with Untermyer and the World accused of ignorant demagogy as leading insurers admit power to review rates and allow state supervision while planning to invest more profits in real estate. The Harvard Glee Club is invited by the French government’s Department of Public Instruction to visit France.
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New York World
Wartford Courant
Hartford
United States
Europe
New York
The
Courant
New York City
East
Demasohery
Mr. Untermyer
Harvard Glee Club
Department of Public [Instruction
France
Gentle Biblio Klepts from the New York Evening Post
Public Library guards on Fifth Avenue and Forty second Street cite a new law making second hand dealers prove library ownership. Penalties rise to five years for items over fifty dollars and one year for cheaper pieces if ownership can’t be proven. The piece notes library theft as a disease and cites a Parisian collector who discreetly buys missing volumes at auctions.
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New York Evening Post
Fifth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Moralists and doctors on speed and malnutrition
A Boston medical expert at a conference warns malnutrition in children stems from modern life. He says affluence correlates with excess dances and movies and too little rest, while parents setting a hurried example pass it to kids.
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Boston Globe
Boston
Spread of Tipping in Federal Service Sparks Graft Probe
The Sacramento Union reports Customs Inspectors in New York face charges for taking tips from incoming steamer passengers. About 190 inspectors are implicated in bribe ranges from 25 cents to 2200, with a judicial ruling allowing tips as lawful. The piece argues for discharge and congressional action to end tipping as graft and notes the public pressure to pay gratuities.
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Sacramento Union
New York
Congress
A Well Preserved Scandal in the GOP Delegates Row
The Evening World criticizes persistent Southern delegate buying in the Republican Party. It argues reform promises by the Old Guard are cosmetic, citing Wednesday’s compromise as preserving the scandal and foreshadowing future promises. The piece laments Old Guard arrogance and notes the impact of fast living on modern children.
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G. O. F. Garden
Old Guard
Ana Tans
Mystery at Abbey Grange continues with Holmes and Watson
Holmes and Watson discuss the Abbey Grange case amid a midnight burglary. The homeowners and servants are questioned as Holmes doubts the maid’s story, noting odd details like wine glasses and a bespoke pocket screw. He resolves to reassess once more evidence is examined.
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America
Tim
Theresa Wright
Curiets
Iention
Mr. Holmes
Holmes
Randall
Hopkins
Tris Font
Hopkin
Hrackenstall
Watson
Abbey Granze
Chiselhurst
Sydenham
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Huilo
Roy
Wat Hain Islands
Bridgeport Times and Evening Farmer
Bryant
Mary Stewart
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Harper & Bros
Special Art
McClure
Dicate
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