Bridgeport Telegram Subscriptions and Publishing Details
The Bridgeport Telegram lists subscription rates by mail and a daily publication by The Post Publishing Co at 440 Middle St Bridgeport Conn. It notes open daily and night service and mentions membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulation with Associated Press news dispatches. It also references foreign advertising and local news sections.
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Associated Press
Editorial Notes: Quirky maxims and proverbs from the era
A collage of aphorisms and phrases appears, reflecting a light editorial voice. It lampoons age, work, money, fame, and romance with short, wry lines. The piece references Betty Gulick, winter, movies, cleanliness, and ambition, captioned by playful misspellings and cultural motifs.
Weather Forecast For New England And New York
North New England expects local snow and warmer skies Thursday and Friday with considerable cloudiness. South New England to be cloudy and warmer with possible rain Thursday and Friday. East New York forecast calls for clouds and warmth with rain on the coast and interior snow or rain inland Friday. Pressure trends show a low in the Atlantic states, a high near Bermuda, and rising temperatures across the middle Atlantic and New England.
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New Haven Weather Bureau
Pressing need for Englewood nurses home vs TB wing
A Bridgeport editorial urges allocating funds to build a TB treatment wing at Englewood hospital rather than a nurses’ home. It notes TB patients needing advanced care lack suitable local facilities, arguing for humane treatment and public health safeguards at a properly equipped Englewood facility.
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A Change of Heart in Anglo American Debt Clash
A London despatch notes bitterness over debt with a Pall Mall Gazette cartoon mocking Uncle Sam as a pawnbroker. It recalls wartime aid to Britain, Britain and France profiting from Germany reparations and colonial gains, framing it as a thriftier, more self interested Britain.
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Uncle Sam
Moving Picture
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France
Germany
Bootleg Conspiracy Under State’s Attorney Cummings Pressure
State’s Attorney Homer Cummings denounces bootleggers as a community menace presenting a clear threat to state law. He argues that even if facts don’t convict, they reveal an organized conspiracy to profit from illegal alcohol. He urges public backing to end the evil and reminds patrons they finance the crime.
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Adult Education and Assimilation Debate in Hartford
A Hartford hearing featured Robert C. Deming asserting that failure to assimilate immigrants threatens American linguistic and civic unity. Connecticut shows rising illiteracy due to immigrant arrivals, prompting a push to rename the Americanization bureau to Bureau of Adult Education and to expand funded adult schooling in cooperation with towns and cities. This move aims to enable citizens who do not speak or read English to participate fully in society.
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State Board of Education
Hartford
Connecticut
Americanization Bureau
Linn
Bureau of Adult Education
Lavith
The Heavens in February Constellations and Bright Stars
February sky highlights include Orion west of the meridian with Betelgeuse Rigel and Bellatrix nearby. Sirius outshines Rigel while Capella dominates the zenith and a list of the twenty brightest first magnitude stars is given with their constellations and magnitudes. The article explains magnitude scales and notes five bright stars invisible from New York’s latitude. Planets are limited this month with Mars low in the west, Neptune near Cancer, and Venus Jupiter and Saturn visible in early morning or predawn hours. Mercury appears best just before dawn in late February.
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Piseis Au Deneb
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Alpha Crucis
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Birth of Daughter to Richard and Mary Jay
A daughter was born here today to Richard fartheimess, a motion picture actor, and his wife, actress Mary Jay, in New York. The report notes both parents are in the film industry and lists their professional names.
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Christmas Gluttons and Grumbling Fable by Walt Mason
A humorous verse recounts holiday feasts with pies figs and pork, expressing tongue in cheek regrets about mince pies and quince jelly. The speaker vows later health and a return to merriment while describing festive excess and the groaning holiday table.
Denest bird population and wildlife questions in early Q&A
Questions cover locality with densest bird population in Chevy Chase Maryland where 161 pairs across 34 species were found resting. Also answers discuss wild horses in national forests, a definition of a sleeper stock, first House Speaker Muhlenberg, custard curing, why irons are called flats, wave speed, best talking parrots, Packers and Stockyards Act 1921, Monterey as California capital, and using Miss on visiting cards as correct etiquette.
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Baryland
Ideal World Dreamer’s Verse Echoes Hope and Peace
Fragment from a poem envisioning a heaven on earth with hope love beauty laughter and peace. It contrasts sin and battle with charity and happiness, noting dreams of mothers and a longing for a flawless world and tranquil life.
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Elysion
Causes of misbehavior in children and family influence
The article argues behavioral issues stem from home, urging parents to inspect who in the family or close circle may model or provoke bad actions. It cites cases of slapping, crying at night, and stammering linked to social stimuli, urging parental reflection before punishment and noting change when influential peers or relatives are removed.
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Mother sues daughter over defamation claim
Mrs. Ann McCree of Stamford sues her daughter Mrs. Mary Ann Giblin for 5000 dollars in Superior Court alleging the daughter called her a thief. The suit details a feud over a fur lined coat left at the daughter's home and a disputed recovery, with counsel's letter cited as part of the sequence leading to the alleged defaming remark.
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1921 Libel Claim Over Dress Theft Allegation
A 1921 libel case alleges that a claimant was told she had stolen a dress from the daughter, with purported proof to be offered. The events are described as having occurred in 1921.
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Fairfield Board to Hear Tax Protests
Fairfield California Tan 31 Special The Board of Relief opens in session tomorrow to hear protests from property owners who contend valuations by the Board of Assessors are excessive. The board will sit from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and 4 30 to 10 30 p.m.
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Health tips and patient letters from Dr Copeland
In a Detroit street car a well-dressed woman avoids fare payment, prompting musings on hygiene and germs. Royal Copeland urges readers to wash hands, keep nails clean, and avoid dirty cosmetics while discussing health questions and blood pressure guidance.
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Detroit
Q I am a young man with chest soreness what causes it
A reader asks about chest soreness after exertion and receives guidance that it is likely a muscle condition from lifting or overexertion. The answer suggests hot and cold compresses and massaging with witch hazel.
Lights Needed for Safer Theatre Access
Letters to the Editor urge dim floor and balcony stairway lighting in Poli's old theatre to prevent falls and allow easier seating as cinema prices rise. A reader also supports licensing plumbers to improve workmanship, noting a recent bad experience and joking about licensing everyone.
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