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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1918
Page
17
A vigorous editorial blasts automobile taxes as unfairly skewed toward car owners while condemning road funding methods. It argues that heavy vehicle use and large tires benefit roads more than horse drawn wagons and calls for horsepower based taxation across conveyances from baby cabs to lumber wagons. It warns a 50 cent per horsepower tax would leave owners with nothing but death by action.
In Colby Kansas a humane, though divided, decision allowed a funeral for Capt. Whisler, the ax murderer and Camp Tuiston suicide, despite church trustees objections. Family and local business leaders aided pallbearing as neighbors faced the living with empathy amid the crime.
A fragment reflecting on small town life and kindness, noting a “kindly spirit” that improves life in towns. Mentions Colby and Whisler’s folks and recalls the line about needing a Philadelphia lawyer to figure things out, attributed to a Kansas City Times excerpt.
A collage of humor and snippets with fictional names and quips by Luke McLuke. It lampoons journalists, writers, and social types, noting the cost of wit, the value of appearances, and the oddities of everyday life across American towns and professions.
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