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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1925
Page
12
Milford and Fairfield patrons can phone ads or news items with toll-free service. The paper publishes daily except Sunday from 40 Middle St Bridgeport Conn and offers mail and carrier subscription rates. Audit Bureau member and Associated Press credit line.
The Naval Court of Inquiry into the Shenandoah wreck concludes the loss was an inevitable accident with no warning signs. Commander Rosendahl says testimony favoring authorities despite contrary evidence, while critics are dismissed as influenced by excitement. The piece ends with a nod to the season and Santa Claus.
Frank Munsey, a poor country boy who built a publishing empire, created popular magazines including Argosy and later transformed the modern magazine business. He pursued journalism as a calling, weathering setbacks to reach the pinnacle as a publisher and public figure.
Aary Louvers denounces a rubber monopoly linked to senior succession fights. Protesters claim the boycott aims to squeeze out $989,040. The article notes the context of rubber price hikes and calls for action against the monopolistic practices.
The Secretary of Commerce urges cutting rubber use by 25 percent to reduce the excess rubber market. Americans wasteful habits are criticized as the nation consumes 70 percent of the world’s rubber supply. The Methodist Board condemns wets and urges enforcement action, naming Arthur Hadley and Nicholas Murray Butler in a provocative call.
The piece debates avoiding entanglements with Europe while pursuing trade, notes rumors about political successors like Mo Fitzgerald, and highlights Republican figures Buckley and Klett amid health worries. It argues for arbitration to resolve disputes and preserve U S interests, referencing foreign loans, World Court notions, and wage of diplomacy amid a kaleidoscope of mockery and memory.
A historical note recalls fire and police pay rises dated December 4, 1916 and February 16, 1920, while City Hall opts to skip this year’s Christmas party amid weak enthusiasm. Joseph Peabody laments unfinished speech and a $200 raise that eases regret. Engineers compare pay to mayoral levels as multiple departments reveal large percentage jumps since 1908, with public works and schools among top beneficiaries. The piece references political echoes and disputes over raises, including fire and police demands buoyed by recent budget tranches and opposition from the mayor.
In a reflective note the piece recalls Adelaide Procter once hailed as a poet of world renown. It recalls praise from Tennyson and Dickens and notes a decline in lasting fame. A recent attempt in Lannon town to mark her birthday failed as locals questioned her name.
Misread lines from Beason Helford hint at a winter season and driving context with garbled dialogue about Santa and hawks. The fragment mentions Mr. Poseph Sehmidt and unclear merits, offering no clear event or date.
An editorial arguing for parole reform and indeterminate sentences, asserting crime stems from environment and economic conditions. It urges rehabilitation, restitution as part of parole, and criticizes rigid punishment as ineffective, advocating broader use of parole to improve social readjustment.
A boy asks how to become a successful author and how to craft stories. The reply links success to hard work and practice, noting writing is a trade learned by daily practice. It warns there is no royal road to success and emphasizes perseverance and sincere effort.
A reflective piece urging fewer foolish facts and more candor in public life. It contrasts love of beauty, honest debate, and civil behavior with scandals, divorces, lawsuits, and parental bonds. The text criticizes shallow regard for trifles and mocks a bold figure discussing common concerns.
Eastern New York and New England regions face colder, mostly fair to cloudy conditions with snow flurries possible in northern areas. Thunderstorms and strong winds emerge along the Atlantic coast, while Pacific and European storms influence the broader pattern. Temperatures dip Wednesday then rise Thursday as systems shift northeast.
Telegram weather and tide brief from The Middlebrook Almanac with sun and moon data. High water and low water figures, calendar notes, and periodical calculations for the day.
The excerpt from The Fun Shop edited by Maxson Foxhall JudeI adds comic notes on fashion length and fit for women hosiery. Beth and Mildred banter about a character named Herple reporting every hug as Elinore Duerr lends wit to the page.
A humorous coinage features Santa Claus complaining about modern chimneys and proposing building laws for special chimneys for his yearly ride. The piece includes cheeky exchanges about Christmas asides and a college dialogue about saving money through quarrels, ending with a college student remark about holly.
A humorous, hyperbolic tally purports to show the vast costs and comic casualties of Christmas. It playfully estimates cotton in Santa costumes, bank overdrafts after gifts, card expenses, and a host of imagined figures including trees cut, birds displaced, and laughter counts, ending with a personal anecdote about a child’s sleepwalking foot during a shopping spree.
Readers may submit unpublished verses and drawings to Fun Shop Headquarters Briggcourt Telegram. accepted pieces paid from 3 cents to 1 per line for poetry and up to 10 dollars per contribution. manuscripts must be single sided and not returned.
Der 22 AP report says 1.4 Ching-Ling governor Li is retreating to Tientsin as Marshal Feng Yu-Hsiang's National People's Army drives Li's forces back to main defenses and breaks through the line. Casualties reported as very heavy on both sides.
New York report on Frank Tessler, twenty, leader of the Cowboy gang, sentenced to 9 to 20 years in state prison for robbery by Judge Talle. Tessler faces a murder indictment in Gelober for the alleged shooting of Abraham Peska. Other gang members also confessed and received prison terms.
President Coolidge signals openness to joining a League of Nations invitation to participate in a preliminary disarmament conference. Congress debates participation, with Senate Democrat King pushing a resolution and House members Fish and Moore urging acceptance. No final action by either chamber as Kellogg consults with past heads Hughes and Root.
New Haven December 22 AP Announcement by passenger traffic manager of the New Haven Railroad outlines baggage, mail and express department changes effective December 26. Deorge A. Marton is named general baggage mail and express agent based in New Haven. E R Dede becomes assistant general baggage mail and express agent with offices in New Haven and Boston. J T Hackett is appointed assistant to general passenger agent based in New Haven.
Walter Strang aged 78 of Brewster New York, longtime trainer for Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey circuses, was found drowned in a canal behind the American Assembly Works in Croton Falls. Strang had disappeared two weeks earlier. Howard Inort, a factory employee, located the body after a search.
A fragmentary poem recalls a pale moon above lovers in June and December’s approach. The speaker contrasts shifting seasons and the moon’s light with memories of earlier vows, asking if the wraithlike moon embodies the joy dreamed of and the path once bright.
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