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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1926
Page
12
Bridgeport Telegram lists subscription rates payable in advance and postal charges for out-of-town mail. The note mentions phone advertisements and a Milford route direct telephone connection for office access, with Associated Press policy on reprinting and crediting.
Newspapers debate President Coolidge's remarks on enforcing the Volstead Act, noting misreadings that suggested blanket approval of prohibitions. Analysts say he favored sufficient appropriations to enforce the law, while critics argue the speech was tempered. The controversy echoes broader reactions and potential political maneuvering ahead of elections.
A garbled OCR passage hints at a court or trial context with mentions of offenders and assessments of behavior. It references figures like Comte and Reames in a confusing stream of words, touching on attention, fear, and public gaze within a tense legal or societal scene.
A garbled OCR style line reports traffic and street openings with unclear details. No clear names, dates, places, or organizations are readable beyond generic traffic and street references. The fragment lacks verifiable entities or a coherent event to summarize.
A Telegram report outlines Narcosan as a breakthrough in the New York narcotic ward, claiming a recurring rate of complete and permanent cures without narcotics. The piece frames Narcosan as Anita’s Christmas gift to mankind, noting promising tests and wide confidence in the therapy.
A reader responds to a Deer Hunting editorial urging balanced opinion. The writer explains efforts to grow a small fruit orchard and notes deer damage on gardens. He questions deer protection and suggests economic, practical solutions for owners and state agencies.
A wronged but telling tale from Washington shows New York liberals forming a research aid for progressive Senators, with tasks from statistics to investigations. A Detroit episode follows, involving the American Federation of Labor and Senator Couzens, who plans annual Detroit Community Chest gifts to help keep the fund alive.
A Bridgeport era report notes errors in school board minutes, with Mrs. Josephine Mots flagging a misrecorded reelection. The piece also outlines party spending disparities between Democrats and Republicans and a secretary of state filing showing 2504 in outlays for governor and senator campaigns, plus a resigned staffer tale.
A string of garbled aphorisms critiques knowledge and effort, ethics and authority, with misrendered phrases about money, excuses, and prohibition era imagery. The piece wavers between social commentary and nonsensical fragments, hinting at a biased urban column or pamphlet.
Poet Walt Mason recalls a humorous scene in Johnson Chippy’s shop over Doloux tea and politics. The narrator frets about a faker Jones and the Grand Old Party, while shopkeeper Chipp weighs loyalty and profits, finally vowing to support steadfast buyers and trade honesty over shifting views.
Burmese pagodas and castles with flower gardens are celebrated in a travel sketch. Rangoon’s Swaddigonidge, a vast gold plated structure encrusted with diamonds, is highlighted along with a grand temple area inviting worship. The piece contrasts Burmese and Indian intelligences and scenery.
New York dispatch describes taxi driver Kinchak watching his estranged wife Margaret Kipehak leap to her death from the Riverside Drive viaduct after a four year separation. He, unaware of her identity at first, learned the shocking truth after the fall. The woman, wearing a crimson hat, reportedly suffered from mental illness and debt.
Constantinople Dec 14 AP The Kemalists widen reform to ban veils in provinces pursuing unveiled dress. Edicts urge women to show faces amid protests by poorer classes. Officials in Trebizond Polatli and Constantinople push measures testing reactions to mandatory unveiled attire.
A promotional pamphlet extols Theodore Roosevelt as a dramatic personality, highlighting his courage, wit, and strenuous life. It cites praise from a writer praising his steadfast ideals and his appeal to Americans, printing lines about building one’s life on a volatile, adventurous path.
Naugatuck Chamber of Commerce members will vote at a special meeting Friday night on whether the organization should continue. President Roward Hy Bristol notes doubt among chamber directors about future community cooperation and the chamber's ongoing viability.
A fragment of verse where a speaker accuses another of happiness while sorrow shows in their eyes. The dialogue frames a contrast between outward cheer and inner pain, with recurring appeals to reveal sorrow behind smiles. The piece emphasizes unspoken emotion and mutual recognition of hurt.
Cadman answers reader queries on culture and cities, weighing London and New York’s distinct traits. He contrasts London’s historic depth with New York’s modern, cosmopolitan energy, and notes both cities reflect their eras and builders. He also offers a hopeful note to a discouraged actor, sharing a 1924 comeback letter and a producer’s supportive reply.
New York December 14 AP Two women from the Grace liner Santa Luisa face detention and inquiry at Ellis Island over immigration issues. Jeanine Gold, 35, born Wakefield MA, married a Peruvian planter. her passport expired days ago. Cecelia Duval, Valparaiso wife of a ship's oiler, allegedly smuggled aboard. her identity surfaced after an engine room altercation with her husband Alexander.
Tar joint meeting of the Park and Recreation boards, scheduled for last night, was postponed until December. Since activities of both boards are closely identified, it is customary for them to meet together and adopt cooperative procedure at least once a year.
The Senate advanced a generalization-indictment bill, debated rivers and harbors leasing, and continued the Interior Department supply measure. McNary-Haugen reform legislation surfaced, while Teapot Dome indictments faced calls for quashing. Senator Frazier returned to the Republican fold as party unity tightened.
Dee DPRLUS and others detained in the Trish free state were released today by order of the executive council following recent raids on civil guards.
Joan J. Dyer of Woonsocket Rhode Island was arrested by border patrol at St Albans Vermont when his car was found to contain 273 bottles of wine and 273 bottles of mixed cocktails. A customs report confirms the arrest received at headquarters today.
The forecast covers Southern New England with cloudy, colder conditions on the coast Wednesday through Thursday night, Eastern New York expecting increasing clouds and snow at night, and Northern New England turning fair then colder with possible snow or rain midweek. A Hudson Bay disturbance shifts northeast with high pressure over the plains, predicting snow and rain in New England Wednesday night into Thursday, with a colder Atlantic coast. Winds shift NW to NE by Thursday. Sandy Hook to Hatteras may see strong north to northeast winds, overcast skies, and rain by Thursday.
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