This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 22 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1927
Page
12
Fragmented OCR from Bridgeport Telegram includes crude rates and ads. Mentions carrier work, public notices, telegraph and publishing line items, with scattered names and addresses. Item appears to be a mixed page segment showing rates, ads, and boilerplate statements.
Whiting Williams profiles Nicaragua showing hilly terrain 128 miles of rail and weak administration while arguing U S interest in canal and investments. A second piece notes 1920 census finds four million farm youths under twenty-one, with historian George H. Von Tungern proposing stabilizing farm population via smaller families and better parental cooperation, opposing urban growth trends.
Connecticut readers mourn Professor Louis Agassiz Fuertes of Cornell killed in a New York grade crossing accident. The naturalist and artist was famed for bird illustrations and Audubon Society ties. The piece laments crossings’ danger and notes public grief. It mentions a local interest piece on compound interest and Hartford Electric rebate plans for October.
The Hartford Courant notes a one year old rate cut and a $700,000 total in annual customer rebates. It praises United Illuminating for permanent automatic rate reductions in New Haven and Bridgeport, while citing Hartford Electric’s rebate as possibly less favorable to customers due to non normal consumption months. Bridgeport and New Haven boast the lowest electric house lighting rates in the state.
Opinion notes that Soviet decrees cause no moral outrage among sympathizers abroad while condemning a Russian woman facing execution for defying authorities to reveal information about her husband and son. The piece asserts observers who live in Russia fail to escape the obsession.
In the United States the public largely sees a breakdown of justice from slow and technical procedure that harmed Sacco and Vanzetti. European reaction is hostile to America, with press and radicals criticizing U.S. power and proclaiming a flawed justice system.
The piece contrasts a Sinclair Lewis character with a real incident in Toccoa Georgia where 12 hooded men allegedly flogged Mrs Ansley Bowers for not attending church. It argues the backwoods South harbors violence against women who defy local beliefs, challenging views of southern chivalry and civilization progress.
A compact reflection on tradition and belief argues old fashioned values aren’t criminal and faith concerns what we hope to be true. It contrasts a ten dollar stake with a wealthy dream and questions pursuit and free speech for the silenced.
The Daily Mirror suggests if ex Secretary Hughes seeks and wins the 1928 Republican nomination it would be the most remarkable comeback in American politics. It notes his 1916 presidential run, his strained relations with the party machinery, and his enduring stature as an elder statesman amid political rivalries.
A satirical poem criticizes inconsistent traffic rules across states and towns. The narrator laments police fines for minor infractions from bright lamps to illegal left turns, calling for simpler nationwide driving norms. He cites Maine New York Kansas Nebraska and towns along a highway as examples of overzealous enforcement.
A fragmented poem about walking a road through valleys and hills with shifting light and shadows. It blends verses on perseverance with stray references to budgets, duty, fashion, boxing figures, and banking concerns, all framed by a stream of varied, abrupt images.
The Ansonia board of aldermen may select a successor to late Sheriff Patrick O Donnell with a Democratic member likely to seek the post and Republican support. Also in Danbury the GOP selects a new town chairman after William C Gilbert resigns, while Stamford Mayor Alfred N Phillips Jr faces a reckless driving case after mud splashing incident. Hartford New Haven tax changes reduce city grand lists. county jail accounts under audit. gas station location opinions from Attorney General Alling. Waterbury endorses John P Elton for mayor. New Britain forms flying field committee.
A 1927 article argues hatred based on race is the worst form of injustice. It condemns broad attacks on Jews and other groups, critiques Ford's stance, and warns against scapegoating nations or races while urging equality and human fallibility.
A small seaplane attached to the submarine base in New London plunges into the lower harbor after the engine stalls. Lt. F. W. Whitmore pilots the craft. no injuries or damage reported. The plane is towed to the submarine base by a Coast Guard patrol boat, then taken off after repairs.
A compact moral note asserts that love is essential in a home surpassing money, character surpasses success, right endures over wrong, virtue beats mere literature, integrity outperforms hustle, delivering the goods matters in business, and a good conscience outweighs wealth. The piece elevates ethical living with concise maxims.
Ten No Dumping Bere signs arrived at the Welfare building for the board of Health to replace missing markers citywide. Heavier four by four posts will resist removal as authorities note they have not yet been painted and will be installed soon at locations around the city.
The excerpt plays with pedestrian right of way and a vague concept of reserve as a hesitation before affection. It juxtaposes street etiquette with a social quirk about kissing delaying until a third encounter, illustrating ambiguous interpersonal norms.
The reader asks why praying for the dead grew in Britain, citing World War casualties and a Protestant prayer option. Cadman notes the Revised Book of Common Prayer offers a memorial service and warns against Catholic practices, while Churchill’s books are debated for warfare wisdom and rhetoric. A New York reader seeks a concise Platonist and Aristotelian summary, with recommended sources such as Jowett and Windlebrand.
In this Aug 25 column, eying a Metropolitan Museum armor far larger than wearers, the writer riffs on museums and fashion. He jokes about Heywood Broun’s role at The World, and reflects on journalism life and cultural trends with a light, opinionated tone.
Government revenue from last year’s tobacco crop nearly doubles the farmers’ receipts. Farmers earned 245,175,000 from their crop while tobacco taxes totaled 400,754,000 for tobacco users. Internal revenue accounted for 371,678,000 of taxes and import duties 38,076,000. Cigarette users paid most of the tax.
August 25. The rain nearly destroyed the bean crop in this section and damaged potatoes enough to require immediate digging to save the crop. Across Connecticut, continued rains caused heavy damage. Many potato raisers will dig now to sell before rot from a possible warm spell.
Fair conditions across Northern and Southern New England on Friday and likely Saturday with little temperature change. Partly cloudy in Eastern New York today and tomorrow. High pressure over the lake region and New England suggests mostly fair weather Friday and Saturday in Mississippi River states. Winds light north of Sandy Hook, northeast offshore with showers Friday elsewhere.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.