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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1921
Page
8
The Bridgeport Ti Telegram note reflects newspaper boilerplate with post office matter marking, advertising representations, and circulation references. It lists distribution and advertising contacts and notes that all news dispatches credited herein except local news.
A playful prose poem about imagination and travel beyond finances. The speaker notes cannot afford art or travel yet envisions sea glories, sunsets, and distant winters, finding freedom in fancy and cherishing the enduring old stories.
A garbled editorial page note bundle reflects on polit ical missteps and social trends. It mentions taxes, living standards, a thief in Atlanta, Florida kingpins, and reform debates. The piece touches on reform, Lenten laws, and a kidnapping case with a focus on a quick-witted telephone operator and a public reward.
Bridgeport faces a five cent fare proposal from the mayor's transportation committee. The report argues the fare, if efficiently collected and run with one man cars, could restore profitability on Bridgeport lines. It calls for state level public utilities oversight with five regional directors to handle local issues and relief from some taxes on the Connecticut Company.
A French journalist, Lewis Thomas, reports on American life with amused, selective comparisons. He faults New York housing, American attitudes toward cleanliness and death, and French tastes, while an American in Paris mocks his bias and urges openness to difference.
The article explains Gong He Far Toy and Chinese New Year practices including moon signs, celebrations, dragon processions, lanterns, and fireworks. It notes greetings such as Rung hi and Sinebi, and that men traditionally make New Year calls while women refrain from social visiting.
A reader asks about a range of topics including ocean discharge by U.S. rivers, the hymn America and its 1333-34 winter origin, the origins of the game of chess, eagle protections in U.S. states, a monument site in Colorado, invisible ink juices, World War II uniforms, and food value comparisons in a fragmented OCR passage.
Public notice discusses lifelong calendar reminders and a coupon offer from Washington Information Drury. It encourages marking future Sa days and saving a discount by filling out a coupon and returning two cents in stamps.
A brief notice from Brederley Siskin in Washington D C outlines a request for two cents in stamps for return postage. The item appears as a clipped OCR fragment with unclear purpose and no clear event or date.
Fragmented passages describe households and fears of kidnapping and violence, interwoven with mentions of parents, crime, and a White War. Amid disjointed lines, names and places appear obliquely, suggesting a distressed mood, interrupted routines, and a community wary of danger at night.
The Connecticut Dental Commission revoked licenses for five dentists beginning February 11th or 12th, with terms ranging from one to three months. Names include Taudoro J. Glattstein of Bridgeport, Fred Uh’s of Bridgeport, Louis A. Peck of Bridgeport, Jose W. Schwarts of Bridgeport, and George A. Mrapp of Waterbury. J Henry Fapith’s case was reserved for further consideration.
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Bridgeport items recount a forging injury at Wariridge shop, charity art sales, Knights of Honor anniversary plans, Mitra Lodge event preparations, and legal notices. Other notes cover Hiram Maxim patent testimony, a dynamite ice test on the Naugatuck River, and local scientific society activity in Bridgeport with artifacts, lectures, and cemetery remains. Died notices include William Lockwood of City Island and Louisa Lee Pond Moody.
The Senate sustained President Wilson's veto of a private bill to transfer swamp land in Montana to the Mik River Valley Gun Club. The 47 to 8 vote kills the measure for the present session, as Wilson urged making the land a public game preserve.
Milford on February 1 special report says David J. Greene and Morton P. Tirballs of Milford were reelected as directors at the annual meeting in New Haven. Nathan H. Fenn of Milford is added to the staff as Superintendent, with officers to be chosen next Wednesday. Reports of a Beaver Brook farm purchase to build a new reservoir could not be verified.
Superintendent of Charities Angus P Thorns will speak in favor of a bill to grant trolley transport for crippled children to and from school at a Humane Institutions committee hearing this afternoon. Supported by Bridgeport officials, the measure aims to lawfully provide transportation for students unable to use standard trolleys, with the aim of aiding attendance.
A fragmentary verse item notes garlands that forever rust and hints at gatherings and flowers in a poetic scene. The odd phrasing suggests a historical or archaic poem snippet with imagery of leaves and ornament.
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