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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1921
Page
8
The fragment shows a Bridgeport publication by THE POST PUBLISHING CO. at 40 Middle Street Bridgeport Connecticut. It references Open daily except Sunday and Audit Bureau of Circulation membership and Associated Press affiliation.
A mixed run of brief items and editorials notes touching on Turkish-Geeks, Amb Harvey attitudes, sports standings, a New Haven veteran with two wives, veteran pay issues, fashion, crime and social topics. Mentions automatics and a Great Britain France Silesia accord, Hartford Golf Club clubhouse rules, and quips about golf’s missing nineteenth hole.
Weather outlook from Southern New England shows Wednesday with cloudiness and a chance of showers on Thursday. Temperatures rise at night with fair skies and warmer conditions expected later in the week.
A 1920s Bridgeport editorial condemns a small, active faction that monopolizes party primaries. It urges any qualified voter to enroll in a party, noting one primary vote equals many election day votes. It stresses urgent action before Saturday's deadline to have a voice in nominations.
A Boston News Bureau piece on Charles S. Mellen former president of the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad. The essay argues habit grips workers and even former executives, shaping routines from driving style to dining seats. It uses miners mules and soda clerks as parallels, ending with a jab at the lure of the old grind even after retirement.
An evocative reminiscence on late summer crickets and their song as autumn nears. The narrator observes fiddling crickets, explains wing scraping basics, and notes the chance of frost driving them to sheltered crannies. The piece blends natural history with poetic refrain about the season’s end.
The article notes China inaugurates air rail service for passengers and mail between Peking and Shanghai, with strong success prompting plans to extend nationwide. It critiques U.S. government neglect outside military aviation and highlights a growing public interest in aviation development.
Amsterdam, long a seaport, notes growing air traffic with 270 passengers passing in two weeks at a single airfield. Regular schedules exist to London and Brussels, with Brussels and Paris links mentioned. The article hints at the day the United States will have regular air plane service between major cities.
The University of Chicago plans an expedition to Armageddon in Palestine to excavate the historic battlefield. Dr Jas Henry Breasted will lead the project for curation with funds approved by John D Rockefeller. Thomas G Allen heads Oriental studies and travels with the team.
A Vienna report notes that a group identified as the ring of sechera threatens to seize vacant residential properties by force to house their members. They allege government malfeasance and have published a list of demanded premises including a baroness’s home with ten rooms. The movement claims to act against housing shortages and seeks to occupy available residences.
A compendium of questions and answers covers jelly texture tests for spoons, golf rule changes on unplayable balls, cowpea fertilization with 400 pounds of phosphate and 30 pounds of potash per acre, and forgeries in photography. It also asks about the largest sawmill, almond varieties, Buddhism versus Christianity, and the star called the runaway star Grumbridge 1880 with its fast proper motion.
Fragmentary prose recalls a shift from hatred of Germans to wartime duties and taxes. The speaker laments violence and bigotry waning as work begins, noting society faces taxes, labor, and conscription while old enmities fade under the grim march of conflict. The piece blends somber reflection with anxious calls for restraint amid upheaval.
Mrs. Lillian J. Chester has collaborated with her husband George Randoln Chester for nine years on all his books and stories. She helped craft the feminine details in Blackie Dar and supplied the feminine touches, later directing scenes in a California studio and supervising editing in New York.
Fragmentary medieval linguistic query asks about pronunciation and meaning of a letter form in a poem or chansonnier. It discusses syllable stress and accent, requesting guidance on the term shyster and its pronunciation in modern English usage.
Bridgeport reflects on August 10, 1882 with notices of Haton Cole and Burnham employees sailing to Glen Island on the Rosedale, Emmet Club planning a piano event at Pembroke Grove, Frary Cutter Company resuming work after a shaft break, and a miniature soap house drawing attention in Cobb Pollard’s window. Reports cover a funeral for As Ae Kabel, officer assembly for Major vacancy, Masonic Mutual Benefit Association benevolence, a missing messenger boy, veteran night-watchman John T. Cogeswell’s illness, and details on the Connecticut Trotting Circuit posters. Additional items include a London Buenos Aires telephony commission, Eddie Goodwin attacked by a bulldog, enforcement calls for muzzling dogs, Southampton and Saratoga travel notes, donations to the Orphan asylum, and a seaside clambake and Pequenne Boat Club reception with music and dancing. Major local social mentions include Bassett and Ward donations, refugee travel, and Budd’s Lake fishing reports. Funeral notices for Albert Augustin and Tennie Ltfant are listed along with Park Street funeral plans.
An army surgeon and botanists explain sphagnum moss as a superior absorbent dressing and packing material. The moss grows in boggy areas of the northeast United States and Canada. Its water handling relies on leaf structure with many empty dead cells and perforations that regulate absorption.
Poem discusses how life and romance hinge on little things not big events. It contrasts grand passion with daily small acts of affection and care that sustain love. The poet suggests happiness survives through sincere words, small kindnesses, and tender gestures.
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