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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1921

Page

6

Return of trolley lines to railroad urged at Hartford hearing

Citizens of Bridgegeet and vicinity press Attorney General Daugherty to reunite the Connecticut company with its owners the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad. They argue a unified system improves service, capital access, and public control through the state Public Utilities Commission, noting the continued wardship hinders development and planning.

Bridgegeet Daugherty Hartford Connecticut Public Service Corporation Connecticut Company Public Utilities Commission State of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Mellen

Bridgeport Paper Boilerplate Note

Daily publication note from THE POST PUBLISHING outlines copyright and republication rights for Associated Press dispatches and local news content. Mentions location at 140 Middle Street Bridgeport and that AP material is exclusively credited.

THE POST Middle Street Bridgeport Cons Audit Bureau of Circuviation Associated Press Associated Press Ia Chia Nerela

A Line O Cheer by John Hendrick Bangs

A poem fragment titled A Line O Cheer by John Hendrick Bangs describes a speaker seeking roses in distant springs and sunny chimes, pondering gardens as azure skies shower. The verse contrasts wandering roses with inner blooms found in the heart.

Tomar Net

Fragmented Editorial Bits in a 1930s Page

A jumble of phrases touches on divorce, auto lights, teacher strikes, mysterious reflections on resolutions, drinking, family life, and social habits. The text reads as scattered editorial notes with multiple incomplete ideas and odd juxtapositions across subjects.

Weather Nostalgia Shifts From Snow to Sunny Climes

By Tom Gilliam Jr the writer recalls past winters when snow brought sledding thrills on nearby hills. He laments the cold fingers and toes and longs for warmth and azure skies as the season changes.

Weather Report Warns of Rain and Cloudy Monday

Weather notes indicate a cloudy, cooler spell with rain likely in the middle Atlantic states and snow or rain in the north Atlantic region. Disturbances moved from Florida to the northeast, with another low moving over the lower lake region and another off the Canadian coast.

Sextha Ensland Florida New England Lower Lake Region Considerante Sach Mississippi River Middle Atlantic North Atlantic Lew Tennessee

Temperatures and tides from Bridge-Port almanac

Daily almanac provides sunrise and sunset times and high and low tides for Bridge-Port vicinity. Calculations by Middlebreck Almanan list weather data including sunrise, sunset, and water levels for the day.

Middlebreck Almanan Sun Rises Sun Ste

Christmas Seals Help Fight Tuberculosis

The National Tuberculosis Association explains that proceeds from Christmas seals prevent about eighty thousand deaths annually. They value a life at eight thousand dollars and note that saving 80,000 lives yearly equates to significant national savings. The appeal urges purchasing more seals before season ends.

National Tuberculosis Association

Editor Riffs on Debating vs Football Coverage

A snipped editorial voice complains newspapers favor football clashes over debating society events. It cites Harvard Yale and Amherst Western matchups, noting public interest and large crowds. The piece touches on media priorities, free speech, and Japanese politics as tangential context.

Fight the Law of Gravity? Rats and Health Fear Talk

In this scattered piece a mix of phrases warns about rats and disease, promising costly property damage and health risks. It cites American and AEG, urges killing every rat seen, and includes old sayings about creeds and rats. The fragmentary text lacks clear events or names.

Mindy

Freight costs cripple rail service in brief note

A reader notes freight rates from Elmato to Torrent Kentucky are high, making express freight cheaper but unprofitable. The writer suggests railroads should adopt small, frequent charges under a 4-and-ill-cent scheme, calling for managers to adopt a turnover law to reduce costs.

Onelmati Torrent Express Han Vy

Unclear History Debates Stir Debated Charges

A garbled excerpt discusses disputes over school history texts and signers of early independence declarations. It suggests charges about signers and calls for revision, claiming some revisions omit or distort past events and emphasize certain narratives over others.

Alamar Livian New York Ombeva Tie

Unreadable war era rant hints at ships and arms race

Fragmented text laments naval power and weaponry with scattered phrases about battleships gas and big guns. It references a wartime mood, urging action and resistance, but the garbled OCR lacks clear names, dates, or events to pin down.

Farewells Said To Rev Akers At Faith Chapel

Rev B Dr Akers closed eight years as Faith Congregational pastor with a Saturday night farewell in Fairfold. Speeches by Rev A T Davenport and Rev Helph H White praised growth under his ministry. William Bravting chaired for the Mother Church, and J I Smith recalled additions and improvements. Akers received a purse. refreshments followed.

