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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1928
Page
13
Governor Trumbull advocates a futuristic Bridgeport post office with elevated facilities and aviation ready design. The proposal aims to keep pace with advancing transit, urban growth, and the era’s push for modern infrastructure.
A rambling 1920s style column blends bicycle history with the rise of roads, noting how bikes helped build highways and suggesting segregated paths could revive wheeling. It shifts to Prohibition era grape shipments and wine production, citing California grape expansion and imports to question if Prohibition truly reduced alcohol use.
The Washington Daily Mirror profile notes Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York has sat in the Senate since December, is cautious about speaking until he understands questions, and focuses on railroad consolidation and farm relief. It highlights his German thoroughness, legal background, and close ties to Governor Smith as a key Tamany Hall figure and potential Senate voice if Smith becomes president.
James Bradshaw quotes a Boston paper recipe for a water based smallpox cure and questions if doctors profit from fear. He notes the remedy claims to cure smallpox or scarlet fever within hours, and cites an old Bridgeport publication. He urges officials not to prosecute him for sharing the scrapbook text.
Short aphorisms urge self improvement through effort and honesty. The lines claim real progress comes from developing existing strengths and facing emergencies, not from empty completion, and stress respect for facts and tempered conduct.
The piece reports on budget cuts to the sanitary inspectors, with officials assuring citizens the situation will improve with April appropriations. It notes political maneuvering around state police leadership, local conventions, and county politics, plus actions in Stamford Meriden New Haven and Danbury on road programs taxes and enforcement of laws, highlighting officials and dates.
A feature writer argues Edsel Ford laments not going to college despite immense wealth. The piece compares life to a house with more rooms, noting that culture and arts expand a person’s choices and happiness beyond money. It cautions that wealth alone cannot ensure fulfillment.
A poem argues about readers’ fascination with crime stories and their moral impact. It notes that while sensational thrillers attract many, respected figures also read them. It asserts punishment follows crime and lad readers learn virtue, stressing the timeless justice theme.
A fragmented poem recounts a doomed dreamer who will not return. The speaker vows to search the sky as the world shifts from dawn to a newborn sun, with misty theaters bending toward the infant day. The refrain repeats the line that he will not return.
A reader asks about essential qualifications for young reporters, stressing health, memory, concentration, energy, and a love of truth. The reply cites accuracy, curiosity, and the ability to discern news value as core traits, noting news sense is partly innate and partly learned.
A long, fragmentary New York column mocks New York diners and high society. It contrasts Western and Eastern guests, praising Bordeaux headwaiters and Chapon Fin, noting lavish tipping and social dynamics. The piece lampoons male New Yorkers as marks and histrionic critics, ending midstream.
Increasing cloudiness Friday with rain Friday night and Saturday morning then cold spell ahead. Northern New England will see snow or interior mix Friday, turning colder Friday night into Saturday. Winds shift from southwest to south along the coast with stronger gusts in the vacation period. Almanac notes sunrise 6 47 AM sunset listed.
Mrs Natalie P Shegiln of the Bronx is held without bail in New York on fugitive charges from Burlington VI. She is alleged to have converted $5000 from an estate where she served as administratrix. A hearing set for next week to allow extradition papers.
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