Bridgeport Telegram Established 1891 subscription rates
Bridgeport Telegram notes subscription prices payable in advance for one year, months, one month, and one week. Edition Published daily except Sunday by The Post Publishing Co. Connecticut offices connect Milford and Fairfield patrons via direct phone for ads and news. Members include Audit Bureau of Circulation and Associated Press.
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Barnum
Milford
Fairfield
Walls Fares Well in Cannes Tennis Championship
Melon Walls, American champion, gains respect at Cannes despite losing to rival Tenglets. She pushed the world champion Lenglen to the limit, was robbed of the second set by a disputed decision, and faced a noisy, unruly crowd. Walls showed promise for future titles.
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Melon Walls
Cannes
Tenglets
Miss Wills
Wiesman
Miles
Nolsy
Lenglen
Rome
Miss Walls
Post Road Congestion and New Parallel Highway Plan
Arthur W. Bushell of the Connecticut State Highway Department spoke at the Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers meeting in New Haven. He warned that Boston Post Road traffic is rapidly increasing and would outpace widening efforts, predicting a future need for a parallel high speed road near Bridgeport to divert trucks and heavy passenger traffic away from the current route.
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Arthur W. Bushell
State Highway Department
Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers
New Haven
Boston Post Road
Maven
New York
General Assembly
Bridgeport
Post Road
New York State
Efficient Snow Removal Proves Effective in Springfield
In Springfield Massachusetts residents witnessed rapid street clearing despite heavy snowfall surpassing Bridgeport. City crews began immediately using power driven snow removal equipment, finishing main thoroughfares by 2 30 p m while downtown remained passable and curbside snow thick with drifting.
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Springfield
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Bridgeport
Gars
Mtacie
Ely
Spraguela
Springfield Street Department
Bridgeport Seeks Snow Removal Equipment Upgrade
Bridgeport eyes diesel chains and tractors to push into deep snow and clear earth heavy drifts. City needs power plows for all hard surfaced streets within hours after snowfall. a prolonged snow Lie-Up costs business and employment ten times daily snow removal spending, suggesting city could invest and still profit.
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Bridgeport
Chapitan to Meet Confed George Anderson Before March 3
The article notes Gerald Chapman facing a crucial meeting with his late ally George Anderson around March 3 if the Supreme Court intervenes. It hints at Chapman’s reputation and a possible travel or pursuit linked to the unnamed county and a contested journey, urging caution about his actions and motives.
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Gerald Chapman
George “Ute Anderan
Chapmilan
Chapman
Arranesth
Anderson
Bergdoll Faces Immorality Charges Against Minors
German authorities bring serious charges of immoral acts involving minors against Bergdoll. They claim ample evidence to proceed. Observers wonder if his wealth will shield him as it did in the United States, where he bribed his way free. The saga reflects long-standing character and actions.
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Thaslacker Bergdoll
Art of
Baden
Cerny
Bergdoll
Germany
United States
Wich
Delegates Hotel: A Comic Caravansary of Service Waiters
A satirical travelogue railes about staying at the Delegates' Hotel praising clerks and staff for warmth and smiles while contrasting neighboring inns with cold hosts and stiff manners. The narrator laments frigid service, longs for human kindness, and quips on modern inns, provincial manners, and social trivia.
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Iurrahville-In the-Dell
Delegates
2 Statesman
Political Pointers and City Budget Talk Across Town
A chaotic summary of city revenue debates touches personal tax collection limits, council resignations, and payroll reallocations. Reports cite aldermen, the mayor, and board figures amid talks of street cleaning funding and a new city accounting system. The piece also covers national politics criticism, Senate reform debates, and a New Haven style political clash. Citywide changes include a proposed tax shift, a planning debate at the March council meeting, and a grand list expansion discussion in East Haven.
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Gaston
Wipper Board
Lourd
Taxa
The Fun Shop Weather and Love Confession
A quirky page from a 20th century column notes a playful mix of weather woes finance woes and romantic rants. It includes fragments about Monroe Doctrine a teacher and a confession to a captain with letters and songs reflecting longing and blue moods.
