Bridgeport Telegram Ad and Publication Note 1892
Bridgeport Telegram details subscription rates and publication basics. The Daily Except Sunday paper by The Post Publishing Co lists 149 Middle Street Bridgeport Conn and Barnum 6100 calls exchange for all departments. The Associated Press holds republication rights for credited and local news.
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Editorial Notes and Quips on Modern Life
A collage of pithy aphorisms and observations on human nature efficiency and work. The items critique inhumanity, praise faith, warn against ignorance, and lampoon modern routines with wry humor and clipped vignettes.
Sentences Sermons The Path To Power
A compact meditation on power and virtue. The path to power is never shortened by compromise and is perilous for the hypocrite. It traverses disappointment and requires steadfast resolve, remaining open to those who serve their generation well while facing many foes and distrust.
Weather conditions and storm warnings across northeastern states
Eastern New York and New England expect cloudy to clearing skies with rising temperatures and possible snow or rain transitions. A central disturbance moved to the Middle Atlantic, bringing precipitation and strong winds. storm warnings issued from Delaware Breakwater to Westport Maine with northeast gales diminishing. forecast calls for generally fair weather Monday into Tuesday in most areas.
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New England
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Political Pointers and Local Government Notes
George S. Hill, recovering from illness, heads the apportionment board as the Twelfth District Italo American Republican club plans a meeting on Stratford avenue tonight. The Board of Education may alter janitorial staff and elect Baker as Warren Herding High School superintendent while denying broad teacher list changes. Debates on married teachers, voting machines, and Tammany hall rhetoric surface with Governor Smith and Senator Lord attacking press suppression. Middletown pursues tax reform with a single head tax commissioner amid a disputed $8,000 fee mortgage case.
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Commuting Growth and Ferry Crashes Near New York
Two New York ferries collided in fog on Saturday, frightening riders and delaying commuters. No injuries were reported, but the event underscores the heavy use of ferries across the Hudson and the broader westward expansion of New York’s commuting zone into Westchester and Connecticut, with Fairfield County poised for growth as eastern access improves.
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Charles S. Ebbets Dies A Pioneer Of American Baseball
Charles S. Ebbets, president of the Brooklyn National League Baseball Club, died in New York on Saturday. A bookkeeper for the old Brooklyn club in 1883, he helped guide the National League through stormy times and rebuilt Brooklyn from a weak, nearly bankrupt club into a popular, prosperous franchise, leaving a lasting influence on the sport and its national prominence.
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National Sin Debate on Excessive Eating
Chauncey Depew argues in a public address that America’s national sin is not drinking but overeating. He cites personal health effects from over-eating and calls for diet discipline as health and insurance data support. The Life Extension Institute has issued a detailed brochure on digestive disease risk.
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The Fat Fight and the Baseball Star
The piece warns against weight gain and dieting excess, praising moderation over obesity cures and gym courses. It cites Babe Ruth as an exception to the dangers of the table and jokes about a constitutional amendment to regulate beef consumption, hinting at reformers and bootlegger methods.
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How Many More Automobiles For Connecticut Roads
The state recorded 148 163 licensed motor vehicles by April first, with the first quarter of this year showing an increase of 24 000 over the same period last year. The writer notes highway saturation is near but questions the feasibility of expanding road space, suggesting solutions like hourly driving licenses or shifting to air travel if necessary. The tone predicts continued growth and looming congestion.
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Paul Revere’s Alarm Needed for Liberty Today
A call echoes that vigilance is timeless as the author argues the nation faces internal threats from bureaucracies and federal laws. The piece invokes Paul Revere to urge a modern alarm, warning that liberty is endangered by powerful institutions rather than distant redcoats.
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Horse Thief Case Gets Continuance In Derby Court
In Derby City Court Judge Alfred Baldwin hears Herbert McMinn and John Brodson charged with horse theft and intoxication. McMinn and Brodson are discharged on theft. Baldwin imposes $15 fines and costs on intoxication with a 10 day jail term suspended. A false alarm at box 52 prompts police-fire cooperation amid ongoing prank investigations. Local baseball season open date postponed due to rain.
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Five N. Y. Supper Clubs Agree to Padlock
Federal Attorney Buckner announced that five remaining supper clubs and restaurants facing liquor law violations agreed to padlocks for 80 days. The Colony and Mirador, Denville, Monte Carlo, and Fido Venica were named with April 20 for The Colony and April 30 for the others. Buckner urged more judges and staff to speed enforcement, noting no arrests or bail bonds occurred and owners faced rent losses from seven thousand five hundred up to eighty thousand dollars during the padlock period.
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The Fun Shop Scribbles and Cartoon Snippets
A collage of humorous verse and light prose from The Fun Shop pages features poems and wordplay about synesthetic seasons, crosswords, and quirky exchanges. Readers share jokes about hamburgers, pies, and social mishaps, ending with editor’s note urging contributors to include full name and address for payments.
Humorous contributions invited for Bridgeport Telegram Fun Shop
Readers may submit original humor epigrams jokes anecdotes and child sayings to Fun Shop Headquarters Bridgeport Telegram. Accepted pieces paid 1 to 19 dollars per contribution and 35 cents to 1 dollar per line for poetry. Do not return manuscripts. written on one side only and address submissions.
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The President and Other People's Troubles
Henry T. Allen discusses questions raised by Peru's objection to Coolidge's Tacna Arica award and the limits of presidential arbitration. He argues whether the President can act as arbiter without binding the United States to League action and notes Monroe Doctrine considerations. He explores possible outcomes if Peru refuses to accept findings and hints at broader implications for U.S. involvement.
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Scratched pimple killed boy in Britarn today
Edward Farrell aged 14 died from septic poisoning caused by a scratched pimple on his face. He was taken ill Thursday after serving as an altar boy at St. Joseph's church for six years. His father died of septic poisoning ten years ago.
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Sentimentalist Ned Question on Gaybird Marriage
A wry exchange in a vintage quote, Ned asks why Gaybird wed a much younger woman. Nell replies that he said she reminded him of his first wife at the time of his marriage. Attribution: Caroline Grant.
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The Sixth Sense and Thought Transference in 1925
Mrs. Henry Sidgwick of the Society of Physical Research outlines experiments in thought transference by Professor Gilbert Murray and Hal of Balfour involvement. The piece notes telepathy may involve non physical senses and brain waves, classifies subjects into five types, and calls for more proof before confirming any mental sensitivity to another’s state.
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Dog’s Declining Trust Sparks Quiet Heartbreak
A speaker recalls a deep bond with a dog that once adored a person. The dog’s instincts warned of mistreatment, yet the speaker now questions the person’s care as the affection faded. The dog’s loyalty and judgment contrast with the unclear cause of the shift in trust.
Red Cross Aid Brings Relief Amid Tornado’s Aftermath
In the wake of a devastating tornado, Red Cross workers rush to aid frightened, displaced residents. The poem lauds tireless volunteers, their calm against despair, as famine and fever threaten survivors. The graphic scene honors the relief effort and vow to prevent further suffering.
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State highway officials hold Westport meet
Westport April 19 Special A conference will be held here tomorrow between State Highway department officials and civic groups to save trees as the new Post road is built Reconstruction starts this week and routes are surveyed to avoid major elms The work begins at State street bridge and proceeds east toward Bridgeport Some land may be taken for right of way while the Connecticut Company will shift a switch to center the road to ease eastbound traffic Parking ordinances are lacking in town and merchants ignore past orders
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