Bridgeport Telegram Gatablished 1894 subscription rates
Bridgeport Telegram announces subscription rates and delivery options for Milford and Fairfield patrons. The notice notes payment in advance, carrier prices, and telephone connections to offices for ads and news items. It mentions the paper’s Hub with The Associated Press and local circulation practices.
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TH Post Publishing CO
Bridgeport
Conn
Barnum
Milford
Ember
Associated Press
Otto
Abatement of Bridgeport Taxes Faces Court Challenges
City of Bridgeport plans to collect long‑abated back taxes with interest, despite aldermanic abatements citing "poor and unable to pay." The piece argues abatements were misused for various purposes and urges proper judicial review to determine legitimacy and required payments.
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Bridgeport
Common Council
Sermon Links Moral Clash to Washington Debate
Dr William Horace Day at United Congregational Church tied the historic struggle between virtue and pleasure to today’s Washington contention between wets and dries. He warned against oversimplifying motives and noted some wets favor liberty while others pursue material comforts, yet some wets or dries value virtue for its own sake.
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William Horace Day
United Congregational Church
Washington
Mars
Deyta
Descriptive Argument on Virtue and Politics
Fragmentary text debates motives in Washington about virtue and pursuit of pleasure. It suggests there are good men on both sides of a dispute and cautions against simplifying the issue.
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Mothan
Ulita Aestiie
Penca
Dr. Day
Amamatoen
Vety
Washington
Tvs
Professors Call Football A Bad College Influence
A group of college professors condemn football as distracting from learning and misdirecting student energy. They propose limits on eligibility and season length and suggest faculty involvement in athletics, arguing education should be the college’s core purpose.
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Amelican Association of University Prosensora
Helne
Mussolini’s Empire Dream For Italy’s Global Rise
The piece argues Mussolini retains influence through imagination and empire, envisioning a greater Italy. It claims Italy seeks wheat, cotton, oil, and new lands to absorb excess population, contrasting with mandates and tribal lands. It frames Italy’s destiny as power, prosperity, and a modern empire.
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Mussolini
Italy
Rome
Musescini
India
South Africa
France
North Africa
Musyorn
Raly
Trajan
Mussolini’s Moves Risk World Peace Says Observer
A wary observer warns that Mussolini’s strategic partial gains could destabilize global peace. He notes the danger lies in acquiring concessions gradually to avoid provoking major powers into a broad conflict.
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Mussolini
Volstead Act Ruling Highlights Home Cider Bias
Judge Morris H. Soper of the Federal district court in Maryland rules on a John Phillip Hill case involving home cider. The decision contends Section 29 implies a separate standard for home produced elder and fruit juice beverages, creating a favored class and drawing a line between country travelers and city dwellers.
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Morris H. Soper
Federalistrict Court For
District of Maryland
John Phillip Hil
Hill
Tudge Soper
Congress
Wayne B. Wheeler
Political Pointers Signal Pact On City Development
The Administration and Chamber of Commerce show promise of a joint five to ten year development program. Aims include streets, sewers, bridges, buildings, and schools funded by a balanced bonding plan. Lampe committee to review lighting. Public Works director checks animal welfare. May 5 board of appraisal meeting noted amid tax lien confusion and street widening plans. NY Legislature adjourns after 94 days with four amendments and crime reduction bills progress. Washington Republicans anticipate a long session.
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Chamber of Commerce
Transness
Chamber
Behrens
New York
Belle Haven Widow Sarah Armstrong Dies in New York
Mrs. Sarah Searles Armstrong widow of Charles P. Armstrong formerly of Belle Haven Greenwich dies in New York City. Survived by sons Loren D. Armstrong of Riverside and Frederick S. Armstrong of New York. Funeral Wednesday in New York with Rev. F L W Crowder officiating. burial in family mausoleum at Putnam Cemetery Greenwich.
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Greenwich
Sarah Searles Armstrong
Charles P. Armstrong
Belle Haven
New York City
Lorenzo D. Armahon
Riverside
Frederick S. Armstrong
New York
FL W. Ocrowder
Massoleum
Putnem Cemetery
Creenwich
Man Made Booze Concession Leads to Fines in Stratford
In Stamford on April 26 a counsel explained Michael Glowotski, housed at 29 Hawthorn Street, brewed his own liquor to cut costs. Judge Samuel Young fined him $200 and jailed him 30 days, suspended execution. Mrs Chaple faced liquor law charges. Peter Planta fined $25. Other cases include drunken driving, theft, and a fire in a residence, with multiple arrests and probation measures reported.
