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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1921
Page
10
Bridgeport Telegram details subscription rates and contact lines for advertising and news, listing offices at 40 Middle Street Bridgeport Connecticut and writer credits. It notes daily publication except Sunday and affiliation with The Associated Press for news dispatches.
A clipped verse about April’s moods mixing sunshine and rain. The speaker recalls playful moments and fleeting storms, reflecting on how the month embodies both laughter and tears. The heart of April is linked to children and changing seasons, torn between joyousness and sorrow.
A brisk collage of editorial observations on public money, court actions, and city order changes. It notes a federal decision not to free Irwin Bredell, comments on street life, and a quip about injunction suits amid fight money. General Pershing is mentioned with a looming dispatch and a promise to round up slackers.
Charles T. Mermer of 148 Gar Held avenue heads the vigor and news store at 1062 Broadstreet in Bridgeport after managing an Yonkers store. A Bridgeport Elks and Knights of Pythias member, he enjoys football and bowling and is a well known figure in local sports circles.
A caller urges generous, timely contributions to the Community Chest as essential community insurance. The piece links giving today to the ongoing viability of hospitals and agencies, warning that neglect endangers services tomorrow. It also cites Viscount Bryer’s views criticizing American governance and urging citizen vigilance.
The Swedish statesman Hjalmar Branting argues in Stockholm Social Demokrataten that reviving conflict over German indemnity risks repeating war horrors. He questions the gain of renewed conscription, economic ruin, and a new European war, warning that evacuating Bolshevik influence hinges on avoiding such a forceful escalation.
In a reflective account a speaker recalls the rise of ALG Field to fame in Bayville and compares his popularity to Babe Ruth. He describes early blackface performances, town concerts, and boys dreaming of line seats and future ambitions as he contemplates a life in travel shows and streetcars.
The piece denounces a cost plus scheme as a national crime, accusing leaders including Ts. M. Jewell of AFL influence and warning that rail labor and wartime infrastructure funding are squandered. It argues government red tape and poor administration threaten the country while calling for decisive action to end the cost plus policy.
A fragmented verse piece mocks political talk and clever interlocutors, depicting Mason, Hicks, Peary, and others as figures in a puzzled, ironic skit. The narrator emphasizes boredom and the ritual of speech as an artful disguise for empty chatter.
A Washington bureau item outlines methods to request information by telegram and stamp, explains the difference between majority and plurality, and covers topics from petrified forests to Herodotus, copyright for card games, pensions, rose sales, and bank clearings. It references Expevial or RepRate pension funding and notes over a million roses sold in the United States.
Bridgeport items recount local events and residents. Obituaries note Edward Hubbell, age 40, and a local funeral 예정. Mentions a branch temple meeting in Waterville and a Town meeting for officers. Also covers society events, portraits exhibition, and hospital appropriation debate in Hartford.
Hartford and Bridgeport police charge Mrs. Gertrude Heissinger with stealing $200 from George Gaddis by false pretenses. She faces arraignment in City Court this morning as administrator shares and estate details are reviewed, with heirs and nephews named in the probate notes.
In Washington in April the government ordered seizure of assets tied to Hermann Sielcken of New York. About 32 million dollars in securities were placed under custodianship while his widow is granted about 1 million as her property. The case notes he was German and had issues proving American citizenship after a voyage, with evidence of naturalization in San Francisco later lost.
A United States supervisor in Cuba's elections faced questions over overseeing general elections and provisional government duties, with officials in Havana and Washington debating authority and process amid Cuba’s political transition.
Fragmentary verse fragment hints at a debate on ranks and motion. It references Goethe and phrases like roving, sermons, and best or highest aims. The readable text suggests a literary or poetic note rather than a complete article with clear events or dates.
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