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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1925
Page
10
Bridgeport Telegram details its publication by The Post Publishing Co. and rates. The ad shows contact info at 40 Middle Street Bridgeport Conn and notes daily publication except Sunday. It mentions circulation verification by the Audit Bureau of Circulation and Associated Press rights.
A stray editorial note page echoes satirical takes on power, politics, and society. It includes jests about conservatism and radicals, a barber shop quip on women, a misfired quote about endowing a college, and a puzzle about a boy who carries bonds valued at fifty thousand.
A compact exhortation urges resisting hatred toward critics and avoiding anger in disputes. It condemns profanity as weak rhetoric and warns against rivals who imitate or taunt, urging steady faith and restraint in arguments. The piece frames Jesus of Nazareth as a model for temperance.
The Telegram reports fair weather across Northern New England on Thursday and likely Friday with small temperature changes. Southern New England sees fair conditions through Friday with a slight warming on Friday. Eastern New York expects unsettled conditions Friday night. A north Newfoundland pressure area and a Pacific disturbance move eastward, with cooler temps over the north Atlantic and northern plains. Winds shift from northwest toward Sandy Hook and northeast toward Hatteras.
Connecticut keeps 1 800 miles of state highways clear within ten hours after heavy snowfalls. Plows are deployed from Hartford headquarters with local supervisors directing field work, producing minimal costs and maximum return for motorists year round.
Theodore Roosevelt defined thrift as the wise expenditure of money and argued it rescues the term from miserliness. He said thrift involves wisdom and foresight in pursuing success and happiness, not hoarding or meager living.
The article explains thrift as a science of living covering work, earning, saving, and provision for loved ones. It warns that thrift goes beyond spending less than income to budgeting, life insurance, wills, home ownership, safe investments, and avoiding hoarding. It emphasizes prudent expenditures and sane living within income.
Miss Charlotte Maguire of St Louis reappears eight weeks after vanishing and is identified by her mother as Chicago's mystery girl. The piece argues women especially should carry a name address and contact card to prevent anxiety and potential tragedy when accidents or illnesses occur.
Eighth district Republicans meet to appoint a nonappointive committee and elect officers for the coming year. Reports praise Fred R. Dan geld as continuing in office. Mentions Lavery and Cornell seeking injunction outcomes and the City Dispensary inquiry. Provides demographic age data for Hartford House members and Bridgeport legislators, plus notes on governors Davis and Bryan and a bribery accusation against Davis.
Readers’ letters defend free expression while noting crossword errors in a Telegram. The piece discusses signed submissions, word limits, and editorial discretion, then recounts misprints and wrong clues in several puzzle entries, urging careful editing and accuracy.
A reader argues that crossword details should be edited and printed clearly so the diagram figures are legible. The goal is a truly educational puzzle rather than merely theoretical entertainment.
ANNE CAMPBELT writes of a woman unable to bear grief as Tam 49 remains bowed by sorrow. The speaker recalls simple joys and humble gifts now altered by loss, noting a house bright with love yet shadowed by the thought of the beloved’s pain and farewell.
A New York Evening Post note from January 15 1825 describes unusually mild winter weather. Snow largely melted, river ice scarce, Peekskill and Hudson show partial crossings, roads to Albany remain good, Delaware River navigation expected to stay open all winter.
A humorous guide on collecting and shaping jokes from everyday speech. It highlights listening in stores and noting witty remarks from friends and strangers, then refining them into jokes for publication. It cites a sample exchange about an engagement and age, culminating with the editor accepting jokes for Tomorrow-Reading Jokes.
A collage of verses and prose features a macabre doggerel tale of Keith Macbeth and Smith Mc Grath on a heath with an apple core and threats of death, followed by a punchy restaurant quip about a hot Chile con carne, then brief wry lines from The Viewpoint and a dramatic Deep in the Diamond Minds memory of a Kimberly mine jewel and a life saved by diamond lore, ending with a light exchange about a dog and cake and a cigarette age caption.
Readers invited to submit AM humor jokes anecdotes and original verse with humorous mottoes. Prizes range from 1 to 10 dollars per piece and 0.50 to 1 dollar per line for poetry. Manuscripts must be written on one side only and addressed to Fun Shop Headquarters Bridgeport Telegram.
A short reflective piece argues fires amuse and fascinate people despite destruction. It contrasts usefulness with entertainment and cites a 1855 reading man remark about extinguishing fires as among amusements in America.
A medical note stresses that pus infections anywhere in the body can seed new trouble in damaged areas. It cites a friend with a painful knee linked to a nasal sinus infection from years earlier, warning neglect of localized pains can threaten overall health.
Editor notes a dispute over France’s good faith in war debt, while U S support for German reparations and occupation costs continues. The Paris Financial Conference highlights France’s cautious stance and scrutiny of Finance Minister Clementel’s budget presentation as observers seek impartial assessment.
Poem urges Europe to end ancient hate and adopt a Canada United States style friendship. It contrasts peaceful borders with Europe’s glare, praises Uncle Sam and Canada, and imagines a future when tensions fade and neighboring nations live without warlike show. The piece ends with a call for mutual respect and calmer relations.
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