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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1926
Page
13
Brussels Dec 22 The price of diamonds is going up again as the diamond cutters of Belgium numbering over 4 000 win higher pay after a brief lockout. Employers had declared the lockout but the strike ended when they capitulated amid strong American buyer demand in town.
A reader asks about worm powders for children and the dangers of dosing. Advice: avoid medicines without doctor guidance. worm remedies are powerful and should be used only as prescribed. Also includes dietary guidance for an underweight six month old, with milk, orange juice, cereals, cod liver oil, and feeding schedule.
Telegram readers are urged to write to Mrs. Myrtle Meyer Eldred for personal guidance. letters address to Mrs. Kiared are redirected to the same contact at Bridgeport Telegram for private regy and confidentiality.
Milton Work discusses when to raise partner in Auction Bridge, detailing normal support criteria for raising from one to two and from two to three. It explains what counts as a probable trick, examples of hands with and without normal support, and notes that the assistant of No Trump bids requires different considerations.
An irregular collage of humorous verses and stray lines. It parodies holiday excess, shoppers in debt, a joke about a taxi driver, and a quip contest asking readers about preferences between brunettes and blondes. The piece includes light verse, stray dialogue, and comic misreadings of Christmas cheer.
Hazel Burmeister, once branded the Bandit Queen, has been granted parole after a sentence of one to one and a half years in Chicago. Her relatives promised to ensure tuberculosis treatment, but she previously escaped from the penitentiary two weeks after arrival and was recaptured a year ago in Hudson Falls, New York, amid a battle with tuberculosis following a suicide attempt.
Greenwich December 22 Sergeant James H Milzrev the officer stricken Monday afternoon in Middletown underwent an operation and was reported slightly improved this afternoon his condition still listed as critical by hospital authorities
Thomas Cate father-in-law of Senator Matthew H. Kenealy of Stamford died last night at his Hillcrest home 304 Post Road Darien. Survived by his wife the senator’s wife daughter a stepson a stepdaughter and four sisters.
A troubled William resists family rules and names, declaring he hates being called Willie. His mother and father react by banishing him from the family until he asks to return, while the scene hints at the emotional strain of a boy who despises himself and needs care. The dialogue captures a tense family moment and glimpses a path toward reconciliation and support.
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