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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1920
Page
10
Disjointed items show Jake Gass Peoples Gas Bids in Chicago and brief notices from Bridgeport. publication details list daily schedule except Sundays and audit bureau credit. Associated Press dispatch references appear, with republication guidelines noted.
Fragmented memoir style verse passage mentions River journey with Len Cheron and Forry. Survives as oblique lines about love earth joy and the hereafter, with possible stray phrases and torn repetitions.
Wart argues the American people and leadership are paralyzed by indecision on preparedness. He cites Pershing and Wood as conflicting views on needs in wartime, says universal military training may not pass, and asserts the nation is literally too poor to fight. He urges defining exact wartime needs and building a capable force now.
A jumble of opinion and news items covers religion, Cuba, rent prompts, music concerts, meat prices, prohibition, and legislative chatter. References include a New York minister, Paderewski, General Palmer, and a survey of public sentiment. The piece notes economic pressures, political maneuvers, and evolving communications amid a chaotic February scene.
The speaker visits a show of autos and carriages, admiring the finest wagons and luxury sedans. He imagines owning a gleaming coupe one day, while noting the costly luxury items out of reach and longing for a brighter, nearer dream. The poem blends humor with wistful desire for a dream vehicle.
A leading Broadway producer announces curtain calls between acts will be discontinued. The editorial note favors ending the practice to preserve audience suspense and calls for removing intermission music as well. It praises John Feranson for maintaining dramatic illusion and hopes the reform spreads nationwide.
An examination by the Massachusetts Commission on the Necessaries of Tullo argues profiteering exists in shoes and food. Retailers paid higher costs yet earned smaller margins since 1913 while leather firms and wholesalers posted large gains, shifting blame to broader living-cost increases.
A reader explains methods to estimate how tax increases affect rent. By multiplying rent by years and applying a tax rate of 7.40 per thousand, the piece argues tenants can determine how much rent must rise to cover landlords' higher taxes. It gives examples with $83 month rents and $8,000 property values and urges readers to calculate for themselves.
A garbled OCR style snippet with broken capitalization and unclear context showing phrases like We fellow Gors salinG Rider and Henas halling somebody else. No coherent event or persons to anchor a formal news item.
The item from the Newtown Bee and Stamford papers notes a busy Bridgeport day with reports of local fare, machinery work, and community events. It mentions a patent granted to George E. Watch for a device, civic meetings, and remarks on local industry, transport delays from fog, and a fire of town interest.
Martens held an executive session with leaders described as Reds and federal authorities. Witnesses say the meeting touched on forming alliances and limiting external influence while denying collusion with aviation interests. Meanwhile sparks from arch fire caused a roof blaze at Tri government facility, minor damage reported.
Fragmented verses mix call to life and reverence for the dead. The text lists lines about fate, battle, memory, and the afterlife, with scattered names and phrases that evoke poems and reflections from a damaged page.
The piece surveys debates at a Farm and Labor convention on cooperative action and press ownership. It contrasts capitalist control of newspapers with radical labor arguments, noting calls for independent journalism serving the people, and criticizes wage-labor news sources and concentration of media power.
The text appears as a garbled 1910s telegraphic service offer from the Information Bureau in Washington. It claims to answer inquiries on any subject via the Telegram, directed by Frederic J. Haskin, with a cheap 2-cent stamp. The legibility is low and details are unreliable.
A garbled telegram from Portland reports debates over Turkish control of Constantinople. The feature discusses implications for Turkey, Russia, and international strategy, noting concerns about protection from excess and potential shifts in power dynamics in the region.
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