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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1920
Page
6
The Bridgeport Telegram founded in 1891 details subscription rates and postal handling. Advertising representatives and distribution notes are listed, with references to the Associated Press and local publication details.
A fragmented editorial notes discontent and calls for higher aims amid publicriticism. Mentions waves of civic reform, hints at Supreme Court decisions, economic pressures, and a seaside park promise with no admission fee.
Editorial urges Americans to cut sugar intake to improve health and curb prices. It argues overeating sugar causes indigestion cavities and bad teeth and praises reducing consumption as a strike against profiteers. A yearlong pledge to halve sugar use is proposed to ease doctors’ workloads and benefit the nation.
A discussion of proposed reforms to calendars with 23 months of 28 days each to align months and weeks. It explains synodic and sidereal lunar months, and other astronomic cycles, noting no month perfectly fits all lunar periods while suggesting weeks should govern time.
A long odd mixture of fishing lore from Temagami Canada with tales of bass feeding and bait strategy contrasts a courtroom note where James J. Brown sues Charles S. Fox for 2000, claiming assault in Fairfield. Judge Curtis heard arguments as a decision was reserved.
Kansas leads with a wireless weather station at the state agricultural university. Periodic broadcasts will send weather signals to farmers at home, enabling forewarned protection of crops and potential savings in losses. The system contrasts with Connecticut where warnings rely on newspapers.
The piece rails against high prices and ostentation while noting Uncle Sant's government running costs exceed 18 million dollars daily. It cites an annualized rate around 6.79 billion based on 5.028 billion for the fiscal year’s first accounts, and mentions War Department and Railroad Administration expenditures in nine months.
A fragment reflects on a bird beak as essential life blood for a master spirit, preserved and treasured beyond life, echoing Miltonic meditation on mortality and craft.
Fragmented poem fragment reads like a meditation on time loss and friendship with lines about the fading sun sand passing minutes and a plea to attend tomorrow morning. The style evokes a past era and features a poet voice addressing a friend and fate within a royal or noble frame.
Bridgeport reports from 1639 detail railroad track relaying above Main Street crossing Manufactory and notes about local industry, depot ticket changes, Newtown depot contract, lecture plans for Good Samaritan Temperance, state fair invitation to Bridgeport, census subdivision plans, and local theft at a residence, with various town personalities and events sketched.
Writers across papers weigh Wood and Johnson outcomes after the primary showing, noting influence on General Wood and Senator Johnson’s political fortunes. Observers from Cleveland Plain Dealer to New York Times cite splits, while Chicago and St Louis papers discuss Thompson machine effects and Roosevelt era sentiment shaping support.
A historical Q and A style excerpt describes the Telegram Information Bureau in Washington under Frederic J. Haskin. It includes sample questions and answers on topics from railroads to biblical jubilees and ancient customs, noting priorities for returning postage and confidentiality.
New York April 37 the Erie railroad for the first time since the strike began said its passenger service was 100 per cent normal. Freight movements through freight through freight were reported improved with through freight 66 per cent normal. Other railroads ending on the New Jersey shore of the Hudson also issued optimistic reports as many strikers returned to work.
Berlin April 27 German minister of the treasury warned before the national assembly that a near financial collapse threatens the economy. He accused profiteers of exploiting the situation and harming the nation while presenting the upcoming year’s budget.
Morris Breiner of New York filed suit in the Common Pleas court to recover 411.92 on a bond with 46.93 costs. The judgment was rendered to the Common Pleas court on March 27, but the defendant Lena Goldstein of this city remains unsettled.
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