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Bridgeport Times

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1920

Page

3

Milford man fined in two counts for breach of peace and assault

Fitzgerald of Boston a Rosenbaum student was fined 57 dollars yesterday for breach of the peace and assault after assaulting Roswell Furman a graduate at M H S in front of Cornwall's store Wednesday afternoon. The rest of the items note a July 10 New Haven Christian Endeavor Union meeting at Orange church graduations at Laurelton Hall and a small motor wreck and a wedding at St Peter's rectory.

New Haven Christian Endeavor Union Orange Congregational Church First Church

Australia to ditch copper pennies for square coins

Australia plans to circulate square nickel pennies alongside existing copper coins with no new copper minting. Other British dominions have used square coins, including India, Ceylon, and the Straits Settlements, to save metal and aid packing.

Sydney Australia India Ceylon Straits Settlements Melbourne

Trolleymen Accept Offer in Connecticut Wage Deal

Connecticut Co trolleymen vote to accept a wage increase retroactive to June 1 totaling 54 cents per hour first year 57 cents second year and 60 cents maximum after two years plus 15 cents extra for one man car operators. Agreement signed by union and company leaders in New Haven and Hartford. The majority favoring acceptance reportedly small despite company officials suggesting a large mandate.

Connecticut Co New Haven Lucius S. Storrs J K. Punderford Frank T. O'Meara Hartford John Toohey

Logger dies from brown bear attack on Chicago Island

Clarence Thompson, a logger on Chicago Island near Prince Rupert B C, died from wounds after a bear attacked him as it fed on a deer carcass. He related that the bear charged, he fired once, then the paw struck his face. Thompson was found severely injured and without clothing, having suffered cold and blood loss.

Prince Rupert B. C Clarence Thompson Chicago Island Thompson

Rumania Reclaims Pre War Gayety Amid Prosperity Return

Bucharest reports booming wealth after wars gains with Transylvania and Bessarabia. Fashionable streets brim with luxury goods, theatres packed, and the Paris label praised as the Balkans’ claim. Wheat leads crops, large exports fuel national wealth growth.

Bucharest Rumania Carol Carmen Sylva Paris Austria Germany Balkans

Family farms tried in East Texas plan to curb rural exodus

East Texas Chamber of Commerce launches effort to create 50 county companies to supply family farm homes and organize residents in more than a thousand requests for modern farm housing. The program aims to improve living conditions and markets while keeping families on the farm.

Tyler Texas East Texas East Texas Chamber of Commerce

Honolulu Seeks Scandinavian Domestic Help

Honolulu Housewives league plans to appeal to chambers of commerce in Sweden and Denmark. Circulars will be sent detailing the domestic help shortage in Honolulu and inviting working women to seek employment on the cross roads of the Pacific.

Honolulu T. H Chamber of Commerce Sweden Denmark Honolulu Housewives League Pacific

Germans Seek Jobs in Japan After Siberian Release

More than 700 German POWs freed by Japanese troops in Siberia seek employment in Japan. All are technical school graduates with electric, mechanical, and railway experience. Tokyo authorities refer applicants to the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce to place them. Some players lack skill with hands and feet but excel with their mouths.

Lauralton Hall School Grammar School Tokio Siberia Japan

Danderine Advertisement Claims Hair Benefits

A vintage ad promotes Danderine for a few cents. It promises no fallen hairs or dandruff after use and claims hair will show new life vigor brightness color and thickness.

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