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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1919
Page
8
The Bridgeport Telegram founded in 1891 promotes extensive Connecticut circulation. It lists subscription rates by mail and carrier, advertising options, office addresses in New York Chicago and Bridgeport, daily open hours, and AP membership details.
A brief poem titled A Line of Cheer addresses Winter as a stern ruler of the calendar. The speaker urges acceptance of cold spells and attempts to endure the season with warmth and humor, noting the three month period of weather and the futility of enmity.
Fragmented notes reflect editorial unease about ongoing political tensions in Turkey and Armenia. The author Komments about Wilson, the rate, and Congress, noting delays and unrest while a food strike looms and a general mood of weariness pervades.
A fragmented editorial discusses miners' wages versus coal operators' profits, urging wage increases funded by operator gains rather than consumer costs. It reviews historical figures like McAdoo and calls for profits to be taxed to support miners amid dangerous, demanding work. It also hints at wartime industry concerns and a remark on diamonds driving global fascination.
An elderly Marion gathering titled On With The Dance celebrates senior revelry. Myers Sarah Jones aged 81 leads the floor with lively steps, proving age need not curb joy. The piece argues aging is mindset not physiology, praising active elders and recalling wartime and local figures like Vanny Crosby and Kenry Parrott.
The message calls non ratifying state governors to convene legislatures to ratify woman suffrage, arguing rapid action would save money and end the campaign. It predicts victory either in 1920 or 1921 and urges Gov Holcomb to reconsider, stating the effort will otherwise drain resources.
A wartime poem critique mocks complacent protests and urges resolve as Germany allegedly spirals toward renewed productivity. The verse riffs on industrial might, flagging danger while praising vigilance and unity amid global conflict.
Publication notes that the United States Grain Corporation denies wheat shortages and supports selling pure straight flour to retailers for consumer resale at no more than 75 cents for a 12 1 4 pound bag. It argues this helps control cost of living and reduces profiteering by millers and jobbers, urging similar action for sugar.
Mrs Mildred Thurston a California woman faces trial for killing the other woman in a love triangle while her husband pose as an unmarried man and is cleared legally by police. Letters found in the dead girl's bank end with Dear Mousie the wife called that old monkey. The husband courted the younger woman and the wife supported their six year old son. The law is cited as excusing him split by mental state and desertion.
The New Haven Journal-Lurier notes the county jail's improved condition under current management. It credits humane control and inmate understanding for raising self respect and reducing the urge to reoffend. The piece recalls past dire entrances and cites the grand jury report amid Michigan election chatter.
Bridgeport notes from an old local page describe civic life and happenings: crime reports of a missing man near New York City, a Huntington death, and a Huntington elder’s passing. theatre and lecture plans including Prof Proctor at Queen’s House and the Miniature Pinafore Company. weather and short days. advertisements and curious local incidents.
Poem excerpt cites Beaumont and Fletcher line about man as his own star and soul guiding fate. It asserts the soul renders an honest and perfect man and that acts shape light influence and fate. The text references fatal shadows and lifelong consequence.
Alaska officials and newspapers claim Alaska's panhandle holds vast, enduring timber for newsprint and paper needs. They say Siveashottle era will shift to wood pulp supply for the United States, with Alaska able to provide for all time if managed carefully.
Labor leaders across sections press for the full right to strike as Congress debates a bill. The session, opening in Washington, is expected to consider the measure amid opposition from business groups and calls for broader labor protections. Proponents argue the bill would legitimize strikes as a bargaining tool.
A digest of inquiries to the Standard Telegram Information Bureau in Washington with answers on topics from a Mexican consular agent to coinage, oaths, cleaning a piano, Liberty bonds, grammar, freight car markings, shaving history, and gift etiquette for a young lady.
Four divorce petitions appear in the civil superior court docket. Chronk, once married to George W Cronk in 1895, seeks custody of two minor children and cites incurable insanity. Charles H Atkinson and Harrict Young Atkinson accuse desertion dating from 1910. A. Fisie Watt sues Alfred C. Watt for intolerable cruelty dating from the January 1910 wedding. Irving Chester Darling faces charges of intolerable cruelty since February 26, 1940, the date of their marriage.
Unclear OCR text discusses a wife connected to an insurance policy, a marriage, and a police holder or policy holder. Names, dates, and places are unreadable, leaving fragmented references to policy issuance and potential beneficiaries.
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