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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1923
Page
8
Bridgeport Telegram lists subscription rates Mail payable in advance. Publication weekly Sunday by the publishing Co Bridgeport open every day and night. Members Audit Bureau of Circulation Associated Press credit for news dispatches and local news. Foreign advertising reps noted.
A mosaic of clipped editorial witticisms and remarks spans politics crime and culture. It laments silence as currency, notes a drug market paradox, reports a police autoist pursuit, and predicts winter winds turning warmer returning north. It cites John D Rockefeller’s gift to college and laments fashion norms from hats to class travel.
Cloudy and colder in Southern New England on Monday with unsettled conditions and likely rain or snow through Tuesday. High pressure off Bermuda and over the Great Lakes region contrasts with low Pacific coast pressure, bringing general rains to Atlantic and New England states and cooler temperatures inland. Winds shift from fresh westerlies north of Sandy Hook to fresh southwest then north and northeast along the coast. Weather observed around 8 p.m. shows 75 at New Haven. A Moviescope device enables home projection of pictures via ordinary room lighting, offering a moving image with viewer-operated pace and mood dependent on the viewer.
In a detailed critique, the highway budget outlines two years of appropriations led by Charles J. Bennett. He questions a proposed truck toll lane from Bridgeport to Greenwich and urges careful planning while noting Bennett’s absence from on-site decisions. The piece weighs a proposed $1,000,000 for new trunk lines against potential multi-headed commissions and warns against diverting motor-vehicle revenues from maintenance.
The governor and critic view Senator Ells proposed bill as granting the fuel administrator despot power to seize fuel and commandeer transport while bypassing courts. Opponents warn such extraordinary authority threatens constitutional safeguards and liberty, urging regular deliberation over rushed passage.
The piece questions intelligence tests used by the American Psychological Research Society. It cites examples like the Absent Minded Professor and Edgar Lee Masters to argue that memory of facts does not equal wisdom. It argues that ancient thinkers knew less facts yet may be wiser, and predicts people may doubt intelligence tests as true measures.
Coblenz January 21 A 50 room castle on the Rhine opposite Coblenz with furnishings and fifteen acres of vineyards is offered for sale for 1000. F Machau of Chicago an army official who will depart with American troops has bought his wife's father an apartment house at Mayenich comprising six three room apartments and a plot of land for 65. An American army officer ordered a hunting rifle a year ago valued at 100 and yesterday paid the mark equivalent for it or thirty cents in American money.
Washington January 21 Army plans for the defense of the Panama Canal will be thoroughly tested in the week ending February 24. The United States will be mobilized for spring maneuvers as the hostile force threatening the waterway.
The piece laments rising accidental deaths since 1950 after a prior decline. It blames lack of public conscience for the loss of 714 lives per million annually versus England's 369. It urges an awakening of intelligent Americans to remedy the trend and preserve life.
Kansas City January 21. A new Citizens Anti-Ugly Protective Association forms as the first incorporated effort to clean sidewalks, highways, alleys and buildings. Financed by seven citizens led by Joseph Meinrath, the group has already removed tattered placards and posters from walls. They seek city council ordinances to curb obnoxious signboards and filling stations on boulevards and residence streets. The seven leaders dub themselves the anti ugues, aiming to beautify the city and inspire a nationwide movement.
The verse promotes thrift through a playful mock doc on bank savings and prudent living. It warns that waste leads to hardship in old age while praising saving to secure a comfortable future despite the speaker’s humorous misprints. The piece encourages disciplined spending and steady deposits to weather rainy days.
Free expressions of opinion invited from Telegram readers. Letters must be signed with full name and address, though name may be confidential if desired. Letters over 600 words will be shortened by editors. Anonymous communications will not be considered.
Editor argues coal access and pricing impact daily life and city plans. Carts peddling coal substitute unreliable orders. 15 16 dollar rates rise to 20 dollars a ton. Emphasis on supporting Connecticut markets boosts employment and prosperity.
The culture department says rabbit meat can replace beef in chicken feed, signaling a developing industry in rabbit farming. The Q and A also cover Congress majorities, lightest substance hydrogen, meadow versus pasture, formal address, osteopathy recognition, camel speeds, Easter date, and early U.S. cotton mills.
A critical verse critiques pretentious analysts who sneer at obvious facts. It mocks pacifist stances during conflict and later claims of corrected theories or predictions. The speaker accuses these figures of arrogance, mismatch between claims and outcomes, and harmful impact on others.
In this Angelo Patri piece Bert admires a young teacher who focuses on grammar and poetry. He plots a dramatic mischief a red apple stunt to gain her notice, imagining a dramatic apology and future friendship, but the plan backfires as she dismisses his stunt.
A girl robbed a guest on Main Street yesterday and three people were arrested. John Lopes of 775 Main Street and Carrie Jones of 63 High Street allegedly lured the guest to her home and Jones took $16. Robert Hall of 68 High Street assisted in hiding the money.
Reports indicate a technical breach of peace led to the arrest of Miss Jones and Hall. Both were charged with breach of peace. the women's bonds were set at 200 dollars, while Harold Gust was held on a 60 dollar bond, with a similar amount requested for Hall.
Kirke Hart, a retired Albion banker and among Orleans county’s wealthiest men, died at his Albion home at noon after a daylong stroke. A Harvard graduate from the class of 1898, he was widely known in the community.
Dr Royal S Copeland NY City Health Commissioner argues age is a condition of organs and vessels not years. He warns over eating drinking overworking and worry accelerate old age and stresses keeping arteries soft through simple eating, moderation, cheerfulness and hygiene to avoid premature aging. He notes modern life stress and poisons from digestive problems threaten youth and health. He invites readers to submit questions to his medical column.
A reader asks about a 50 year old mother with two prior strokes and new vision cloudiness and incomprehensible speech. Advice: have her physician examine her, check blood pressure and urine, and note recovery is slow as speech and head symptoms clear last. The second question asks if a 5 month old baby weighing 14 pounds is overweight and whether orange juice is appropriate and how much.
Dr Abraham Flexner, secretary for the Board of Education or Rockefeller Foundation, will survey Greenwich public schools at the request of George Vincent. The high school now houses over 600 pupils from a 259 capacity, with a proposed new building costing 909000. His report to the school committee will be made public at a joint meeting with the board of Estimate and Taxation.
A home on Benson Road in Fairfield was entered while the Miller family was away and jewelry and money valued at about 25 dollars were stolen. Constable H R Edwood leads the investigation into a wave of similar break ins in the area, occurring before 3 o'clock yesterday.
Thomas Hurley of 126 East Main Street was arrested Saturday night for damage to property while allegedly intoxicated. He is accused of smashing two large windows at the Sadore, elowita store on 85 Mapile.
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