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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1927
Page
8
X rays now aid advertising product testing and many trades. The article traces Roentgen’s discovery through a lab accident and shows X rays’ value in medicine, industry, chemistry, art forgery, inspection, railroad safety, construction, and even locating pearls in oysters, highlighting diverse, nonmedical applications.
Essayist Br H E Hershkovitz argues that voting and active citizenship bind Americans to democracy. He warns non-voting weakens national duty, cites Switzerland and Belgium as penalties for neglect, and elevates educated citizen leadership as essential to liberty and social progress.
The class of 1927 reflects on four years of study, praising patient perseverance and school ideals. They thank their friends and teachers, celebrate friendship, and look toward future manhood and womanhood with the school’s colors and ideals guiding onward steps.
Ann Harding of New York, star of The Woman Disputed, left for home from Chicago on the physician’s advice after three years of performances. An understudy, Louise Quinn of Chicago, was given her part in the production in Lowell Sherman’s company.
Alderman John J. Farmer and a committee of Remington residents met with Elmer H. Havens and Carroll R. Reed to press for a permanent school building to replace the Parade Avenue portable school wrecked by fire. They requested transportation to Summerfield School if needed, noting the board lacks funds for a new facility and may consider moving another portable to the site as an interim solution.
A tribute to Woodrow Wilson highlighting his wartime leadership and postwar diplomacy. It praises his domestic laws including the Underwood Tariff, Clayton Anti-Trust Act, Trade Commission Act, and Federal Reserve Act, and describes his shift from peace president to war president. It notes his open diplomacy, league of nations stance, and effort at self determination, ending with his lasting place in history.
In Hartford Judge Newell Jennings heard the Waterbury and Milldale Tramway company appeal of a Public Utilities Commission order granting New England Transportation a Plainville Danbury bus franchise via Milldale. The same plaintiff’s appeal against the commission denial of a similar franchise was heard. Attorneys Cassidy Lewie represented the appellants and Barnett represented New England Transportation.
Boston January 27 AP A warning from Charles H. Adams chairman of the Commission on the Necessaries of Life says a spring suspension of work in bituminous coal fields could leave Massachusetts in its worst fuel crisis yet. He spoke before the State committee on administration and finance supporting a bill to appoint a fuel administrator and continue the commission’s fuel work.
The first mid year graduating class of Warren Harding High School thanks Bridgeport friends and supporters for a well equipped school. The address expresses honor and gratitude and hopes the training received will prepare graduates to be alert conscientious and useful American citizens.
A discussion of African American music as the core of American song. It traces postwar preservation efforts, the Jubilee Singers tradition, and the Nashville mission school teachers who inspired the Fisk Jubilee Singers story and their early education programs.
Beatrice V. Lang recalls a childhood in Penyige Austria Hungary in 1928. She contrasts poverty and privilege, describing Pishta's hut, a four room home, and a visit to his family. The narrative contrasts class, labor, meals, and curiosity as she meets a scholarly neighbor and observes life beyond her village.
In a signed statement from the Sisters in charge at the Chidrenfe Home in Newburyport, they endorse Father Johns Medicine praising its use for coughs and as a builder of health. They declare it not a cough medicine but a food medicine successfully aiding children and replacing drugs and alcohol.
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