Bridgeport Telegram Busy Daily Publication Details
Bridgeport Telegram 1893 edition notes subscription rates by mail prepaid and daily circulation from The Post Publishing Co. Editorial offices on Midmie Street Bridgeport Conn list Barnum 6100 telephone. Mentions Associated Press rights and bureau audit listings.
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Associated Press
Editorial Notes of Facetious Sayings and Corrections
A jumble of quips on American life and politics, highlighting playful phrases and misplaced humor. The piece ends with a corrected sentence about spending a month in the mountains and not writing a card about sleeping under blankets.
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Blansete
Sentence Sermons on Conduct and Mood
A fragmented reflective verse set argues that clever people fail to execute orders. It urges accuracy in statements and cautions against melancholy while contrasting wealth with true happiness. It notes that optimism can reduce gloom and embraces simple contentment as a path to happiness.
Weather Summary for Eastern U S and New England
Fair conditions prevail Friday and Saturday across Eastern New York and Southern New England with slightly warmer Saturday. Northern New England also fair with warmer Saturday. High pressure from the northwest shifts eastward, crest over western Quebec, little temperature change Friday, warmer in the middle and north Atlantic states Saturday. North winds along Sandy Hook and from Sandy Hook to Hatteras remain northeast and generally fair.
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New York
New England
Northwest
Quebec
Mississippi
Lower Lake Region
Middle Atlantic
North Atlantic
Washington
Florida
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Life After Death Theory From Sorbonne Mathematician
Professor Charles Henry of the Sorbonne argues that nobody dies entirely, proposing radiation-based proof of an immortal soul. He describes a hidden, elusive force persisting after death and suggests souls migrate to new envelopes. The idea aligns with transmigration beliefs seen in sailors and Egyptian lore, and is noted as encouragement to anti-evolution advocates.
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Sorbonne
France
Henry
John Roach Straton
Bishop Hughes Dismisses Nordic Supremacy as Nonsense
Edwin Holt Hughes of Chicago declares claims of Nordic racial superiority to be nonsense. He says the era rejects ancestor worship, noting that beauty of birth comes from conduct, not color. Those who parade in white robes to prove superiority show the weakness of the claim.
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Edwin Holt Hughes
Chicago
Methodist’ Episcopal Church
Waterbury Case Highlights Caution With Strangers
Miss Helen Murphy a respected Waterbury schoolteacher faces a $10,000 damages suit alleging she alienated the affections of another woman's husband. The affair began after her father was picked up by a driver named Willard from an oil company and continued with after hours car repairs and casual meetings.
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Waterbury
Helen Murphy
Miss Murphy
Willard
Unraveling Case: Willard, Weller, and a Love's Labor Lost
A man identified as Willard died by his own hand leaving a note naming Miss Murphy as the cause. Later found to be Weller, a married man with a family. Mrs. Weller sues as the widow. Miss Murphy learned of the double identity only after three days of rumors. The case probes alienation of affections and self representation in Connecticut history.
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Willard
Miss Murphy
Weller
Connecticut
The Curse of the Dole in Britain
A historical editorial argues Britain’s dole system harms work incentives and expands unemployment. It traces origins to ex servicemen and federal aid, notes widespread fraud, and suggests redirecting dole funds to public works like road building to provide genuine employment.
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Great Britain
House of Commons
United States Congress
American pilots preparing for Riffian front duty
Paris dispatch notes American airmen will depart soon for the Riffian front with first flights over the line expected early next week. The squadron will split into three pilot groups stationed at Fez Taza and Quetta headquarter sectors, with Morrocan conditions described as the harshest faced by any WWI era flyers.
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Paris
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Taza
Quetzan
Casablanca
Morocco
Haeglen
Europe
Fifth district Republicans plan benefit dance and band request
Members of the Fifth district Republican club stage a dance at Pleasure Beach to help build a new club house. Albert J. Merritt handles details and the group may urge the Board of Recreation to assign another district band concert next month. A prior Wood Park concert proved popular. Sheriff John F. Maloney is at City Hall ready to Bet on the Fifth district primary. The Ninth district Republicans plan a Sunday sheep roast to rally support and observe the primary lineup. Senator Hiram Bingham draws national attention with aviation remarks. The campaign against May Hylan pits ride for subway subsidies and harsh tactics. Many seasoned politicians wonder about summer outings as Middlesex County invites attenders to an outing at Sheriff Thompson’s Haddam bungalow hosted by Fairfield county figures.
