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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1922
Page
8
Bridgeport Telegram records show Open daily except Sunday at 140 Middle Street Bridgeport Conn with advertising representations and a telephone line Barnum 6100. It lists the Associated Press credit and republication rights and states publication by The Post Publishing.
A humorous verse from John Kendrick Bangs offers a playful reflection on how misread fears pale when faced with reality. The piece hints that calm thinking and shared understanding improve outcomes beyond imagined dire consequences.
A garbled collection of social quips and editorials. It laments happiness, reformers, and quiet pride in work while sprinkling odd phrases about yeast, trains, punishment, and a misplaced modern mood. Names and clear facts are sparse in this fragmented text.
The forecast indicates generally fair weather with rising temperatures east of the Mississippi. A disturbance over the Plain States and Missouri Valley brings unsettled conditions. Atlantic coast gales and frost noted far south of Tampa. Thursday should be typically fair with increasing warmth. Friday remains unsettled and warmer in the east.
City debate over school dental clinics centers on whether Health or Board of Education should supervise. A. E. Veness led protests to block a move, praising his vigilance. Supporters argue Bridgeport’s clinics, originated by Dr. Alfred C. Fones, thrive under the Board of Education and his guidance.
A satirical essay argues that German President Ebert risks expulsion from the Saddle Workers' union for defying labor. It compares to U S figures such as Harding and Hughes facing professional pressures, noting farmers' bloc dynamics amid agrarian nationalization calls.
Walter Holland, a Washington inventor, asserts a discovery enabling automobiles to run on air instead of gasoline. He argues future power methods will differ greatly from current steam, motor, and electricity, forecasting atomic power arrival and a shift in civilization’s energy base.
National banks incur about 53 dollars annually per depositor as interest expense, with potential 120 dollars added if exactly percent. Banks must cover interest, depositor costs, and business costs before profit. Variation shows Texas at 44 to 53 and California yields 27 dollars per 1000 deposits nationwide, urging profit containment.
A fragmented radical delegation voices discontent as the world regulation plan stalls amid internal wrangling and calls for a return to normalcy. Mutually incompatible aims and shifting audience attention weaken the movement’s momentum.
A historical note argues movies shape behavior as twenty million Americans attend daily while eighteen million are in school. It emphasizes selecting wholesome, constructive pictures to aid memory of lessons and prevent harmful content from lingering with children.
The article argues pests such as snakes and toads perform a rightful ecological role and that farmers value toads at $18.44 each for insect and worm control. It discusses extermination of pests driven by human greed and the impact on crops.
A humorous verse by Berton Braley warns a young man against wasting pay on shallow romances. The narrator urges restraint and advises seeking a steadier, more reliable partner rather than chasing fleeting flirtations.
In a domestic vignette, Jacky, the troublesome son, endures a school visit after a comic misstep about an aquatic fish. His mother, overwhelmed by the moral load, vows to discipline him yet finds a tender note from the boy saying I love you, offering a glimmer of reconciliation amid the chaos tomorrow’s entertaining Mary.
Eggs Essa shipments from Ching arrive in New York at 110000 dozen weekly. The journey lasts five weeks. Some eggs are dried and powdered while most are peeled, canned and shipped frozen for bakery use.
A man displayed valuable gear to a friend, wrapped in paper, then placed it in his breast pocket. After a brief search by staff, the missing necklace surfaced in a garbage pail, drifting on a wrapper. The waiter had brushed the papery wrapping accidentally.
The piece laments the collapse of illegal home brewing and hops shops as patrons turn away, citing wasted profits, tainted brews, and rising clerks exhaustion. It warns that lawlessness may wane only after neighbors suffer poisoned whiskey and broader reform follows.
Chicago report notes narcotics moved by pigeons from Canada to the city. Alfred Conroy tells Captain Bidde that small packages of drugs are carried on pigeons and released here. Conroy, an admitted addict seeking cure, will be housed in the county jail as his story is investigated.
Chicago, February. Hungarian creditor Gabor Toth asked attorney A M Stein to collect 200 kronen from Mrs Davis who borrowed money a decade ago. Stein calculated exchange value, interest, and travel costs, then paid the debt by holding the debtor to settle. He submitted a bill including taxes and attorney fees.
Royal S Copeland M D explains food needs vary by age body surface and activity. He cites skin area calculations from Henry Sherman and provides calorie guidelines from infancy to age 80, noting metabolic demand shifts with growth and effort.
The reader is advised to seek medical help for tonsil trouble and to adjust diet and bowel regulation. Cracking in the mouth and other symptoms may pass with proper care. The column notes that Dr Copeland answers questions and invites inquiries with a self-addressed envelope.
A reader's questions are answered on a range of topics including airship mooring, English geography, optimal house shapes for storage, poultry production in Canada with 1921 figures, the origin of terms like foolscap and panic, memorial coins for expositions, and the meaning of encaustic. The column preserves the period tone and cites various authorities.
In Vienna Fus Theodor Kxoppyyani claims to restore sight by eye transplants from monkeys into human heads He has already experimented with blinded fishes frogs and lizards and reports some success He plans to extend testing but cannot obtain monkeys due to high exchange rates making them too expensive.
A science article explains micro-analysis of animal hair shafts to distinguish real furs from imitations. It details hair structure including medulla cortex and cuticle, and shows how samples from nutria, otter, rabbit, beaver differ under microscopy. It notes mounting, staining, and equipment steps used by microanalysis experts.
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