Bridgeport Standard Telegram Bridgeport Founded 1830
The Bridgeport Standard, published by The Post Publishing Co at 48 Cannon Street, claims largest morning circulation in Connecticut. Advertising and editorial details are listed along with Associated Press news use rights and a sample literary excerpt.
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Bridgeport Standard
Bridgeport Telegram
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Post Publishing CO
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L A. Klein
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Breakfast Table Verses On Prohibition and Politics
A collage of quirky observations and poems jokes on prohibition politics and society. It references Gompers Wilson Bolshevists and German refugees with humorous mockery and faded newsroom whimsy. The piece blends light verse with satirical notes about presidents the weather and labor.
Impressing the Tax Payers Parade Idea for Bridgeport Officials
A letter proposes a city parade featuring police and fire department vehicles to showcase progress under the current administration. It suggests including all city cars used by officials, arguing the display would reveal efficiency and class distinctions through vehicle size and chauffeurs, from top officials to street workers.
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Bridgeport
Flere
The Professor and the Pig
A Harvard botanist Dr Winthrop Osterhout explores making food from air rain and sunlit chemistry but warns costs exceed profits. Meanwhile Farmer Brown and a pig provide corn to nourish the nation, highlighting traditional production over futuristic methods.
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Harvard
Winthrop John Vanleuven Osterhout
Osterhout
Farmer Brown
Mother Nature
Civics and Health in the Public Schools Policy
The Board of Education should have full citizen support to teach civics and health in public schools. Health is essential. without it, even the brightest fail. After wartime lessons, citizenship and health education become part of the curriculum for students finishing grammar school, benefiting both individuals and the community.
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Board of Education
History of handkerchief shapes and a royal decree
A compact study notes that before 1785 handkerchiefs varied widely in size and shape. Queen Marie Antoinette allegedly influenced a Versailles decree, leading Louis VII to require right angle edges for pocket handkerchiefs. The piece suggests other shapes might have persisted if not for the queen’s intervention.
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Marie Antoinette
Versailles
Louis VII
Queen Marie
Dia
Middletown Press seer cites local issue focus in CT elections
A Middletown Press political observer claims Republicans won as a rebuke to the League of Nations and Democrats won on local issues, arguing the elections were shaped by local concerns rather than national policy. The piece notes the observer’s bias-free view and critiques party-to-issue alignment.
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Middletown
Connecticut
League of Nations
Bridgeport Forty Years Ago Highlights and Oddities
A slice of Bridgeport life notes roses blooming on Main, repairs on Sterling, heat similar to July, and a busy town with steam roller on State Street. Reports cover Odd Fellows, teachers’ gathering, Meeker cattle shipment, and local chatter on opera house ventilation and fire alarms, with obituaries, marriages, and public notices interwoven throughout.
Woman Drug Addict Held For Robbery
A woman described as a drug addict was held for robbery after a city court appearance. The case involves allegations of an old mugging near Alina theater on Walrfield Avenue Sunday night. A bond of $200 was set, and the accused, Mia Smith, is to appear in Superior Court for further action.
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Aly
Alina Theater
Walrfield Avenue
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Shelton School Board selects Wilkenson grove for high school
Shelton Oct 18 the board of education voted to purchase the Wilkenson grove lot on Coram avenue as the site for a new high school after careful consideration of several options. The decision followed earlier votes denying contract-release petitions by teachers Anim M Kibpatrick and Mary C Schley for positions at Ansonia. Shulvon Oct 15 AL Clark wife of Wesley L Clark former general manager of International Silver campiry died at her home after residing here 34 years.
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Anim M. Kibpatrick
Mary C. Schley
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Teachers’ League
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International Silver Campiry
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New Haven
State Departments Must File Quarterly Financial Reports
Hartford Oct 16 The state board of finance orders quarterly reports from all state departments and subdi visions detailing financial condition at quarter end. Blank forms accompany the notices for agencies to complete showing general and supplemental appropriation totals, expenditure of funds, and payroll and other expenses under oversight by the board of finances.
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Merchandize Sale Aids Czech War Orphans Fund
Last night donors sent fair sized checks and cash for the war orphans and disabled soldiers fund. Collectors reported progress but several pledges could not be fulfilled, with some merchandise still to be delivered or accepted.
The Dark Day Walt Mason Poem Fragment
The poem depicts a bleak day with sick urban poor and congested city life. It contrasts health decline and hardship with imagery of frailty and poverty, suggesting societal neglect and hardship while a figure called His Way looms absent. The piece centers on suffering, illness, and nightly worries amid a grand yet uncaring city scene.
The Standard Telegram Information Bureau Ad
A historical notice explains how to ask questions to the Standard Telegram Information Bureau in Washington DC. Frederick J. Tackins is named director and responses are confidential and mailed to individuals. Inquiries require a return postage stamp. no other charge applies.
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Washington, DC
Frederick.faskin
Telegram Information Bureau
Frederick J. Tackins
Washington, D.C
Salute customs and public knowledge Q and A
A historical Q and A series covers topics from twenty one gun salutes of English origin to U S Army surplus wire for sale. It explains the stand the gaff expression and compares soldier heights from American British and Japanese armies. It notes Addison copyright status and Wey of the Bastille link to Mt Vernon.
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New Cumberland
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Addison
Ty Antevica
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Lafayette
The Flu Questions From Public Health Guidance
The article discusses a government public health draft answering flu questions. It notes uncertainty among medical experts, cites a 1918 pandemic wave, and mentions a Washington telegram informing readers to mail back a coupon for a free copy of the publication.
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