Bridgeport Telegram Local Newspaper Info and Rates
The Bridgeport Telegram details its founding status, post office classification, subscription rates, and national advertising contacts. Published daily except Sunday by The Post Publishing Co. with circulation auditing and Associated Press news use rights.
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Line of Verse Reflections in Darwin Era Satire
A fragmentary verse piece by John Kendrick Bangs riffing on Darwinism and ancestral lineage. The quatrains muse on ape ancestry, race, and the doubt of human descent, framed as a playful, if rough, satirical meditation.
Editorial Notes From A Fractured Morning Scribble
The passage lists a string of quirky notes about public life. It references Harris avoiding the movies, Mothers' Congress debates, questions about whiskey profits, and odd local items such as chickens catching fish. It also hints at indited players planning an independent team and a suggestion that many townsfolk hold public office, reflecting a satirical, fragmented column tone.
Albert O Dow Local Figure and Businessman Profile
Albert O Dow of 62 Yule Street once owned the Replacement Spring Company at 235 Cannon Street. A veteran who served as a second lieutenant in the 12th Infantry, Dow is a well known city figure, noted especially among younger residents. He graduated from Velen Business College in 1907.
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What Bridgeport Might Look Like In The Year 40007
The piece muses on city impermanence and history through centuries, imagining Bridgeport’s distant fate alongside fallen empires. It references Baghdad, Nineveh, Thebes, Tyre, and London as examples, and depicts archeologists uncovering 1921 era artifacts buried beneath a future Bush building.
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What the Trees Mean in City Life and Work
An essay reflects on how trees and green surroundings soften industrial life. It cites Richard Jefferies and a memory of three spruce firs guiding the eye to the sky, arguing that nature elevates thought and spirit beyond brick and asphalt.
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Aftermath of War Urges Return to Frugal Times
A business leader warns against wartime haste and spending, urging a shift back to economical practices. He calls for slashing expenses to core levels and abandoning telegraph and long distance freight for efficient, postage stamp like operations to survive the debt era.
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Long skirts return says Paquin predicts modest fashion
Paris dressmaker M Joseph Paquin argues the era of abbreviated dress is ending and a renaissance of modesty is near. He notes U S trends will mirror Paris with longer spring skirts, while critics of women's dress may persist despite fashion shifts.
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Mail It Early to Speed Postal Service
A columnist cites post office officials warning that mailing letters before the day ends overloads sorters and delays delivery by as much as 12 hours. In Chicago hundreds of thousands of letters are dumped between 5 and 6 p m. The piece urges posting letters steadily throughout the day to improve morning and evening mail service.
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District Branches To Aid Congress To Be Organized
Washington April 14 The Peoples' Reconstruction league closed a two days conference proposing branches in congressional districts to rally support for legislation. Key goals include opposing a sales tax packet control laws railroads under government control and steep income and estate taxes. Speakers included John Skefton Williams Frank Morrison Senator Lada and Representatives Frear and Sinclair. Senator Bérah led the session on disarmament.
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Q&A style Washington bureau smokes screens questions and curiosities
The document presents a long Q A style list from a Washington bureau asking and answering questions on topics from smoke screens used in wartime ships to the Liberty Bell recasting and wood petrification. It mentions St Lawrence islands, the Golden Wind vessel, White House rebuilding, and various technical points, with many named places and entities.
Domestic Strife in Italy Claims Several Lives
Disturbances in northern Italy between extreme nationalists and socialists cause multiple deaths and extensive property damage. A known communist, accused of insulting women, was shot during clashes at a tower area, with several wounded as rioters failed to force a retraction.
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Presentiments and Forebodings in a Melancholy Verse
A fragmentary poem reflects on forebodings and the shift from gloom to hope. The speaker recalls times of doom, the lure of despair, and a resolve to expect happiness ahead, noting presentiments as faked fears that rarely grip the spirit, yet linger before awakening.
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Williamson Seeks 35 Dollar Damages From City
A. J. Williamson, a Marinfiest avenue tailor, was among 12 residents who testified before the claims committee seeking $35 in damages. He alleges that a city employee at Main and Savoy streets on February 1 failed to stand upright with a red lantern, causing his automobile to strike the obstructing cap and damage the car and others.
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New Counterfeiting Scheme Disclosed in Washington
Six youths aged 14 to 21 were arrested in Washington on charges of counterfeiting. Secret service agents said they used a camera to alter seven dollar notes into smaller denominations and passed hundreds of suspect notes through various channels. The defendants, linked to a larger ring, face federal counts as investigators trace the operation to the printer and the source of the illicit bills.
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Bridgeport News Roundup April 19 1881
Bridgeport notes on public meetings city events and notices include Mayor John L. Wessels setting first Common Council meeting for Monday evening, Father Mathew Young Men’s T A B society event at Union Armory, dog license fees, schooner Nellie Dean wreck near Matinckock Point, Walter J. Halli piano recital, Knights Templar observances, Professor Egleston on gold, Hartford Post note on legislators, and various local notices on railroads ships and births marriages and obituaries.
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Columbia College School of Mines
New York City
Wales
Tegleston
Refle Club Opens Outdoor Season at Easton Range
The Refle Club today opens its outdoor season at a new range near Snort Hill in Easton. A 500 yard firing point is unused for turf, with 30 and 200 yard points in use. Target frame sits under a hill, with a sheet iron fence along the range. Three pistol ranges span 13 and 54 yards. Two storage houses and telephones at the pit and firing points aid instruction to the scorer. Club president F. L. Staples, secretary Earl Naramore, and treasurer C. W. Kuhne lead about seven members including noted sharpshooter Y. F. W. Naramore.
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Worth-while Verse Portraying Brahmins in a Smug World
An essay of social critique portrays Brahmins as cloistered elites who judge others from a privileged perch. They live in a smug, insulated world, unaware of the broader human condition while society moves on around their selective, opulent circle.
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