Bridgeport Telegram Beginnings and Rate Details
The Bridgeport Telegram is a daily paper founded in 1681 published by Post Publishing Co at 140 Middle Street Bridgeport Conn. Advertising representatives listed in New York City and other offices. Open daily except Sunday, circulation via Associated Press news dispatches. Annual subscription and payment in advance noted.
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Associated Press
A LINE OF CHEER
A fragment from John Nesdrick Bangs includes reflections on hope and gratitude amid hard times. The speaker contrasts seeing weeds on the road with not yet perceiving the rose and notes belief in better days ahead.
Editorial Notes On Swatters And Oddities Of The Times
A jumble of satirical lines touches on crime trials and gambling, fashion, and urban quirks. References to White Sox insanity pleas, hoarded goods, a drug store beauty, and skeleton imports mix with remarks on rent, marriage, and summer frostbite, all in a clipped, headlined editorial mood.
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White Sox
Weather or Not Eo by Tom Gilliam Jr
Fragmentary 1921 text reflects seasonal fishing yarns and casual rural musings. Names and clear events are missing, leaving a poetic sketch of Beem boy hooks and flies and a chorus of colloquial sayings.
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Beem Boy
Aia Paris
Ashier
Weather forecast for New England with showers
Local showers and possible thunder showers expected Saturday with warm interior conditions. Sunday looks fair, with variable pressure over the Atlantic and a disturbance moving from the St. Lawrence Valley. Temperatures remain above normal across the Middle Atlantic and New England regions with unsettled conditions through the weekend.
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Pitates
St. Lawrence Valley
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Atlantis
New
Peogend
Einstein’s Compliments and American Reception Echoes
A columnist parodies Professor Albert Einstein after his visit to America, noting his mixed praise for England and skepticism toward U S. science. The piece defends Americans as hardworking yet mischaracterized by European peers, urging balance in judging a nation by its actions, not a few individuals.
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Albert Einstein
Germany
America
Princeton University
Oxford
Prof
Birstein
England
Cleopatra
Einstein
Wree
Horses and Humans in War-Lose.Lives vs Money Debate
Colonial Secretary Churchill says Britain plans to kill 40,000 transport horses in Mesopotamia rather than repatriate them, citing costs. The piece questions humane treatment and compares to 100,000 yearly US tuberculosis deaths that could be prevented with spending, suggesting money drives policy over lives.
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Great Britain
Churchill
Mesopotamia
Transport Service
England
United States
Summer Schools Expanding As Colleges Open Year Round
The article notes growing summer school enrollments across colleges led by Columbia with about 12 00 students. It argues higher education should stay open year round, cites social value, and suggests many Bridgeport youths miss opportunities for high school education due to financial or other barriers, urging summer access.
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Columbia University
Bridgeport
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Coaxing Prosperity Back in Washington
The President and Congress plan a reconstruction program to revive business within months. Administration leaders aim to lay a strong foundation for relief amid public impatience over congressional inaction. Longtime Leader Monde l defends Congress as efficient and well organized in handling the crisis.
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Washingtos
Congress
Lonse
Monde
The Laborer’s Evening Rest Amid Lime and Labour
A narrator recalls a hard week of farming, tending beans and potatoes under sun and sight of neighbors in their refined cars. He finds solace in quiet toil and a late-night indulgence, reflecting on worth, fatigue, and the meaning of his earthward labor despite others’ glare.
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Ward
Tothing
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Walt Henvest
Ana
Earth
Corn Guidance Forecast Signals Mixed Crop Prospects
Department of Agriculture early estimates show no record corn yield except possibly corn may exceed last year, while wheat and other crops face reductions. June conditions trimmed output, with corn down about one third from last year and apples expected to fall below 1905 levels. Wheat shows declines in winter and spring harvests, though favorable weather could lift overall output.
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Department of Agriculture
Acca
Rats on Premises Warned as Farm Property Threat
A damaged excerpt warns that rats on premises endanger a farm valued over 500 000 pounds and threaten human health. It notes diseases and losses, calls for action, and mentions a free Department of Agriculture bulletin with guidance. Washington informants offer a postage paid return for the bulletin.
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Department, of Agriculture
Washington
Ruri
Largest pipe organ and world records quiz from era science page
A collage of reader questions on topics from the world’s largest pipe organ in Wanamaker’s Philadelphia to a biography of J J Nigert and various trivia. It asks for organ sizes, walking records, civil service pass rates, mineral water sales, and Indian reservations, among other items.
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Wanamaker
Pibdladelphia
Cenlung Wall
Livestin
Germany
J. J. ‘Nigert
United States
John Jones ‘Nigert
Neshville
Tenn
OctnGary
Inaysas City
Bellbuckie
Vanderbilt University
Oxford
England
Flas
Yo MG
Army Wducational
Merert Merrier Isduithavkaon Briste
Waitea
Wife of Ohio publisher on trial for murder plans
Testimony in Cleveland reveals Mrs Katharine Kaber proposed paying others to harm her husband Daniel F. Kaber. Witness Urbans Di Carpo described offers of three to five thousand dollars to run him down or hire a gang. Proceedings include arsenic discussion and medical analysis.
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Cleveland
Ouin
Va Catherine Kaber
Daniel F. Kaber
Urbans di Carpo
Ares. Kaber
Haber
Bridgeport notices and personal items from 188
Bridgeport column recalls local events and people with notices of church sermons, ship activity, committee appointments, accidents, deaths, and marriages. It mentions rail plans, a singing festival profit, a new Congregational Methodist church, and obituaries for Captain John Lathrop Fitch and others, with brief community updates.
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Avion Singing Society
Hartford
Iligis Bask
New Haven
Fair Flaven
Seymour
Ansonia
Bridgeport
Language and pronunciation guidance from Friday's Queries
A list of questions about correct pronunciations and word usage. It covers alternate forms of verbs and nouns, proper verb substitutions in sentences, and preferred simple words. Includes notes on contractions and common dialect spellings with examples.
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Euston
Larre Hotel
Ivy Berries a Cure for Ivy Poisoning
Report notes a method to prevent ivy poisoning by consuming crushed ivy berries or applying a tincture of rhus tox poison ivy. Doses start with one berry or drop and gradually increase to twenty drops per meal, then maintain with a daily or weekly amount. Alternative protection includes thorough washing with alcohol or gasoline after woods exposure and soap and hot water scrubbing.
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Woods Hutchinson
M. D
Hobo Song by Berton Braley
A garbled verse piece titled Hobo Song lists Berton Braley as author and depicts themes of travel and evading pursuit. The fragmentary text references riding trains, dodging constables, and seeking freedom in transient life with repeated refrains about time to be going again and leaving the city.
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Miles
West, Point
Lavelette Perrin
D. D
Torrington
Ben
Lyman D. Brewster
Danbury
Robert Hubbard
Sterling House
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Coney Island
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George H. Lee
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Bridgeort
Southport
Edwin Bulkley
Agear
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John Lathrop Fitch
Frank Ford
Mein Street
St. Augustine Church
Thia Sity
Michael Cummings
Park Avenue
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