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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1923
Page
8
Bridgeport Telegram established 1831 publishes daily except Sunday from 140 Middle Street Bridgeport Conn with coverage by Associated Press. The notice confirms republication rights for news dispatches and local content, listing advertising representation and circulation details.
A collage of quirky lines on cinema cough drops spring poetry deadlines and a dog show in New York. Jokes about memory money and traffic cops mingle with odd facts about fires damage figures and a proposed Chicago hotel cost the rush of jokes continues with radio birds and fried chicken broadcasts and a Jeffersonville man named John Horin who earned six dollars a month twenty years ago then saved thirty thousand dollars.
Cloudy and warmer conditions Thursday with a fair, colder Friday. Winds from the southwest to northwest across the region, with a disturbance near Newfoundland and another over Ontario influencing overall conditions. Temperatures show little change, with possible local snow in northern New York Thursday and Friday. Bridgeport feed notes a high of 54 and low of 8 with southwest winds.
W J Burns urged radio use in policing and argued for statewide CT cooperation to fight car theft. A network of police and amateur stations could broadcast theft details instantly, guiding state and local officers to trap thieves and even enlist school and hobbyist radio volunteers under formal state action.
Article recalls illicit early American iron making before independence. England criminalized colonial iron production to protect English ironmasters. Colonists, with secret bootlegging spirit, hid in forests to establish blast furnaces. remnants of one site are still visible.
Prof Herbert M Boylston of Case School of Applied Science discusses why prohibition provokes lawbreaking and cravings. He notes human nature’s resistance to bans and recalls childhood dares and myths about punishments, arguing customers drive bootlegging growth more than offenders.
The sun, after weeks on the warpath with large sunspots, is calming yet remains linked to Earth weather. Some physicists blame solar cyclones for recent gales and rains in Britain and the North Atlantic, while Deslandres notes X rays from the sun and stars. The cycle runs roughly 11 years, with rising and falling activity, and researchers still seek to understand how solar activity governs climate and life on Earth.
Telegram readers submit signed opinions. letters over 300 words trimmed. no anonymous comments entertained. Readers weigh in on trains in Connecticut, town fights on Main Street, and coal distribution. letters cite frustration with public order and fuel supply while urging action from officials and administrators.
Poet Walt Mason rails at health fads and doctors as neighbors joke about common ailments. He describes fever, pains, and the lure of quick cures while lampooning a culture of perpetual sickness.
Twenty applicants sat for the Internal Revenue Agent civil service exam yesterday morning in the Education Department under Civil Service Commission oversight. Papers were sent to Washington for grading. Over 40 more applied for a second exam to be held Saturday at nine in High School Room 105. A photograph is required of every applicant. Applications open to all citizens and should be filed immediately.
An American Peace Society booklet outlining liberty equality and justice themes from the Declaration Articles and Constitution is offered free. Readers can request a copy by mailing in a coupon with two cents for return postage. Include name and address clearly.
Frederic J Tlaskin of the Information Bureau Washington asks for two cents in stamps to cover return postage on a free copy of the Constitution booklet NAMC pewawene Elreet City were State.
Answers to questions about George Washington cover calendar changes, English ancestry tracing to William Ball, crossing the Potomac, meeting Martha Custis at Chamberlayne Home, Valley Forge guard composition, and family burials at the Mount Vernon tomb. Includes dates, names, and places from historic sources.
He wins children and mothers with ease and blends in with any crowd. His hearty laughter and honest, clean character make him a beloved Regular Fellow who loves music and good company. He is normal, healthy, and fond of home, never mean, and respected for his simple decency.
A mother confronts her son Harry about his poor sport and insists on fair play. After repeated games where he cries and protests, she lets him win occasionally but teaches him to accept losing. Night after night they play, and gradually he forgets to cry and begins to lose like a gentleman.
Daniel A Mackay of the International Sportsmen's Camp will present a sternoplican lecture at Raph Street Congregational Church about sports in the Canadian wills with slides from Nova Scotia, Quebec and New Brunswick. A fire caused by spontaneous combustion near the boiler damaged Dr William Z O Mara's home at 361 Barnum Avenue yesterday morning, with damage estimated at $140. firefighters arrived before flames spread.
Reader letters and medical guidance from Dr Copeland discuss uric acid myths, its role in stone formation, and general tips for kidney issues. The column also answers reader questions on numb arms from typing, ideal weight by age and height, gum-boils causes, and personal responses to medical hygiene inquiries.
Answer advises verifying shoe fit first for fallen arches and cautions against poor exercise. Recommends avoiding toe rising and weight shifting to the outside to the seat and lowering the wheels, then continues with further guidance.
Judge John W. Banks denied the motion by High Sheriff Thomas L. Feilly to set aside a $1,540 verdict in Superior Court. Louise Knox of Danbury sued for false attachment alleging deputies wrongfully attached lions believed to belong to Adgie Costello, later sold under a judgment. The American Surety Co. was a party defendant.
The East End Yacht Club will hold a change of officers installation Saturday night in the bathrooms. The committee promises several surprises for attending members at the event.
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