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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1927
Page
12
Bridgeport Telegram announces advertising rates and distribution terms for Milford and Fairfield readers. It lists contact numbers for Milford and Fairfield offices, notes toll-free telephoning for advertisements, and states The Associated Press content use rights for published news and patches.
Governor Smith explains his position on the Iquo question emphasizing law enforcement, citizen rights to amend the Constitution, and the need to challenge settled views. He argues officials must act against complacency, advocate for repeal or change, and use influence to address the 18th amendment without treason.
The commissioner lauds measures to keep records on insanity tied to license applicants. He argues the state should investigate and maintain records of commitments and insanity claims to prevent granting licenses to unfit individuals. He notes practical limits of alienist exams but urges comprehensive, accessible histories.
Roger Babson labels this era as profitless prosperity and the Stamford Advocate asks how the term fits with prosperity. It notes 1917 18 profits were huge for a few profiteers, while now profits are smaller but more widely spread and people seem happier.
A fragment reflects on a new session of Congress to begin with members who are borrowers and new arrivals. It laments slow communication and travel in earlier times and contrasts with modern governing, noting the stubborn endurance of an old system.
In a pointed critique the speaker argues the current arrangement is archaic and harmful to the county. They urge a December Congress include current data on members and those elected a month ago, not those chosen 18 months prior, to avoid Reckless decisiveness from defeated factions.
The Waterbury Republican notes Golden Rule Sunday arrives soon and urges acts of charity. It calls Waterbury residents to join Red Cross and prepare to help Vermont rehabilitation as soon as appeals are issued, prioritizing local needs over distant ones until regional relief is met.
Died in New York yesterday a Connecticut native whose work shaped the drift of the city’s affairs and its neighbors. Hart Lyman, former editor of the New York Tribune, born in Plymouth, Litchfield County, educated at Yale Berlin and Heidelberg, began in law but chose journalism. He joined the Tribune, rose from reporter to editor under Whitelaw Reid, and served 37 years before retirement, leaving a quiet but lasting influence on his era.
Letters to the editor are invited from Tele Fram readers. Signatures must include proper name and address. pen names kept confidential if requested. Letters over two hundred words may be shortened by editors.
A reader argues Eastern states should block laws aiding the South and West in liquor and cotton policy, claiming sectional resentment. The letter blames Methodist and Baptist leaders Elmer Gentry and others for stirring discontent and urges retaliation to shift benefits toward the East.
A byline column by Herbert Cone mocks a New York dry crusade and a leaked inquiry into the Meker situation. It ridicules bootlegger fears, actor news, theater financing, and the equity rule, then muses on tennis, rooftop gardens, and speakeasy cellars as a satire of urban life in Manhattan.
A station agent recalls forty Winters watching travelers pass, noting how towns grow, salesmen roam, and couples seek escape. He imagines a future wanderer, longing for youth and distant fairs, while towns drift from calm to crowded. The poem ends with a tired vow to return to town.
A long reflective piece argues for moderation and honesty, urging people especially clergy to stay balanced, avoid excess or sensational speculation, and steer clear of risky ground. It critiques preaching that descends into speculation and warns about quarrels born from misunderstood questions.
A crowded column surveys aldermanic politics and local issues. It notes floral tributes to entering officials, the Lederer gasoline-permit win in West End, airport doubts, potential Tax Collector Challenger investigations, and postmaster speculation. Highway funding, tax rates, and Manchester versus Hartford wealth are debated amid party moves, with national hints from Oswald Villard and Governor Smith. A Westchester annexation claim targets Fairfield County towns, revisiting a historic land swap with New York.
A rainy day portrait shows workers and townsfolk carrying on despite mud and gloom. A grocer, a porter, and others persist through the storm, while the poet notes resilience and small joys amid hardship.
The fragment warns that Brule believes he can fool God and others, noting self deception and harm. It hints he is clever yet self-abusive, deserving pity as he seeks a worldly career. The piece claims humility will come from learning and cautions that mere church membership does not prove wisdom.
In the West Harry M Blackmeag seeks control of Midwest Refining via Continental Trading bonds. A long-bearded prospecter estate and stock transfers involving Standard Oil Indiana push the Midwest into Standard of Indiana and Canadian influence, ending with the prospecter disappearing after his stake is moved. The tale centers on a land swap and the scramble for control.
A 1927 letter essay review discusses Mussolini and Italian politics, then pivots to advice on personal uplift. It cites Giuseppe Frezzolini on Fascism, argues for historical context, and offers reading recommendations including Getting On in the World by Matthew. It also assesses Lowell, Irving, and Franklin as American literary figures shaping national identity.
In the annual Labor Department report Secretary Davis calls for maintaining high wages and welfare, urges immigration controls, and proposes modifying anti trust laws to slow consolidation. He notes prosperity masks some faults, stresses mutual respect between workers and employers, cites coal industry lag as a target for reform, and supports selective immigration restrictions.
New York December 4 By Associated Press Traveling an immense distance in railroading, Truman Lawrence and Edward Raymond Lawrence near ninety claim they have logged 3 380,305 miles since 1863. Raymond, 73, retired after 49 years as a Baltimore and Ohio railroad conductor, leaving about 4,000 miles on his last run.
The text reports heavy snow likely Monday and Tuesday for Eastern New York New England and northern Middle Atlantic areas with mixed snow rain and cold in New England and the mid Atlantic. It notes an advancing disturbance near Cape Henlopen and strong winds along the Atlantic coast with storm warnings from Delaware to Eastport Maine.
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