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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1921
Page
10
The Bridgeport Telegram lists subscription terms payable in advance and post office classifications. It notes offices at 4 Middle Street Bridgeport Conn and identifies circulation audit and Associated Press affiliations.
A rough verse fragment describes a figure who turns thorny obstacles into a ladder. The subject pricks his troubles and shapes each stone, building a cheerful dwelling as he continues to climb beyond limits. The poem hints at resilience and turning hardship into progress.
A collage of satirical items and editorial jabs touching on local politics, social trends, and global remarks. It riffs on city hall reform, civil service pay, and public tastes, while nodding to Lenin, Borah, and railway boosterism in a brisk, period voice.
Chalmer W. Marshall of 112 on Avenue rose from clerk at the canned Zeeds Coaster to floor manager at Bridgeport Public Market. He previously spent eight years with Mohican Company in various New England markets and is a member of Hopeckapotawauh Lodge, Red Men, and Corinthian Lodge of Masons.
The article argues typhus and other plagues arise from insects and stresses birds as crucial protectors. It lists carriers and diseases including House Fly typhoid and cholera, Mosquito malaria and yellow fever, Rat flea bubonic plague, and more, urging insect control and bird protection.
The Connecticut State Board of Education argues true education goes beyond language rules. It values knowledge and the ability to translate experience into written expression. The piece cites two men by a river. one has inspiration, the other can build a bridge and write about what he saw.
H G Wells notes in Outline of History that life began aquatic and simple. He compares ancient ancestors with modern humans, suggesting a trend toward smaller bones and teeth while brains grow, predicting a less robust future form if evolution continues.
Bridgeport’s dental clinic program, created by Dr. Alfred C. Mones, gains praise for its educational impact. School boards and educators deserve credit for embracing the idea and testing it. Senator Howard Challenger seeks to add dental hygiene to state public school curricula, a measure with strong Bridgeport precedents and potential statewide leadership.
A Washington bureau quiz item covers topics from Craigleith silica to cash advances, biblical figures, gold thinness, soapfish, pyramids, chess in wheat, George Washington’s marriage, and a duck breed. It presents Q and A style explanations with brief factual notes and historical references.
A misread advertisement describes a youth oriented educational pack offering varied contents such as maps blotters calendars and insect aids. It urges readers to fill in their name and address and send two cents for postage as an introduction to further activities.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions FEMA and stamps along with scattered names such as Hart, Nate Bleak, and Caterina. Reads as a garbled notice or memo with no clear event, date, or location to confirm a concrete news item.
A reflective veteran’s voice recalls weary years of conflict and the harsh toll of war. It contrasts bloodshed with frugal living and ideals of sacrifice, then notes recovery, renewed sanity, and hopeful days ahead as society moves forward. The speaker urges steady resolve and optimistic renewal after hardship.
Howit president of the Mineas Miners' union Ples Burch imprisoned for a year for contempt of court after calling a strike in violation of an industrial court order. Judge Aran sentences him as the strike at Minesould continues despite the Joint Board of Miners and Operators decision. Widowed mother receives due payment under the board’s award. Howland warns judges and district court injunctions won’t alter union stance.
A jury in the Commen Pieas court awarded O'Brien 132 dollars after a suit against Paul Koexuk over a traffic collision on the River road north of Stamford in October. The verdict followed testimony and the judge's charge, with minutes later the case adjourned and the plaintiff also receiving 188 dollars not originally sought.
A plaintiff seeks 10000 damages claiming a September Lisbon and Connachcut Avenues collision caused a leg fracture. He alleges a motor vehicle owned by an employee of the defendant company recklessly operated down the street injuring him.
In United States District Court Beb Day, Pittshur ai rector general of the Loyal Order at Alegre, sued Witton George of Aurora and the Liberal Life Assurance Company of Andersen along with certain board members. The action seeks an accounting.
The February 13 1881 bridgeport page reports social events including a Hertford reunion, a Miss Dora Smith pupil recital on Main Street, and a Watt era of local clubs. Other items note a Knights Templar conclave in Meriden, a Hart bel walk by McGlinchey, and a Fourth of July music engagement by the Chatfield Guard.
Two hundred fifty Charities department workers labored yesterday on Lincoln Avenue with 49 additional men on Summit Avenue and 150 at Hillside home. Superintendent Thorne expects rapid improvement in street repair as cooperation with the public works department continues. A sharp drop in welfare office aid applications was noted as pleasant semi spring weather keeps workers outdoors.
Secretary Daniels in a February letter to Mate imminnes president of the Greater Boston Council Friends of Irish Freedom expresses his view of Admiral Sims references to Sinn Fein activities in the world war. He says the admiral’s remarks reflect on Irish people, harming them and injuring himself, and calls such generalizations unjust.
Rear Admiral Joseph T. Jayne commander of the fuel supply and repair ships group suffered a stroke on December 15. Admiral Wilson reported to Secretary Daniels and Admiral Zais from the hospital ship Mercy in South Atlantic waters that his condition is favorable.
Judge Andrew Jackson Bowen died of pneumonia at 74 in Willimantic after three weeks illness. A longtime eastern Connecticut figure, he practiced law, served as a legislator representing Eastford in 1880 and Windham in 1898, and was a former police court judge. Born Eastford April 14, 1843, he moved to Willimantic in 1881 and left a widow, two sons, and a daughter. Mrs Bowen died about fourteen months earlier as the couple marked a golden wedding.
Washington Pa Feb 17 Gear a former Penn State football star and World War I aviator died at his home today from spinal meningitis. He served as sheriff of Washington County after returning from the war and never fully recovered from influenza contracted while in service. He was regarded as one of Penn State’s greatest players, captaining and playing guard on the team.
Emigration from Central Europe to the United States has been suspended and Italy's eastern frontiers closed pending sanitation cleanup. Strict regulations cover all emigration not on the suspension list. Syphilis cases are under strict quarantine. no new cases were reported today.
A brief poetic fragment by SuiZette Woodworth Reese reflects on cycles of sun and rain and the aim to grow closer to the sky after toil. The verse evokes enduring life rhythms and spiritual ascent despite weather and work.
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