Bridgeport Telegram Established 1891
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Arrogant culture and crosswords in editorial notes
In this column of editorial notes a satirical look at culture and politics unfolds. It mocks the arrogance of culture, notes aphorisms about friendliness and aging, and critiques taxation, courts, and diplomacy with wry observations on crosswords, music taste, and public life.
Sentence Sermons on Teamwork and Society
The fragment offers a series of aphoristic lines stressing collective effort across fields. It links teamwork to pennants, church reform, municipal livability, fair wages, and military strength, then extends to global peace and church redemption.
Police end career of feared outlaw Ricci teli alias Big Mike
Chief William Nichols and Patrolman Flanagan of the Stratford police department are hailed for killing Michael Riccitelli alias Big Mike after he was caught with loot and prepared to shoot. The arrest ends a year of major crimes in Connecticut and a possible link to the Darien murder and other shootings. Connecticut is warned that law and order prevail.
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Michael Riccitelli
Big Mike
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Golden Rule as Guide to Ethics in Rotary Club
Prominent Bridgeport Rotary leaders emphasize applying the Golden Rule to modern life. They argue that living by treating others as one wishes to be treated fosters good citizenship and underpins justice in law, citing sources from Egyptian, Chinese, Hindu, Greek, and Buddhist traditions.
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L. Sloverne
Internal rule growth governs true knowledge
The text argues that hard rules must originate within a group rather than be imposed from outside. It suggests knowledge and its enforcement develop internally, with wider adoption possible only if others follow.
Follow the Leader in Modern Stock Raising
The U S Department of Agriculture notes many stock raisers miss profits by clinging to old methods. Scientific farming proves profitable and productive, yet some still operate below necessary standards. The government urges improved practices and better distribution to reap gains.
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Rivalry sparks push for city manager reform
The debate over city manager government pits the manager plan against old charter systems. Baltimore saved 2,000,000 last year, returning funds as tax relief, while Knoxville also touts the plan. Officials urge efficiency regardless of charter, sparking inter-city rivalry to lead in municipal reform.
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Weather Forecast for Eastern and Southern New England
Eastern New York and Northern New England expect generally fair conditions Thursday and Friday with light snow or rain in extreme northern portions and rising temperatures. Southern New England will also warm, with an unsettled disturbance moving away from the south Atlantic coast toward Bermuda.
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Bermuda
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Political pointers on apportionment and local party control
George S Hill urges bonding for attendance at Board of Apportionment meetings. A Tuesday night quorum lapse delayed plans from the Ninth district chair rooms in American Theatre. Anti organization Democrats eye control of three parties with leaders Coughlin Gill and Dunigan. New May checks shown to Redden Cubell and Finklestone. Tenth district Democrats set another annual meeting led by Chipper Hearn. A General Assembly bill would shift judges’ appointment power to the governor and Senate, while Bridgeport state court reform ties to Redden and King with Ultman influencing New Haven Republicans.
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Board of Apportionment and Taxation
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American Theatre
George M. Coughlin
L. J. Gill
Francis P. Dunigan
Nest Club
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Lawmakers Propose Chief Deputy Sheriff Positions With Varying Pay
A bill from Rep Averill of Branford would create a chief deputy sheriff office and set salaries: Fairfield County 1250, New Haven 1600, Hartford 1000, New London 1000, Litchfield 750, Middlesex and Windham 650, Tolland 560. Wartford salutes the proposal as a strong law enforcement measure before the judiciary committee.
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Tolland
Failures and Liabilities 1924 Review at Bradstreet's
The 1924 calendar year shows 19 608 failures with liabilities of 688 690 965, up 2.3 percent in failures and 9 percent in liabilities from 1923. Failures rose in early 1924 but fell in the last quarter, while liabilities stayed higher than 1923 in the first half and dropped sharply later. Bank suspensions accounted for about 40 percent of all Mobilities.
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Fun Shop Mid Winter Sale Ends In Three Days
The Fun Shop advertises mid winter sale stock clearing with three days left to dispose of odds and ends. It promotes seconds in dialogue jokes verses and bright sayings for children, notes limited availability, and urges early shopping.
Readers invited to submit humorous original works
Readers may contribute original humorous epigrams jokes anecdotes and poetry for a chance to be paid 1 to 10 dollars per contribution or 5 cents to 1 dollar per line for poetry. Accepted pieces become the property of the editor and unaccepted manuscripts will not be returned. Send manuscripts single sided to Fun Shop Headquarters Bridgeport Telegram.
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Copper’s Vast Reach Across Industry and Daily Life
Dr. Frank Crane cites Thomas Brophy of Anaconda Copper Mining Co in a Rotary Club talk showing copper’s central role in industry. He notes 1928 world copper output of 2.8 billion pounds and that the electric sector consumes a large share, with US per capita use near fifteen pounds annually.
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Thomas D. Brophy
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
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Rotary Club
New York
Ford
Highland Park
Long life and health advice from a fraternal insurer’s speaker
A health column cites a fraternal insurer speaker discussing longevity trends from ancient to future centuries and offers practical tips. It covers the impact of dental health on lifespan, kidney function, constipation prevention, and toxin absorption, plus reader questions on pimples, nervous dyspepsia, mole removal, burning eyelids, appropriate child and adult weights, wrinkle reduction, and visible facial veins.
Medical column on reader questions and advice
Reader letters discuss dizziness and possible causes such as constipation poor circulation intestinal disturbances or high blood pressure. Dr Copeland Will invites thorough examinations and offers to answer medically related questions by column or personal reply if a self addressed stamped envelope is included.
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Winter Nights by Walt Mason
A brisk verse laments winter hardship as outcasts see cozy homes and glowing lights while others dream of comfort. The narrator pleads empathy for the hungry and unemployed, noting many have chances to improve fortunes if they work, even as shifting snows deepen their loneliness.
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Walt Mason
Over a Hymn Book Brings a Deathless Love
Two hands meet over a hymn book and a shy, reverent gaze forms a deathless bond. The scene centers on two lovers sharing a sacred moment in a holy place as a quiet, enduring love takes root.
One Hundred Years Ago Buffalo Census Report
From the February 5 1825 issue the New York Evening Post notes Buffalo N Y has 2412 residents doubling in four years dry goods stores 26 groceries 81 churches 11 physicians 9 attorneys 17. A prank marriage notice to a Henry Beacham and Margaret Ferguson paid 28 cents with a forged name John Brown later admitted false. a $10 reward offered for information to trap the trickster.
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