Revenue Agents Spot Tell Tale Garment Burdened Flask
Revenue agents have detected a tell tale garment burdened with a tiny flask. Authorities express relief despite the narrow escape as investigators close in on the case.
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1920
Page
10
Bridgeport Telegram Editorial Notes and Odds and Ends
The Bridgeport Telegram prints an editorial notes column touching on currency, politics, Prohibition, census reports, and social trends. It cites John Kendrick Bangs leaving Congress, humorists’ roles, Bible sales, stammering among women, a Chicago theatre adding a women’s smoking room, and statistics on marriage odds and banking.
Walt Masons Daily Jingle Prepares for Spring Farm Life
A playful verse depicts farmers awaiting spring as winter wanes. The speaker imagines plowing, fires dwindling, and cheerful scenes of seeding, picnics, and village camaraderie, all signaling the arrival of warmer days and blooming landscapes.
Traffic In The Storm Halts City Bus Lines In New York
Bridgeport and New York City report widespread bus service disruptions due to Thursday’s storm. City buses under Mayor Hylan have halted lines despite backing from authorities. Lafayette avenue and Marcy avenue routes diverted to trolley streets. electric snowplows remain unused.
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Bridgeport
New York City
New York
Hylan
Lafayette Avenue
DeKalb Avenue
Marcy Avenue
Bonds and Diamonds Explain Value and Desire
A columnist argues bonds remain valued as government credit security while diamonds lose novelty. Government bonds once exclusive are now abundant, yet people still crave tangible scarcity, making diamonds a speculative hold while bonds carry social prestige. The piece frames demand as psychological, not purely financial.
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United States
John Smith
Smith
Hio
Bolshevists
Moving Picture
Elmer
Bridgeport
Ban Gtock
Third Week of New York Socialist Trial Opens
The trial of New York state socialists moves into its third week with little proven against suspended Assembly members. Observers expect a weak case against the socialists and foresee a defense that may not alter the outcome. A Catholic professor cautions against silencing dissent, urging that if socialists are denied representation the look could be turned on any creed or group. The issue remains unsettled until full, proper determination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Poland's darkest hour calls Allies aid in war with hunger
The Polish government appeals for Allied help in its darkest hour. Poland, a strategic buffer between France, Germany, and Russia, faces starvation and bolshevism, aided by Germany. Frontiers define civilization, and France would suffer without Poland. Americans owe Poland a debt for liberty and courage shown in past struggles.
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Poland
France
Germany
Russia
Bridgeport Notes on Weather, People and Public Affairs
Bridgeport items list cold weather, a resigning officer, a hospital of civic and military events, a severe accident at the depot injuring James Gillick, a town meeting over a new school site with two committee reports and debates, plus notices of society meetings and a new Rogers Brittin silver company formation.
Requiescat by Matthew Arnold Poem Fragment
Stanzas lament a beloved's repose and the speaker's wish for release. The voice contrasts the world’s demands with the deceased’s tired heart and seeks peaceful rest as the spirit enters death’s hall.
Lincoln Birthday Observances By Public Schools
Public school children will have a holiday Thursday to honor Lincoln's birthday with programs in nearly every Bridgeport school. Angeline H. Bartlett Tent, Daughters of Veterans, plans a Lincoln and Washington celebration next Monday night at Vernona Hall, 1895 State Street, headlined by Rev. Alexander Alison, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, with literary numbers to follow.
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Lincolln
Bridgeport
Angeline H. Bartlett
Daughters of Veterans
Lincoln
Washington
Vernona Hall
State Street
Alexander Alison
First Presbyterian Church
Danish Valentine Custom Tied to Snowdrops
Danish tradition on St Valentine links romance with snowdrops. A lover sends a bouquet with a verse card, bearing pinpricks equal to the letters in his name. If the recipient cannot guess the sender’s name, she must share colored ages at Haster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
Kyle
Haster
Booster Of The Jitneys A Call To Compare Transit
A reader argues that jitneys prove more reliable than trolleys during a recent crisis. He recalls a trolley breakdown at Benson's switch Fairfield causing riders to seek private cars or jitneys for transport, with extended delays and disrupted service before some passengers finally found rides.
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Friends of the
Trelleys
Benson
Fairfield
Wand Place
Southport
Picketts Awitch
Bridgeport
Thair
Traction Company
Alfred S. Perry
Telegram Information Bureau Offers Free Fact Service
Answers to any subject are provided by the Telegram Information Bureau in Washington under director Frederic J. Haskin. Send concise questions with a 2 cent postage stamp for return mailing. inquiries are confidential and free beyond the stamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telegram Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
Frederic J. Haskin
Telegram
Tax Exemptions and Irregular Public Questions From 1918
Readers query tax status on government compensation for soldiers and the Bureau of War Risk. The census notes 650,000 US teachers. Ireland election results show Unionists, Sinn Fein, Laborites, and Nationalists with shifts. Official reception of Viscount Grey discussed. Anniversary gifts listed. Brain and heart weights cited. Divorce causes and inheritance tax origins explained. War volunteers tallied. Hughes appointed to Supreme Court. Meredith described as publisher and banker. Local trolley strike and jitneys fill service gaps amid weather disruptions.
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Imwamad Las
Ireland
Ulster
Unionist Party
Britain
Republican Party
Sinn Fein
Lalborites
Nationalists
Viscount Grey
Wiley
Wilson
P. I
B. Co. T
United A
Uniter
War Department
Supreme Court
Charles Jvadia Hughes
Supremes Court
A. A
United States Supreme Court
Taft
Hughes
Meredeth
Iowa
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