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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1927
Page
13
Spring fever grips Read's upholstery unit as wise housekeepers rush for measurements. Yardstick men dispatched to measure for new awnings draperies and slipcovers. Chintzes bloom with festive color, signaling a spring refresh in progress.
Practical guidance from Myrtle Meyer Eldred on keeping baby bottles and nipples clean to prevent infection and disease. Emphasizes multiple bottles, clean necks, hot suds washing, boiling, and separate utensils for formula preparation to avoid fatelessness.
The Telegram invites readers to write Mrs Myrtle Eldred with intimate questions and receive personal replies. The piece argues for practical home education using reference books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, and a globe, urging daily training in how to find and use information to aid children’s intelligence growth.
A reflection on how children’s growing curiosity outpaces adults ability to explain science and ideas. As horizons widen, questions become thick and fast, challenging caregivers to organize knowledge into kid friendly terms. The piece explores the gap between expert understanding and child comprehension.
Dublin April 21 AP The Irish Free State budget presented by Finance Minister Ernest Blythe shows a 550000 pound surplus. He cuts income tax from four to three shillings to spur enterprise, avoids new taxes, and plans a loan for non recurrent spending. Army reduction and a reserve created. total state expenditure 23000000 pounds with debt at 16290000 pounds.
A vintage humor page features jokes and humorous vignettes from The Fun Shop edited by Maxton Foxhall Judell. Includes a lighthearted spoof on congressional season, comedic dialogue snippets, and a mystery story tease set in a moonlit apartment. The tone mimics early 20th century vaudeville humor with puns and playful caricatures.
Waterbury April 21 Caltrey a Waterbury policeman has drawn a six weeks pay fine for entering a dance hall on April 7 and insisting on dancing with several white women while in full uniform The police board heard he was summoned to quell trouble four other on duty officers testified the hall was orderly until Caffrey entered and caused a sensation The board ruled he had been drinking and deserted his post
In Camembert France on April 21 a monument was unveiled to Mme Marie Mare the farmer's wife who in 1791 discovered the Camembert cheese formula. The ceremony was presided over by local officials and attended by villagers.
The Duke of Audiffret Pasquier joined the mayors of Camembert and Vimoutiers as the entire countryside gathered for the event. Citizens from nearby towns attended, signaling broad local unity and ceremonial importance.
The Soviet mint is producing coins for Persia with an order for 7,006,000 silver tomans valued at about 3 million dollars. This collaboration marks a sizable currency shipment from Leningrad to the Persian government.
An AP report cites a Soviet war ministry spokesman denying any confirmed fighting between Russian and Romanian frontier guards. He says the press in Bucharest fueled the story, while denouncing other reports as pure rumor tied to a Ukrainian movement seeking Soviet military conscription. A movie magnate discussed a contract dispute unrelated to the border news.
Civil War veteran Joseph Harrison of River, Massachusetts, said to be the last surviving member of Company G, 16th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, died at his daughter’s home in Providence in his 91st year. He lost an arm at Winchester and recalled General Sheridan’s famous ride.
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