Bridgeport Telegram Subscription Rates and Local Debate
Fragmented text depictsBridgeport Telegram subscription prices and a public dispute about telephone service signals. It references the Police Commission, local business leaders, and the KRiwaniy club, with forecasts from Witton J Belknap and George B Crawford predicting favorable conditions for Bridgeport in 1927. The piece mentions civic tension over municipal signaling and local industry indicators of prosperity.
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Witton J. Belknap
Hel. Manufacturing Company
George BH. Crawford
Chamber of Cummerca
Rhehari
Hweney
Seow England Telephone Company
Dixchastige
Peidgeport
Kriwaniy Club
Wovnry Bevey
Peta Bridgeport
Signa Potte
FOTO
Apcmoum
Butler on Prohibition and Volstead Act Critique
General Butler denounces the Volstead act as class legislation that fails to enforce uniformly. He cites Philadelphia experiences and argues enforcement favors the rich and powerful while undermining the poor. The critique targets loopholes and selective enforcement in cities and rural areas alike.
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Smedhey D. Butler
Philadelphia
San Prancisco
Camay
Futlee
Autourat
Butler
Atrel Trust
The Springs of Human Action
From the piece on motive, it argues life and property as core drives behind human behavior. It lists existence preservation, safety, comfort, and family as primary incentives.
Highway Robbery A Walt Mason Parody of Retirement
A humorous poem satirizes aging and idle retirement by the sea, depicting men who plan for sixty three to sixty six years of loafing then seek work like hot dog stands and patent churns. It critiques society’s push to stay productive and mocks the notion that rest replaces purpose in later life.
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Walt Mason
Eixty-Six
Reader letters reveal editor’s stance on submissions
A garbled note explains limits on letters to the editor. It mentions editors reserving rights to edit, exclude anonymous submissions, and shorten letters over three words for publication.
What Happens to Tax Money In Bridgeport
A reader questions the allocation of city funds from motorist fines and taxes in Bridgeport. The letter laments a perceived endless cycle of money circulating within the city treasury and asks what becomes of taxpayers’ payments, suggesting skepticism about financial stewardship.
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Pine
Ueridgeport
Bridgeport
Mirrors of Washington on the British prime minister
The piece profiles Stanley Baldwin, Britain's prime minister, portraying him as a plain, unpretentious leader with a good heart and public conscience. It notes his rise amid war coalition tensions, his lack of personal ambition, and favorable comparisons to American leadership, while acknowledging mixed midterm signals.
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Olarrwing
Washington
Jon
Stanley Lahiwin
Goolidge
Mr. Baldwin
Great Britain
E. Ad
Gardiner
Betchar
Ainner
Tle
Birkenhead
Lord Birkenhead
Sentences on Vanity and Pride in Everyday Choices
A compact reflection listing habits to avoid in daily life. It cautions against clothes that seek conspicuousness, damaging pride, anger at friends, keeping up with peers and debt, following silly trends, starving for a night, and defying a boss’s preferences when paid. It frames self discipline as wiser than flashy conformity.
Little Girls at Dancing School by Anne Campbell
A fragmentary poem scene shows little girls in dancing school moving to music, with playful, old-time imagery. The verse evokes rosy dresses, wind, and memories of a garden in July, blending childhood movement with nostalgic scenes.
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Little Girls AT Dancing School
Anne Campbell
Grandma's
Petting Not Found in England Canon Declares
In a cryptic report from Chicago on January 7, Canon William Thompson Elliott, Vicar of Leeds, questions the use of the term petting among British youth. He notes no such word in English usage and dismisses similar neekng as nonexistent, suggesting a misperceived slang carried from abroad.
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Cuicago
Wong
Petting
Willam Thompson Elliott
Leeds
Vivian Wurter
Secretar Bees
Rotary
England
Turkish steamer sinks. 75 feared dead near Cape Tubin
At Subastopol, Crimea, wireless reports say 75 persons perished when an unnamed Turkish steamer sank in the Black Sea near the Toustinak peninsula. A second Turkish ship believed to be driven ashore by a violent storm along the European coast is also reported.
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Subastopol
Crimea
Touyanty
Black Sea
Toustinak Peninsula
Cape Tubin
Roumaniad
Urimean
Political Pointers on Ives and Local Bidding Changes
Political notes discuss Fred Ives returning to Republican ranks after a gap, local zoning and fire board appointments, and upcoming tax delinquencies. It reviews the bidding contract failure and anticipated changes, with mentions of Manchester and New Haven officials, and Governor Trumbull’s and Mayor Tower’s measures on highways and state governance.
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Fred Ives
Reson Lac
Tves
The Great Emperor by Dr Fae Mave Review
A discursive, fragmentary text surveys Genghis Khan, detailing his rise, wars, and impact on world history. It mixes biographical claims with mythic flourishes, naming battles, conquests, and reputed qualities while noting the grandeur of his empire across continents.
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Fae
Agrestent
Nemad Uri
Alban
To Cay
Hin
Gad
Marriage Across Faith Benign Yet Complex, Cadman Says
Rev Dr S Parkes Cadman answers reader questions from Charleston and New York on interfaith marriage and alcohol laws. He argues informed, committed couples from Presbyterian and Roman Catholic backgrounds can find happiness if they address parental opposition and education plans. He also defends engagement with science in pulpits, urging balance between faith and rational inquiry while upholding law and public morality.
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Charleston
Sindh
Africa
W. Watkinson
Whithead
God
Christian Nations
Man Kills Wife Dies In Gun Fight
Vancouver British Columbia June 7 A garage man Burden shot and fatally wounded his wife during a struggle at their Penticton home. He exchanged shots with J Robertson, a provincial game warden, before being killed by a police officer after retreating and firing another shot. Police later reported the officer and suspect died of wounds.
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Vancouver
Crearge Rarden
Penticton
J. Robertson
Pope
Barfea
Cua
Barden
Cyrus E. Woods
Commerce Commissio
Senate
Burden
Newly
Roberson
Weather watch England and New York forecast
Fair with rising temperatures across England and New York. Sunday turns cloudy and warmer with a chance of rain or snow. Low pressure over the Canadian maritimes, high pressure moving east with center over Michigan. Fair weather likely in most districts Saturday. snow or rain possible in Atlantic states by Sunday. North of Sandy Hook winds fresh to strong northwest, diminishing later. other coastal winds diminishing with fair weather. Temperature rising in nearly all areas east of the Mississippi. Observations taken at 8 p.m. meridian at New Haven.
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England
Astern
New York
Maritime
Alantic
Mmassippi River
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Win
Meridian
New Haven Wi
Inquest Began Into Bus and Trolley Crash
An inquest opened by Coroner Everard Appleton to determine criminal negligence in a Providence Worcester bus collision with a trolley on November 7. The trolley operator said the trolley stopped on a downhill grade while the bus driver claimed the trolley was speeding and unable to slow. The testimony continued that afternoon with two deaths and 23 injuries reported.
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Providence-Worcester
Everard Appleton
Steamship firm valued at a third of a million
A tentative valuation places the steamship firm at about 3250? for June 64 and ties to New Bedford, Marines Vineyard and Nantucket routes. The Interstrte Documerce Minifeidn announced the firm’s assets at 404 T40 while its book investment is declared at 249.
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Washington
Jam N Apdox
Retford
Marines Vineyard
Coolidge Seeks Funds for Geneva Arms Conference
Washington January 7 President Coolidge urges Congress to appropriate sums for American participation in the preparatory commission for disarmament at Geneva seeking full cooperation with moves toward armament limitation and international cooperation.
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United States
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Waw Oakee Congress
Geneva
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