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Albert J. Merritt
Board of Recreation
Wood Park
Middlesex County
Sheriff Thompson
Haddam
Fairfield County
Amundson-Elleworth
Arctic
Discovery
Xummer
Atlantic
Alcock
Brown
America
Europe
Spitsbergen
Alaska
Newfoundland
Ireland
Allcock
My Little Town by Anne Campbell
A short verse extols the charm of a small town, inviting readers to return home and find beauty and peace in familiar fields blue waters and maple trees. The speaker longs for childhood days and a warm, tranquil place that calls them back despite wandering far.
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Anne Campbell
MacMillan Party To Broadcast Music From Arctic Expedition
Chicago August 27 AP Lieutenant E F McDonald Jr announces radio broadcast of Eeki mo songs and music from the MacMillan Arctic expedition for Austral Man and New Zealand listeners between 5 and 6 am EST on August 30.
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New Zealand
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E. F. McDonald, Jr
Whiskers Tax Mania and the Return to Sanity
The speaker recalls a mania about taxing beards, insisting a bearded man pay five hundred dollars a year and other beard styles taxed. Friends deserted him as detractors rose, a network of isolation followed until an airship anvil accident snapped the fixation. He returns to normal topics like politics, sea sailing, and hockey, regaining friends and sanity.
Fourteen Stamford youths arrested for club house break-in
Fourteen boys aged 13 to 16 were arrested by Detective Sergeants Paul Hayes and James Thewlis for breaking into the East Side Athletic club house. Authorities say they damaged a plane, broke windows, stole boxing gloves, and caused other damage. They will be referred to the probation officer.
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Stamford
Paul Hayes
James Thewlis
East Side Athletic Club
Bettina's Chicken and Whimsical Sketches
A carnival of light verse and short pieces features Bettina cooking a chicken with vivid detail and humor, a playful dissection of talk and memory, and fragments from sketches about ancient days and names. The collage-style page blends humor, family chatter, and literary snippets with a light, nostalgic tone.
Street widening dispute over damages to local business
Aubrey DeWolfe, owner of a Middle Street restaurant, seeks 2140 dollars in damages from the city for building alterations caused by street widening. The council committee heard his claim and will issue a report after September 8, noting prior knowledge could bar liability.
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Aubrey DeWolfe
Middle Street
the Common Council
DeWolfe
John J. Farmer
Readers urged to submit original humor and verse
Readers are invited to contribute humorous mottoes jokes and epigrams. Original unpublished material earns from 1 to 10 dollars per contribution and 2 cents to 1 dollar per line for poetry. Unaccepted pieces are not returned. Manuscripts must be single sided and addressed to Shop Headquarters Bridgeport Telegram.
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Bridgeport Telegram
Missing Man Found in River After Disappearance
Norwich August 27 AP The body of Sarae Rabinovitch secretary of the White Star clothing house Main street retailers Wis h found by police late this afternoon in the Shetucket river near Preston bridge The finding of Rabinovitchs straw hat prompted a river drag and the body was recovered Rabinovitch had been in a nervous breakdown and disappeared from home late last night Medical Examiner C C Gilder pepe ruled death probably from personal crisis
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Norwich
Sarae Rabinovitch
White Star Clothing House
Main Street
Retaiters
Shetucket
Preston Bridge
Tabinovitch
Rabinovitch
C. C. Gilderpepe
Stricken in theatre a Bridgeport woman dies
Mrs. Mary Vaynick of 117 Reservoir avenue died at Bridgeport hospital from kidney poisoning after a sudden sickness at the Palace theatre yesterday afternoon. Emergency ambulance transported her. Dr. M. Cheney attended. Funeral plans not complete.
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Mary Vaynick
Reservoir Avenue
Bridgeport Hospital
Palace Theatre
M. & Cheney
Milford's New Fire Truck First Run
Milford fire department tested its new $12 000 fire truck in an Aug 27 incident at a cottage owned by Mrs A A Paulson Fort Trumbull Beach. The fire started from unknown sources in an unoccupied second floor room and spread to walls. Damages were about $50.
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Milford
Sneelaty
A. A. Paulson
Fort Trumbull Beach
Flying to cross Arctic may await next year’s attempts
The MacMillan Byrd Arctic Expedition ends flying plans while Amundson Elleworth halt similarly. Analysts say Arctic flight prospects improve with 1926 technology though current tests show landings remain challenging. Future flights promise longer range, reliability, and navigation aids, after a cautious preparatory year.
Two Sides of Truth and Slow Reform
In this 1926 piece the author argues that truth requires receptive minds and that reforms advance in fits and starts as inherited prejudice wanes. He cites religious tolerance, labor, women's emancipation, education, medicine, and democracy, noting that minds must unlearn before progress.
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