Bridgeport Telegram Subscription Rates and Contact
Bridgeport Telegram lists subscription rates payable in advance including a month and two weeks by carrier in the city. Published daily except Sunday by The Post Publishing Co. with phone exchanges and local office in Bridgeport. Milford and Fairfield patrons are provided direct numbers to avoid toll charges.
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Tax plan cuts hit top and bottom in new measure
The article notes the largest cuts occur at the top and bottom of the income tax scale, with about the biggest relief for the wealthiest and for low earners. It contrasts U S rates with England France and Italy, noting married men earning five thousand would pay sixteen dollars and eighty three cents under the new plan versus higher rates abroad. It remarks middle earners receive less relief and are overlooked despite numbers.
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America
England
France
Faly
Are You a Money-Maker and Its Pitfalls
The piece argues money making is an inborn talent while others lack the instinct and should focus on saving. It warns of Wall Street traps and salesmanship, citing shopkeepers and widows who lose fortunes. It concludes that few can make money, but anyone can save by spending less than earned.
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Wall Street
Tennessee
Still a Best Seller the Bible Society at 110
A century old publishing effort distributes more than six million volumes yearly to nearly every country. The American Bible Society has operated with quiet efficiency and will celebrate its 110th birthday in May.
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Bible Society spreads scriptures worldwide for over a century
The American Bible Society aims to widen scripture circulation without commentary. It distributes Bibles and Testaments globally, including four systems for the blind, with 165 million volumes issued over 109 years and six and a half million in 1924, more than half abroad, asserting the Bible as the world’s best seller and the largest publishing house.
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The Crime of Getting Caught
A Boston grave robber Beale serves a prison term and laments that his punishment began when his crime was discovered. The piece condemns the American tendency to feel more shame at being caught than for the wrongdoing itself. It compares Beale to a Southern father who killed his family after a shameful night, arguing detection drives moral blindness in society.
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Fred G. Beale
Binghamton
Boston
Beale
Tia Juana
Socialist Countess gifts estate for Labour college
The Countess of Warwick, now a Socialist and Labour party supporter, donates Waston Lodge, a 900 acre estate, to the Trades Union Congress to establish a Labor college. She argues education access should match that of other classes, noting America has achieved this equality, while lamenting ancestral disapproval.
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Labor Party
Waston Lodge
Trades Union Congress of Great Britain
America
Warwick
England
Temperance leader eyes coffin role for press office
Gustave T. Bochman of the Connecticut Temperance Union proposes funeral services be held in the offices of newspapers unsatisfied with Prohibition. He jokily suggests compressing the Statue of Liberty in a coffin and asking Hochman to officiate.
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Connecticut Temperance Union
Statue of Liberty
Mr. Hochman
Fragmented cultur al rant on toil and sleep
A fragmented political rant warns of death and debt risks with harsh critique of agricultural sections. It notes many of the most demanding jobs are held by men who never get enough sleep, questioning the value of hard labor and worry.
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Tax debate and budget notes across city and state
The piece surveys local apportionment decisions, noting grants approved and denied in the school department, plus awards to city officials and departments. It references water street lighting plans, tax rate book preparation, and taxes due in April and September. It also touches on Mexican policy tensions and New Yorks looming gas tax debate amid heavy public debt pressures.
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Catherine King
Anna Marie King
Building Department
Sentences Sermons and Odd Reflections on Life
A column of quips and observations on human nature and society. It jokes about accountability, aging, divorce, superstition, and everyday habits, mixing humor with social commentary and light satire.
The Church Campaign Against War After World War
The article argues religious forces unite against war, noting the wartime failure of religion to prevent conflict. It highlights the World Alliance for International Friendship, church cooperation across nations, and calls for moral sanctions to replace force. Emphasis on American participation and interfaith influence.
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Atkinson
Transylvania
Poland
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Churches of Fourteen Nations
Hague
Germany
France
Belgium
World Airlancs
World Alliance
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Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Customs Dispute Ends as Canton Yields to Seizures
Canton China February 26 The clash between the foreign customs commissioner and Canton government over port closures ended with the surrender of seized goods by Canton strikers and a Canton proclamation mandating compliance with all formalities for finding woods and paving cuelams.
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Foreign Commissioner of Customs
Whampoa
Tainted Money and Endowments in Education
The University of Wisconsin regents and alumni discuss the influence of large endowments on academic freedom. While some fear tainted funds compromise thought, supporters argue endowments by wealthy donors like Rockefeller advance education and progress, with safeguards against coercion. The piece weighs endowment wisdom against private influence.
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Educaton
Rockefeller
Chicago Univercity
John D. Rockefeller
Attorney Wins Lawsuit Without Uttering a Word
In Superior court Judge Isaac Wolfe denied injunctive relief in a case where lawyer Lawrence Kinkelstone, representing Mrs. Adsha Malefront, faced Louis Capomi who claimed a Stratford Avenue meat market violated a five block radius rule. Capozzi failed to prove his business loss or ownership link to Malafront.
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Isaac Wolfe
Lawrence
Caposi
Maiafront
Malafront
Old Time Booze Night Ends in Tragic Deaths
In a midwinter shack six men gathered to drink a homebrewed gin described as safe despite Prohibition. One man survived to tell the tale as coroners concluded the others died from tainted liquor, a critique of bootleggers and lax enforcement.
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Adam
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The Fun Shop Texts and Household Humor Bits
A collage of humorous verse and dialogue features jokes about wealth and fame, a domestic coal supply skit with a Coke and coal pun, and light verse exchanges. The piece includes quips about modern girls, a horse show joke, a homely married couple banter, and reader submissions inviting original epigrams for publication with payment details.
Fondness for master causes dog's death
Rory II a pedigreed setter, a ribbon winner valued at $45,000, escaped his owner Edward V. Irestrand during a restaurant visit and fell from seven stories in New York. The tragedy followed the dog's fondness for his master, who had left him locked alone in an apartment.
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Madison Square Garden
Former actress seeks vacating divorce to inherit estate
In Providence Rhode Island Mary Meath McGraw aBattle Creek Mich former Ziegfeld Follies star filed to vacate her divorce decree to inherit Howard A. McGraws Detroit mass wealth. Hearing set for March 16 and state AG found possible fraud. Records tied to a divorce mill remain sealed.
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Coolidge Affirms Tacna Arica Plebiscite Rules
President Coolidge accepts all rulings of the Tacna Arica Plebiscite Commission on unresolved appeals by Chile and Peru. Key issue centers on Peru's challenge to a ruling allowing railway employees in the provinces to vote, potentially influencing the plebiscite on sovereignty between Chile and Peru.
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Coolidge
Chile
Peru
Weather Summary Eastern New York and New England Storm afoot
Broad area forecast shows fair and colder in southern New York and northern New England with snow flurries in the north and central regions. A southwestern disturbance intensifies into a central severe storm over northern Lake Huron with strong winds and widespread precipitation east of the Mississippi. Storm warnings persist from Cape Hatteras to Eastport while advisories shift north of Black Island to Portland Maine.
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Gasoline Price Rise Across United Kingdom
Hundreds of thousands of motorists faced higher costs as petrol prices rose by one penny per gallon across the United Kingdom and Ireland. The move came from a consortium of majors including Anglo-American, Red Line Motor Spirit, Pratts, Shell-Mex, and British Petroleum.
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United Kingdom
Ireland
Red Ling Motor Spirit
Pratts
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