Bridgeport Telegram founded and publishing details
The Bridgeport Telegram founded text notes the publication by The Post Publishing Co at 40 Middle Street Bridgeport Conn with daily issues except Sunday. It lists circulation audit membership and Associated Press credits and mentions department exchanges and daily publication rhythm.
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Bridgeport
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A Line of Cheer by John Mendrick Bangs
A short economic reflection urges balancing income and outgo to gain ease and peace. The piece presents practical advice framed as a brotherly exhortation about managing finances. It contrasts net worth with expenses to promote financial stability.
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John Mendrick Bangs
Editorial notes on modern woes and old-world follies
A mosaic of punchy quips on pedestrians, weather forecasts, tariffs, moonshine, theater ticket speculators, and social vices. It notes warship decay, fashion decree backlash, rumor denial, labor strikes in Hawaii, and cautions against sidewalkspitting while commenting on Europe’s war memory and population trends.
Jingle Walt Mason's Daily Round Up
A satirical verse about rounding up Reds, sending them to jail or exile, with jokes about Emma Goldman and a second ark voyage. It envisions vengeance on perceived dissenters and a Russia-embracing conclusion with chaotic imagery.
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Avenger
Red Avsawvill
Russia
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Emma
Dirks
Clean Streets Demand Emergency City Cleanup
Bridgeport faces multi million debt but advocates urge raising funds by thousands to clear streets and sidewalks promptly. Snow and sleet worsen conditions, yet effort lags. Taxpayers seek practical economy that protects walkers during influenza season.
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Bridgeport
What Helps Farmers Most The Power Of Agricultural Press
A 23800‑farmer survey shows words spark the most farmer progress. County agents and farm bureaus rate highly, while the agricultural press acts as a national school, expanding perspectives beyond local crops. The result is higher yields per acre and vastly greater output in the United States compared to Belgium England Germany and Italy.
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Department of Agriculture
Farm ‘Bureau
Agricultural
Flo
American Board of ‘Foreign Missions
Connecticut
New Haven
Tolland
Litchfield
Middlesex
Fairfield
Hartford
New London
Windham
Woman's Board
Postwar Outlook Urges Focus On Future Over Probes
The piece criticizes Admiral Sims charges as a chance for Congress to relitigate the war and dodge present problems. It argues reconstruction, readjustment, railroads, prices, and taxes demand attention while war investigations drift. The war is over, it notes, and progress requires turning to the future rather than endless debates.
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Admiral Sims
Congress
America
Army
New Jersey sidesteps prohibition in inaugural vow
Governor Edwards vows to do every lawful thing to defeat prohibition and urges legislature to refuse ratification of the eighteenth amendment. He condemns state defiance as unlawful, noting attorney general actions against Reds and deportations for similar rhetoric.
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Edwards
New Jersey
Immigration Department
Department
Charles J. Fowler
Grand Army of the State
New Haven
Waterbury
Hantford
Benior
Quartermaster General
Treasury
Admiral Foote
Morning Courier
B. Beer
Post
Ios Howe
Isobel Elsom backs beauty and intelligence mix
London asks if pretty women are intelligent. Isobel Elsom admits beauty and intelligence, others hedge. Seymour Hicks says beautiful women are intelligent enough to be pretty, others deny link or note surroundings alter perception. Overall view favors believing beauty may accompany intelligence.
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London
Isobel Elsom
Theater
Seymour Hicks
OH MAN Speech Night Reflections and Stage Nerves
A narrator recalls a post dinner pause and nervous energy as speeches begin. The crowd laughs and remains buoyant while the chair announces the event ending. The speaker regrets missed quips that would have landed well.
Humpty Dumpty at the Opera House in Bridgeport
Bridgeport notes a bustling winter scene with Humpty Dumpty at the Opera House this evening, church collections, a moving highway of mud on Main Street, and many civic plans. The town records cold weather, flood warnings, a winter walking match, and a broad range of local events from prayer meetings to railroad news and a planned dam project in Danbury.
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Humpty Dumpty
Opera House
German Reformed Church
Sspital Fund
First Presbyterian Church
Bradley H. Hull
W. B. Palmer
Danbury
McArthur Brothers
Stockbridge
Mass
Harry Buckingham
State Street
New Haven
Trinity Church
Vennor
Venner
Lewis W. Booth
Tougrpes
Europe
Mutual “Benefi Lite Co
Hartford
D. M. Read
Bridgeport Scientific Society
Viram
Maxim
Clarence Sterling
Superintendent Barnes
City Electrician
Favorite Poems Wendell Phillips
James Russell Lowell presents a poem about Wendell Phillips who stands at the world’s threshold as battles rage. He rejects easy fame and power, chooses the weaker side, and seeks closer communion with God and the enduring good of humanity.
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Wendell Phillips
James Russell Lowell
Jefferson Quote on Newspapers and Government
A Jefferson quotation argues that governments depend on public opinion and that newspapers are essential to a functioning polity. It posits a preference for newspapers over a government without them, asserting the primacy of a free press in democratic life.
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Thomas Jefferson
First Step Toward Tobacco Prohibition Press Commentary
Cincinnati Times Star comments on tobacco reform as a first victory for prohibitionists. It notes South Carolina Senate passage of a smoking ban in hotels and public places, warns against complacency, and mocks regional governors for overzealous anti smoking campaigns. It frames prohibition as a looming, contentious issue.
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Cincinnati Times Star
South Carolina
State Senate
North Carolina
Americanizing the Prince of Wales in Baltimore Sun tone
An untethered column notes the Prince of Wales captivates American women with 45000 letters weekly, implying royal allure remains strong. It also includes brief obituary-like notices for Edith Pennuy and Jutta Buller Pennuy with ages and funeral details.
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Jutta D
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Mary Buller Pennuy
ASK QUESTIONS Information Bureau offers free factual answers
The Telegram Information Bureau in Washington, directed by Frederic J. Haskin, provides prompt confidential factual replies to inquiries. State questions briefly and include a 2 cent return stamp. no charge beyond postage.
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SHE Telegram Information Bureau
Washington, D.C
Frederic A. Haskin
Telegram Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Costs of a modern battleship and related Q&A
A long trivia list discusses the cost of a modern battleship around 29 million dollars, compares it to capital costs in Washington, and covers questions about pensions for Civil War veterans, the Reign of Terror, envelopes, farm land values, congressional investigations, married presidents, Armistice front line percentages, and Columbia College’s establishment with notes on notable historical figures.
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Navy Department
Washington
France
A. J
Rumange
Rathe
AJA. C. A
Romague, Sons
Montfaucon
Meuse
Robespierre
England
United States
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Department of Agriculture
Department
Congress
Hitchcock
Senate
W. A
Trier
Fillmore
Benjamin Herrison
Roosevelt
Wilson
Tyler
Investigation into Powhatan disabling at sea
Washington reports an official board found no Bolshevik involvement by Powhatan crew or others. The vessel’s coal bunkers failed in a heavy gale, allowing coal to shift and clog pumps, causing flooding as engineers were ordered to abandon the engine room.
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Washington
New York
War Department
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