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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1920
Page
7
A long reflective piece traces Patrick Henry as a champion of personal liberty and anti tyranny. It contrasts his humble beginnings and rugged life with his enduring insistence on freedom, independence, and resistance to unjust powers.
The text argues that in a complex process the very idea of man as free and natural animal could be lost. It claims strong forces are at work against this, and that government details are of little interest, noting that shy people will not die of it and emphasizing the type of government they live under.
In Elinton Pann yesterday two local duck hunters William He Howland and Ernest Schwabe drowned off Derk Island breakwater near Grove Beach. Guide Walter D Coals, surveying the area ashore at dusk, reported seeing wreckage and boats with danger, while efforts to locate the missing pair continued along the shoreline.
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