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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1920
Page
4
A testimonial from Alexander Munro describes a long battle with rheumatism and relief found through trial-sized Frust-atives medicine. The note claims improved mobility and walking two miles, with pricing details listed for the product in Ogdensburg, New York.
Police hunt a chauffeur after a fatal hit run near the George Narkin home on Pixley Street. A woman burns survived but seriously burned when clothing caught fire from a dropped lamp. A milk price rise is reported, with milk at 18 cents and Grade A at 11 cents per quart. A one year old suffered minor scalp injuries from a hair-washing machine accident. Labor news notes big union votes and strikes affecting miners, drivers, and painters. Bamb Ruth seeks injunction in a motion picture dispute. Riots in Belfast claim more lives as Ponzi scheme deposits are questioned. Local court actions involve property division and harbor projects. Connecticut politics and mosquito control group filings also appear.
James Telford of A. W. Burritt lumber company, back from three months in Europe, reports England enjoying a wave of prosperity with busy factories high wages and rising living costs. He describes housing shortages, a new building movement led by Sir Arthur Robinson, cheaper clothes, bountiful harvests, and ongoing debates about labor and the League, plus stark destruction in French battle areas.
Indianapolis reports Mrs Cubta J Vayhinger of Upland nominated for U S Senator by the Indiana Prohibition party at its annual convention. She is wife of Taylor University president. Formation of a new Spanish cabinet announced in Madrid under Eduard Dato. Helen Howley 11 of Glen Brook killed by car. driver Harriet Sargent of Shippan Point. In Niles Michigan a pastor grows church and offerings via newspaper ads.
Bridgeport residents debate jitney versus trolley service with the Bridgeport Times asking readers to sign and mail coupons indicating their preference. The notice invites participation at 19 Fairfield Avenue and promises publication of results.
The International Conference on Communications convenes in Washington on September 15 to resolve postwar issues including ownership of former German cables. American delegates include Postmaster General Burleson Admiral Benson and W S Rogers. Cables discussed include Yap to Guam and Shanghai, Atlantic links via Halifax to Emden and Brest, and the German African Brazilian line. Potential US control would enhance direct links to markets in Europe Africa and South America and reduce delays in trade. Paul Ivory Perkins, seven, headlines evangelistic meetings in Kansas City, billed as the youngest religion dispenser, challenging Billy Sunday attendance records. A 55 foot yawl recently crossed the Atlantic, 2108 miles in 15 days nine hours.
Reported results show trolley votes at 706 to jitneys 412 as the city eyes a settlement of the trolley jitney dispute. The morning tally favored trolleys, signaling a likely path to a settlement in sight.
The Fourth Congressional Republican convention will be held here on September 18. It is expected that Congressman Schuyler Merritt will be renominated.
Sterling Connecticut September 1 milk producers arrange a motor van route to deliver milk to Providence after the Danielson and Providence trolley line stops on September 6. The plan aims to keep supplies moving despite the cessation of trolley service.
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