Bridgeport Telegram Founded in 1891 Ad Details
Bridgeport Telegram listing its founding year 1891 and publication details. Advertising representatives listed with Klein in New York and Barnum 600 exchange, open daily. Publication by The Post Publishing Co at 140 Middletreet Bridgeport Conn. Memberships with Audit Bureau and Associated Press noted.
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Associated ST
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Ioe
Grateful Singer Praises Natures Treasures
A short verse by John Kendrick Bans extols Nature’s bounty and gifts, reflecting gratitude for her influence and treasures. The piece praises Nature’s bounties as a duty to utter thanks and acknowledges constant gratitude toward the muse of natural gifts.
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Treasoes
Editorial Echoes and City News of the Day
Editorial notes laments price drops and retail woes as Christmas seals and shop fronts appear. Court upholds hazing in a military school. New York stone contractors fined $86,000. Bankes allegedly vanishes with bonds. President Wilson buys a Washington house. League of Nations Geneva action and American League meeting loom. Tax proposals and population growth spark debate. Old time musical references surface in New York sidewalks piece.
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New York
Stone
Sidewalk Snapshots Miss Mary Stone in Bridgeport
Miss Mary Stone, a Bridgeport High School graduate and typist in the town clerk’s office, has served over a year in the role. The item notes her connection to local government and her standing in the community.
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Mary Stone
Bridgeport
Bridgeport High School
As & Typist
Dempsey
Hasiman
Leampeoy
Vipiby
Connecticut
Oldest Botanical Work Depicted in Ancient Palace Wall
A fragment describes a wall sculpture in Karna Kat al Taeles temple depicting foreign plants brought to Keypt by a sovereign Thethmes. It mentions a campaign in Arad and a bid of £1 for a vast fruit.
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Karna Kat al Taeles
Rats and Plague Fear Rise in New York City
A 1920s style warning argues rats cause vast damage in New York and beyond. It claims rats carry bubonic plague and demand stronger action, criticizing delays and costs while urging decisive pest control even at taxpayer expense.
Blue Laws Recalled In Early Connecticut and Massachusetts
A newspaper excerpt discusses the revival of blue laws, recounting harsh early colonial rules that punished acts from witchcraft to dancing and even child discipline. It notes the extreme penalties and questions readers about modern understandings and the congressional response.
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Lewes
Congress
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Jctryman
Musk Ox Wool as Canadian Gold Mine
Canadian officials ponder musk ox wool as a potential giant. about a million musk oxen roam northern Canada and shed 7 to 15 pounds of wool annually, possibly adding 10 million pounds to world supply if tamed and gathered. The plan faces challenges including taming the wild herd and potential dietary impacts on the animals.
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Canada
Near
Arctic
Intelligence and schooling contrasted in a public discourse
The text argues that true intelligence surpasses rote schooling and that real learning comes from life experience, not merely facts poured into memory. It criticizes excessive emphasis on book knowledge and praises teachers who guide broad thinking rather than drilling grammar and arithmetic. An honest god is the noblest work of madness.
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Detroit
Lewelle
Fife
Bret Vase
Ms | Suwersole
Out of Work Walt Says Poem on Unemployment and Hard Times
A fragmentary poem laments factory closures and rising unemployment as winter nears. It questions workers fortunes and moral lessons, noting displaced families, crumbling credit, and a weary search for jobs as legions drift in pursuit of work.
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Nice
Questions on silver dollars and wartime finance from an early 20th century reply column
A page from a Telegraxp Information Bureau column asks when silver dollars were last coined and when more would be minted. It covers Treasury authority, the Sherman Act, and the Pittman Act. It mixes other Qs about war funding, auction terms, and odd historical asks.
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Treasury
Bridgeport Night Club Plans and Local Notes
Bridgeport news item outlines a community gathering with onlookers at 8 pm, notes retired residents’ activities and depot work, mentions a Santa Claus window display, and reports on local society events, temperance talks, and a whale passing through on its Chicago route. It also covers the cost estimates for local improvements, dividend timing, and forthcoming lectures by Miss Hunt and Mrs. Want.
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Chicago
Provincetown
Mass
Fred Jengiehards
Sonvention
Frederic J. Mackin Receives Free School Copy
Frederic J. Mackin director of the Information Bureau in Washington D C attends a luncheon in Stine for relief on a free copy of the daughter the School Arts Tear ity sutte.
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Telegraxp Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D.C
Frederic J. Mackin
Bridgeport Telegram Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
Loenainge Dinee
Ring of November 12 New Street of Vienna
Vienna notes the Frangensrins street renamed Ring of November 12 to mark the second anniversary of the revolution. Budget discussions begin as the Board of Charities convenes in the Welfare building to review the annual budget and city auditor summary before December 1.
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Board of Charties
Charies Department
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Farewell Fair Ines A Poem By Thomas Food
A damaged verse fragment titled Farewell Fair Ines expresses sorrow over a passing beauty and a voyage. The speaker recalls a vanished daylight and the beloved on a ship deck. Emotive lines describe love’s ache and the sea’s memory.
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