Bridgeport Telegram Establishment and Circulation Notes
The Bridgeport Telegram, established 1891, serves Connecticut. The paper is published by The Post Publishing Co. with Associated Press dispatches and local news. Subscription rates and service details appear in the issue.
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A Line O Cheer by John Kendrick Bangs
The text reflects a literary snippet asking how to face the road ahead and choose the proper way. It cites John Kendrick Bangs and mentions daily mood shifts. The lines suggest guidance on tomorrow through earlier reflections.
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John Kendrick
Breakfast Table Farce From War News Echoes
A satirical column from a 1918 era Washington Star style page mocks wartime headlines and home front trivia. It lampoons patriotism, profiteers, and daily life, noting July celebrations amid conflict and praising quiet heroism in cooks and workers. Continuous snippets reflect a rapid-fire, opinionated tone.
All Fronts Strategy Proposed to Break Germany
Opinion argues Allies must strike Germany on multiple fronts to force a decisive collapse. It claims Germany has dodged a single protracted battle by shifting forces, while Allies already outnumber in reserves and wealth. The piece envisions coordinated attacks from Catecho-Slavs, Japanese, Americans, Italians, and a western front drive, asserting eventual success if timing aligns.
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Germany
Russia
Austria
Siberia
Money tale of Kaiser's bank roll in US papers
A report recounts a government raid on alien property owners near New York and ties a Bridgeport journalist to a Kaiser financed press influence scheme around 1915. It notes about $30 million deposited in US banks for shaping public opinion, touching nearly seven hundred foreign language papers and exposing treacherous propaganda and political backing to drive American papers out of business.
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New York
Bridgeport
Bridgeport Daily News
New York Evening Mail
Kaiser
United States
Kiiser
Training Changes Ordinary Youth Into Soldiers
Reports from Bone and French commentators note that American army recruits were plain youths before training. A battery commander recalls a recruit who arrived weak and stooped, then transformed into a robust soldier. He argues universal training could benefit civilization and that many adults wish for regular military life even if they cannot join the draft.
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Bone
France
Might Have Been War Reflections Across Battles
A reflective column weighs near wins and betrayals shaping history. It cites Roumania, Mackensen, Bucharest, Constantinople, and Gallipoli as examples where delays, treachery, or late supplies altered outcomes. The piece links Gettysburg and broader world events to imagined alternate histories.
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Maud Muller
Maud
Waterloo
Roumania
Mackensen
New York
Destiny
Constantinople
Uncle Sam
Wilton Farmerettes Cheerful At Work
Wilton July 12 Special The farmerettes kept on the job amid predictions they would quit. They handle hard farm work, take pride, and refuse no task. A trench digging instance showed their effort and stamina amid a town crowd. flirting is tabooed and they endure to finish duties.
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Wilton
Hera
Pierce
Norwalk Postage Case Aims for Two Cent Rate
Norwalk residents press for a two cent postage rate between Norwalk and South Norwalk. Congressman Schuyler Merritt of Washington has the matter. messages urge a vote to restore the two cent rate after the three cent rate in New York City and Brooklyn was abrogated. The goal is to align Norwalk’s rate with the changed New York ruling and reap the same benefit for local postal districts.
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Jeremiah Donovan
Donovan
Highway Department
South Norwalk
Schuyler Merritt
Washington
Merritt
New York City
New York
Brooklyn
Local Social Scene Shifts Through Summer Visits
TRUMBULL July 12 Special Miss Margaret Hughes hosts a Poughekeepsie guest. Nicholas Leffert, formerly near Daniels Farms School, moves into a center house owned by Mrs Esther Curtis of Bridgeport. Numerous relatives and friends visit homes across Norwalk Stratford Stratford area with many regional residents spending summers at Daniels Farms, Long Hill and White Points.
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Trumbull
Margaret Hughes
Poughekeepsie
Nicholas Leffert
Daniels Farms School
Esther Curtis
Bridgeport
Dorothy Beach
Long Hill
Norwalk
Edward Merrill
Frank L. Weiss
Harold C. Holmes
Stratford
Samuel Ward
Carl Laufer
Theodore Kandelske
Daniels Farms
Helen Jennings
Greenfield Hill
Frederick Reynolds
Miles L. Shelon
Florance Shelton
Oxford
Mary Beach
Archibald Callander
Saleville
Albert H. Christie
W. M. Gordon
Tack
Harry Forbes
New York City
Avila Fear
Benjamin Wirks
Sabra Pease
Wihel Evitts
Alva
Chester Brinsmada
Clarence M. Burr
Mon Iroe
Harry Nambonelle
Boston
Thomas C. Cone
Babbling Brook Farm
Laura Beach
Robbery suspects to be extradited from New York
Stratford authorities prepare extradition papers to send Rudolph Roth and Peter Beckwith back to Connecticut from New York City after their arrest in connection with the Leopold auto store robbery on Stratford avenue. Edward Knowles is jailed in Fairfield County awaiting trial. the three men allegedly used a hired gun to market stolen tires and goods.
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Marcus WH. Holeoma
Charles
Whitman
New York
Connecticut
Rudolph Roth
Peter Beckwith
New York City
Leopold Auto
Stratford Avenue
Edward Knowles
Benjamin Smith
Smith
Childs Court
Edward Manchester
Housatonic
Manchester
Hanford Bleelow
Police Department
Bruces Pond
Hollister Heights
Charles Abercrombie
M News
Mitchel
John Darrow
West Norwalk
Albert L. Lacy
North Main Street
Thomas Miller
New Haven
Edythe Parks
Belle Parks
East Broadway
Baird Machine Company
Jeane Batterson
Edward ¥. Stanton
Battle
France
Stratford Canning Kitchen
Canning Kitchen
Main Street
Miss Dosch
Aliss Alice Judson
Miss Dash
The
Red Cross
Academy Hill
James A. Solanét
Lord's Day League of America
Congregational Church
R. C. Whitehead
Methodist Church
FE. C. Carpenter
Soldier Bays
Siberia and the World War
Washington notes that an American led expedition to Siberia may soon happen with Japan and possibly Britain and France. Kerensky seeks allied reconstruction of Russia. Allied action in Siberia could counter German advances, while US restraint risks Japanese initiative and broader war effects in the East.
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East
America
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Germany
Dipan
France
England
Siberian
Beria
Russia
China
Alaska
Far East
Werensk
OUR ENEMIES By The Medical Editor
In New York state 22000 tuberculosis cases have been found among draftees up to now. The piece argues many more cases remain undetected and urges stronger public health action. It compares the toll to wartime casualties and calls for daily preventive habits to curb spread.
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New York State
United States
Germany
West Haven Lawyer O Keefe Nominates for Congress
Arthur B. O Keefe of West Haven a well known town prosecutor has accepted the Democratic nomination for Congress to oppose Congressman John Q Tilson. New York single tax payers plan a July 20 state convention to place a state ticket in the field. New York letter carriers endorse George R Luna Democrat urging him as governor candidate.
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Arthur B. O'Keefe
West Haven
Orange
Congress
John Q. Tilson
New York
George R. Luna
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