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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1919
Page
12
Bridgeport Telegram notice describes postal matter classification, publication details, and rate schedule. It notes daily operation open days and departments, with advertising reps listed in New York and Chicago. It states Association affiliations and exclusive AP dispatch rights.
A garbled excerpt presents Bangs poem lines on Farmers Insurance identity and cheerful ideals. It references parmers ali and regular the harvest season with a call for seed sowing and brotherhood as a source of yearly goodwill.
A fragmented editorial notes dry weather per Supreme Court guidance and hints at coal prices. Mentions Red Cross seals, a coal manufacturer heading Gen Wood's campaign, zone system debate, Christmas tree prices, and naval readiness. Includes stray items on D Annunzio, hospitality to dignitaries, a Pearl necklace offer, Cronan’s promotion, Berkman, East Side high school hopes, and Newberry campaign questions.
A fragmentary verse lampoon on magazines ends with nostalgia for reading and satire. A separate note reports The Warris Guard performing the first degree at Odd Fellows hall with plans for a ceremony and a form visit by Strat Sard nes Mondment officers and members.
Bridgeport officials back a special committee recommendation to build enough new schools to meet demand, including a new East Bridgeport high school. The critique notes years of underinvestment and growing enrollment, urging ongoing expansion to keep pace with city growth and ensure proper schooling for all children.
Returned travelers describe French gloom over a looming fear that Germany may rise again and France could be abandoned. The piece argues U.S. Senate inaction on the peace treaty fuels doubt, risking future wars as Europe watches Berlin react to American nonalignment. It notes that soldiers' sacrifices feel wasted as diplomacy falters and the world braces for further conflict.
Cincinnati reports Col William Cooper Procter to head General Leonard Wood campaign committee for the Republican nomination. The local note asks what happened to John T King, long vez p guiding Bridgeport politics, and wonders if he has been ousted from national leadership ambitions.
The piece argues United States debt is at an unprecedented size and urges immediate debt reduction. It references Secretary Glass proposing a 280.5 million dollar sinking fund to retire the national debt and questions whether higher annual contributions, up to 287.5 million, could cut the debt faster, criticizing Congress for favoring pork-barrel spending over disciplined debt payoff.
In a playful exchange, Mark faces comments about his long whiskers and unsanitary opinion. He notes growing them longer would not improve appearance and considers barbering a path to trim a ten buck brush, while his brother’s reaction remains a factor.
Briggs notes a humorous exchange about length of whiskers and envy. He recalls a brotherly bond and shared mischiefs, mentioning a prop toast and many playful moments between them.
Dandelions bloom as river mud has SRK. Water street fire ruins removed and Wall street rooms opening. A runaway horse injures a grocery wagon. storms seem short lived. Grand street sewer work begins. Townsend Bank dividends rumored poor. Clergy gift horse dies in Hartford stalls. Train loads of coal and milk travel. local mischief and marriages noted. Major local figures, society events, and municipal matters described with residents' concerns.
The excerpt presents a poem by James Russell Lowell about freedom and slavery. It celebrates the awakening of virtue, the moral duty to aid truth, and the imperative to advance toward justice, likening emancipation to a new Mayflower voyage through hardship toward a brighter future.
The quote notes that reading forms character, conference prepares judgment, and writing creates precision, echoing Baconian emphasis on study discipline and method. It frames intellectual growth as a steady, cumulative process shaping a complete, ready mind through diverse practices.
The Detroit Free Press urges vigorous policing and defends officers who arrest suspects at night. It argues lax rules endanger law abiding citizens and notes judges once releasing offenders. The piece defends police discretion to curb professional criminals and protect Detroit.
A Cleveland report notes a style committee urging skirts to be three to four inches shorter, promoting a frankly short trend. The item hints at public reaction and questions the boldness of such fashion reform in the city славным.
A collection of Q and A asks about League of Nations meetings compensation for disabled soldiers birth rates and more. It notes the service is free beyond a 2 cent return postage and that answers come confidentially from Frederic J. Askin in Washington.
A Minneapolis Journal summary outlines a broad plan for Americanization through compulsory state education for ages six to 16, adult citizenship classes, mandatory English, naturalization ceremonies, publicizing citizenship lessons in foreign papers, schools of citizenship linked to public schools, and voting eligibility tied to a citizenship certificate and oath. The piece emphasizes national ideals, stronger teacher pay, and the central role of schools in transmitting values to the next generation.
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