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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1925
Page
12
Subscription rates shown for The Bridgeport Telegram for daily and Sunday issues. The paper lists carrier prices, publication details, and contact information, noting its Bridgeport office on Middie Street and circulation audit department.
A collection of brief aphorisms on American life. Notes touch on cynicism, rights, prosperity, war’s lingering effects, and social behavior. It cites small-town pride, germ fears, fashion, aviation eras, and a critique of new dances. Statements mingle wry observation with period concerns and social niceties.
Seldor states that explaining truth to those seeking trouble is often wiser to leave unsaid. Offering half truth before asked honors better than quarrel and can preserve peace. Applied timely, it could prevent many betrayals among friends and save friendships from damage.
Eastern New York remains partly cloudy with possible local rain and little temperature change. Northern New England looks fair with modest temperatures, while Southern New England expects cloudier conditions with a chance of rain mainly Wednesday morning in western and southern parts. A moving disturbance over Tennessee has brought showers to the Carolina coast, with high pressure across the northern lake region and cooler temperatures in southern New England. Local rain possible Wednesday night to Thursday in the Middle Atlantic states, otherwise fair weather expected Wednesday and Thursday east of the Mississippi. A storm warning persists on the Atlantic coast from New Jersey to Atlantic City. Northeast winds strengthen, bringing northeast showers and possible rain through Wednesday.
Dr Frankwood Williams told Bridgeport Rotary Club that the state should have power to break up homes if needed, arguing many mental and emotional cases arise from parental influence. He warned against misreading the remark but his audience applauded. He stressed psychopathic cases stem from environment and treatment, not fate, offering hopeful notes on prevention and cure through proper care.
Consumer guidance from Dr George D Beal urges checking package size and label details before buying. Large versus small packs can offer different value, with label rules applying to most foods. The article explains unit price concepts and how overhead affects consumers.
Consumers should weigh market realities and not rely on retail impulse. Manufacturers adjust prices to survive while buyers must mix thinking with purchasing to avoid overpaying. Concave bottles and heavy containers can mislead, but label net contents guide value. judgment matters, as not all shapes imply deceit.
Captain Bernier and captain MacMillan enter the pole debate on locating the exact mathematical needle point. They argue observations grow unreliable toward the pole and precise longitude ceases, making definitive proof of Peary’s exact arrival impossible.
The article cites contract bids for Hillside home meat, rumors about Bridgeport court leadership, and widespread talk on Prosecutor James C Shannon. It notes Senator Horam Bingham’s pending civic address, past campaign rallies, and debates over centralized state control and tax plans. It also covers voter registration tactics, party machines, and upcoming committee hearings on city charter changes. Former Governor Marcus Holcomb may testify on consolidation efforts.
The text mixes garbled phrases about wind, clouds, and rain with stray names and odd terms. It resembles a corrupted page segment offering no clear news event or identifiable subjects.
Letter to the editor criticizes Bridgeport officials decade after towns like Waterbury and New Haven adopted one way traffic rules. The piece laments lax enforcement after 6 p m at John and Main, argues auto drivers ignore pedestrians, and questions modern civilization amid reckless driving. It includes a second, unrelated verse referencing duty, marriage, and social restraint.
A collage of humorous text and dialogue from a magazine page. It features mock shop dialogue about shoes, satire on humor, movie snippets, jokes about spring poems, and captions from editor gossip. The tone mimics light youth culture with playful banter and fictional characters. The piece blends humor, theatrical lines, and casual cartoonish exchanges.
Readers may submit humorous epigrams jokes and poetry not previously published. Accepted pieces earn from 1 to 10 dollars with pay to poetry at 1 dollar per line based on quality. Submissions must be one side of the paper only and address to Fun Show Headquarters Feld Telegrm.
William English Walling argues Mexico’s refusal to join the Geneva traffic conference reflects deeper foreign policy aims. He notes Mexico’s shifting stance since 1919, its growing alignment with the United States, and the potential impact on Latin American balance and Europe’s influence.
The State of Texas approves a 2000 acre site and one million dollars to start a Southwestern Texas school. President P W Horn outlines goals for faculty character growth and high scholarship, condemns low admission standards, and warns against wasteful spending on dormitories in a 1926 copyright note.
The Bookman and THE FUN SHOP announce $250 in prizes for humorous verse. Contest runs June 1 to December 25 and December 26 to May 1 1926 with $50 first, $25 second, $15 third, $10 fourth and twenty six $1 prizes. Judges include Maxson Foxhall Judell Yale’s William Lyon Phelps and editors from The Bookman Vanity Fair and The Brooklyn Eagle. Entries must be original and limited to 24 lines, submitted with author contact. Poems chosen by THE FUN SHOP editor and other judges will be published and paid at normal rates.
Fragmentary verse urging persistence through night and doubt. Mentions keeping on toward success, faith guiding through grief, and trust in God as a companion on the journey. Several garbled phrases and misspellings but central motif remains steadfast pursuit.
John H Petit, a former Boston man, was held in the Tombs prison in default of $1,000 bail. He is a fugitive from Boston under indictment for diverting his wife Blanche and the minor child in 1928. He is 40 years old and said to be retired from business.
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