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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1923
Page
10
The article surveys Roman stagnation under wealth and autocracy, noting scarce scientific progress despite public learning. It highlights Lucretius, Archimedes, and Herodes Atticus as solitary sparks, while mass misery and official control stifled inquiry and liberty.
A chaotic OCR fragment shows a garbled exchange about answering calls, names like MAS SIMS 401 and NORA, a request to spell on photographs, and scattered phrases such as GOOD BYE and HOLD THE WIRE. The piece reads like stray chat bits from a telephone switchboard log with unclear context.
A fragmented OCR style dialogue records a phone inquiry about service status. The exchange notes a nonfunctional bell and subsequent confirmation that the service works. The chatter includes acknowledgments and routine calls with times and responses.
Washington D C January 25 The Panama Canal is entering a growth phase after years of adversity The November 1922 report projects tolls reaching 15 million dollars in the year ending June 30 1928 Traffic rose through 1920 and 1922 with tolls surpassing early expectations The article argues the canal will repay its 40 million dollar cost within about 25 years aided by rising traffic and indirect government revenue By tonnage and cargo throughputs rising the canal strengthens U S shipping and tax earnings while French investment is expected to yield indirect returns through continued passage of vessels
Federal court heard charges against promoter Dan T Teil Bh and George W Neu ville cashier of Bank of Dun nefton for allegedly operating through the malls a scheme to defraud Merman Mandelbaum, a local merchant, in a $25,000 fraud.
Felix C. Rauland known as Rustand an animal trainer died at New Haven hospital after days of illness from heart disease. He was 51, survived by his wife and two sons, and had worked with amusement parks demonstrating trained Lions amid frequent litigation over their performances. A year earlier he won a judgment involving three lions in a civil tax case and had them attached at night until a sheriff aided their seizure when his truck became stuck in mud.
Mrs. August Berger’s home at 171 Whitney Avenue was robbed yesterday afternoon. Police report valuables worth 244 dollars and 40 dollars in cash taken, including an evening gown, several dresses, and eight underskirts.
Violet Jerrold pursues Murray Stewart at Mrs Wakeland's party while Cynthia Brent forms a bond with him. Violet resents the working girl’s charm and plots to outshine the rival as the scene closes with Violet vowing to win back the attention and dominance in the social circle.
Court action in Washington seeks depositions from William J. Burns of the Justice Department Bureau of Investigation and R M Whitney of the American Defense Society. Twenty one communists arrested at Bridgeman Michigan on August 22 are the defendants in contempt proceedings. Justice Hoehling ordered Whitney to answer questions from the communists’ attorney, overruving his privilege claim as a newspaper man.
Hartfort Jan 4 23 officers meet to discuss transferring the Connecticut State Agricultural Society charter from Berlin to the Connecticut Mail Association Tric. The move would make Charter Oak Fair the sole state authorized exhibitor and enable a $4000 state appropriation for exhibits. Signing would end Berlin’s 15 year exclusive right to award state premiums.
In Jessup Maryland on January 23 fourteen inmates at the Maryland House of Correction were struck by birdshot and four guards injured as inmates rioted over breakfast. More than a thousand prisoners participated. Warden Williams Lankford urged a return to orderly grievance methods after the meal was abandoned and work refused. Most inmates were described as Black.
A Southeast Russian bride on her wedding eve asks villagers for gifts. Upon return her hat is cut, then she wears a turban or wrapped headgear as a marker of married status. the hat removal becomes the visible divide between married and single women.
Frederick W. Hamilton of the Supreme Council warns that no Scottish Rite Mason in Massachusetts may be a Klansman. The notice aligns with actions by the Massachusetts Grand Masonic Lodge and Blue Lodge to forbid Klan membership, barring all Scottish Rite Freemasons from joining the Ku Klux Klan.
New York January 23 announcement that the National Association of Marine Engineers has seceded from the American Federation of Labor due to opposition within the AS of T to the Ship Subsidy Bill, which the engineers union supports.
Spokane dispatch reports three unidentified miners killed and 30 overcome by gas when a fire broke out at the Morning mine of Federal Mining and Smelting Co in Multain Idaho seven miles from Wallace. Thirty men were hoisted from the 2000 foot level to safety and recovered. Fire remained in the west end later, though dampness was expected to slow flames.
Footprints in the snow traced a path through fields to Otter River and a river break where Christine B. Smith of Athol apparently killed herself. A note to her husband Arlington Smith read I can't make it, Good bye, Artie, found near the edge of the river. Police reported no visible struggle before the act.
Washington January 23 a congressional probe of rising suit and overcoat cloth prices was urged in the Senate today. The suggestion came amid questions over who is responsible for the price increases as manufacturers and retailers face scrutiny from lawmakers.
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