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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1927
Page
12
A Bridgeport preservation piece urges adoption of oil fuel piping to residences, arguing it offers cleaner, cheaper heat than gas where gas prices rise. The article cites a national shift toward oil heating, notes installation costs, and endorses a program to extend pipelines into homes with expert backing from Harry Be. Gilbert.
Readers discuss the use of heat from gas and coal in public works and industry. The letter supports and questions the potential benefits, urging careful consideration of safety, efficiency, and advisory consent in public projects.
A letter to the editor criticizes suggested new taxes and applauds Governor Trumbull’s plan to streamline state finances. It cites 1925 ideas by Senator Limore S. Banas, notes Republican resistance, and questions bond financing for public projects in Bridgeport and the broader state budget.
A reader letter criticizes the obsession with film stars and moral codes in marriage. It argues society condemns or adores spouses by fame, while insisting men and women need genuine character over sensational rumors. The writer questions shifting standards and urges mindful conduct in relationships.
The report outlines intra party strife as Finklestone loses favor with both upstate and home crowds. Administration plans to block his renomination for senator while Ninth District leaders fear fundraising ads may tilt the campaign. Stamford moves to cover a $234,07E debt with a four mill tax rate, pending board action next month.
Washington April 25 The Department of Agriculture conducts a monthly footrace to reveal how crop estimates are compiled. Reporters gather at a chalk line while a relay of telephones and telegraphic links sends the month’s figures to New York and Chicago, ensuring simultaneous dissemination and preventing leaks to speculators. The process involves a frosted window signaling scheme and a locked room of crop statisticians to prevent outside contact.
New York April 26 recounts a fragmented column on Hell's Kitchen and urban change. The piece reflects on old district lore, shifting crime and glamour, a milkman, a Belmont doorman, and a veteran with medals, blending wandering thoughts about city life and memory.
Wallingford April 25 AP Alexander Kerensky former Czardom successor now in the United States will lecture at Choate School before returning to Europe. Head master George C St John announced today that Kerensky had accepted the invitation to lecture at the school.
A reader asks if first cousins should marry amid recorded concerns about consanguinity and inherited diseases. The reply stresses avoiding harmful conditions, advises consulting a physician, and discusses apologetics with suggested readings by Flint Browne and Milikan, emphasizing prayer and religious trust.
A writer argues that self blamed deaths stem from egotism and excessive self focus. He urges shifting attention to others, noting joy comes from helping others and engaging in work, sport, and social activity rather than dwelling on oneself. Copyright, 192%.
A humorous meditation on frugal living and financial folly in a rural town. The speaker contrasts abundance in small comforts with the burden of debt and mortgages. The scene shifts to the village square where residents buy soda or stew to ease the nickel poverty with a modest smile.
A weather summary reports increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures with showers. A disturbance moves east-southeast from Saskatchewan, high pressure off the Atlantic, and general warming from the Rocky Mountain region to the Appalachians. Showers expected Tuesday and Wednesday in New England and North Atlantic states. winds from the southwest may be strong offshore.
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