West End Hevet Akera Faith Jath Club EH. Lockwood W. Busser Frank S. Child D.D Akers

Isle of Heart's Desire Beyond the Skyline

A dreamy voyage poem speaks of a voyage toward the Isle of Heart's Desire just beyond the skyline. The narrator seeks anchor beyond fog and coral shores, hoping for love and laughter as storms threaten the ship and crew. The voyage weighs hope against peril and loss.

Isle of Heart Pon Apolly Tyre

Our Childre Swing Privilege Approach In Classrooms

Dialogue on child discipline in schools argues for treating after school time as a privilege not a punishment. Advocates reward, praise, and positive reinforcement over chastisement, urging teachers to guide rather than coerce, with a focus on encouragement and patience to shape behavior.

Engineer Dies On Freighter After Port Hole Accident

George W. Andrews chief engineer of the freighter Charles Trabbard was killed aboard the vessel when an engine room gun port hole mishap caused a fatal fall. The incident occurred as he was near the engine room. he lived in Greveland.

Buppatlo George W. Andrews Charles Trabbard Hera Andrews

Emalores Tuberculosis Racker Association Meeting

The regular monthly meeting of the Emalores Tuberculosis Racker Association will be held this evening at 2 o'clock at 311 State Streets.

Emalores Tuberculosis Raeker Association Ness State Streets

Your Health Bar Troubles Begin in the Nose or Throat

A medical guidance piece by Royal S. Copeland stresses the link between mouth and tooth issues and systemic disease, noting middle ear involvement from naso‑pharyngeal infections. It explains the Eustachian tube as the route to the middle ear and warns that untreated throat or tonsil infections can lead to chronic ear problems and severe pain if not promptly treated.

Royal S. Copeland M.D. Commissioners of Health New York City Lavarliabl Jon Inga

Medical advice column question on diet and taste disturbance

Reader seeks guidance on Hivurkonate dosage and dietary regulation after long term use. Misplaced taste and tongue irritation likely from digestion issues. Dr Copeland offers to send full information by mail and answers readers' health questions in his column.

Dixie’s Choice Mes. Livingston Mowe Schuyler Elected UDC President

Mes. Livingston Mowe Schuyler of New York becomes the first woman north of the Mason-Dixon line to be named President General of the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the St Louis convention.

Mes. Livingston Mowe Schuyler New York The United Daughters of the Confederacy St. Louis

Reading up on books you can trust for any field

The American Library Association offers a free booklet listing authorities on subjects from sanitation to aviation and mining. To get the set, clip the coupon, mail your name and address, and include two cents for postage.

American Library Association

Request for return postage on extra copies of a publication

Frederic J. Haskin of the Bridgeport Telegram Information Bureau in Washington requests two contd stamps enclosed for return postage on four copies of a publication titled 800 Tisetil Boads. The note is terse and appears to be an internal mail or wartime information request.

Frederic J. Haskin Bridgeport Washington, D. C

Questions and answers from The Telegram Information Bureau

A compiled Q and A list covers pronunciation guides for Los Angeles and St Louis, diphtheria mortality before and after antitoxin, naval ratio questions, horse pulling vs pushing in carts, shipboard bell times, compulsory voting in Argentina, value of pearls, Lafayette land tract fate, Mount Everest expeditions, and charitable workers sent to Ellis Island.

Mount Everest Ellis Island Salvation Arms The Red Cross Welfare Poonle Tsung

A Corner in Nonsense Animal Crackers Tale Ends in Oyster Soup

A whimsical story recounts how a bowl of animal crackers lives together with lions tigers zebras bears and more until Oliver Oxster causes envy and mischief. An accidental oyster ends the feast and Oliver is banished forever, ending the tale with a moral about harmony.

Dorothy Anima Ackers Oliver Oxster Tig Oliver Aid Tees Mike Mk Pune

Roped For Auction Lunn Dee Inn to Sell Next Spring

Roped for auction in London an all but famous hostelery on Ket Avenue Tracel will be led by Lt wea Dug aw SORTA AS. The terse notice indicates the property at one of the citys large inns is set to go under the hammer in the coming spring.

Fox Panethilits Dutram Lunn, Dee Ket Avenue London

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