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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1920
Page
11
Fragmentary verse lines celebrate enduring life and beauty beyond strife. Images of sunset colors blossoming trees and fragrant flowers adorn a world where birds in busy flight reveal life’s sweetness. The speaker asserts wiser minds see enduring joy in nature and daily glimpses.
Fragmented notes mention prices and fashion overalls at 42.50, leverage in politics, profiteers, tornadoes near Bridgeport, ads for Nicky Arnstein, fears of winter flare ups, officers' wealth, a potato spout memory, economists urging street cow pastures, Cuba concerts earning 14099 a night, sugar prices criticized, and remarks on movies, stock market, and smoking trends.
Fragmented verse rails at rising spud prices and middlemen profits. The speaker laments high costs for farmers, grocers, and consumers, imagining poverty and hunger while suggesting fairer access to staples like potatoes and cheese.
A critical look at GOP and Democratic hopefuls on two central issues of 1920s politics. Wood, Johnson, Harding, Cox, McAdoo, Wilson, and Hoover are weighed for foreign policy stances and labor challenges, highlighting what makes each candidate likely or unlikely to unite their party or win nationally.
A polemical piece argues that overalls symbolize real work and earnest labor. It urges wearers to prove their commitment through effort and integrity, warning against pretenders who don the garment as a costume or protest.
In Nashville, after 17 years of petitions and appeals by Mrs. Jesse W. Jones, Governor Roberts grants a life-term pardon to her son in a penitentiary murder case from 103. The piece notes the mother’s tireless advocacy and compares it to famed tributes to mother love in literature, urging reflection on enduring devotion.
A magazine column questions a profit method that claims 25 percent added to cost yields 20 percent profit. It notes this compound approach in advance doubles the expected gain and mocks the idea, calling it a flawed bargain strategy from The Profiteer's Guide.
A Bridgeport page from The Standard lists a memory discourse for Rev. Wr. Osgood at Christ church, a tale of an Industrial Drawing School exhibit tonight, and various society events. It notes a sailing for Europe by Mr. Tribee, a critique by Professor Swing on novels, and details on temperance planning, rifle match results, and Easter fundraising. Also covered are church services, a bridgeport steamboat holiday, and upcoming executions slated for May with jail preparations and governor’s consideration.
A ten year old boy William Flood of 28 East Main Street died yesterday morning at Bridgeport Hospital. Police report a fracture of the skull as the likely cause. Driver A. F. Bill of Nichols was arrested on a charge of manslaughter. Witnesses largely exonerated him.
State appraisers report lists ATH 508 and New York figures with an April rate of 3687 and a 12 cent gift from his father to Oscar Lewisohn, a noted horseman and yashisman. The estate and instant will go to widow Mona May Lewisohn, once a leading actress, per the report.
A compact meditation on self improvement and perspective. The author urges treating lofty ideals as guiding forces and considers how mindset shapes ambition and conduct.
Fragmented verses present a flawed, historic appreciation of a poetic ideal. The text blends several quotation fragments about a phantom delight, a spirit and a perfect woman, with garbled lines and illegible segments.
A Norfolk & Western conflict began when Brady, a railroad worker, kissed a girl as a joke and clashed with a timekeeper Divers who faced complaints from another woman. The resulting walkout involved 10,000 clerks and laborers, threatening rail service until tensions eased. The report also discusses a separate Chicago court ruling affirming press freedom to publish what is news value.
Post office employees may wear standard gray overalls under a new order signed by J. Koons, aiming to reduce costs nationwide. The policy permits mall carriers to adopt the uniform option, aligning with federal efforts to cut expenses in postal service operations.
Readers may request factual explanations on any subject from the Telegram Information Bureau in Washington D C. Frederic J Haskin directs the service which answers confidential inquiries sent with a 2 cent return stamp. No charge beyond postage.
A reader's set of questions covers the term the big four delegates at large to party conventions, cheese mould prevention, trout stream restoration, Memorial Day graves flags, jade finds, auction bridge scoring, coal miners 27 percent raise, quoted sayings about souls, the thin sycamore alias, and the Anatomy of Melancholy. The piece mixes trivia, riddles and corrections with historical references.
Washington April 22. After a lengthy closing by counsel the naval board finished hearings on the removal of Admiral Fletcher in October. More than a hundred witnesses testified over the month long inquiry. The board aims to report on the justification for the removal before the May 4 selection board. Fletcher, now on a temporary commission, will face promotion consideration then. The findings require approval by Secretary Daniels prior to review by the board.
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