Bridgeport Telegram Opens Daily Amid Rates and Notices
The Bridgeport Telegram, founded 1891, published daily except Sunday by The Post Publishing Co. Open daily and night at 254 Metropolitan, New York, with subscriptions payable in advance. Advertising offices listed. mentions Associated Press dispatches and a sample poem by John Kendrick Bangs.
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Editorial Notes From A Fragmented Page
A garbled 1920s style editorial collage mocks headlines and public issues. It mentions Mr D Annunzio political skids, Christmas shopping, betrayal rumors, Nebraska farmers burning to stay warm, corn meal price boosts, coal and meat price jokes, fashion ads, chickens and Broadway lights, a patch club, postal surplus, Bolshevism claims, a Korean prince, deportation crusade, heatless New York, the Kaiser, prohibition rulings, and women voters appealing to imagination in politics.
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Walt Mason's Daily Jingle on Virtues Enduring
A fragmentary verse voice extols thrift industry perseverance honesty loyalty and truth as lasting virtues over flashy wealth and shifting fashions. The piece laments passing trends and praises steadfast moral qualities that endure through ages as the noble prize.
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Shaw on Liberty in Shaw's Ireland Question
The Irish Statesman features George Bernard Shaw arguing true liberty lies in a charter forbidding certain acts rather than a charter granting activities. He suggests Britain should offer Ireland broad freedom with mutual prohibitions, a framework Australia used with England as a model for Ireland.
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Worthy Macomber Brags After 56 Years of Silent Wood Saws
Worthy Winchester Macomber of Dedham Massachusetts famed for sawing wood in silence for 56 years finally spoke up at age 72 boasting of his feats. He claimed a past pine-sawing speed and declared he could saw three cords daily with an early start. The tale notes his long quiet routine and moral about humility.
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What A Librarian Knows
Philadelphia librarian Mary Fell retires after 49 years, noting the love of reading remains constant across generations. She observes that despite wars and social change, people seek the same kinds of books, with middle aged readers choosing the good titles as always, and optimism about life enduring.
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Anarchy and the Bathtub
Opinion piece argues that red factions thrive in unclean living conditions and mocks mentalities behind filth. It suggests internment, bathing, shaving, and clean clothes to curb unclean thoughts and ease civilization, blaming tenements and slums for social unrest.
Kansas lights coal solution through volunteer miners
CLEAR THINKING KANSAS praises the state for solving a coal shortage by commandeering mines with Governor Henry Allen and mobilizing volunteers from all walks of life. It credits public spirit and resourcefulness, arguing Kansans prove prohibition advocates wrong and show calm, decisive electorate in crisis.
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Comment of the press on the League of Nations debate
The Waterbury American notes South Dakota party conventions endorsing the League of Nations. Democrats back Wilson and the covenant without reservations while Republicans oppose the administration but favor some reservations. Western farmers favor endorsement for trade and price stability amid global unrest. The sentiment is strong in the West and seen as pivotal for business.
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Pippa's Song by Robert Browning
A line of poetry celebrating spring and morning as signs that all is well with the world. The verse praises dew on the hillside larks in flight snails on thorns and God in heaven confirming harmony.
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Thoughtful reflection on public trust by Jefferson
A Jefferson quotation appears urging that when a man assumes a public trust he should regard himself as public property, underscoring accountability and public service ethics.
Speech Emphasis Urged in Territorial Schools
Vaughan McCaughey, superintendent of territorial schools of Haweril, laments the focus on writing over speech in U S schools. He urges a stronger push for better spoken English in public schools this coming year. He notes graduates often have weak oral skills and that verbal carelessness poisons life opportunities, urging schools to teach proper speech to prevent lifelong linguistic faults.
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Wood May Quit Campaign In South Dakota
Major General Leopard Wood may not enter the South Dakota presidential primary as a candidate for Republican National Convention delegates. Despite winning the state organization’s support, Wood may resign his army commission and not declare his candidacy, citing timing and potential criticism over leaving service. His advisers say he prefers to resign on April 7, not before.
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Anarchist Plotters Hold Kiss Fest at Ellis Island
Report from York details a chaotic scene as Goldman and Boerkhahn were besieged by anarchists and Bolsheviks in the Immigration building dining room on Hills Island. The crowd lavished kisses on their garments while radical factions debated successors to Goldman amid depictions of internal strife and shifting loyalties.
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Pilgrim drive begins in Ansonia
The Pilgrim manorial fund drive started in Ansonia with Rev William Beard of New York and Rev O Wyner visiting parishioners to enlist support. The drive continues tomorrow with an expected liberal response and a target of 69000 dollars.
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Mayor approves DHT plan favored by cities statewide
Derby Ver May Sullivan signs off on a DHT approved by the board of aldermen at a recent meeting. The dayslest system plan is being favored by most cities and towns in the state. The plan aligns with the initiative adopted by mayors across communities.
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Bridgeport Forty Years Ago Notes and Town Happenings
Bridgeport notes mild December weather while boards of education and local churches plan events. Pigeons shot near Barnum’s dyke prompt patrols. care taken as streets flood from rain. Barnum premiums offered for poultry toys, Advent services planned, and local telegraph wires extend across lower bridge. Walking tournament ends with Fisher, Smith, and Ryman winning prizes. church growth reported. several deaths listed with locations and dates.
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Questions and Answers in The Telegram Bureau
The Telegram Information Bureau in Washington offers free confidential answers to readers questions. Topics include Monroe Doctrine age, physical fitness rankings by state, signs of overfeeding in babies, etiquette on introductions, surplus army tents, largest telescope, number of chiropractors, and presidential impeachment trials per the Constitution.
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