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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1922
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR notes from Bridgeport Telegram of 1891 describe the newspaper’s publication details, carrier week schedule, and Associated Press rights. It references The Post Publishing Co at 0 Middle St Bridgeport Conn with circulation audit notes and metropolitan advertising offices.
A fragmented wall of quotes and musings on modern life. Mentions price drops and consumer caution, rail strikes affecting farmers, women and work, cinema as escape, optimism versus cynicism, and social habits. Notes on jazz, moviegoing, money, and capital shaping daily activity. A mix of aphorisms and brief observations, reflecting a newspaper’s late‑edition wit.
Partly cloudy Wednesday and Thursday with scattered thunder showers likely in the Atlantic states. Temperatures to rise slightly in the mid Atlantic area, winds from the south, and generally overcast to partly cloudy skies. High pressure remains over the Atlantic. daylight saving time notes and tides listed.
The Vatican placed all Anatole France books on the Catholic Index Expurgatorius, denying them to followers. Within forty eight hours New York Public Library reports a surge in demand for his writings. The piece argues readers seek to judge for themselves and criticizes letting authority dictate reading choices.
Benjamin Franklin's question is examined in a prose piece about living for others. It reflects on doctors easing pain in hospitals, social workers aiding the poor, and the Salvation Army, noting skeptics, faith, and the idea that life is worth living when spent helping others. The essay mentions Mrs. Thompson and the swing of wages returning to normal America.
Mrs Mary Azint Thompson of Winthrop Maine declares at age ten percent many youths are harmed by modern trends. She claims today s girls are smarter yet share the same faults as former generations and recalls old church coal stoves in winter.
An antiquated reflection cites Emerson on world finances, suggesting a pattern of economic strain followed by growth. The text argues that after 1850 the world did not collapse but entered a long period of commercial expansion and rising prosperity, misattributing cycles to repeated history.
The text notes that in 1863 a few gypsies were brought for silkworm cross-breeding experiments. A couple escaped and multiplied into a strain noted for endurance and multiplication. It argues insects show greater endurance than humans, and that mental power drives supremacy and endurance, while physical development is secondary.
The Christian Science Monitor questions the rebound of college graduates suggesting the nation’s myth of certainty is overstated. Ed Howe questions red flags provoking bulls, noting personal experience contradicts the stereotype and that most beliefs about graduates are false.
A comic fragment portrays Brian lamenting a wife who is energetic to excess. The narrator contrasts Daisy with his own spouse delayed by chores and scrubbing. He recalls Grocer Giggs marrying Daisy due to her lively nature, while he worries about a dull, unhappy life.
Sennee and Schnee, city realtors for the Public Library, bought the adjoining Kline Building from Abel Kline of New York for about $35,009. A cash payment of $27,000 closes the deal, with a first mortgage of $25,000 via Peoples Savings Bank and a second mortgage of $25,700. Acquisition will give the library deeds to the entire Main Street frontage to Liberty Street and clear an alleyway between the Worary building and the new property.
Ann M Kinnefaiter of Darien begins injunction proceedings in Superior Court to bar Carl Weisheit owner of a large dining hall from using a right of way through her property for guest parking. She seeks temporary injunction and damages. Judge Samuel C Young of Stamford issues the order. A separate note mentions a South African gold mint installing an underground pumping plant with 8 million gallons a day capacity.
A scattered report surveys prominent pitchers and hitters including Walter Johnson Rube Marquard Bob Shawkey D force Carl Mays and Joe Bush with mentions of Matty and Mary as fans seek the latest updates on their form and form and season status in a lively sports column vibe.
The piece advises parents not to expect a child to meet adult standards and suggests using a charted rating system for daily manners and conduct. It argues for gradual, intrinsic motivation, with a month or two of scores and occasional rewards to encourage improvement, warning against overuse.
Fire ending after hours aboard the Nieuw Amsterdam halts work in Berlin printers strike. Wages rise to include increases in salaries from 150 to 200 marks, ending the stoppage and resuming daily newspaper production in Berlin.
Royal S Copeland outlines the abdominal cavity and peritoneum, defining peritonitis and its types. He explains signs such as fever, pain, vomiting, and abdominal tenderness, and offers basic first aid: heat or cold applications and small ice for vomiting.
A reader asks about crusty scales on the legs and headaches with constipation. Dr Copeland suggests a link between constipation and skin trouble, recommends skin specialist if no improvement, notes eczema may stem from diet and urges a child specialist for infants. Caution against sharing combs, and invites self addressed stamped envelopes for more info.
Sergeant Samuel Joseph, a vocational telegraphy trainer, is praised as the most wounded man of the World War. He served with the First Division, survived 17 months on the firing line without a wound, then was shot 102 times in battles three days before the armistice, undergoing 18 operations and 9 hospital stays, losing toes but fully recovering.
J Elrod from the University of Montana explains timber line as the elevation where trees cease to grow. It varies with latitude and climate, highest near the equator and lower toward the poles, with examples from the tropical Andes to Colorado and northern Montana.
Vice President Calvin Coolidge told the Buffalo Ellicots club that reconstruction has restored stability and that Americanism must guide policies. He urged unity to lead the nation and called for Mexico and Russia to establish order and protect foreign lives and property to gain recognition.
Washington July 11 Senator Borah Idaho chair of the Senate Labor committee said government control of the coal industry will come eventually and that a presidential commission could work to apply federal control. He warned that only drastic control might provide permanent relief, though new strikes could recur in sixty days or six months depending on settlements.
Torrington, July 31. Joseph Sping, 23, was captured on June 22 and brought back to Torrington by Chief of Police William Nevin after a reported murder in Highland last night. He faces a hearing to be scheduled.
The text questions a historical term the "bloody agalze" tied to Judge Jeffreys in Dorchester, noting its use in 1685 where 292 people were executed for involvement in Monmouth's rebellion. It also references Gwyn's first public appearance around 1650s and retirement in 1687, implying dramatic lore from early modern England.
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