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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
12
Bridgeport Telegram details archival origin with 1891 founding, post office filing, subscription terms, advertising contacts, and publishing schedule. Mentions The Post Publishing Co, Bridgeport office at 340 Sudia Street, and Associated Press affiliation for credited dispatches.
A line from John Kendrick Bangs reflects a speaker seeking guidance as darkness gives path to light. The poem contemplates moving through sorrow toward enlightenment, urging perseverance and inner quest beyond night.
Editorial notes reflect on a Boston Police strike cost totaling 9,808,000 and cast a skeptical eye on headlines about Red scares and political talk. The piece lampoons shortages, Senators, and even Christmas concerns while touching on liquor seizures, Paderewski, and Wilson in a rapid, satirical survey of current events.
A satirical verse lampoons reckless spending and the fate of savers. It contrasts the spendthrift's flashy lifestyle with the cautious saver who ends up supporting the spendthrift in old age, imagining a life in poverty and the poorhouse. The speaker mocks the rush to spend now for a sunny present while neglecting the rainy day.
George Johnson of Shelton was decorated with a silver medal and made a member of the Order of the Crown by King Albert during the Belgian king’s visit. Johnson, chief boatswain’s mate on the USS George Washington, reenlisted for two more years and made 26 trips to Europe on the vessel.
Vairehital Wheeler, president of the Bridgeport land and lide company, warns Bridgeport’s center and outlying districts suffer from haphazard development. He cites missing east west streets north of North avenue, poor planning, and calls for a strong city plan commission with real power to enforce orderly street and building line layouts. He contrasts Bridgeport with Fairfield’s well planned growth.
An insurance man urges caution over North Main street one-man cars, now three-minute apart, speeding up traffic and increasing recklessness. Readers warned to slow down and watch for pedestrians, despite claims of reduced headway and insurance motives.
An official report on beggars in a western city highlights a mix of cases from a former professor who beggs to maintain a lavish lifestyle earning about 30 to 50 dollars daily to a one legged pan handler who earns around 10 dollars a day. The piece argues many beggars exploit workers generosity, urging scrutiny of true need and suggesting stronger charity oversight.
A nostalgic defense of Santa Claus inspired by the Virginia letter to the New York Sun. The piece argues Santa endures through human generosity, enduring even as modern life shifts to machines and electric lights. It asserts Santa’s presence in hearts and actions, not in reindeer or sleighs.
Bridgeport notes show weather predictions improve poultry show prospects and a December thaw headed by civic events with doors opened at Faith Mission on Water Street and a post Elias Howe Jr. inspection planned. Warnings of a stranding near Stratford Point, local crime, mob activity, and a busy Portland of merchants preparing for Christmas fill the column.
A reflection on actions over words as true friendship. In local news, George Washington receipts and expenditures are listed, with a county debt of 40,000. A Trinity church wedding for Alissa Goodsell, daughter of the mayor, features Granville Goodsell’s decor, organist Theo Skinner, and ministers Rev Sylvester Clarke, Rev Maxcy, and Rev Hunt Huntington. The couple left for New York at 9:15 ex for a week’s absence.
A fragmentary excerpt presents Browning style lines about the Pied Piper and rats. It evokes the tale of rats following the piper through streets toward the Weser river, with one rat surviving to tell a humorous aside. The verse mocks the rhythm and imagery of the classic poem.
Readers may write The Telegram Information Bureau in Washington D C to obtain prompt, confidential factual answers on any subject. State questions briefly and include a 2 cent stamp for return postage. No charge beyond the return stamp. Frederic J Haskin is director.
A newspaper Q and A covering the average wage in the United States estimated around 1200 dollars per year by a government actuary. It also explains frost bite treatment, the electoral college, flying fish, Popes named Gregory, Labor Day in Europe, whispering galleries, the Congressional Medal of Honor, Poland's population, and a porcelain substitute table top option.
A New York Times Washington dispatch notes Republican leaders opposing General Wood fear his strength. The piece praises his character and public service, citing his Cuba and Philippines administration, decisive actions against agitators, and proven fitness for the presidency. It argues he should be nominated for what he has done, not for perceived aloofness.
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