Bridgeport Telegram Ad Campaign Drafts and Rates
Fragmentary text indicates an advertisement or notice from Bridgeport Telegram dating to 1891. It mentions pattern terms like portage rates, carrier duties, and a local polishing company. The snippet references Milford and Fate regions, a phone ad line, and Associated Press attribution.
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Mthoe
Portage
COHO
Midwe St
Bridgepore
Cots
Fernum
Avery
Nien
Nes Milford
Fate Rok Pros Aires
Milford
Milfort
Ralrfeld
Associated Press
Associated
Sacco and Vanzetti case ends in no new trial
Governor Fuller and a three member commission find no error in the Sacco and Vanzetti verdict, uphold the murder conviction and deny a new trial. The decision sparks protests from defense lawyers and international critics who echo calls to halt the execution.
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Massachusetts
Ndt
Nico'a Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Braintree
Govenor Fuller
Sacco
Vanzetti
Counzel
America
The Hardest Job The President Needs Strength
The piece notes the president's lone burden and the toll on his family, comparing past leaders Wilson Harding and Coolidge. It cites American respect for the office and mentions European observers impressed by a public meeting culture and national inspiration amid political strain.
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Pichard C
Patverton
Amelian Place Commission
Paris
Continent
Need for a distinct American national anthem voiced
Colonel Patterson argues audiences rise to the Star Spangled Banner but notes it is not an official national anthem. He proposes a new stirring American anthem like Dixie, free from Civil War baggage, while criticizing My County ’Tis of Thee as a flawed substitute. He cites Caruso’s opera-style singing as a barrier to any formal adoption.
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Colonel Patterson
United States
Enrico Carusc
The New York Daily Pulpit on Newspapers as Modern Sermons
A long examination argues the decline of church attendance while praising newspapers as the real pulpit and forum for moral instruction. It likens the daily paper to a university offering civics geography history and finance courses and contends the press fills gaps left by churches and preachers.
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Lincoln
Easton Uses Zoning to Bar Bridgeport Radio Station
Easton voters adopt a zoning ordinance to block Bridgeport from moving a radio broadcasting station into the countryside. The measure, backed by a large majority, aims to protect local reception from New York programs and other interference. The next move remains unclear, but Easton seems defended for now.
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Ansonia Sentinel
Easton
Bridgeport
New York
Goodnight Dear Friend Poem Fragment
Fragmentary verse laments departure as a friend’s companionship lightens the heart tonight and promises to accompany tomorrow. The speaker wishes strength and steady presence through lonely hours and uncertain days ahead.
Letters to the Editor Rules and Signing Clarified
Readers are invited to send signed letters with full names and addresses, kept confidential if requested. Letters over 1000 words may be trimmed by editors with no regard for anonymous communications.
Milford's Death Stretch Suggests Cross Warning
A reader urges New England editors to install four foot white crosses at fatal MUfore turn pike spots. He cites Ohio practice of silent roadside markers, visible at night, as an effective public warning to curb reckless driving.
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Ohiona
Mufore
Connecticut
Ohio
Coolidge's Decision Not To Run For Presidency
A reader argues President Calvin Coolidge should decline a 1928 bid, praising his selfless posture and noting the country would lose a great president if he leaves the White House. The letter emphasizes Coolidge's restraint, health considerations, and dedication beyond political gain.
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Coolidge
H.M M
Why Not Move WICC to Ansonia or Derby
A reader argues to the Radio Commission that Bridgeport station WICC should broadcast only on alternate nights or relocate to Ansonia or Derby. The letter notes reports that Ansonia and Derby favor WICC and asks why not move the station to those towns to improve reception for outside stations.
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Wice
Ansonia
Derby
Bridgeport
Radio Commission
Als0
WICC
WICC Interference A Listener Complains of Radio Block
A reader reports WICC 15 on the air interferes with reception of WJZ and WEAF. He claims his five tube radio set gives wonderful reception except when WICC is broadcasting, and urges action to prevent the interference.
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WIZ
WEAF
WICC
WJZ
So Honest by Walt Mason
A narrator buys seven cents worth of pickles and other junk. He returns a nickel too much to the grocer, battles a storm to return the debt, and endures a sleepless night and a feverish journey home. His aunts praise honesty yet find it wearisome, while the poem riffs on honesty as a bleeding graft and odd musings on modern life.
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Walt Mason
Chile
Kentucky primary battles and local political notes in Behrens era
Republicans prepare intensive outreach for new voters as 94 district chairmen meet with party leaders including Behrens for renomination. Kentucky primary tensions rise over pari mutuel betting, with Beckham and Crowe as contenders and fading charges about a 300000 betting ring. Springfield Massachusetts reports a lower tax rate and strong governance, while New York State faces record budgets and rising debt.
