Bridgeport Telegram Announcement and Contact Details
Bridgeport Telegram established 1831 lists subscription rates by mail paid in advance. Published daily except Sunday by The Post Publishing Co at 40 Middle St Bridgeport Conn with telephone Barnum 6109. Includes note about Associated Press rights and foreign advertising representatives.
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Editorial Notes Says Censors In Dickens Film Stir Controversy
A jumbled editorial note column critiques film censorship of Dickens and jokes about social quirks and public morals. It playfully muses on divorce law, marriage dynamics, knowledge with thorns, and the absurdities of war era profiteering and language, ending with a proverb about fairness on life’s stage.
Weather Forecast Sketch for South New England
Increasing cloudiness with rising temperatures followed by snow Tuesday and likely Wednesday. Disturbances over the Midwest and Lake region bring snow in the upper Ohio Valley and lower Great Lakes, with rain and overcast skies along the Atlantic coast by Tuesday night.
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South New England
Illinois
Lake Region
Upper
Mississippi
Red River
North Valley
North Atlantic States
North Pacific States
Rocky Mountain
Middlewest
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
Atlantic States
Virginia
Washington
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Bridgeport Weather Report by William J. Mella
Readings at 8 00 p m show barometric pressure 0 20 dollars temp 20 highest yesterday 30 lowest zero wind northwest humidity unclear precipitation none temperature year honor qevday 47 lowest ot Lipit city
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Lipit
Who’s Little Problem Are You In This Reform Age
A critical essay argues reformers classify Americans as cases and problems including the well off and the indigent. It defends crime news as a daily life record, rejects censorship proposals, and questions if civilization should be leveled to the moron. It calls for addressing causes and public safety without erasing facts.
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Shaw
Public utterance fad cured by foreign lecturers
A critical look at the Chautauqua circuit mocks foreign speakers like Chesterton Maeterlinck and Royden while noting the American appetite for famous names. The piece insists the population has been cured of its zeal for lectures from abroad and welcomes a quieter return to homegrown discourse.
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Gilbert KX. Chesterton
Mr. Chesterton
Maurice Maeterlinck
Margot Asquith
Margot
Paul
Waterbury Paper Responds To Bridgeport Nutmeg State Idea
The Waterbury Republican criticizes the Bridgeport Telegram for proposing Connecticut drop its nickname Nutmeg State. It says the Telegram voices George Nutmeg Babbit and protests the suggestion with strong, dramatic language.
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Bridgeport Telegram
Connecticut
Babbitt
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Wooded Nutmeg Allusion Sparks Local Editorial Banter
A Waterbury editorial riffs on the wooden nutmeg nickname and sharp practice, contrasting old Yankee trader humor with modern commerce. It harks to Zenith and George F. Babbitt, imagining dinners with wooden nutmegs and bronze keepsakes, and ends with a jab at a Waterbury slogan.
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Waterbury
George F. Babbitt
Boosters Club
Zenith
Education's by-product shows education reduces incompetency and immorality
A mercantile house advertised for a janitor, inviting elderly inquiries, and received about fifty replies split between those with little schooling and those with work in many fields but no proficiency. Sociologist Allen Albert argues higher education correlates with competency and moral health, citing studies on rumors about student vice and noting high school education often accompanies better mental and physical well being.
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Allen D. Albert
Albert
Advice for the Pork Barrel Crew in City Agencies
The piece argues that job security in police and fire departments attracts steady workers. It warns that manipulating tenure to favor patronage harms morale and public safety. It condemns the barrel crew for destabilizing positions and urges public opinion to force change.
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Wade
Drug Addiction Crisis Sees Congressional Attention
Readers urge tougher controls on habit forming drugs as Congress debates limits on manufacture and sale. The letter praises legislative focus and calls for strict enforcement of existing laws plus stronger state and international regulations to curb the growing menace.
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Congress
Vanished Friends in Jail for Speeding Poem Fragment
A fragmented poem laments vanished friends who are jailed for speeding. The speaker recalls old companions like Hiram Jay and James Adolphus Snider, grieving as they face periods in jail while lifelong camaraderie fades. The verse contrasts nostalgia with humorous modern confinement.
