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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1921
Page
6
Gounded 1391 Bridgeport Telegram announces daily publication details and advertising departments. The notice lists mailing, address, and telegraph contact points, with standard statements about republication rights and Associated Press affiliation.
A stream of editorial musings on lifestyle habits, marital issues, politics, science, and social norms. The piece muses about landlords drinks, home brewers, and opportunities missed, mentions Jota, Russia, and Wilson era politics, and comments on gender roles, divorces, and consumer habits with satirical tone. It also notes cigarette sales at $1,889,206,000 last year and other scattered observations.
The document lists various quiz items with answers on topics from war spending on the Gir Service to stamps, weeds, thunder, Indians in the Americas, rust removal from beads, wheat output, a biblical saying about children's teeth, deer horn shedding, Lloyd Osborne, and the warmest driest climate locale.
Connecticut Agricultural Station's board hosts a field day at Mt Carmel next Wednesday. The event centers on seed corn and field corn production, cooperative tests, and historical notes about New England corn, including Squanto's influence. The gathering aims to educate growers on yield potential and regional significance of corn in New England.
Bridgeport enrolls 16000 voters for party primaries signaling strong citizen engagement in naming delegates and shaping city government. The Telegram notes broad participation curbs elite control, urging voters to cast informed ballots to ensure good government and proper convention representation.
Representative Schupler Merritt urged Congress in the House on Tuesday to fund the 50 million dollars the government owes to railroads. He argued debt must be met to restart wheels of industry and ease rail shortage, noting Congress seeks recess while nation waits.
A military inquiry opens into a Hoboken fire that caused $5,060,000 in damage to piers and military headquarters plus several adjacent buildings. The cause and keepers of the blaze remain under investigation as officials await the board’s report due in coming days.
A humorous column notes how men occasionally revert to oldtime collars, suggesting nostalgia prompts fashion flashes. The piece reflects on changing tastes and the enduring charm of familiar neckwear through light, witty observations.
The city’s $110000 contingent fund shrank to $516.49 after seventeen claims. Major drains included $77420.76 from teachers’ salaries for health rules, $13106.49 for fire deficiencies, and $15049.56 for health coal bills. Other costs covered charity loans, detective agency bills, elevator remodels, and bridge repairs among various departments.
Milford Republican leaders plan to focus on primaries with a test campaign Friday night at the town hall under the Hepwojian Women’s committee. Candidates urged include Robert A. Syratt V. Sewall Edwin Munson Mredus M. Case and possibly Manley Cheney.
The speaker jokes about his awkward golf and tennis play yet finds joy and health in the effort. He questions why he should envy champions, noting occasional victories in himself and his capacity for improvement despite clumsy skills.
Engineers address ventilation for a Manhattan to Jersey City auto tunnel designed for nine to ten minutes per car. Fresh air intakes under the driveway and four exhaust shafts ensure removal of poisonous exhaust. Inadequate ventilation risks carbon monoxide poisoning and brain effects from prolonged exposure.
A whimsical poem fragment reflects on Dame Nature and fate guiding seasons and pests. It blends topical humor with nature's plan, asserting that whatever happens is part of a larger, sane design. The voice embraces acceptance of the world as it is and the inevitable cycles of life.
A Torrington man died while picking berries this morning after suffering heart pain. The 60-year-old, a local factory worker, collapsed shortly after starting work and died within minutes. He leaves a wife and two children.
In Pangana, President Portas signed a decree declaring a one month period of mourning. The action follows Costa Rica tainted territory claims and the U S decision not to rel ey Costa Rica occupation. The report notes Panamanian reaction and the severance of certain formal ties during the period.
Violet Ingleby a stylish London woman shelters Ronnie Hastings’s deserted child. Hastings plays chivalrous suitor while Violet contemplates exposure of the truth. Olive Hale plots amid a fog of hats, debts, and romantic schemes as a car ride and garden scene unfold.
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