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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1920
Page
10
The Bridgeport Telegraph presents a dense page of subscription rates and notices, including references to Metropolitan Transportation, Peoples Gas, and local services. It carries a daily publication note from 40 Middin Street and a mix of editorials, poems, and advertising fragments.
Readers glimpse a dereferenced OCR page with garbled lines about Dunnorase and Marcon Hl Ebleomd. Mentions of Tennessee House, a special session, housing, hotels, and press agents hint at political and social issues. Technical garble obscures complete facts but preserves names and places.
The piece describes Hid Lewis known for the $20,000 smile, a 26 year old crowd favorite who has pulled stunts from planes to jokes and now shows interest in movie production. A rakish car and a bored wolfhound on the lookout accompany Lewis as spectators watch from the street.
The Tennessee Senate’s 95 to 4 vote for woman suffrage signals a likely ratification by Tennessee as the sixth state. Observers expect a House fight and note national party pressure shaping legislators. Connecticut politics loom as Governor Holcomb resists and Brandegee’s reelection becomes a focal point.
A fragment on curiosity from flight to science and discovery. The piece compares crowds at an airplane landing to broader human hunger to learn, noting how curiosity propels explorers from pole to Africa and how Wright brothers epitomize pursuit of knowledge. It ends with two places where curiosity does not dwell: asylums and deathbeds.
An Indiana evangelist asked his flock if they were ready for lightning and a storm struck outside, killing two preachers and badly burning the questioner. Some see a heaven sent sign, while science notes lightning strikes are random and daily dangers from mundane causes claim far more lives.
An article notes the ocean liner Aquitania reached 27 knots on an oil fueled test voyage, suggesting future ships may sustain high speeds across the Atlantic. It compares this oil advantage to rail travel, and reflects on fuel storage, boiler efficiency, and the broader push for faster transatlantic crossing.
Over 2,600 people attended High Rock Grove and Olivet Church events yesterday. The article notes a new front for a local auction room and a banner at Main Street near Cannon announcing a day of sale. It mentions political candidates, railroad office activities, and a busy civic scene including races at Fenwick Grove and various society gatherings.
Fragmentary verse by Robert Burns about John Anderson. The lines recall youth and shared effort on a hill and the promise to sleep together at the foot, with garbled OCR rendering including misspellings and stutters. The piece preserves the rural sentimental tone typical of Burns.
The Capitol complex requires constant upkeep with over 300 workers maintaining the building and grounds. Repairs include repainting interiors and exteriors, reworking acoustics, and refreshing decor while preserving the dignified tone of Congress. A broad payroll covers plumbers, painters, carpenters, electricians, and specialized crews, with ongoing routine maintenance and tree care of historic specimens.
A bleak scene unfolds as a gasoline shortage grips the Western Slope. Families mourn, travelers face empty stations, and locals lament rising prices and fuel scarcity amid failing cars and shuttered garages. The piece blends sorrow with sharp critique of gas dealers and broken promises.
A reader inquiry compilation from The Telegram Information Bureau covers topics on housing construction shares, potato variety adoption, holographic wills, authoritative pay scale changes for Fogey and enlisted personnel, Great Britain and wool markets, Lake Champlain ownership, lotteries history, American Indian citizenship, U S petroleum production trends, and extinct birds linked to mythic legends.
To the editor a citizen laments the loss of trolleys, arguing for a seven cent fare and trolley restoration. She notes rising prices and wages, crowded buses, unsafe conditions, and calls for better transit access for working people, urging a return to streetcar service.
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