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Behrens
Young Men's Republican Association
Kentucky
Jefferson County
Louisville
Racing Center
United States
Beckham
Robert T. Crowe
Back Woods
Sampson
Springfield
Massachusetts
Parker
Connecticut
Intelligence Tests Misleading Says Dr Dorsey
Los Angeles superintendent Dr Susan B Dorsey argues that intelligence tests measure achievement and experience, not brain capacity. She contends tests reflect exposure and training, not innate intellect, and urges valuing thinking skills and how to find knowledge over sheer memorization.
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Fre
Susan B Dorsey
Los Angeles
Dorsey
Afghan Tetar
Minda
Sentence Sermons of Bitter Truths
A fragmentary reflection notes that coldness corrupts, breaking trust and affection. It warns that bitterness grows from easy starts to hard ends, shaping character and relationships. The piece frames divine restraint as the measure God never used, while human failure fosters ongoing trouble.
Johnson's California setback challenges Hiram Johnson
The Daily Mirror notes a political setback for Senator Hiram Johnson in California after his lauded bid to sway Los Angeles and Southern California backfires. The piece explains the regional power balance, the Northern versus Southern California dynamic, and the risk to Johnson’s senate seat if Southern California fails to back him. It highlights Shortridge’s renomination and hints that Johnson may face renewed opposition next year from a Northern Californian candidate.
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Washington
Hiram Johnson
California
Los Angeles
Hiram
National Committee
Chaiman William M. Butler
Republican Party
Johnson
Shortridge
Mr. Johnson
Virginia
New York
Fragmented musing on hunting and representation in Africa and America
The speaker notes hunting in Africa is harder than hunting lions in America. They question the value, observe greater wealth today but more ways to spend it, and criticize elected representatives who often aren’t the right people.
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Africa
America
Dad
Ivesse
Reading, fiction, faith, and moral law in Asia
In a letter column from Birmingham and Ohio, readers discuss Sir Philip Gibbs on modern novels, the purpose of reading for cultural growth, and the balance with nonfiction. They weigh the value of classical fiction, dialectic works, and detective tales, urging selective reading to avoid mind stagnation.
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Atlanta
Philip Gibbs
Sir Philip Gibbs
Swey
Wall
Jesus
Manhattan Days and Nights in New York City
A column reflects on New York’s skyscrapers and changing cityscape. The narrator compares past landmarks to current towers, notes Ziegfelds theater and the giant Lexington Avenue building, and recalls Roy Hubbell’s seventeenth floor view while dodging trucks and gazing at new heights.
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Harry
Roy & Hubbell
Matilaon” Avenue
Broadway Canyon Metaphor Signals Urban Change
An opinionated passage compares a city’s Broadway as a sun cracked canyon of the past to today’s thriving, sprawling mass. It argues the process of urban growth has just begun and that ten year old profitable towers have become untenable, while new development like an onion bed begins to sprout.
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Broadway
Stockholder charges Hare and Chase conduct corrupt
In Wilmington Delaware a stockholder in Hare and Chase Inc alleges reckless waste and corrupt expenditure of millions in purchasing worthless notes as he seeks a receiver for the firm. D M Freeman of Washington filed the chancery action claiming the company lost five million of an eight million deal involving taking over defunct taxicab companies in Chicago Baltimore and Philadelphia.
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Wilmington
Del
Hare and Chase, Inc
Automobile Financiers
Philadelphia
D. M. Freeman
Washington, D. C
Freeman
Chicago
Baltimore
Weather forecast for eastern New York and New England
Partly cloudy and warmer in southern areas with Friday showers and cooler readings in northern portions. Saturday looks fair and warmer with similar patterns extending to northern New England showing showers Friday and fair Saturday. Winds shift to fresh southwest in some zones with overcast skies and showers anticipated Friday from Sandy Hook to Hatteras.
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New York
New England
Sandy Hook
Bandy Hook
Hatteras
Air travel evolution seen in future city visions
The piece imagines a German film about a future Duluth city with airliners as common as taxis, noting growing plans for airplane landings in cities like Nantucket and seaplane access at Portland Maine. It discusses rapid airport development tying together rail and steamship links, with U.S. cities preparing for faster transits and skyline changes as aviation expands.
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Weather Bureau
Oo Far
Ther
Wea
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Heaton
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Chicago
Denver
Duluth
Jacksonville
New York
Norfolk
Northfield Vt
Pittsburgh
Portland Me
Jake
St. Loul
Pready Steamship Companies
Are
R- Minneapolis
Ously
Washington
Central Park
Gianta
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