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Calvin
Coolidge Studies Non Voting Stock Issue
Washington Feb 16 President Coolidge studies the issue of non voting stock to curb possible abuses by federal legislation He has conferred with Yale professor Ripley who argues such voting rights matter is interstate and not easily controlled by federal law Ripley countered the point yesterday suggesting potential remedies exist within state law considerations
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Washington
Coolidge
Wollum
Ripley
Yale University
Sentence Sermons on Self Doubt and Dependence
A fragmentary reflection questions who relies on others for decisions who lacks resilience to success and who distrusts coworkers. It suggests a pattern of second best effort and luck as justification. The piece critiques dependence and insecure leadership without specifics.
Then the Weavens Fells Gray Excerpt Laughs at Economy
A garbled excerpt shows a speaker chiding another for extravagance and boasting about worn shoes for three years. The text reveals a casual dialogue with repeated misspellings and partial phrases, reflecting rough OCR of a historical item.
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Gray
The Fun Shop in Bridgeport Humor Page
A satirical stage scene features persistent salesmen pressuring victim Jenks for life insurance, interspersed with quips and mock interrogations. Readers are invited to submit original humorous pieces with payment offered for accepted material, hints at the editor’s panel and submission address in Bridgeport.
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Fun Shop Headquardrs
Briageport Telegram
A Call to Amend Immigration Act With Wadsworth-Perlman Plan
The speaker argues the 1924 Immigration Act overhauled centuries of openness and stresses the need to adjust the limits through the Wadsworth-Perlman bill. He cites a veteran Italian example and urges humane relief for families separated by quotas while maintaining controlled immigration.
Johnson urges Senate cloture on anti lynching bill
James Weldon Johnson of the NAACP urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to invoke cloture to vote on the McKinley Dye anti lynching bill. He argued that if cloture can be used on world court matters it should be used to address a question on which there is no difference of opinion among civilized people.
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East Haven
Washington
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
James Weldon Johnson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
United States
World Court
Johnson
Telegram style letters urged for signed reader input
Telegram readers are invited to submit letters to the editor signed with full name and address. Letters over a certain length will be shortened at editors discretion. Anonymous letters will not be considered.
Movie Language By Dr Fran
Dr Fran describes a specialized jargon that grew with cinema. Terms include setup for camera placement paratel for crowd views and fade-outs fade-ins and lighting terms like ash can and Cat light baby. The piece explains how actors, camera work, and production actions got unique names within the industry.
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Fran
Ake
Jens Louse
Can It Be You Will Grow Old A Romantic Verse Fragment
A youthful speaker laments aging and wishes to keep a loved one close. The fragment blends personal longing with images of time, tears, and fear of growing apart as the boy narrator clings to near and dear affection amid aging.
Public Tas Gained Editorial Letter From 1926
The writer congratulates the editor on views about the coal strike ending, noting that many hard coal users shifted to other fuels for permanent use. He argues New England can gain a buyer’s market, reducing dependence on anthracite and expanding coke use, urging nationwide support for moderation and independence from coal operators. Dated Washington, D.C. January 1926.
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Telegram
Bridgeport
New England
Schuyler Merritt
Washington, D.C
Buffalo Evening Post Suspends Publication Amid Sale Talks
The Buffalo Evening Post, formerly the Buffalo Commercial, suspends publication after long, uninterrupted operation. Ownership reverts to Charles A. Vinnegan who says he is negotiating sale to a new syndicate. The paper had shifted to a financial daily format recently.
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Buffalo
Buffalo Evening Post
Buffalo Commercial
Coley Publishing Co
Charles A. Vinnegan
Post
the Gazette
Sea heroes march up Broadway amid New York cheers
Captain George Fried and his crew, who battled a mid ocean hurricane to rescue 25 British sailors from the Antinoe, march through New York amid throngs. Mayor Walker greets them at City Hall and the group is later hosted at the Advertising Club luncheon with patience lauded by officials.
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New York
George Fried
Roosevelt
Antinoe
Broadway
Snon
Macon
Fried
Uoboken
N. J
New York City
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Neptune Association
Battery
City Hall
Walker
Aldernane
Pried
Miller
President Roosevelt
Kod
Captain Fried
Adertiaing Club of
C. K. Wood- Dridge
Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
Weather forecast for Eastern New York and New England
Increasing cloudiness with rising temperatures in eastern New York and northern New England. Rain or snow possible in the extreme north, with mixed conditions in central regions. An eastern disturbance moves southeastward, with high pressure shifting. expect rising temperatures and variable precipitation through Wednesday and Thursday.
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Colorado
Arizona
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Azgona
Ontario
British Columbia
Middle West
Hiking
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Alaska
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