Peoples Gas Biles Chicago Telephone Barnum 6100
Bridgeport daily notice from The Post Publishing Co stating offices open for exchange with all departments and grand night hours. Mentions Associated Press exclusive rights to news dispatches and local news published in the paper.
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Peoples Gas Biles
Chicago
Barnum
Exchange
THE
Post Publishing CO
Middle Street
Bridgeport
Conn
Associated Press
Associated Prees
Tao
Thia Pamer
Lao
A Line O Cheer John Kendrick Sings
A fragmentary literary item presents John Kendrick singing lines praising a farmer who feeds the urban poor. The text contrasts city dwellers with farmers who plow and harvest, suggesting reliance on rural labor for sustenance and community.
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Rend
Smet
Editorial Notes on Mars and Iron Men Merits Mixed Wit
Scribal fragmentary notes discuss politics and society with varied allusions. References touch on Mars, Hoover era politics, Russia, Turkey, music therapy, Harvard salaries, clergy views on smoking, refrigerator shortages, farm eggs, a German-born man’s arrest, ancient Rome money, and a joke about mandolin clubs now in college jazz bands.
Walt Masons Daily Single Panics And Predictions
The piece mocks financial panic with humorous verse about wise men, looming catastrophes, and the urge to save now. It lampoons gas brands, hoarding, and the idea of tough times ahead, urging cautious planning and thrift to endure future stress.
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Titanic
Autocracy parallels seen in Albany against socialists
The piece denounces autocratic action in Albany mirroring Tsarist Russia by denying seats to socialist representatives. It argues democracy must prevail by persuasion, not suppression, warning that denying minority representation risks undermining democratic principles and fate. Enduring 143 years, democracy may survive the current fray.
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Russia
Siberia
Duma
Albany
Speaker Sweet
Brusiloff Leads Bolshevik Armies Against Poland
The article notes General Brusiloff, famed for Russian eastern front attacks, as an unwilling bolshevist commander atop an immense but poorly armed force. It questions the purpose of his leadership, suggesting possible aims against Poland and German trade interests, with broader implications for Europe and a wary hope his offensive stays within Russia.
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Brusiloff
Lenine
Poland
France
Russia
Europe
Germany
The New Secretary of the Treasury
The appointment of Mr. Houston a former agriculture secretary to treasury head invites critique of party politics over merit. He rose from Missouri agricultural college professor to treasury at a critical time amid currency concerns, with geography cited as the main virtue of the choice.
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Houston
United States
Missouri
Treasury of
Treasury
Adoo
Tardy Courts and the Berger Stokes Espionage Case
A letter argues Victor Berger and Rose Pastor Stokes, accused and convicted under the espionage act, remain free on bail and preach anarchist ideas. It questions court tardiness, urging precedence of their cases to curb what the writer calls treasonous influence and dangerous rhetoric.
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Victor Berger
Rose Pastor Stokes
Bridgeport Forty Years Ago In The Standard Jan 31 1880
Bridgeport news recounts a muddy week with light frost then notes Howe’s Factory to run ten hours daily starting February 8. Reports include court docket, parish collections for Irish poor, fare cuts on the Naugatuck road, property index revisions, social events, and local incidents such as theft arrests and a fraudulent bank check.
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Bridgeport
Howe
Favorite Poems and Social Highlights in Bridgeport
A mixed page shows a poem by H. J. Massingham amid Bridgeport social notes. Guests, committees, and a grand supper mark a late night club gathering with dances, flowers, and centerpieces. Reports on Faith Mission work note conversions, pledges, baptisms, and fundraising totals. Births, marriages, and obituaries fill the notices with local names and addresses.
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C. R. Palmer
COMMENT OF THE PRESS ON JITNEY SERVICE AND TRACK CONDITIONS
The piece notes jitneys use downtown routes and rely on trolley company snow clearing. It argues jitneys benefit from the trolley’s work yet worsen tracks by packing snow, causing trolley wheels to slip. Authors reflect on winter service cuts and trolley bankruptcies amid receiverships.
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Jimmey
Holiey Company
Uver
Troleylings
Telegram Information Bureau Promises Free Fact Replies
The Telegram Information Bureau in Washington, directed by Frederic J. Haskin, offers prompt factual answers to readers questions. State questions briefly and enclose a 2 cent stamp for return postage. Inquiries are confidential and there is no charge beyond the stamp.
