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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1925
Page
8
Bridgeport Telegram listing subscription rates in advance with options for 3 months, a year, and weekly by carrier. Published by The Post Publishing Co in Bridgeport Connecticut with offices on Van Middle Street. Includes notices about open departments and audit bureau membership.
A collection of fragmented social commentary and political quips. It mocks traffic laws, free speech, and fashionable ideas while lampooning public figures and cultural stereotypes with a satirical tone. The piece references Mussolini, misquoted lines, and observations about parenting and manners.
President von Hindenburg decrees removal of landscape and military oil canvases from the Berlin executive mansion. The move aims to temper imperial pomp as Germany shifts to republic, while the president contemplates peace and lessons from defeat for the new generation.
A fragment discusses ideas on art education religion money love patriotism as tests of character and social virtue. It cites art inspiring education, religion shaping nobility, money aiding in emergencies, love prompting selflessness, and patriotism sustaining peace time loyalty.
Eastern New York logs partly cloudy to cooler conditions into Monday and Tuesday with slight warming in the south. Northern New England sees cooler days early in the week, while southern New England trends cooler inland. chances of showers remain near coastal areas. Overall, a disturbance from Quebec influences the Atlantic coast with unsettled weather along the mid Atlantic to southern coasts.
A chaotic column notes tax affairs, salary fights, and local politicking as aldermen prepare raises and budgets. It also surveys state debt rankings, fiscal history, and a Connecticut town Manager vote, plus New York Hylan backers forming The Seven Years of Progress Alliance to push a third term with broad pamphlet outreach.
The city of Bridgeport purchased gas masks for those at the garbage reduction plant, illustrating progress from past dangers to an up to date system. With modern equipment, garbage and ash collection are reliable benefits of administration, often taken for granted until disrupted.
Madame Hugette Dufles of Comedie Fran caise fame in Paris reforms a thief with her photograph. She finds a trunk of art treasures at her country estate and an envelope with a bold addressed note stating an admiration for a woman and a plea to abandon everything.
A narrator contemplates stealing photographs from Madame Dufles, arguing the act would prove a grand gesture and a test of mercy. The piece muses on whether the thief would act the same if his target were old, poor, or plain, suggesting renunciation as a moral tool.
The Pope leads a widespread effort against feminine ultra-modes such as short skirts and low necklines. Catholic institutions nationwide are expected to mobilize, influencing about twenty five million Catholics and many societies and convents to promote modest dress as fashion and decency align. The Vatican notes tolerance for modest attire, while Rome’s warmth inspires sheer styles that draw clergy across denominations to denounce them.
In the Bowery a sixty year old man named Jimmy Logan died in a lodging house leaving a vague past. A fellow roamer found Logan hanging by a rope with a scrap of paper as his will bequeathing all possessions to Tom Flanagan. Logan’s body lies in Potter's Field as the Bowery keeps its quiet veil.
A speaker rejects despair over ancestry and modern woes, claiming practical labor as worth. He focuses on farming tasks, managing hay and cows, and maintaining a home amid aging gear and debt fears, arguing personal effort outweighs existential doubt.
Major William Wilmerding of the 746th Division headquarters at Hartford is relieved from assignment and duty and directed to report to Fort Wayne Michigan for further duty. He is assigned to organize reserves of the What Corps Area and proceed there.
A rustic memory depicts riding a horse to a water trough on a hot day. The scene includes a stable, workers, a maple tree, and a supper bell. The narrator recalls feeding, rest, and preparing to work again as weather hints at an approaching change.
A mosaic of quips and sketches unfolds with playful lines from Wis Alibi and Safe-Cracking Pete. Alexander B Morrison and Irma Harrison frame a breezy vaudeville vibe with poems, city humor, and backstage chatter.
A Bridgeport Telegram page excerpt surveys film chatter and culture. Frames include a mock cinema review filled with garbled captions and playful dialogue, a mock dialogue about a romantic plot, and local color items from Alton to Theresa Cammoyer. The piece segues into The Think Box and a humor column inviting reader submissions with payment details.
Nellie Wujic eleven and Stanley Duprey twelve drowned when they slipped from a submerged road ford into the Blackstone River at Balackestone Mase. The ford known as Indiana Road was under about two feet of water. Nellie's brother John eight saw the accident and alerted others. bodies recovered downstream.
Putnam July 12 AP Charles B. Searles Windham county State's attorney remains critically ill at his Thompson home. He is taking nourishment and is under care as doctors monitor his condition.
Robert Underwood Johnson argues Moscow’s oil and resource concessions to Japan and Italy prove the Soviet Union overreached. He notes Tokyo’s recognition, Saghalien treaty implications, and the uneven oil yields while warning of Bolshevik expansion plans amid U.S. and European political shifts.
The Fairfield band will give a free concert tonight at Mill Plain green replacing the scheduled rehearsal. The event is announced with a brief note and reflects a community musical offer in Fairfield.
The Chart and The Christian Century discuss Christian teaching as a practical guide for daily living. They argue Christ’s law informs honest work, family life, and personal virtue, while noting some extremes blur profit and piety. Inner and outer success hinge on following Jesus, not pursuing wealth.
An account recalls a Trumbull Grange meeting with history readings and poems, plus a wedding of Feith M. Kalm of Stratfield and William Ehrenerson. Details cover attendees, roles, and post ceremony receptions at private homes, with notes on local civic groups and community events.
James North twenty two a waiter from New Bedford joined the Providence line steamer New ven of the New England Steamship Co drowned while swimming in the Providence river towny A shipboard crewman said North suddenly threw out his hands and age John Hanley assistant freight clerk The vessel dived for the body and brought it to the dock Attempts to resuscitate with a Pull motor were futile.
Frank Schultz of Renwick reported to police that he was held up by three men who jumped from a car on Shi Pan avenue while he walked home early this morning. They took his watch and cash.
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