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Newspaper
Bridgeport Times
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1920
Page
4
An advertisement promotes Fruit a tives as a remedy for indigestion torpid liver constipation headaches neuralgia kidney trouble rheumatism back pain eczema and other skin complaints. It claims to be the only fruit medicine with apples oranges figs and prunes plus tonics and antiseptics and offers pricing per box and trial sizes via dealers or postpaid from ATIVES Limited.
News briefs report local items including Bridgeport shops ending 6 pm hours after Labor Day, Lauretta Grady of Milford suffering a compound arm fracture from a stairs fall, a large Bridgeport Women Republicans delegation opening Hartford G O P headquarters, the Aurania cruiser grounding in Norwalk harbor, a Belleek raid yielding firearms, Sinn Fein leader Grimm accusing Cork’s Lord Mayor of dying in Brixton, and Italy's Metal Workers strike support proclamation.
In a Hartford byline, Daniel D. Bridwell paints Belfast as a powder magazine of Ireland with bullets and armored cars, detailing Ulster’s geography, population, religious mix, and historic arrivals of Scots, Huguenots, and Protestants. He traces Belfast’s growth from a fishing town to a bustling industrial center and notes shipyards like Harlan & Wolf shaping its wartime output.
A collage reports shale slide deaths near Niagara Falls and Hartford trolley tensions amid a revenue fight. a Denver interurban crash kills ten. Hartford widow dies. a Flatbush car mob clash. naval aviators die in Forest Hills crash. a Willimantic driver survives a Grade crossing strike. Obregon wins Mexico presidency. Massachusetts primaries heat up. Bridgeport jitneys carry 200000. census ranks Bridgeport 44th in US size. Belfast notes describe rioting, armored cars, and castle sites amid ongoing unrest. DANIEL D.
Washington reports that thirty four million immigrants entered the United States over the past century while the population rose by ninety seven million. Across decades immigration shaped growth, with England Ireland Scotland and Wales supplying the largest shares and Germany Italy Austria Hungary Russia and the Nordic nations following. The data cover 1820 to 1920 with peak years around 1906 to 1907 and a wartime dip in the last four years.
National immigration figures show 1,218,480 aliens entered U S ports during the war period with declines in early years and fluctuating totals. New Mexico seeks extradition of Francisco Villa from Mexico on murder charges tied to the Columbus raid of 1916, a cross border legal dispute.
Francisco recently quit banditing and was granted a large estate as settlement. The case marks a notable shift from criminal activity to property restitution in the regional news.
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