Subscriptions and advertising details in press notice
Subscription rates near six dollars monthly are listed with options per month and per week by carrier. Foreign advertising reps are named with agencies and offices in Boston, New York, Hartford, and Chicago. The paper notes it receives Associated Press dispatches and credits local news accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
dWeek
Ju ‘Lis Mathews
Ben'Gon'Streat
Boston
Mass
Madison Avenue
New York
Hartford
Chi ‘Enzo
PRESS
Associated Press
The World’s Credit Foundation and the Global Economy
A sweeping critique of modern credit shows gold payments suspended and Bank of England gold promises unredeemed. The piece argues universal bankruptcy looms as debt expands, urging rebuilding on trust, self-government, and productive faith rather than profiteering or labor disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of England
Germany
Austria
Turkey
Russia
Europe
A Line O Cheer by John Kendrick Bags
A fragmentary poem fragment features John Kendrick Bags reflecting on ghosts and spirits as guides. The speaker recalls past days, joy and sorrow, and how past errors taught future correction as guiding wraiths appear before him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kendrick
Breakfast Table Riddles and Aerial Dreams Echo in Courtroom Tales
The fragmentary piece surveys a mix of topics from breakfast table chatter and a Boston strike to reflections on national issues. It slips between quirky lines about maple syrup and calomel, to hints of political debate, theatre of rhyme, and a bold urge for adventurous flights beyond Earth. The tone resembles a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper page with jumbled snippets and speculative musings.
Music as a Substitute for Booze in America
A viewpoint argues liquor decline will spur music growth across art and commerce. It predicts larger concert patronage, more music pupils, instrument sales, and higher wages for musicians as people seek musical escape from daily life. Replacements include bigger hotel orchestras and more international players joining U.S. ensembles.
Bridgeport Should Tap Returned Soldiers for Police Fire Posts
The author urges Bridgeport to hire veterans for police and fire roles, arguing this plan overcomes political patronage. Veterans’ physiques and training align with public safety needs, ensuring high-caliber staffing for decades, and inviting public input on adoption.
Bridgeport Notes from 1875 Temperatures and Town Fun
Bridgeport records a scorching July day with temperatures near ninety degrees and fever in parts of the city. Mentions a gypsy band, a declined city marshal candidate, school and temperance events, and local civic chatter about water fountains and portrait art.
Condemned Ships Survive as Coast Battleship No- Names Reassigned
Twelve old battleships once dominating the seas are laid up in navy yards awaiting final action. Some may become targets for newer ships, some training ships, others salvaged for junk. Oregon stands out for its fame in the Spanish War and a 14,000 mile dash to Cuba, while the rest await repurposing as Coast Battleship No- or training aids. The piece notes shifts in battleship design toward faster, larger vessels and debates the battle cruiser concept amid submarine threat.
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Freder
Washington
Navy Department
Spain
Iowa
Indiana
Oregon
Massachusetts
Alabama
Kentucky
Illinois
Wisconsin
Ohio
Missouri
Maine
Congress
Santiago
Pacific
Cuba
Panama Canal
South America
Cape Horn
Vizcaya
Coton
Pennsylvania
Daniels
United States
Panasmad Canal
Tye
Germany
Refugee sister of Anna Pavlova aided in Constantinople
The first refugee at the Y W C A service center in Constantinople was Anna Pavlova's sister. She had lost her husband, baby, seven brothers, father and mother in the war. After care she departed for England to join her sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Constantinople
Anna Pavlova
Y. W. CG. A. War Work Council
England
Train Kills Two Near Montowese
New Haven July 14 two men were killed and 42 injured when a work train of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad backed into four standing freight cars near Montowese station on the Air Line division. The dead are John Ferrucci and James Santos. Manuel Gomes and 11 others were taken to New Haven Hospital. The men were aboard an old crash when the train backed down. Ferrucci and Santos were said to have tried to jump as the crash came. An official inquiry has been started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
New York
New Haven Hospital
Merrucci
Santos
McFadden pushes broader inquiry into Williams fitness
Representative McFadden Republican Pennsylvania has introduced four House resolutions calling for a broader investigation by a special House committee into John Skelton Williams fitness for the office of comptroller of currency and criticizing Senate Banking committee proceedings. The notice also references a separate item about a dancing party planned by the American Graphophone Co Recreation Committee for employees in Lordship.
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Washington
Representative McFadden
Pennsylvania
Senate Banking Committee
John Skelton Williams
House
Clouse
the & Ite
Peans
The
American Graphophone Co
Lordship
Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason Outdoors
Walt Mason muses on luxury versus simple living, contrasts a fancy home with a rundown coop, and shifts to war era anxieties about armaments and battleships. The piece blends humorous verse about comfort with tentative reflections on future of life and technology.
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Audit Bureau of Circulation
the World's Credit Foundation
Maiar
Hen M'Riar
Im'riar
Maiar-R-R
Yreder
Wwe
M'Riar
Burley
Paris
Toledo
Kington
Hetels
Atlantic
London
North Pole Low
Mars
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Allegheny Mountains
America
Bridgeport
Police and Fire Commissions
United States Army
Standard
George N. Morgan
Fie
Fairfield Avenue M.D
High Rock Grove
Rather Mathew Young Men's "Temperance Society
Bailey
City Expressmen
Meeet
Zouave Armory
Sturdevant
Sam
Sumner
Courtland Street
Wheeler and Wilson
Alfred Wilson
St. Louis
D. W. Wilson
George WW. Lovejey
Stepney Trepot
Port Jefferson
L. I
Co. K
Stratford
Mo. B
Perth Regiment
Sons of Temperance Mutual Benefit Association
Masonic
Odd Fellows
Ashe Danbury News
P. T. Barnum
Jet Danbury
Judie Whit-nesy
Pairfield
Schwerdtie
Fest Office
Naugatuck
Common Council
Mr. Bergh
Calvin Curtis
Morford
Curtis
Gaylord's
Laura
Stamford
New Canaan
Coney Island
Board of Education
Prospect Street
State Street
Barnum
Emmet Club
Long Branch
Sone
Stamforid
Stam
Farenaugh
Elvens
Winchester Repeating Arms Co
New Slaven
Union Metallic Cartridge Co
Providence
Bramhall
J. Haskin
Y. W. C. A. Service
Montowese
Arthur Hamilton
Victor Anderson Hel
Victor Anderson
Fairfield Avenue
New Flaven
Jane Wilbur
Pearl Williams
Williams Inquiry
McFadden
Blouse
Walt Mason
Silvan Ghede
Perce
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