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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1922
Page
22
President Harding and Mrs. Harding marked a subdued holiday as Mrs. Harding recovers. The traditional State dining room feast was forgone, with dinner moved to her room. A large table was set in a private space as physicians advised sparing solid foods and restricted celebrations.
A horse qualified as a long distance swimmer after surviving a 30 hour ordeal in frigid water. The animal was found swimming and later escaped a wagon, made a dash toward the train yards, and finally dived through a draw broadside over the Charles River, near Houston.
Workers clearing walls in Cin ton China altered to make space for a street uncovered ancient coins and ornaments hidden within. Multiple applicants shared the discovery, yielding profit to the anonymous laborers despite no extra payment. A wagon and animal search preceded the finds, and an animal hospital cared for a creature after a bad chill.
The article warns of severe weather and political tremors for 1924 as foretold by the renowned Madame de Theleme. January and February bring storms and blizzards across the temperate zones, with two American cities damaged and a Midwestern tornado. April and June bring floods and major earthquakes, while July to September bring extreme heat yet harvests improve. Political prophecies include sudden deaths of four prominent statesmen and a rising Irish leader, plus a world war averted by a neutral power.
Widespread shipping stoppages at Harbor and Sound yesterday marked a holiday. Regular ling steamers operated, while yachts at Pequonnocke and Humogue clubs reported small wonders and a Thanksgiving dance drew a large crowd. The Majestic set to break the Sandy Jivek to Cherhours record, aiming for about 5,098 miles in five days eight hours and nine minutes under ideal weather.
A scheduled Superior Court hearing for the law suit against Dr. M. A. Parlato was postponed by Judge John W. Banks due to the physician's father's death. The plaintiff claims treatment on April 1, 1980 caused harm. the doctor denies all allegations. The article also notes rapid progress on a new Tingoln i School at Sith and Ninth streets, expecting completion around April 1 with eight classrooms and $4,000 to equip them, and reports the wedding of Marie Childson to Frederick Tuller at the bride's home in Hill Street Shelton with reception follows.
A fire near the opera box at the Pearl theatre in Sb urgh interrupted a holiday crowd of several hundred. Police said no audience members were injured though five firemen were treated for smoke exposure and sent to hospital.
A fragmented, error filled passage discusses concern over a potential civil conflict and the collapse of world order. It invokes a historian’s view on past empires and hints at Europe’s cultural and political fragility amid rising tensions. Names and precise facts are unclear due to OCR corruption.
Milfort Nov 80 Special reports a three party crash near Blome Acres half a mile east of Milfort at 4 PM. A New Yorker, Tamay Murphy, crippled and unable to walk, was thrown from a car driven by John Pacharimbo. Murphy may have a fractured knee and other injuries. Mrs Egan and her minor son suffered pains and bruises while the Egan child was thrown through the windshield. Pacharimbo, wife, and Murphy were returning from Hartford to Thanksgiving with friends. Pacharimbo was arrested for reckless driving and released on $200 bond for Town Court Saturday.
West Africa shows healthier health metrics with lower death and invaliding rates for non-native officials in 1920. Nigeria contributes strong figures, with only four of thirty-seven war deaths linked to tropical diseases. Most deaths occurred in West Africa or the United Kingdom, signaling a fading reputation as an unhealthy region.
Geneva dispatch details Albert Froidevaux who has endured forty seven operations and the amputation of multiple limbs over ten years. A veteran of the French Foreign Legion, he suffered a bamboo splinter wound in Tonkin in 1910 leading to symmeric gangrene. He remained mentally lucid and has dictated a memoir titled Patience, expressing faith and endurance.
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