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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1922
Page
8
A garbled note from Muiblahadt daily near Santee mentions audit bureau circulation and Associated Press credits. It states republication rights for news dispatches and local news included in the paper.
An old verse explains why winds roar in winter and why the cold hour gives way to spring. The piece mocks the season’s cheerless mood and suggests spring’s proof of renewal will arrive as warmth returns.
A late draft of editorial notes laments coal shortages and April warmth, jokes about Ireland troubles, dancing, and a book by Peggy Joye. It questions phone calls for wrong tempering, notes Little progress in U.S. railroads, and mentions a senator candidate.
The precast predicts much warmer conditions on Saturday and Sunday with cloudy skies. Temperatures rise across the eastern states while high pressure dominates the Atlantic seaboard and cooler air remains in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions.
The United States Army seeks to raise two extra coast artillery companies in Bridgeport. Qualified men in engineering and skilled trades are urged to enroll for training, social club rooms, and military discipline with modern armory facilities. The guard remains a reserve force for national peril, not a strike battalion, open to men ages 18 to 45.
Dr Morton Porsild of Denmark's Arctic station on Disco Island warns that Greenland will not welcome a high power radio station. He notes Greenlanders prefer Arctic winter peace and quiet and fear sensational daily news. The piece contrasts Greenlanders' stance with historical American railroad debates and predicts radio adoption despite initial resistance.
English observers view Margot Asquith as promising for American women’s Pan American conference in Baltimore in April. Nancy Astor plans to attend, though she is described as an amateur. Margot’s remarks about Americans thriving on hot air are noted, with attention to how much each will reveal in talks with President Harding and possibly Congress.
The text reports a global drop in prices impacting India and Japan in 1930 with expectations of eventual recovery. It discusses tax deadlines, penalties, fuel shortages, air pollution, and agricultural and export concerns, noting conditions across America and worldwide as markets wear out and business declines before a hoped rebound.
A fragmented monologue laments poverty and social despair. Vivid but unclear images touch on hunger, clothing, work loss, and fear. The speaker questions how to cope amid hardship, imagining a world of need and moral fatigue.
A fragmentary critique argues that Freudian psychoanalysis pathologizes ambition and national achievement. It claims explorers, inventors, and leaders act from repressed desires rather than pure motive, insinuating complex causes behind bold endeavors like Columbus and Puritan migration. The piece questions psychoanalytic readings of history and progress.
A classroom scene shows a teacher correcting a child’s misused words about geography. The dialogue reveals how vocabulary shapes understanding, with emphasis on linking terms like equator and lion to real ideas and daily literacy.
President Harding asked the Senate for guidance on reviving the German peace treaty. A six week deadline was set for a formal response as the nation weighs reciprocity and the broader return to prewar arrangements under the peace framework.
In Paris a strike across omnibus and tram services disrupts daily commutes. Many workers leave homes for long walks to reach workplaces as transport links falter and authorities face pressure to restore service.
A New York City health article stresses gall stones as a common source of indigestion and obscure stomach symptoms. It notes that many cases are silent yet can cause colic, nausea, sweating, or jaundice, and warns against factors like overeating, poor posture, and certain foods. It urges simple living and exercise as preventive.
Questions cover labor strikes tea consumption and eligibility for Loyal Legion, plus etymology of Dago and porcupine quills. Answers cite Department of Labor records, tea import data, and Cervantes quotes, with medical queries on weight gain and health tips.
The item discusses ways to use canned foods in new dishes for better living and includes a Q&A on slot machines and the idiom escaped by the skin of one’s teeth. It mentions mailing for a book offer and contains several scattered household tips and curiosities.
Peking reports officers of the Chinese navy urged scrapping and selling the fleet to fund salaries and finance the finance ministry, arguing this would better serve officials than world peace. The 1920 navy totaled six protected cruisers three torpedo boats and several gunboats. Nine ships were under South China government control near Canton. The plan aimed to force the Finance Ministry to allocate funds to the navy, with officials held personally responsible if salaries remained unpaid. A separate note mentions Rip Van Dam, a New Yorker and governor, and a pacer horse named Warragenesett.
Fragmentary text notes an enlistment matter involving stamps for return and a free copy of the Canning Baskle. Readable parts suggest a reader or petitioner seeks stamps and a complimentary publication, but details are unclear.
Fire at Eagle Clothing Co in the Cadden building damaged the fur repair room on the second floor. Total loss estimated at about $14,000 with water damage. Fire department and others named include Lt. R. J Col Nas, dentist, and the Power Telegraph Co.
In Danville Kentucky the question looms whether Uncle Joe Cannon will run again for Congress as several would-be candidates pause. State Representative William P Holaday has announced he will seek the seat before April primaries regardless of Cannon's decision. Cannon has not authorized other declarations and Holaday canvasses the district amid efforts to reorganize Cannon's supporters.
A seizure valued at $2,000 to $2,500 was made at Menly's Hotel in Boston. John H. Smith of New York was arrested and arraigned in municipal court, pleading not guilty and seeking a continuance. Police said the arrest stemmed from suspicions of selling moonshine whiskey.
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