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Stamford
Michael Glowotski
Ann Chap
Hawthorn Street
F&atuday
Michael
Daal
Samuel Young
Chaple
Peter Planta
King’s Highway
Stratford
Ite
Tanta
George Anderson
Cornelius 3
Barrett
New York
Stanley Perrone
Pacific Street
Costa
Greenwich
Pitchkowicz
Greenwich Avenue
Plaza
State Street
Alexander Tczewski
Bione Street
Ernest B. Moran
John Pritchard
West Main Street
Loury Capra
Greenhardt
Prichard
William Goldstein
Melbourne Street
Norwalk
Yesorciay
Liam
Ard
Wile Liam
Bick
Advertising's World Impact At Annual Publishers Meet
A 1926 conference outlines advertising as a universal force shaping thought and behavior. It praises advertising for selling, explaining, and fostering consumer taste, honesty, and global news reach through newspapers and brands, while stressing trust in brand names and the social value of informed choices.
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England
Sentence Sermons and Tragic Caesar Lessons
A compact reflection on perseverance and responsibility noting how greatness follows struggle not self-pity. It mentions ex causing tragedy, Manselint’s caution, and a rule of confidence about eating hash, with a brief jab at French politics and kitchen efficiency.
Penalty of Fame by a Public-Hushed Author
A satirical portrait of a gifted author whose fame grows while critics and fans admire his lavish life. He recalls past flawed works now eclipsed by success and a looming vanity as publishers profit from new editions. The piece pokes fun at public appetite, biographical myths, and domestic tensions in a lively early 20th century voice.
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Mogie Chiefa
Easty Street
Anji
Fasy
Looking the Part by a Curious Observer in 1926
A fragment from 1926 recounts an observer describing eminent figures by appearance. Dr Millikan, Coolidge, Judge Gary, H. G Wells, Chesterton, Earl Grey, Hearst, George Batter, and others are labeled as plain, ordinary, or unexpected in looks. The writer concludes physiognomy confuses perception and prefers not to let preconceptions distort the facts.
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Millikan
California Institute of Technology
Oshkosh
Kokomo
Worcester
Board of Education
Coolidge
Ike
Gary
H. G Wells
Mr. Chesterton
Earl Grey
W. Et. Hearst
George Battere
Indiana
Cumright
One Thing I Will Remember Poem Fragment
Fragmentary lines speak of memory and April skies with longing for warmth. A mysterious speaker recalls words that ignite spring and melt winter’s bitterness, mixed with local phrases and weather images.
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Ife
Rumrunner gunfight ends with officer shot in pursuit arrests
Police arrest Eximund J. Buckley after he drew a gun on Officer John Lawlor during a pursuit of rumored stolen cars and rum runners. Accomplices John Conroy and Louis Valleto charged with illegal liquor transport, Buckley with transporting liquor without permit and concealed weapon. Conroy allegedly fired. pursuit follows a clash near Conroy’s home. Johnson murder background cited in investigation linkage.
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Dew
Philip Lynch
Eximund J. Buckley
John Lawlor
Lynch
John Conroy
Louis Vausto
Buckley
Ilegally
Conroy
Buckiey
Kim
Hquor
Valleto
Polic
Companio
Lawlor
Henry B. Johnson
Woody
Johnso
Wesleyan Pupils Favor Dry Regime Vote Narrowly Placed
Middleton April 26 Wesleyan University students vote 257 of 560 in referendum on prohibition. 140 favor strict prohibition for moral reasons. Faculty vote 8 against dry. Class by class results show seniors and freshmen mostly dry with mixed views on repeal and light wine. Voters cite personal liberty and time under the Volstead Act as reasons.
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Middleton
Wesllean University
Todi
Wesleyan
Weather summary for Eastern New York and New England
A midweek system brings fair conditions to Eastern New York and warmer Tuesday followed by Wednesday showers and cooler nights. High pressure from the north Pacific drops to the Canadian northeast, with Bermuda influence and a Texas coast approach keeping general fair skies elsewhere. Moderate to fresh northwest winds, mainly west to southwest, with Atlantic conditions unsettled and coastal watches in effect.
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New England
North Pacific
Bermuda
Texas
Washington
Atlantic
Florida
Wissippi River
Mid Atlantic
North Atlantics
Hooke Hatteras
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