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Telegram Information Bureau
Washington, D.C
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Answers to Questions First. Americas Race
A reader Q and G provide concise historical and factual Q&A items: first international yacht race sailed August 22, 1851 by America's yacht defeating Aurora. rural delivery mail rights on Sundays holidays and when office operations permit. letters A FLY G stand for American Heroes in Germany. President Wilson practiced law in Atlanta 1882-3 after Virginia 1881 degree. Admiral Sims reprimanded for a Guild Hall speech portion. George Bernard Shaw has no brothers, sister Elinor Agnes died 1876, sister Lucinda Frances married Charles Butterfield. US produced 9,503 training and 7,889 service planes by November 1918. current welterweight wrestling champion unclear with several contenders. 18-year-old can enlist without parental consent. Greek Christmas observed January 6. Drake named Golden Hind in memory of Sir Christopher Hatton. influenza cause partly understood with US Public Health Service booklet available on request.
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George ‘Bernard. Shaw
Elinor Agnes
Lucinda Frances
Charles Butterfield
C. FL S. A
Francis Drake
Christopher Hatton
W. RE _A
United States Public Health Service Hs
Washington Information ‘Bureau of
Humane Treatment and Murder Allegations Stir Readers
A letter to the editor denounces killing animals for fashion and praises humane sentiment. Separate item from New York reports states Georg W. Barry, a Coal Artillery corps mechanic, indicted by a federal grand jury in Brooklyn for the March murder of Sergeant Frank H. King in his sleep at Fort Totten, Long Island.
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Mrs. Jones
Simon Louis Katzoff
New York
Georg' Ww. Barry
Coal Artillery Corps
Brooklyn
Sergean
Frank H. King
Totten
L. I
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Members Audit Bureau of Dinculation
John Kendrick Sangs
Mars
Hamby
Mary
Onan Doyle
Heaven
Hoover
Belgium
ML Klishke
America
Chap
Heinie
Turkey
Bet
Harvard
Oregon
Oklahoma
Rome
Lege
Walt Mason
ST. Petersburg and Albany
Secretary OF the Treasury
Standard
Common Council
Superior Court
Henry. Bishop, Jr
Ireland
Gasbury
Naugatuck Road
Messrs
Frank PR. Norman
Michael Sheridan
Charles E. Wilmot
Emmet’ Hall
George Smith
Norwich
William J. Cook
Ledyard
Grand Army of the State
Cook
Conn. Cavalry
Vennor
Richard “ Durty
David A. Smith
Duffy
Hartford Evening Posts
Gideon HL. Mollister
Litchfield
Connecticut
Hollister
Mutual Hook and Ladder Co
Stratford
Masonic Hall
Hiram Maxim
Clarence Sterling
Opera House
Maxim
Sterling
Wm. A. Barnes
Connecticut National Guard
National Guard
P. J. White
Ansonia
David M. Read
First National Bank of Litc Hleld
Win. FL South & Co
George E. Jones
Read
Charles Read
George
E. Jones
Jones
Marsh
H. J. Massingham
London
Shawn
Iute
Christ
Galilee
W. H. Stevenson
Messrs. Warner
Hawley
van Reeuren
Messrs. Y. Ba
Warren
John
MM. Kawiley
L. N. Vani
Ceuren
George L. Porter
Br. F. B. Downs
T. R. Crittenden
J. H. Sterling
Juteazer Parmly
Zalmon Goodsell
Wm. E. Seeley
H. W. Parrott
Frank FP
Norman
L. Y W. Segee
Guess
Mess. Sorrliman
Way of Waterburrs
Barrows
Whittlesey
Phillips
New Haven
Hall
Eames
Eggs
Parrott
Cogswell
Downs
Johnston
Atkinson
Carpenter
Benham
Lupton
Frary
Hartstrom
Lewis
Wes
Banford
Bouton
Miss Tvunham
Ne van Keuren
Miss Way
Hunley
Patrick Kane
Trish Relief Fund
Pomeroy
Thig
H. J. Jepson
Scranton
Zizlemann
Henry Schelbel, Jr
Mary Aberdorfer
Angeline
Thomas Wheeler
Aurora
H. G. Re
Post Office Department
Wilson
Atlanta
University of Virginia
Admiral Sims
England
William Howard Taft
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