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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1920
Page
11
Bridgeport Telegram record shows founding date 1891 and mail options. Publication details list office in Bridgeport Connecticut with advertising reps in New York and Chicago. Ends with rights note on republication of news dispatches credited to sources.
A humorous poem cues Profiteer imagery while editorial notes volley disjointed commentary on current events. Mentions Johnson in Michigan, Wood inquiry, peace talks, Sultan defense, Tope yawp, and prison morale, with scattered references to weather, strikes, and German war lessons.
A fragmented verse piece mocks spring and its pleasures with quirky imagery. It parodies seasonal renewal while lampooning appetite for warmth, romance, and nature as the narrator struggles between winter gloom and spring enthusiasm.
A Columba University professor warns of a crisis in education noting 140,000 teachers leaving the field and thousands of children without schooling. He criticizes public perception of teaching as a stepping stone to higher paid work and condemns low funding and delays in establishing a federal department of education. He backs the Smith Towner bill creating a Cabinet level Secretary of Education to reform the system.
A Connecticut viewpoint condemns the state for delaying ratification of the nineteenth amendment granting women the vote. The piece likens political inaction to a historic insult and urges the legislature to convene without the governor’s approval to advance suffrage despite Connecticut electorate indifference.
A critique on fashion reform spanning three thousand years, noting resistance to changing women’s dress. References quotes from Isaiah and Oliver Goldsmith to illustrate endless campaigns against styles, arguing society never reforms fashion despite moral and social progress.
A critical view of U S political campaigns arguing that professional leaders control nominations behind the scenes while Hoover gains momentum. The piece portrays the race as a sideshow masking a silent power play shaping party outcomes and public sentiment.
A Hartford religious figure says Christ in Hartford failed to gain traction at the polls, citing insufficient public reception before the Hartford audience. The speaker notes the public is good at heart but the paper Hartford Courant would not back Shin without endorsement from J Vienry Roraback.
Bridgeport notes include mud removal on a dipficit avenue, New Haven conference for A. M. E Zon church, prisoners moved to state custody, local residents attending a state Republican convention in New Haven, and Jatlor Wells and Sheriff Barnam briefing affairs. Wedding details, factory sales, lectures, obituaries, and local incidents fill the page with names and places from Bridgeport and nearby towns.
A lyrical invitation to a dream garden and House of Dream. The speaker describes light guiding a visitor through cloud-walled gardens with lilies sunflowers and apple branches. Crimson sweetness fills the air as day ends and stars appear like moths, while apples glow in cloud-land amid a rainbow gloam.
New York April 6 1918 to 1919 church membership shows a sharp decline in the first official religious census by Dr H K Irral. The 1919 total rose only 66 000 after a wartime disruption and a 771 047 average in prior years with many denominations reporting reduced gains. Causes cited include war led parish suspensions and illness.
Major General Leonard Wood, Republican presidential hopeful, spoke in Cairo urging a presidential led budget system to curb government waste. He warned against immigration and argued Americans must uphold national ideals, noting his call at Jerseyville for retrenchment and a shift to military style budgeting.
In a county jail case, Thomas Griffin freed after witnesses could not identify him. Griffin had gained weight from 301 pounds at arrest to 199 pounds in court, and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty after questioning whether jail meals altered his appearance. Sheriff Finn testified he provided the jail food.
A brief item records John Mebartist of 81 Pian Avenue receiving a fine of ten dollars for stealing silverware. The note mentions a city warning and references a tram line, but details are unclear due to OCR damage.
A public welfare statement reports 1482 patients treated in city and across towns yesterday. Of these, 1 is newly admitted in the city, nine hail from surrounding towns, three are foreign born, and 268 are American born.
John Krell of Cedar Street was sentenced to three months in jail for violating his probation. Krell was arrested about six months ago for embezzlement.
The article notes a revival of traditional tin recovery from cleaned scraps using boiling in a solution rich in alkali and saltpetre. Tin reappears as crystals of stannate of soda and the alkali and saltpetre can be reused, per La Nature.
European technical press estimates indicate over 3,000,000 tons of copper thrust from artillery in France and Belgium, with 109 tons of steel per acre buried in heavily bombarded districts. One third of the copper and a smaller fraction of the steel are expected to be recovered.
The Telegram Information Bureau in Washington D C under Frederic J Haskin offers prompt factual replies to reader questions. Submit brief questions with a 2 cent return postage stamp and receive confidential answers at no extra charge.
The Bureau of statistics notes February Chicago red winter wheat at 49 cents per bushel the lowest since 1890. Highest was May 1917 at $3.45. Insects estimated at five to ten million species. Balloons and dirigibles used hydrogen and illuminating gas. helium likely future option due to safety.
The Naval Observatory notes the Big Dipper traces a cire around the Forestar once every 22 hours 56 minutes, aligning with a sidereal day. When above the pole it circles east to west. near the pole the apparent motion is caused by Earth's rotation and runs opposite to Earth's rotation.
There are six railroads that come under this designation Kern Pacific Sou Da Union Pacific Great Northern Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Birds robbing other birds include jaegers frigate birds and the bald eagle.
Washington April 6 The Senate deferred fixing army peace time strength until universal training is settled. Wadsworth refused a vote on that feature and no date was set. The universal training provision should be reached by week’s end. The size of the army was set at 18 000 officers and 280 000 men by unanimous consent pending training results.
April reports from Milport Milford note suffragan bishop Edward C. Acheson of Middletown in Connecticut will officiate at a Devon Episcopal Mission meeting hosted by Dr Li le Pury at Bridgeport Avenue Devon. Other items include a March 6 arrest of Joseph Petrosk for auto law violation and pending trial details.
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