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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1921
Page
6
The Bridgeport Telegram founded in 1891, published daily except Sunday by The Post Publishing Co. at 140 Middle Street Bridgeport Conn. Open every day and night. Advertising representatives listed in New York Chicago and London. Members of Audit Bureau of Circulation.
A loose collage with poems and prose touches on a belief in the moonlight’s constancy, jokes about the Sun’s return, and satirical comments on the Russian famine, Henry Ford rate cuts, and I C C investigations. It mixes whimsy with economic critique and prosaic reflections on simplicity and hardship.
Washington Aug 22 statistics show over eleven and a quarter billion copies of daily newspapers are printed yearly in the United States. The nation’s 2432 daily papers average 32,735,097 copies daily, with Sunday papers adding 19,929,834 each Sunday. Total yearly circulation across all formats reaches about 11,270,558,318 copies, with ads totaling nearly 498 million dollars and publications valued at over 1.5 billion dollars.
A notice announces a gathering at Odd Fellows Hall located at 087 Broad Street tomorrow night. The event is hosted by Loyalty Lodge and invites attendance by lodge members and guests.
Frederick Soddy argues that radium energy could power mankind but must be controlled for the common good. He warns against scientists hoarding discoveries and calls for state oversight to prevent exploitation for private gain. The piece reflects early 20th century debates on atomic energy, socialism, and energy conservation.
Beachlawn community members plan a Saturday flower show at the country club on August 27 from 3 pm. Exhibits include class A best arrangement, class B best three dahlias, and class C cactus winners. Florists are not required. entries due August 23 to Miss Fie Pornst.
The Isle of Shoals hosts a growing Unitarian gathering this summer as the Institute for Religious Education under the American Unitarian Association draws attendees from across the country. Delegates mingle with locals, while a curfew tightens after dusk and small children depart the streets.
Charles Evans Hughes emerges as the diplomatic lead of the world disarmament conference. Since becoming secretary of state on March 11 he has handled delicate issues, earning President Harding’s choice as American delegation head. Hughes shows steady, decisive action on Russia, Germany reparations, and oil resources while maintaining calm, relentless effort and a broader, unyielding diplomatic stance.
Jacksonville records recall an 1894- era run from Jacksonville to Washington, covering 780.5 miles in under 3 hours, and a 1904- era 999 line speed record with Plant System trains reaching 129 mph between Savannah and Jacksonville. Flor ida Knights of Tythias sponsored a secrecy shaded special train, created by Plant System and Atlantic Coast Line, over five railroads between Jacksonville and Richmond.
Time records show a rapid Tampa to Savannah leg covering a mile slip in four seconds or at 75 miles per hour. The journey arrived in Washington at 8 09 A M on August 27 after a 36 minute stop. Passengers then reached New York at 2 20 A M, twenty two hours and ten minutes after leaving Jacksonville. Five locomotives that hauled the Jacksonville to Richmond segment remain in service on the Atlantic Coast Line.
Kansas State Agricultural College experts estimate a full grown bull snake on alfalfa land eats six gophers monthly during six warm months, saving about $2.50 per acre per month and potentially clearing six acres yearly. Protecting these harmless snakes could save time and money on trapping and poisoning, as they prey on rats and mice near barns and granaries.
The obituary notices report Carl Oscar Knutson dying in New York with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery and survivors in Bridgeport Newfield and Sweden. August W Schalck funeral held at his daughter's home with burial in Park Cemetery. May Bernard wife of Wim A Bernard of this city died in St Vincent's Hospital with funeral arrangements at M J Gannon's and burial details. Survivors include her husband son Charles Duplease father and three brothers.
In Bridgeport 1884 local items include a Sunday School picnic at Oriental Grove on September 1, Sheriff Crosby delivering prisoners to Danbury for Superior Court, gas house work completed, officers detailed for Pine Grove Camp meeting, and new joint stock companies filed with the Secretary of State. Also noted are a Providence bird delivery from Frank Sammis, P. T. Barnum’s fountain gift to Bethel, Seaside Park Barnes family reunion set for the day after tomorrow with 470 guests, a rare fish dredged by Captain J. W. Lewie seen at Ed Smith’s Wall Street window, and other city notes.
New York Aug 22 Columbia University students will film reels of snow stuff this winter as part of a new course in Lie movies the first of its kind in the United States Studio work will cover production and continuity writing learning the actions and captions The course promises insights into visual appeal and audience engagement with practical lessons and a written photo play by a student
Opening of the week shows broad declines as widespread liquidations and short selling push many issues to year lows. Rail and oil shares falter amid forced margins, with Liberty and bond lists weak and call rates stable while Sterling dips and foreign cables lag.
A fragmentary verse piece critiques Kaiser Wilhelm and the Prussian rule. It imagines power, fate, and cautionary doom as rulers pursued grand schemes, while urging others not to settle for “well enough” and to resist ambition’s lure.
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