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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1920
Page
6
Historic Bridgeport Telegram page notes 1897 founding and daily publication with ads, postal info, and a poem by John Hendrick Banes praising freedom and conscience. The fragment references Metropolitan Tower New York, a Barnum exchange, and the paper’s advertising and circulation notes.
An assortment of jumbled notes ponders workers, class, and taste in modern life. It touches on shipyard workers, clerks, and salaried men, with scattered musings on authority, gullibility, and social differences amid a disjointed, faded voice.
Jon Y D Sullivan of 382 Warren Street has run an express business in Bridgeport for 32 years, 25 of them at the Atlantic hotel. His signs are a local institution and the Morse draw wagon era faded with new competition. Known to friends as the Old Buzz, Sullivan’s long career reflects changes in the city’s express services.
A Bridgeport salary vote of 900 a year for aldermen draws a Coolidge rebuke, misquoted from a Massachusetts veto speech. The piece accuses Mayor Wilson and aldermen of greed, contrasts public service with pay, and argues the governor’s critique exposes a lapse in public duty.
Trustees argue trolley service cannot survive jitney competition. They claim the company cannot cover expenses if services stop. The public already prefers quick five cent jitneys to slower six to twelve cent trolley fares. The trustees hint at an alternative but offer nothing concrete. What would be gained if jitneys are driven out?
An article argues Volstead’s loss to a Non-Partisan league backed candidate was not about Prohibition. The victorious Rev. Mr. Kvale is described as a dry preacher, with coverage noting the liquor issue played no role. Local papers dispute the race centered on enforcement and people’s interests rather than the federal ban.
An evocative aphorism attributed to Ruskin frames pride as the root of errors. The quotation underscores how inflated self regard often leads to missteps across endeavors and eras.
A historic poem extolls Old Glory, urging unity under the Stars and Stripes. It recalls wartime resolve, church and home support, and the call to defend the nation with courage, faith, and national pride across North, South, East, and West.
The apartment of Walter de Mumm, a wealthy Parisian champagne baron, is being auctioned to benefit the state. The sale includes 15th century cabinets and rich tapestries, expected to fetch over 500,000 francs, drawing many prominent Paris residents. A separate incident reports Alex Johnson jailed after resisting an officer at Shelton and Wallet streets.
A fragmented verse laments toil and high rents while praising steady labor. It contrasts workers rewarded by dinner with dreamers who lack support, urging perseverance and condemning rent burdens and idle protest as threats to the nation. The piece rails against quitting work and calls work salvation for the nation.
Cameron Motors of New York sues Holmes Manufacturing of Shelton for 1 million dollars alleging breach of contract over six cylinder motors. Plaintiff seeks damages over 2 million, claiming Holmes failed to deliver 5,000 motors and copied Cameron design to market a competing product. Case to be heard in fall term of the Superior Court. attorney John A. Como, Jr. represents Cameron.
Evangeline Booth, head of the Salvation Army in America, told British reporters that if prohibition in the United States is repealed she would oppose mass demonstrations by women against the law. She argued prohibition has reduced incidents and improved health and employment, while noting Salvation Army industrial homes now face funding struggles as men shift to other shelters.
George M. Eames, superintendent of the Singer Manufacturing Company and president of the Board of Parks Commissioners, oversaw a surgical procedure last week to remove tonsils and adenoids in a campaign to improve discharge quarters at Stratton operation in Bridgeport hospital.
Reports say Officer Bagley is rapidly recovering from injuries sustained in a Saturday auto collision near a police box on North Main Street. The crash involved two vehicles, with Bagley nearby as responders and others injured, details forthcoming.
The article revisits Harmony Pennsylvania and the Bejamin era founded by George Rapp. It details a 19th century communal experiment where work and produced goods were shared, no debt or middlemen, and a future of self sufficiency. It covers settlers from Germany who formed farms, factories, and a self contained town with collective goals and cultural life.
A scrambled OCR item presents a series of questions on suffrage, military uniforms, astronomy, health, and history. It cites figures on voter counts, uniform costs, disease control, and notable names, with answers suggesting ongoing public inquiry and educational prompts.
Dr William H Day preached on Old Liberty Bell during Independence Day service at Red Guard yesterday morning linking political and religious liberty. He cited Pilgrims land at Provincetown, warning that spiritual freedom will shape political freedom. Mrs Elm Beardsley organized music with a ten solo by Louis D Ginand.
Bayard Cavanaugh and Joseph Sparta Lag were arraigned in city court Saturday morning on manslaughter charges for the deaths of George Damas and Jane Peaty after trucks they drove collided a week ago. The record includes scattered reminiscences and fragmented testimony about village life and historic societal tensions unresolved in court.
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