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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1921
Page
8
The Bridgeport Telegram is described as a daily paper published by The Post Publishing Co. with press details and wartime like references. It notes membership in the Associated Press and exclusive republication rights for AP dispatches.
A reflective essay on self preservation and defense argues that weapons provoke more danger. It cites animal defenses and camouflage to illustrate natural protection. The piece suggests worldwide disarmament would leave each person and nation safer, ending in a call for global disarmament.
A fragmentary verse note speaks of tears as a path to healing. It imagines crying as a purge that feeds growth and new beauty, suggesting sorrow can nurture fresh blossoms in time. The language hints at whimsy and poetical metaphor without a clear narrative or date.
Editorial notes mix humor on business roads and prosperity with social quirks. It touches on advertising for success, the price of cost, and public interest in fashion and travel. A Toledo man loses his wife in a poker game and jokes about freedom.
A garbled 1927 weather column by Tom Gilliam Jr covers forecasts for South England and Atlantic states, with temperature readings, cloudy conditions, and remarks on disarmament talks. It includes a tobacco anecdote about Thomas Edison and a brief Middlebrook Almanac note, ending with Swiss temperance movement mention.
A Paris news item recalls the Eiffel Tower from its Paris Exposition, noting its 984 foot height and wind sway. It describes an aerial tea by Mr. Eiffel for 50 delegates and wives at the top, with Mr. Bictel greeting them at the base. It gives Eiffel’s birth and early works, and highlights his pride in the tower as a grand achievement.
The late Frank Miller's will filed for probate reveals charitable bequests totaling 150,900 dollars to Bridgeport institutions. The editor notes all nine gifts support Bridgeport organizations, praising the precedent and stressing the value of charity amid difficult times.
A reader asks about classifying watermelons and tomatoes, compass directions in the southern hemisphere, Midsummer Eve, and stamp usage on envelopes. The Naval Observatory clarifies the compass, the Post Office describes stamps as part of envelopes, and replies cover radio crews, royal mottos, the first Holly paper, avatar meaning, and the Byzantine period with dates and brief notes.
Frank Miter, banker, leaves an estate possibly worth five million with real estate in Bridgeport Stratford Cornwall and Trumbull plus stocks and lumber holdings. Nine local charities receive about 150000 in bequests. widow Anne Drew Miller gains the home at Trooklawn and 200000 plus life income. two grandchildren receive a trust fund.
Bridgeport notes celebrate St Patrick's Total Abstinence picnic at Pembroke Grove, and the Connecticut Seventh Regiment veterans gather at Gavin Rock on August 27. Reports cover Wadham's Post clambake, Fat Men's picnic at Tinton Point, railway turnout repairs, Bethel Barnum fountain photos, and a large Mammoth water-basin filling effort. Also noted are social gatherings at the Bassick residence, Gould plans for Grover's Hill houses, a Prary Cutlery elevator accident with a minor wound, subscriptions from David W Sherwood, and the Connecticut Cavalry reunion at New Hartford with officers listed. Obituaries for local residents, church festivals by St John’s, a rectory project for Rev Myrick, and multiple local visits and trips are included.
An OCR damaged fragment reflects on robbery and shooting, mixing vivid scenes of masked assailants, quiet ambushes, and lethal violence. The speaker laments fraud and moral decay, indicting criminals and questioning modern authorities and religious figures amid social unrest.
George TW Manning reports that Matthew Adgate of Naugatuck Chemical company protested high duties on acetaldehyde and paraldehyde in the Toddney tariff bill. He says Canada Shawinigan supply would be blocked by 4 cents a pound and 30 percent ad valorem rates, urging Underwood 15 percent ad valorem retention.
Early morning raid at University Hospital in Augusta Georgia by a mob forced entry after 4 am seizing Walter Smalley a Black man linked to a prior assault. The mob drove the body beyond city limits where it was set afire and later returned to the hospital.
One Bridgeport and two Stamford suits move to Superior Court for current session. Anthony Hwiatkowski accuses Julia Krinke Kwiatkowski of desertion after a 28 day marriage beginning June 3 1918 in New Britain. Elsie Thomas Weed sues Albert Whiting Weed for desertion with a 11 year old son. they wed Sept 8 1909. Blanche Lee O Dell of Stamford sues Stephen O Dell of New York for desertion during winter 1905 and seeks divorce. J Breasbrook director of Olympic band noted.
Answers to Wednesday's Queries cover pinchbeck aristocracy and the namer of the adjective, aide-de-camp meanings and pronunciations, ite plural, and the two pronunciations of aide-de-camp. Curricula and curricula explained, and the spellings drought and drouth discussed with pronunciation notes.
Pilot Clarence E. Lange of Omaha Nebraska designs a nose mask to shield pilots from sun and wind damage at high altitudes. The device is a soft feather strip held by a tube or band around the helmet, replacing tape circling the nose.
A blithe mused voyage poem invites a beloved companion to sail toward Illusion and distant shores. The speaker longs for magical romance, wind across a sunlit sea, and a shared dream that lifts them beyond humdrum life toward an enchanted Cape of Dreams.
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