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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1927
Page
17
Olive learns of Miss Elmore’s contentious care as the matron explains weekly charges of twenty guinea and related arrangements. A fiancé may visit under supervision while Dr Dalby arranges a sleeping draught and ongoing weekly reports.
A fragment from a melodramatic scene shows Olive Weston pressing for institutional care for a deaf girl while Querk conceals painful motives. Tense dialogue reveals class tensions, parental duty, and the cost of care as Olives seeks money and status amid family strain.
Humorous snippets and cartoons from The Fun Shop page feature Maxson tuvhall Judell, Mrs Ryan, and readers trading quips on weather, vacations, and daily life. A mix of jokes, telegram blurbs, and social notes captures small town humor and serialized bits.
A column of practical homemaking notes covers extracting onion juice with a lemon squeezer, sour milk biscuit recipe with baking soda and buttermilk, mildew removal on white cotton with Javelle water, and a roach and bedbug trap using sticky fly paper. Also includes quick chat about hosting the Faulkner family and polite responses from readers.
An electro therapeutic display featured the alathermic apparatus a heater that warms from inside the body rather than from the surface. Two electric plates create heat midway between them directing warmth inward while keeping the exterior cooler for safer treatment.
The article presents a bridge puzzle with a dealer South and a hand A K 7 5 in spades and A Q 8 4 in diamonds. It analyzes bidding sequences and argues South should open one heart, West should double, and subsequent bids lead to two hearts or spades depending on opponents’ actions.
A bride finds home life shifts with a baby as schedules and furnishings change. The piece urges parents to adapt and place the child first while maintaining a full, mature family life. It stresses patience, hospitality, and the long, joyful work of rearing a child over twenty years.
Dorothy Dix offers guidance on why many men resemble their fathers in flaws and strengths. Margery learns that most husbands blend love and selfish habits, while loyal duration proves devotion. A reader asks about leaving her husband for a restless lover. Dix warns against eloping to South America, urging commitment, motherhood, and caution.
A daughter recalls her mother’s gentle discipline in a large family. She describes a kind, patient approach that avoided harsh rules or scolding, relying on trust, dialogue, and reason. The piece praises respectful guidance and family harmony as a model for mothers.
Readers of the Telegram are invited to write Mrs Eldred recording their own intimate problem and receive a personal reply. Address your letters to Mrs Mortle Meer Eldred Bridgeport Telegram.
The steel sector uses nearly 3,000,000 horsepower of electric motors to run heavy machinery and about 60 percent of rolling mill bends are melted by electric heat, signaling electricity replacing traditional methods in metal production.
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