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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1926
Page
12
Bridgeport Telegram details subscription rates and payment terms for daily publication except Sunday. It notes a Milford and Fairfield direct telephone connection for ads and news, with local numbers and toll-free access within the office network.
In a city leadership column, Dever H Warner argues Bridgeport should adopt a six year forward plan and apply business methods to city management. He critiques past ad hoc projects, cites Stratford’s Meadow as a liability, and suggests amalgamation with Bridgeport to form one industrially focused city.
The National Crime Commission warns that US gun laws span from total prohibition to ineffectual limits. It notes that both criminals and law‑abiding people can easily obtain weapons including machine guns, fueling impulsive killings and street violence. The commission urges stricter regulation to curb fatalities, though professional criminals will still find a way to arm themselves.
The Hartford Courant complains New York state motor vehicle law misclassifies cars as pleasure vehicles. It argues arming criminals and pistol use demand severe penalties, proposing automatic penalties rising from ten to twenty years for armed violence. The text links crime control to vehicle law classification and public safety.
Barney Treyfuss visits Freibure Germany and argues baseball promotes democracy by giving fans equal footing with neighbors at games. He claims the act of buying a ticket allows free speech and impersonal judgment based on performance rather than rank. He notes the real test is how nations treat kings and umpires alike.
The Pennsylvania State Department of Highways promotes new roads by issuing official booklets highlighting attractions linked by the routes. Advertising roads to draw tourists mirrors rail and water marketing, attracting visitors and boosting revenue, with campaigns like the Lackawanna Trail gaining wide recognition.
The essay argues against the idea that commercialism destroys art. Westport is cited as a thriving art center with painters and illustrators who sell work for a profitable future. Commercialism is not seen as controlling art. it supports artists by providing markets and opportunities.
The piece argues that illustrated ads benefit from skilled artistry, while radio and mechanical piano and violin music boost interest in instruction. It notes more people enjoy music in the US today, praising competent performers like Yan Loon Chimsele and stressing leisure as an art to cultivate despite abundance.
A sprawling column laments Fourth of July folly and public costs from fireworks. It cites dozens of fire alarms in Connecticut’s largest city costing about 3200 dollars, Worcester’s 301 alarms in forty eight hours, and Clinton roof damage from a freed rocket. The piece interleaves proverbs with social critique on American attitudes and money spent on celebrations.
The passage suggests that those who fail rely on too much advice while those who succeed stick to one field enough to prove it. It warns against assuming weaknesses are strengths and calls for honest friends to tell truth. It condemns people who seek only their own success and distrust dissenters.
A 1926 reflection on British sporting fervor and fair play highlighting Bobby Jones and other stars. The piece contrasts English generosity with continental and American views, noting sport as a unifying force and the ethical stance of English public life amid strikes and uncertainty.
Henry Ford’s charity is controversial yet praised for creating work. He avoids dole and uses employment to help families, arguing that paid work enables self sufficiency rather than charity. His factories employ farm workers, including many women, who travel long distances to work and support sick relatives.
Word from Fairfield county reports two local youths, Albert I Springer and James Frandy Kelley, enlisted months ago in the Marine Corps and are to depart for a year or more duty on the island of Guam. They trained in Paris Inland and at Marines in the United States, joining a war era contingent bound for Pacific post.
A flood of factional talk centers on City Hall staffing, licenses, and tax abatements as politicians argue over examination methods and the influence of district clubs. Rumors tie Henry Korsbuck and Alderman actions to campaigns while Republican women organize for Hartford and New Haven events amid shifting loyalties and anticipated canvassing.
A reader questions the preacher Cadman about sermons that preach certainty and how to judge ethical guidance. Cadman’s reply discusses plausibility in doctrine, the danger of dictatorship of sentiment, and how Christ’s beatitudes shape moral action amid political and commercial pressures.
The weather brief notes a cooler Tuesday with fair to partly sunny conditions in New York and Southern New England. Central Maine to Ontario expect a Sunday night front, with a lowering of temperatures moving southwestward along the Atlantic coast and generally light winds.
Americans secure divorces in Paris as Misidwain Nichards seeks separation from her husband after a stormy marriage. The record notes her suitor, with Wallace of Pittsburgh relations, and references a 1904 marriage to Iain Taylor, the former Mrs. Taylor.
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