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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1928
Page
10
A Bridgeport Telegram piece surveys income tax flaws, proposes sales tax reform, and critiques government practices. It also notes Milford Delaware reports on starling pies and discusses Connecticut women in state legislatures, plus a flood of unrelated commentary and local notices.
New Haven railroad announces its first dividend on common stock in years following a conservative, staged payout. The long-penalized line, scarred by war, strikes, and heavy debt, has stabilized since 1925 after heroic financing moves including bond sales and a large preferred stock issue.
A Bridgeport reader laments cigarette and cigar ashes on rugs, arguing housewives who do not smoke should not be driven to madness or an asylum by careless husbands. The letter urges respect for non-smokers and public disdain for ash burden.
Reader voices doubt about Dr Wild enforcing compulsory vaccination, citing history from Holland and German sources. The letter argues doctors question their own claims and notes prior bans and controversial injections leading to brain diseases and temporary immunity laws.
A battered narrator recounts a life of showy money, from flashy cash to a penny-penchant disguise, ending with a violent mugging and a corpse found on a desolate street as predatory men watch for victims. The piece paints a bleak panorama of greed and peril in urban nights.
Ultra violet rays used in a new apparatus to irradiate milk with little vitamin D. The process, developed by German chemists, exposes milk to ultraviolet light to produce an antirachitic product. A small addition of a nutrient enhances the effect, potentially turning ordinary milk into an economical rickets treatment.
Political pointers note Bridgeport’s hospitality to McKinley tribute crowds and a possible Hartford convention site. The State Central committee will choose the convention location, with local intrigue over delegate selection and rivalries for at large seats. Voter machines spread, women’s rights advance, and Connecticut pursues a county commissioner drive led by Governor Trumbull. New Britain enacts a 20 mill tax. budget revisions trim the rate.
The piece recalls children bathing in a wooden tub beneath the sun and amid a busy kitchen scene. Mothers wash and scrub, water glints on bright hair, a yellow rose nearby, and a farm Saturday memory ends with a vivid, nostalgic image.
Dr. Fra argues that cosmic laws govern outcomes and crime against the universe invites defeat. He cites Hikman’s kidnapping and murder as an illustration of inevitable consequences. The piece contends lawful action aligns with God and nature, while defying them invites ruin. It notes Germany’s failure in World War I against allied civilization.
For happy homes young men must learn to be good companions and build strong foundations for great careers. For a big fortune they should master doing the little things well and deservingly. For promotions they must earn them, while a wasteful youth invites hard knocks. To shape a friendly world, start with a smile and seek it.
The Senate inquiry into the Continental Trading Company shifts from a mystery of oilman exile to whether three million dollars of Liberty Bonds crossed into party campaign funds. Testimony questions profits shared by ONeill and Sinclair, with Stewart’s denial clouding who profited. The favored theory that political parties benefited grows less likely as details emerge.
The telegrams and letters address theology and history. Rev Parke Cadman discusses the nature of God as creator and father, while readers seek guidance on personal life, marriage, and a son’s study of American history, with debates over Napoleon Bonaparte and his era.
New York column notes superstition and social quirks with Taft and Cobb dining at table number thirteen. Anecdotes cover Mayor Gaynor, Miss Eleanor Ryan, and a post office stamp horse shoe rumor. The piece mixes satire on luck, immigration talk, and Broadway oddities with wry reflections.
Anson Q Perkins aged seventy eight died at his Bristol home after a two week illness. Born in Litchfield on October 27 1661 he moved here as a young man and ran a local meat market for about 25 years. He retired eight years ago and served as selectman and on the Board of Burgesses. A Mason and mayoral figure in the community he is survived by his widow.
Eastern New York sees cloudy skies with night rain in the south and snow in the north on Monday, turning colder at night. Tuesday brings increasing cloudiness and a rising temperature in southern New England. Northern New England faces snow and rain with a rising temperature, then partly cloudy conditions. Winds shift from northwest to southwest. Atlantic coastal areas expect rain in England, with higher winds near Sandy Hook and Hatteras.
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