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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1923
Page
8
Bridgeport Telegram provides subscription details for 1 year 1 month and weekly editions. The notice lists pricing, publication by The Post Publishing Co at 40 Middle St Bridgeport Conn and notes daily open hours and AP news rights.
A fragmentary editorial page offers quips on marriage, divorces, fashion, health, and weather. It notes jokes about Jackie Coogan, hats, and husbands, plus a health hint about jail confinement. The piece wittily comments on aging, Kentucky jokes, and civic life with a tone of light satire.
Fair and continued cold in South New England with partly cloudy skies and slowly rising temperatures. Northerly to northeast winds prevail from Sandy Hook to Hatteras with possible rain or snow Tuesday, while the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes see colder conditions and light to moderate winds.
Governor Pinchot challenges President Butler over prohibition enforcement and debuts a dry bill to empower state action. A pitched fight looms between dry reformers led by Pinchot and bootlegger-adversaries aligned with Barleycorn’s era, with the law as the decisive factor.
A stalled New York subway car prompts idle curiosity among passengers as a power outage reveals system fragility. The piece recalls Michael Faraday’s 1831 experiment with a copper disc in a magnetic field, noting how curiosity births transformative ideas despite practical skepticism.
The passage reflects on how idle curiosity drives invention and progress. It notes that today’s world stems from such questioning, framing curiosity as the germ of creative thought that fuels human works and achievement.
A reflective piece explores why people like flowers including beauty scent and companionship. It suggests trying simple gardening such as zinnias and marigolds in a box, then transplanting seedlings to the garden when warm. Caring for living things is said to improve character and disposition and flowers are accessible to everyone.
A compact reflection on not borrowing trouble and living in the day. It praises the Coue method to forgive daily, suggests forgiving at night for a rested sleep, and notes avoiding mental burden to improve wellbeing. The piece blends aphorism with light humor about morning forgiveness and eight hour head start.
Readers respond on teen outings and parental guidance. A girl underage seeks night movie access while others defend staying home. Letters argue for restraint, protectiveness, and concern over youth behavior and public safety in light of recent incidents and a New Haven note.
A writer recounts a motorman in charge of a one man car losing temper after a passenger rang the bell to stop the car and then did not exit. The letter questions whether this incident is the sole trigger for a one man car temper issue.
A humorous critique contrasts official Hawkshaw detectives with Sherlock Holmes. The poem mocks their methodical, glib searches for a simple solution, as a dead man on the floor is examined for clues like thumbs and teeth while Holmes supposedly unveils the truth with keen intellect.
A reader warns riders to remove bulky clothing and hats when boarding and exiting streetcars to avoid injury from fast closing doors. The letter recalls near hits and urges caution amid crowded car travel and a claim the “Call of Poor” event was successful in raising funds for charities.
A Danbury resident has filed a lawsuit in the common pleas court against the city seeking damages for injuries after slipping on a sidewalk. The plaintiff alleges hazardous conditions on Town Line Walk caused the fall.
Compilation of Q and A covers which states have guaranteed depository laws, polo game length and intervals, states with Indian-origin names, what a sharpie vessel is, US narcotic user estimates, costs of a fast railroad strike, which state has most Catholics, pendulum vs plummet at the Washington Monument, and wine barrel ullage. Includes Oklahoma Texas Kansas Nebraska Washington South Dakota Mississippi North Dakota Alabama Arkansas Connecticut Idaho Illinois Indiana Nebraska North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Utah Wisconsin Wyoming.
In a Hartford Times editorial style critique, the piece argues that Frank OQ Towden’s price of American isolation is unremarkable and that the era’s key observers like Borah Capper Hughes Hoover and Vanderlip echo a rising consensus. It notes demoralization in Washington and a growing belief that the U.S. cannot live in isolation and must recognize Europe’s affairs or face worsening conditions.
Wiremen from No 1 Chemical Co responded to a still alarm at Kelly's pool parlors at 239 Fairfield Avenue Saturday night 1:51. They extinguished a small chimney fire with a dash of chemicals. no damage reported.
Angelo Patri details Miss Lucy a young fifth grade teacher who inspires a class yet Robert William, a coal-heaver’s son, arrives in disguise as a blacked coal boy. The prank prompts laughter, then Miss Lavinia and the class realize the lesson about service and humility.
Royal S Copeland explains why burns rise in winter and outlines causes from matches to curling irons. He details depth, surface area, and patient age as factors, plus first aid steps, antiseptics, compresses, and cautions against risky home remedies and parffin mixtures. He notes shock requires cautious handling and doctor involvement.
Reader asks about bunion pain and whether to operate. Dr Copeland says surgery can help the bunion and offers to answer hygienic and sanitation questions in readers letters when appropriate. Enclose self addressed stamped envelope for private replies.
The famed World’s Fair locomotive 999, which set a 112.6 mph speed record on May 10, 1898, will be preserved as an historical relic by New York Central. Plans call for exhibition with the DeWitt Clinton engine of 1831 and its cars, with locations under consideration at Grand Central or other sites.
A Bridgeport week brings five lawyers Klein Kepler Eikstrom Slavatsky and Dworkin into the Fairfield County bar. The author likens them to a roll call of recent volunteers and wishes them success in law as Americans did in war.
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