Bridgeport Telegram Newspaper Masthead and Info
The Bridgeport Telegram publishes daily except Sundays from Middle Street Bridgeport Conn. Subscription rates by mail in advance one year foreign available. Advertising offices at 264 Metropolitan Tower New York. Barnum 100 exchange open daily. Associated Press membership listed.
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Metropolitan Tower
New York
John Glass
Peeples
Core Gee Tee Taatea
Telephone Barnum 100
Exchange
Pose Publishang GO
Middle Street
Bridgeport
A Line 0 Cheer A Model Acre
Poem fragment describing a wild bleak acre to call own where effort shapes beauty The speaker urges daily labor to render the land fruitful and cheerful and to reveal how each person would appear if they toiled with cheer
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Zach
Editorial Notes Mockery And Mirth In Wartime Rants
A garbled editorial collage mocks Prohibition whiskey rings, tax delays, and political ramblings. It jokes about hairdos, comedy films, Yale presidents, and lenient justice, while lampooning cabinet picks and city hall politics with sharp, satirical jabs.
Marie C Batons Long Nursing Career Reported
Marie C Baron of 79 Safe Avenue is noted as a visiting nurse for three years and served as an army nurse in the Augusta Maneuver unit in Georgia for 14 months. A 1916 graduate of St Vincent's Hospital, the article recalls her hospital training and service.
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Marie C. Baton
Marie C. Baron
Safe Avenue
Ote
Augusta
Georgy
St Vincent's Hospital
Connecticut Expands State Park System With Wide Holdings
The Connecticut State Park Commission has been steadily acquiring land since 1944, building a diverse system across towns like Kent, Danbury, Westport, and Madison. Notable parks include Macedonia Brook, Mt Tom area, Mt Bushnell, Kent Falls, Wooster Mountain, Sherwood Island, and Hammonasset Beach, preserving forests, lakes, and scenic overlooks for public enjoyment.
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Connecticut
State Park Commission
Macedonia Brook
Kent
Bridgeport
Mr. Tom
Litchfield
Morris
Hanna
New Milford
Mt. Tom
Bersdinire
Mt. Bushnell
Washington
Bushnell
Mast
Avithe
Weromaup
Raumauz
Litcheld
Weromaug
Ivy Mountain
Goshen
Mohawk Mountain
Cornwall
Kent Falls
North
Stockbridge
Wooster Mountain
Danbury Township
David Wooster
Minute Men
Ueral Tryon
Danbury
Brivis
Ridgefield
Wooster
Sherwood Island
Westport
Fairfield County
Berkshires
East Hamipton
Hurd Park
Selden Neck
Lyme
West Peak
Meriden
South
Infton
Hammonassett Beach
Madison
Devil's Hop Yard
East Haddam
Dibble
Shooting Foxes in Wales Sparks British Outrage
An American notes Welsh fox hunting rivals the old code as locals restrict fox shooting due to overpopulation. The piece contrasts British prestige of fox hunting with American sports norms and calls out inconsistencies in sports regulation and spectator culture.
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Wales
Becaue
Harbor lines needed for Bridgeport water fronts
Bridgeport should establish definite harbor lines along key waterfronts before government lines alter them. Current informal lines risk displacement and costly adjustments as the city grows. Proactive, long term waterfront protection supports growth and protects property investments now.
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Bridgeport
New Movie Record Prices Set For Rights Sale
A report notes a new high price for film rights to a popular stage work, signaling booming confidence in lucrative deals. The article questions valuation while praising funds directed toward producing worthwhile plays and argues for quality over star power.
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Patel
Why State Land Should Be Utilized for Public Parks
Connecticut holds about 3 000 000 acres of land with half forested, much of it rugged. the state should reserve standing room for trees as a public park system to balance nature, forestry, and recreation, arguing Bushnell Park as legacy and urging a broad state park policy to protect forests.
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Connecticut
Thorace Bushnell
Hartford
Park
Bushnell Park
Stari
Sinta
State
Benet
Groundhog Day Predictions Stir Bank Closures
The piece mocks Groundhog Day lore with bankers predicting months of closures based on the shadow or lack thereof. It humorously suggests banks will close across climates, citing seasonal delays and holidays, while the groundhog’s fortune is tied to winter’s end and economic quirks. The tone blends whimsy with financial parody.
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Phedas
Howe
Brenat
Galsworthi
Fields
Bridgeport Forty Years Ago in The Standard 1881
Bridgeport news recounts social events, weddings, arrests, and local goings on. The Opera Ball at Lyceum hall features Wheeler & Wilson bands and prize drawings. marriage of Miner Himlin Paddock to Susie Roberta Plumb. a Valentine Day note to postmasters. thefts and police raids on keno games. a charity concert by Rosedale Association. deaths of Charles Fox and community figures. and a vacuum brake trial train praised by Stamford Advocate.
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Gondiator Lathrop
Housaignite
Sean
Immons
New Milford
Tser- Man Singing Society
Lyceum Hall
Wheeler & Wilson
Terge and
P.m
Miner Himlin
Paddock
Rosedale Association
St. John's
Econtert
Mawe
Cart Wolf
Grifford
Beccanio
Pras
Chamberlain
Hlubbell
Ibuilding
Bread and John
Lieut
Dorrance
Hubbells Ibuilding
Bubbell
Phelan
Ruth
Marsh
Harry Kint
Broad and
John Streets
Chief Marsh
Tulge Beers
Stamford
Aays
NLA
Connecticut Plan Seeks 50 000 Aid For Ex Soldiers
Hartford Vel 10 The stain hoard of wanted today values 35 percent with which to meet the prescribed soldiers and sailors whose condition was described as serious by Frank S Butter Treasurer of the Connecticut Time of the American legion under whom a state aid to service men is being administered
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Hartford
Frank S. Butter
Connecticut Tinen
American Legion
Courage the Sentinel of Permanence in Life and Faith
Courage stands as a defining word, a sentinel of permanence amid doubt and fear. The verse argues faith needs courage, love battles doubt, and life’s path tests resolve as fortune and fate converge. The speaker asserts that courage resists despair when death and shadow call, a reflection tied to William Gal Sworthi fields.
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Charles Fox
Main Street
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Royal Arch
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Boysatonia
Fails
Christopher Zeller
Committee On Humane Institution
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Wok
Louise Crossman
Wolf
Dr. Bouton
Bigelow
Smith
Staf
Redgwick
St. John’s Hell
Ped
C. R. Palmer
Miner Hamiin Paddock
Feipal
Susi
Roberta Plumb
Tam
West Stratford
Sarah
John Husted
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