Bridgeport Standard Telegram Bridgeport Starbard History Note
A fragmented text from the Bridgeport publication includes boilerplate about founding dates, circulation rank in Connecticut, and contact details. It mentions a literary verse segment titled A Line O Cheer Whirling Along and odd lines about space and a final busp. The readable pieces reference The Bridgeport Telegram and Post Publishing Co with archival style notes. The passage preserves publication identifiers and a brief poem fragment.
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Breakfast Table Snippets Reflect Public Fevers and Humor
A collage of wry observations and quips on politics, hunger for reform, strikes, and social life. Notes on Italy, Argentina, Shantung, and U.S. politics mix with jokes about salaries, hotels, and fashion as the breakfast table chatter spotlights public concerns and human foibles.
A Terrible Charge Against Allen E. Vincent
Bridgeport city officials launch a broadside aimed at Allen E. Vincent in a bid for Clifford B. Wilson. The attack centers on Vincent’s past as a Republican, alleged 1912 Roosevelt and 1916 Wilson votes, and the circulation of Democrat mailed lists. The plan polishes a political dig at a candidate’s character.
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Zone system would worsen city congestion and raise fares
The writer attacks a Connecticut company plan to implement a six cent zone system, arguing it will compound urban congestion and push more transportation onto autos and jitneys. It contends the company must cut costs and fares, not push higher rates, or lose public trust and patronage. Jitneys stand to gain.
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Bridgeport Red Cross Annual Meeting Urges Renewal
Bridgeport Connecticut Red Cross chapter marked its annual meeting warning members their memberships are expiring and renewals are due. Since February 1919 the Bridgeport chapter grew from 21,000 to 46,000 members, thanks to a powerful one day campaign, reflecting a strong national war effort and a pristine local record.
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Halting German Opera Sparks NY Debate Over Language
A Boston era weekly notes opposition to German language opera in New York, arguing great composers transcended nationality and urging English performance, citing Met Opera plans to stage Parsifal in English and anticipating limited protest from critics and the public.
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The World and Man's Control of Progress
Loree spoke at Round Table about the world’s fixed paths, contrasting cosmic rotation with human power to shape civilization. He argued that while the universe spins regardless, humanity can steer society from stone-age conditions to advanced, educated progress through choices in homes, mills, mines, and government.
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Ain't It a Grand and Glorious Feelin
A fragmented poem or lyric fragment notes a figure lying in bed wide eyed for ten minutes waiting for an outlet. The text references Briggs and You Crawl as possible creators or titles and presents a surreal, anxious mood.
Bridgeport Notes and Community Events from 1880s
Bridgeport scraps of local life include delays and weather, travel and shipping chatter, society notices, a new dry goods partnership, and plans for a Masonic hall dedication. Reports cover weather, river and rail activity, notable arrivals, obituaries, weddings, and a colorful mix of civic and social happenings from Bridgeport and surroundings.
Letters From The Editor Publishes Anonymous Dialectics
Readers are invited to send opinion letters to the editor. The column will print anonymous communications and will consider names and addresses for publication if provided by the writer. The note encourages civic input and open debate.
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Missionary Experiences in Turkey Recited at United Church
Mrs. B. S. Emrich spoke last night at the United Church recounting her years as a missionary in Mardin Turkey before the war. She left Turkey when ordered by the American ambassador as the country entered the war and later joined the Armenian-Syrian relief effort.
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Germany Not To Get Ambassador
Washington reports that after the peace treaty is ratified the German representation will remain at the rank of charg é d affaires until the treaty’s workings are tested and the government proves its intent to honor provisions. Ententes will follow this plan, with Austria and Hungary to be downgraded to missions and ministers plenipotentiary. the Turkish embassy also may be reduced in rank.
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Sugar Shortage Threatens Christmas Candies
Bridgeport faces a sugar shortage with less than half the normal supply reaching wholesale dealers. Stores struggle to stock even a pound, while relief before year-end seems unlikely. Wholesalers cite recent New York longshoremen strikes as a major cause and warn of a hit to Christmas candy production. Also noted is the death of United States Consul William G. Magnessen aboard the Sonoma en route from Australian ports.
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Miners Face New Wage Offer as Strike Deadline Looms
Washington reports that miners and operators at a final meeting fought to avert a November strike of about 500000 soft coal workers. Secretary Wilson presented a wage increase plan tied to the cost of living since July 1919, with a March 31 1929 end date, while miners demanded a thirty hour week and questioned the contract expiration. John L. Lewis pressed for clarification on contract expiration, noting a dispute over whether the wartime wage agreement ends with the armistice or waits for peace treaty ratification.
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Railroad Employes Ready to Fight for Higher Pay
Washington reports railroad workers plan a fight for higher wages time and a half overtime and better conditions as government control ends. Timothy Shea of the firemen testifies before the wages and working conditions board forecasting wage increases for all rails as living costs rise. He expects the wage board to consider further general increases by November and notes Wilson previously rejected such pleas to curb the wage price spiral.
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Fizzled Out. A Lament on Weakened Prosecution of Profiteers
Walt Mason laments a failed movement against profiteers. He recalls past calls to prosecute and punish greed, questions where reformers and attorneys have gone, and wonders if justice is still served or merely silent. The poem critiques price gouging and the burdens of everyday life.
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