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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1925
Page
12
Bridgeport Telegram advertises subscription rates payable in advance with a weekly price and monthly option. The paper notes publication daily with Sunday editions by The Post Publishing Co. and lists contact details in Bridgeport Connecticut. It claims AP rights for news content and local coverage.
A collage of aphorisms and misquotes on religion democracy wealth and politics offers satirical snippets. It cites Germany cotton and mercury while quipping on the Senate Coolidge and a misquoted line about a wife and wedding.
A garbled excerpt extols lovers of work actors and lovers, urging focus on opportunity over reward. It praises steadfast hearts and trust, urging everyday virtue in personal endeavors and relationships. The text blends guidance on devotion and inner integrity with calls to cherish purposeful living.
This bulletin reports fair conditions for Northern New England on Saturday with increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures on Sunday. Passages describe fair and warmer weather for New York with Saturday mostly clear, clouding Sunday with rain or snow, and a warmer trend. A strong northwest disturbance moves from the St. Lawrence region toward eastern Newfoundland, while the high pressure over the interior maintains fair weather in the eastern half of the country and expects rain in parts of the Great Lakes area Sunday.
Astronomers have prepared for today’s total solar eclipse with timing, paths, and viewing guidance. Weather permitting, the free public event promises a brief under-two-minute spectacle with no rain checks or postponements.
A Fairfield County jury found Jake Levy of Compo Inn Westport guilty on seven counts of violating prohibition laws. He received a prison term of seven years and nine months. The article argues enforcement disparity favors the big offender over the small one.
The Wall Street Journal is criticized for a false claim about New Haven railroad woes. The piece notes the railroad moved 24,675,469 tons of freight in 1912 and 28,934,588 tons in 1923, arguing regional growth and truck competition did not explain the decline.
The passage notes the railroad’s higher freight handling capacity in demand, but its failure to meet annual quotas was blamed on the line’s own limits. It also mentions a belief in New England that Wall Street bankers manipulated New Haven finances, possibly explaining Wall Street Journal hesitancy to address the matter.
The article discusses Judge George W. Martin of New York linking rising youth crime to societal conditions and pervasive movie filth. It urges public action to marshal opinion against indecency and supports industry reform to protect youth.
Legislative committee invites senators and representatives to a meeting at City Hall on Tuesday to discuss bond issues and intro duction of measures. Town Clerk Joseph Wieler’s office has been renovated with a new paint job and varnish. Probate and Registrars offices may move from City Hall to the City National Bank building amid opposition. Tonight the Twelfth District Republican club hosts a grand housewarming with John T. King among notable guests. Senator Hiram Bingham eyeing speaking engagements, with mixed attendance from Washington.
Fragment from a Times page notes the administration sat mute, avoiding debate while leaving matters to the President’s discretion, with no objections raised by officials.
The New Haven Journal notes 1825 events: F B Morse returns to paint Dr Smith for Yale students and likely to be asked to paint Professor Silliman. Morse will also go to Washington in February to paint General Lafayette for New York City.
Readers respond to state plans for a park and Sherwood's Island, arguing preserved shore access against private use. Critics warn that ten year plans may raise property fences and deter public use, while praising public service yet lamenting potential land abandonment.
A reflective critic denounces modern novels for dull villains and godless slums. He longs for a stainless Bayard type hero who embodies virtue and courage and would rescue Eliza Jane in a tale of fire and glory.
A poem by Anne Campbell laments not hearing the whistles of trains. The speaker, heart heavy, watches trains pass and fade into the twilight, hoping one day for return and reunion with a loved one amid the smoke.
A collage of features from the Fun Shop includes a humorous ski jump tale by Traprock, a Bond-like editor’s gossip column announcing midwinter sales and a call for original humorous verse, poetry and anecdotes with payment terms. The piece also contains dialogue snippets and sketches about social scenes and a comic skit.
A 1926 editorial argues for American sympathy toward France's wartime sacrifices and current needs. It praises the Herriot liberal approach, urges neutral support for France's security and economic rehabilitation, and calls for a fair treatment of reparations and debts tied to Allied war costs.
A short parable about Ned Nearly who is always very nearly doing well. He misses breakfast, school, and jobs by slim margins, and ends life with a tombstone reading Here lies the body of Ned Nearly, no quite. The tale warns that very nearly is not enough.
A health education exposition in New York featured Dr. Thomas Darlington presenting ten health commandments. Rules include breathing with mouth closed, drinking water with meals, daily bathing, eating slowly, daily exercise, no eating during work, regular rest and Sunday respite, and seeking medical advice regularly. The piece frames these guidelines as paths to longer, healthier life.
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