Subscriptions and staff notes from Bridgeport post office era
Entered at Post Office as Second Class Matter Subscriptions and rates listed for Mail and Carrier delivery. Advertising representatives and office details noted with Bridgeport Connecticut origins. Publication by The Post Publishing Co. in Bridgeport with AP affiliation and circulation bureau membership.
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Ra Klein
Metropolitan Tower
New York
THE
Post Publishing CO
Middle Street
Bridgeport
Conn
A LINE O CHEER BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS
An excerpt humorously imagines a Dictionary of Love, removing words for hate war and strife. The piece suggests faith joy kindness as core terms that would fill every page and remind readers of love’s terminology.
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John Kendrick Bangs
Editorial Notes On Holiday Measures And World Affairs
A fragmented editorial notes column discusses Christmas seals coal crisis and fuel orders, mentions Navy aims by 1936, and comments on political figures and events. It touches on strikes in Italy and German prospects, plus U.S. political shifts with women in leadership and Republican dynamics.
Walt Masons Daily Jingle Echoes Troubled Times
The verse laments modern troubles and lingering sorrows while recalling lighter bygone days. It contrasts past and present woes, noting universal fretting yet insisting on stubborn smiles amid hardship. The piece blends playful misspellings with satire of public mood and perseverance.
Imperator Released After Coal Inquiry
New York December 10 The Imperator now under control of the Tunisian line was ordered clearance papers late today by the collector of the Port of New York. The ship was to sail at noon but was detained on charges that she had a larger bunker coal supply than permitted.
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New York
Imperator
Tunard Line
Mrs M H Ford A Bridgeport Charity Leader Dies
The obituary honors Mrs. M H Ford as the first woman to serve on Bridgeport’s Board of Charities. It lauds her tireless work to alleviate suffering, noting her energy and overwork led to an untimely death. Her enduring monument is the grateful prayers of many.
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Michael Tf. Ford
Bridgeport
Board of Charities
Ford
Thrift as a Seed for Growth and Sensible Spending
A short meditation on thrift compares saving to planting an acorn. It argues thrift is spending wisely to acquire needed tools and insurance, not denying life’s joys, and urges using surplus to generate future value. Reading ads is encouraged to boost savings.
Continue Sugar Equalization as Price Controls End
The piece argues that sugar price control must persist beyond December 31. It warns that ending the Equalization Board risks shortages and sharply higher prices, leaving many unable to buy a staple. It urges Senate action to continue distribution and prevent a rationing crisis.
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Equalization Board
Senate
Sugar Equalization Board
Boosting the Cost of Silk in New York Thefts
The article notes extensive silk thefts in New York City raise silk prices as insurers cover a large portion of merchant losses. Thieves use big trucks to remove entire stock, while police reportedly withhold information from newspapers. Merchants face high insurance rates, adding to costs, with some buyers paying high prices for silk shirts.
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New York City
Yale and Cornell Faculty Urge Immediate Senate Ratification
Yale University faculty publish a petition urging prompt ratification of the peace treaty by the Senate with proper reservations. The Senate defers action on the treaty to tomorrow amid railway debate, while public opinion favors speedy ratification. Cornell University faculty join in a similar plea.
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Yale University
U.S. Senate
Senate
Yale
Cornell University
On Their Way to Russia Thedoves of Peace In Film
The text mocks anarchists Berkman and Goldman heading to Russia and hints at a legal maze of habeas corpus and courts. It lampoons government officials being outsmarted by law dodging activists while noting a voyage planned and a satire on justice system.
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Alexander Berkman
Emma Goldman
Russia
Supreme
Fewer criminals haunt Texas lawyers after Prohibition
The Floustan Press notes a drop in criminal practice earnings since prohibition. Offices see lines of early mornings, fees once plentiful vanish as cases dwindle. Lawyers now study civil statutes to cover rent as crime cases grow scarce.
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Floustan
Texas
Bridgeport Forty Years Ago From The Standard 1879
Bridgeport notes a drizzly storm, church and school events, and local updates. Reports on road work, rail freight, crime, temperance clubs, and social happenings outline community life in Bridgeport and surrounding towns with names like Danbury, Wallingford, and New Haven, plus Patents and local industry chatter.