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Ain
Hiram Jay
James Adolphus Snider
Hoboken
Wes
Jiril
Letters to the Editor and Commuter Update
A letters page mixed with commuter news discusses personal advice to a distressed wife and remarks on railroad service. The editor notes General Manager C L Barda promised improvements for the New York New Haven Hartford line, with winter delays and a call for practical, modern service. The page also features musings on gender differences in reasoning and a brief exchange on public opinion.
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Committee On Railroads of the
General Assembly
Hartford
C. L. Barda
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Answers to Questions from a 1922 Knowledge Quiz
A compilation of Q and A style entries covering Peer Gynt as a historical character, lumber use in crates, glycerine ratios for soap bubbles, light year distance, pronunciation of conduit, world livestock counts, equity versus law courts, Patriots Day origins, Tammany Tiger symbol, US postcard totals, and Angora cats as large pets.
Preference Rhyme Promotes Easy Mark Over Hard Boiled
A fragmentary verse extols preferring the Easy Mark to the Hard Boiled Egg or Hard Shelled Crab. It claims peace of mind for the easy target, warns the hard guarded man has none, and notes friends flock to the gullible while the hard man has none. The speaker pins this motto on a wall as a guideline for life.
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Dictionary as a boy’s reading doorway in a debating scene
Angelo Patri argues with a mother about gifting a boy books. A dictionary, abridged with pictures, is praised as a tool to unlock language and curiosity, guiding the boy from simple words to meaningful ideas, helping him grow with Bible and literary references.
Miscellaneous Shower for Vilma Monsky Before Spring Wedding
Miss Vilma Monsky, set to wed Henry MacDonald in early spring, received a surprise shower at 255 Villa Avenue. Guests included Helen Plotto, Anna Yaksis, Ama Walker, Helen McDonald, Margaret Kochiss, Mary and Catherine Nenet, Susan and Jane Liston, Mary Plotho, Pauline Voight, Jane Tendric, Anna Monsty Mary Rideagh, Joseph Vinglish, John Mansky, Joseph Smith, Joseph Vargo, George Tipper, and others.
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Vilma Monsky
Henry MacDonald
Villa Avenue
Helen
Anna Plotto
Anna Yaksis
Ama Walker
Helen McDonald
Margaret Kochiss
Mary
Catherine Nenet
Susan
Jane Liston
Mary Plotho
Pauline Voight
Mary Tersovicn
Jane Basse
Agnes
Alice Greenwood
Jane Tendric
Anna Monsty
Mary —Rideagh
Joseph Vinglish
Jank Mansky
John
Birthmarks Port-wine Stains and Remedies Explored
Dr. Copeland discusses port-wine birthmarks, explaining causes, appearances, and treatment options. Early cases can show large facial disfigurement, with modern methods such as electric needle and light-based therapies offering relief. Advice includes seeking skilled skin specialists and not losing hope for curable outcomes.
Stone Cutting Workers Discuss Mental Effects
A short exchange notes that HH and H. F. Q-T have been steadily carving monumental stone while questioning whether such work can affect a person’s mind. No respondent has heard of this effect, and the idea is treated with skepticism.
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Orr Addresses Bridgeport Pressmen on Trade Schools and Shorter Week
J C Orr international secretary of printing pressmen spoke to Bridgeport pressmen at S47 Main St addressing new trade school programs, tuberculosis in the trade, and methods to reduce cases. He cited 44 and 48 hour weeks boosting output compared with 60 hours, and discussed the national home in Tennessee. A new type of barge partly wood and partly steel was described as more durable for inland cargoes.
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George Beery
J. C. Orr
Pressments Home
Tennessee
Bridgeport
S47
Main Street
Orr
Mrs G L Hubbell Dies at Fairfield Daughter's Home
Mrs Lena N Jennings Hubbell Jr died last night at her daughter's home in Stratfield Fairfield after a brief illness. Survived by husband George L Ballard sister of Stratford two daughters H Lawrence Benze Jr and G Chase Edwards of Monroe son Elmer S Hubbell Middletown four grandchildren. Funeral at 2:20 pm Thursday at West End Congregational church burial Lakeview cemetery.
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Lena N. Jennings Hubbell, Jr
H. L. Benze Jr
Euclid Avenue
Stratfield
Fairfield
Stratford
George L
Be.m. Ballard
H. Lawrence Benze, Jr
G. Chase Edwards
Monroe
Elmer
Hubbell
Middletown
West End
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