Foreign Advertiain, pprese re: g Representatives
An OCR fragment mentions A Klein at 254 Metropolitan Tower New York and notes members of the Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Associated Press. It includes a quoted poem line by John Kendrick Bangs urging patience and seizing current time, with references to time passing. The readable portion lacks a clear news event.
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Foreign Advertiain
I A. Klein
Metropolitan Tower
New York, W. Y
Associated Press
Therwiss
John Kendrick
Breakfast Table reflections and light verse on life
A collage of quotes and poems from a breakfast table column includes musings on baseball standings, politics, railroads, and everyday life. It features reflections on luck, happiness, summer houses, and nostalgic imagery of childhood, inviting the reader to pause and dream.
The French and Our Cost of Living Tactics
A satirical critique of how politicians use investigation, committees, threats, and promises to address price rises. It contrasts French methods of persuasive low pricing with American political theater, arguing for quick results and accusing lawmakers of exploiting public concern for votes.
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Paris
bMartstats
Congress
France
Has the War Made Us Better or Not
A reflective piece argues the wartime spirit of charity and sacrifice masked enduring social ills. It questions whether the war truly improved Americans, noting race riots, hunger, strikes, and hostility. It warns that while some movements accelerated, the war’s lasting benefit remains unclear.
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Europe
Doughboy
Adie
Gertion
The Jitney Accident Debate Stirs Bridgeport
Editorial argues jitneys reduce costs but cause frequent hazards on Fairfield avenue. It urges operators to prove themselves safe, despite public concern over speeding and dangerous passing maneuvers that spark accidents.
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Fairfield Avenue
Bridgeport
Beauty Contest Attracts Throng At Airfield Beach Carnival
A crowd of about 12,000 gathered Saturday for the first annual water carnival at Airfield Beach Volunteers. The event featured aquatic displays, a seaplane ride priced at 14 dollars, and appearances by New York theatrical figures. Spectators and celebrities enjoyed warm weather and lively entertainment along the shore.
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Aleti Odd Beach
Airfield Beach
Bridgeport
New York
Taescher
Mippodrome
Herwig
Abr
Iwi
Ha Ware
Mom Andersen
Alice Parking
J. AE. Anderson
Tiarry Quinn
Mred Morris
Victor Arnold Oof Palrfield
Florence Lox
Adice Perking
Tarr Quilt
Edisans
Dohn Anderson
Bhest
Dod AbGart
Two Children Run Away From Spring Farm Home
Eight year old Alice Seager and ten year old Hiexnor Gar miy reportedly fled the Spring Karm Home at Greens Furnas on Saturday night. The pair remained unlocated as police and residents searched nearby areas.
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Spring Farm
Greens Furnas
Alice Seager
Hiexnor Garmiy
Bridgeport Forty Years Ago in the Standard
A collage of Bridgeport happenings from August 18, 1879 includes the peach train eastbound with twenty eight cars, local council notes, and notices of fairs, picnics, and church matters. It reports on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad shops picnic, a proposal to form the Village Improvement Company in Fairfield, and local races, boat excursions, and public health talk by Dr Harris, with remarks on sewerage and city oversight.
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New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Village Improvement Company
Ibkali
Fairfield
Howe
New York
Long Branch
Laura
Bridgeport
McNeil
Warris
American Public Health Association
Chamberlain
Idartford
Connecticut
Harris
West Indies
Authors on the Screen Exalts Authors Oversight in Films
New York August 17 The eminent Authors Picture Corporation formed to supervise film adaptations of members novels aims to raise standards. Rex Beach Mary Roberts Rinehart Gouverneur Morris Basil King Rupert Hughes and others lead the venture with Rex Beach as president to ensure authors choose casts settings and dialogue for faithful screen versions.
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New York
Secretary of Treasury
Rex Geach
Mary Hoberts Rinehart
Ielures Corporation
Gouverneur Mlorry
Bex Heagh
Basil King
Rupert Trughes
Leroy Eotl
Gertrude Atherton
Mary Roberts Irineshart
Rex Teach
Banquel Goldwyn
Menhibers
Mr. Beach
Paecilig
Fleretafore
The Eminent Authors in the Early Film Boom
The article notes a new trend in Hollywood where authors become marquee names, with Hampton and the Eminent Authors Corporation leading a shift. Authors like Gertrude Atherton and Basil Hing gain film involvement, while studios race to secure rights and credit, betting on literary prestige over stars.
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Gree Authors Pictures
Seithy Tes Heath
Gres
Faye
Tachelor
Winston Churchill
Beach
Zane Grey
Mr. Grey
Shoeure
Hampton
Guthors
Plac
Corporation
Authors Corporation
Actiom
Samuel Goldwyn
Gertrude Atherton
Pacific Coast
Basil Hing
Bs Movie Authority
Chile House approves League alliance amid dissent
Chile's foreign relations committee of the House of Representatives approved Chile's adhesion to the League in a dissenting vote. The Senate followed with approval later in the week.
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Santiag
Chile
Mike Yama treated after limb injury from falling tree
Michael Yate, 18, of 247 Gregory Street, was treated at the Emergence Spirit at noon yesterday by Dr J Burns for a wound on the origin side caused by a small limb on a fallen tree. The bus was sent to Bideeport hospital for closer and returned home last night.
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Mike Yate
Gregory Street
Br J. Burns
Bideeport Hospital
Drunkenness Charge In City Couple Arrests
Josep Heffer of 146 State Street was arrested Saturday night by Patrolman Erickson on intoxication and breach of the peace charges and will be arraigned in court this morning.
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Josep Heffer
State Street
Patro Man Erickson
Owning A Home Squalid Fragments In Rural Verse
A fragmented OCR style piece describes a house and yard with concrete walks and hedges, elms and worn shingles. It mashes sensory details with garbled phrases about rooms doors and a creaking front gate, hinting at nostalgia and decay in a rural home scene.
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Tata
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Unicago
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Exchange
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Wrrat
A& Bull
Happer
Porieg
Mexico
Mim
Cupid
Mr. Fox
Winess
Mit
Prince
ing-Albert
Genger
Eleanor Diaerity
Vcommon Council
Sam Merritt
Pinkerman’s
Main Street
Dodd Wirm
CG. A. Kenner
Bethel
Danbury
Wurm
Wenner
Concordit
Turners Societies
St. Augustine
Vienna Ladies’ Orchestra
New England Society
Worcester
George K. Loving
New Ingeland Agricultural Society
Deavens
Edwin Peek
Olivet Clurch Society
Hetapo
Shire
Allen Clark
Iit
B.lacey
Harmon Lane
Edward Wells
Rens
Cole
James Porton
Sinlce
Amorrow
Ees
New York, and New Haven Railroad
Saturdauy
Mortiford
Padford
Connecticut Commercial Travelers Association
Bald
Niantie
Thoms Howser
William Street
Rey
Mies
Bowser
Smateh
Charles
Thartingn
Hps Codstan
Cate
Robert Coltert
Chelsea
Mass
Chie Daniels
Taboor Ath Sear
Shemietl
Sarkayen
Sretfield
Cviasaes
Frederic J. Haskin
Sheffield
Loreinn
Leavenworth
Lridgeport
Eve dUlAeres
St. Paytts Chiret
Courtney
Ted
Magia
Rupert Hughes
Hughes
Wittel
Conltt
Ce House
Mike Yama
Mason
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