Favorite Poems at c Old Ironsides
A fragmented reader note praises Oliver Wendell Holmes poetry with lines from Old Ironsides. The piece evokes the poem’s daring imagery of tearing down the flag, the sea’s storms, and the ship’s fate, celebrating memorization and scrap-booking reading.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Thought flashes on secrets and circulation
A pithy line attributed to Colton about people who hoard or share secrets. It contrasts secret fondness with a spendthrift’s desire for money, suggesting secrets move through circles and are not kept.
Comment of the Press Hartford Times on Police Force
The piece critiques Boston’s new police force saying they are graceful athletic and aesthetically pleasing compared with the previous force that went on strike. It notes a belief that embonipolne rises as newness fades and questions why police men grow broader over time while suggesting officers may not worry.
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Hartford Times
Beaton
Boston
Surcingle
Pedal
Can We Get Up in Time New York Tribune
Readers watch a chaotic scene as John Barleycorn dominates the last rounds of a long fight and a rallying crowd clings to hope for a miracle, awaiting a possible intervention from the Supreme Court or a further legal twist to spur a comeback. The chaotic prose hints at a political or social battle with names and fractured phrases suggesting a setback or death.
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M. 1
Dutton
Philippi
New Britain
Gridgeport
New York Tribune
John Barleycorn
Supreme Court
St. Louis
St. Faust
Echo
Hulk
Anti-Saloon League
Questions for the Telegram Information Bureau
The Telegram Information Bureau in Washington D C under Frederic J. Haskin offers prompt, confidential factual answers to readers questions. State questions briefly and enclose a 7 cent stamp for return postage. No charge beyond the stamp.
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Pmlegtai
Washington
DB. C
Frederic J. Haskin
Telegram Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
Government profits and losses from railroad operation
Questions and answers discuss whether the government profited or lost from railroad management. Estimates claim about 650 million dollars lost over two years if railroad debts are settled and property conditions are proper.
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G. DM. A
Cummnnins
E.R. A
Lansing
Germany
Roosevelt
Hamilton Club
Chicago
West
Lincoln
C. A
United States
Wiliam IV
George Til
Admiral Digby
Wan Museum
Madison
Wieconia
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John Glase
Peoples Gas Bidg
Pelephone Barnum
Membere Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
Aleo
Banta Claus
Italy
Ensilangd
Australia
Elifege
Contecticut Company
Mesgystem
Ange
Amusband
Walt Mason
Mperator
M. H. Ford
By Briggs
George
Wwe
George T
Courtney Hoc
Courtney
Standard
Booth Church
Oaly
St. John’s Hall
Danbury News
East Bridgeport
Orient Chavter
New Democratic Club
Henry Berry
Huntington
Derby Silver Co
Derby
Howard Alves
Fire-Works
Down
Wallingford
New Haven
Homer Jennings
Kansas
Tousatonic Railroad Company
Housa Tonle and
Nangatuck Road
Mary Welch
Mary
Noo
Good Samaritan Temperance Club
Water and ‘Union
Sts
Geoorge Smith
Wily Wis
Dasew Young
Tharriet Tuaville
Amith
Merr Arnold
Broalion
Wiliam Morsen
Ecennl
Repeles
Tie Moovemients
Pauls Ghuredy i
Peno
Sunglas
Professor V
Kellorg
Manchester
LP. T. Barnum
Librry Publishing Company
Post Office
Bank Street
Howthern Connecticut Poultry Association
Sprague
Georgia Minstrels
Opera Lougse
New Eaghind
Hawleyville
Newtown
Twousatonle Road
A. Snail Engine
Brusedate
Hawleysvile Bois
Park Avenue
New York, Dfousatonic
North Road
Suntion
Wousatone Braveh
Itousatonie
Bivitte
Panbury
Crankfield
Ista
David
Ashley Falls
Merwinsville
Woman's Temperance Union
Odd Irellons Mutual Genefic Association
George Hill
Samuel J. Harris Lodge
Joseph Castle
Quinnipiac Lodge
Martin Conrad
OLD Ironsides
Colton
Ly Ibis
John Amccor- Bite
Rees Atrey
Navy Department
Springfield Republican
Wood
South Dakota
Hancock
Loosevelt
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