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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1919
Page
11
Fragmentary newspaper card from The Bridgeport Telegram shows postal, subscription, and publishing details. Mentions The Post Publishing Co. office at 446 Middle Street, Bridgeport, Conn, and Associated Press usage rules.
A fragment from a Maytime poem titled A Line of Cheer by John Kendrick Bangs contrasts Christmas gloom with a hopeful Maytime of the soul. The lines evoke winter storms and frosty hardship giving way to cheerful renewal and inner warmth.
A compact survey of political and social notes, including the Supreme Court draft, New Year resolutions, Soviet Ark references, and restaurant men praised. Also mentions Boston teachers salary gains, a price for Merritt, and turkey for Christmas Day. Includes reflections on Wall Street dispatches and early morning snow and blizzards.
An old man named Joe endures a string of misfortunes including boils, losses, and a frozen jitney cart yet remains optimistic and declares life is too good to waste. The tale highlights his stubborn resolve and fading legends as his escapades drift into local recollection.
Washington December 13 report says agitation grows for a tariff on tea and coffee to offset revenue lost from liquor taxes. Proponents claim the levy could replace the need to tax beverages at breakfast tables, but the exact rate for tea and coffee remains undecided.
Mrs. Harry D Weeks of Seattle solved high living costs by gardening. With a 40 foot lot a spade a hoe and seed she fed her family fresh vegetables all summer and stored peas beans and corn for winter. She also trained chickens to egg production and believes market prices for canned goods show no fear. If she billed her labor at one dollar per hour the venture would show a loss, yet her self sufficiency stands as a practical answer to rising living costs.
A reflection on long labor behind famed creations. It cites Goodyear's rubber patents after 13 years, Field's cable idea 1854, and 12 years to send the first message, plus Michelangelo, Gibbon, Gray, Tennyson, Buckle, and others who spent lifetimes gathering, refining, and indexing for lasting works.
The Ohio congressman Martin L. Davey proposes a bill to define sedition and set penalties under the banner "for other purposes." Critics warn such catchall aims threaten constitutional rights of free speech and assembly, arguing past bills reveal a pattern of vague aims expanding government power beyond wartime needs.
The article notes natural gas, once a boon in many cities for decades, is fading due to pressure drops on cold days. It describes plans by gas firms to remove water from artificial gas, enabling long distance pumping and cheaper delivery from coal mines to cookstoves, hoping for a practical solution.
A humorous tale recalls Charles Darwin catching beetles with quick decisive action. He placed a rare specimen in his mouth to avoid losing it, later capturing another with his left hand. The anecdote highlights resourcefulness and the need to think fast to seize opportunities, even when outcomes are uncomfortable.
Governor McKelvie of Nebraska challenges Attorney General Palmer over a large transfer from farmers to consumers as wholesale prices fall. He notes hogs, corn, and pork products show big gaps between farm and consumer prices with no relief for shoppers.
Bridgeport news notes small and lively with weather, sidewalk duties, holiday sales, and local events. St. Paul’s Church plans Christmas services, concerts and a rector sermon. A fire at Hawley’s mill caused minor damage, and weddings in town are announced along with a death at the W. and W. Machine Co. Hull.
An article reprints the New York Sun letter to Virginia O'Hanlon asking if Santa Claus exists. It asserts Santa as real, beside love and generosity, and quotes the Sun’s response explaining belief beyond sight. Also notes unrelated local obituaries and Detroit streetcar plans.
Two persons will not be friends long if they cannot forgive each other little failings from La Bruyere. The aphorism emphasizes mercy in personal relations and the fragility of friendship when small faults are held against others.
Whittier contemplates autumn hills and New England soil as he weighs life’s burdens and the divine care guiding him. The speaker longs for lands of summer, endures harsh winds, and trusts in God’s occasions, hoping for clarity and brighter stars as the earth grows dark.
Readers can submit brief questions to the Telegram Information Bureau in Washington D C for prompt confidential replies. Frederic J Haskin directs the service with no charge beyond a 2-cent stamp for return postage.
A historical Q and A covers photoplay costs noting a net profit of 2700 dollars for Griffith and a 1 million dollar valuation. It lists federal land bank loans to 106,929 farmers totaling 282,007,781 with November 1919 loans to 1,852 farmers. Other items specify Supreme Court salaries, Ireland's potato famine period 1845 to 1847, silver gold value cycles, and Belgian Congo wealth.
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