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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1922
Page
8
Fragmentary newspaper copyright notice mentions The Post Publishing Co and The Associated Press. It references circulation and republication terms, with local news noted as published here.
An evocative verse fragment about greeting the day before sunrise and the night yielding to morning. The speaker urges welcoming the sun with a smile and hints at time for play before day ends.
A chaotic clipping lists disjointed lines about money, marriages, governance, and odd anecdotes. It mentions a Kansas governor, college girls, doctors, and a Detroit mercury incident with weather. The piece riffs on slang, social topics, and peculiar personages in a fragmented, faux editorial style.
A low pressure disturbance over Southern Louisiana moves northeast with snow in the North and snow sleet or rain in the central areas. Rain or mixed precip expected in the Middle Atlantic and eastern states Wednesday, diminishing Thursday with gale winds along the Middle Atlantic coast and storm warnings from Cape Hatteras to Sandy Hook. Temperature change minimal.
The piece laments Senate gridlock over tariffs taxes merchant marine and allied debt refunds noting four million ex-service members await a bonus decision and government appropriations lag. It cites pauses over Pepper Ashurst Newberry Lodge Heflin and Warren as the body torpedoes vital bills with dignity over action.
Here and There With the Editor reports that Germany’s population remains about 62,000,000, similar to early 1914, despite deaths and territorial losses. Emigration runs 1704 monthly, births exceed deaths at around 9,000 yearly, and new radio privacy experiments by Hoover era engineers aim to let amateurs use wireless without jamming.
A fragmentary monologue contrasts human woe with shared illness and neighborly gossip. The speaker recalls Gregg and Pete Gregg, mentions lumbage and the flu, and notes how hearing another’s grief can ease personal pain. The piece hints at communal empathy amid illness and misfortune.
Boston February 14 Senator Lodge addressed Republican lawmakers praising party victories since gaining Congress in March 1921. He highlighted success in international arms conference aims, including limits, ending the Anglo Japanese alliance, and favorable terms for China. He argued Republicans faced worst economic conditions and defended revenue policy amid surtax debates.
The speaker critiques illegal liquor, mocking schemes to buy bad bootlegged booze and the supposed thrills of drinking. They warn it poisons users, endangers lives, and harms inflation, insisting the activity is not funny or festive. The piece rejects censoriousness while denouncing risky revelry.
A fragmented domestic scene portrays Mariana, branded clumsy by her family, as the father laments modern teaching while the mother and grandmother pressure her. The piece follows Mariana’s struggles at mealtime and her withdrawal to a solitary room, set against a critique of changing childrearing norms.
In Los Angeles California dated October 14, a census taker reported lists of names parents chose for their children reflecting world events and leaders. Among the filled rows are Liberty Bond Willems, Chateau Toler Rosera, Lynn Stacking, and others with playful or dramatic choices.
An evening health column explains alastrim a mild form of smallpox feared as a new disease. It notes symptoms two week incubation, eruption progress, and outlines precautionary care to avoid transmission, stressing isolation and avoiding close contact. It also answers reader questions on pleurisy coffee and hair curling, advising medical consultation for serious conditions.
A Senate resolution proposes paying Samuel Mather’s heirs the principal and interest on a note loaned to the commonwealth in 1784. The amount, about 932,000, was challenged by the attorney general who advised against payment when presented by heirs of former descendant Elmyra Connor.
An archival notice outlines how readers can submit questions to The Telegram Information Bureau in Washington D C. It explains the bureau provides information but not advice on legal medical or financial matters and will not settle domestic issues or undertake exhaustive research.
A reader questions ice cake size for 8 pond ice and advice suggests cakes 22 inches square for small operations. The piece then covers terms like false carding in cami games, metal caskets first made in Cincinnati, feather meaning bravery, the Dead Sea naming, railroads' capital needs, cost plus contracts, Balaklava remark, first Medal of Honor, moths chewing rubber, and General Sheridan's charger Rienzi.
New Haven railroad reports 27 dead and 0 injured as motorists ignore safety gates at grade crossings. Officials note 185 fewer fatal accidents this year and criticize incomplete safety enforcement.
Carelessness causes most fires and losses in the United States. Ninety percent of home fire danger can be prevented by simple habits. The National Board of Fire Underwriters analyzed causes for a booklet. request a copy from the Washington Information Bureau with two cents for return postage.
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