Subscription rates and publishing details from The Post
The notice lists subscription prices payable in advance for four months and one month, with weekly carrier rates. It provides publishing details for The Post on Middle Street Bridgeport Conn, noting daily publication except Sunday and reference to the Associated Press for news rights.
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the Post Publishing CO
Teephons Barnum
Middle St
Bridgeport
Conn
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
It's All in the Game Song Snippet at The Fun Shop
The passage presents a sentimental lyric about a child’s misfortune and resilience, invoking repeated lines about life being a game. It centers on emotional loss, growth, and continuing onward despite pain. The tone resembles a nostalgic advertising or strip-illustration style.
Strawberries and drolls at a Bridgeport Telegram page
Humorous items and jokes fill the page with quips about strawberry festivals, society life, and courting misadventures. Readers are invited to submit original humor pieces to the Fur Shop Headquarters in Bridgeport Telegram with pay for accepted work.
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Val
Giould
Fur Shop
Bridgeport Telegram
Intolerance and double standards on Sunday behavior
A reflective remark contrasts men who avoid shaving on Sunday with those who spend the week shaving their fellow men. It notes hypocrisy in blocking a neighbor’s reputation while deeming Sunday conduct virtuous. The tone critiques moral inconsistency in everyday judgments.
Editorial notes on Darrow Bryan and tolerance in society
A critical opinion piece contends the Tennessee Scopes trial and religious intolerance threaten learning. It condemns bigotry, defends separation of church and state, praises Coolidge’s stance, and warns against imposing Bible authority into the Constitution. It cites Darrow, Bryan, and related civic debates across Philadelphia and Ocean Grove.
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Clarence Darrow
Tennessee
Darrow
Chicago
Bryan
Eritte
DeaMlerw
New England
Ocean Grove
Philadelphia
Venus de Milo
Coolidge
Lowell
Sentence Sermons D-Sentence Sermons YI Is 4 Tragedy
A compact meditation on societal decline noting youths satisfied with “getting by” and fathers eroding discipline. It laments communities choosing vice like horse racing over libraries and crowds chasing ugliness over education.
Weather Outlook Mixed Across The Northeast
Partly cloudy in Eastern New York with a warmer trend and chances of showers in northern ports on Thursday. Southern New England expects similar changes with thunderstorms possible, while much of the east remains mostly fair Wednesday and Thursday. Wind directions vary, with a general forecast of evolving showers and mild temperature shifts across the region.
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New York
North Port
New England
Thursilly
Gondons
Atanti
Almanac Fragment Counts in Eastern Standings
A fragment from an almanac page notes Eastern standings and a rough calculation for telegraphic and daily reference use. The readable text hints at a method for computing positions, but details are unclear.
Democratic Dinner Influences Fairfield County Politics
A Fairfield County political gathering signals district power dynamics ahead of state races. The annual Path District dinner in September draws leaders from Stamford and New London with talks touching on party unity, leadership bids, and possible lieutenant governor contenders.
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Fairfield County
Path
Champs Firm
Cummittes
Warrenite Paving Fight Heads to Court In Bridgeport
Judge Leonard Nickerson will hear an injunction request Friday aimed at halting the city from awarding Warrenite paving contracts. The dispute centers on legislative limits of a 500000 bond issue and whether Warrenite was properly specified in contracts awarded to Warren Brothers and C W Blakeslee & Sons. The case hinges on bidding fairness and the use of patented Warrenite versus standard bituminous concrete.
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Bridgeport
Leonard Nickerson
Warrenite
Warren Brothers Company
W. ‘Ten Brothers
Nickerson
Records by Alfred Tennyson to be released for public broadcast
London press calls for the release of twelve wax phonographic records by the late poet laureate Alfred Tennyson. The disks include works like Maud Elaine The Charge of the Light Brigade and more. Lord Tennyson gifted them to the British Museum with a fifty year non disclosure clause. The editorial argues immediate public release to benefit the current generation and warns delaying could risk damage to the fragile wax cylinders.
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British Museum
Alfred Tennyson
Maud
Elaine
Boadicea
Light Brigade
Lord Tennyson
London
What is True Success in a Material Age
The piece argues true success lies not in wealth but in performing one’s appointed task to the best of ability for the public good. It cites Edison, Ruth St Denis, and the uplift of every worker as parts of a divine balance, urging humble service over pursuit of riches. It notes the average American woman spends less than $65 yearly on clothing.
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Tia
Belasco
Thani
Ian Dour
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Htundigger
Man in Cleveland Builds Galerie horn and snubber empire
Claude Ho Foster, a Cleveland inventor, created the Galerie horn and an automobile snubber. He reportedly earned over 80,000 dollars in 1923 and later sold out for more than a million, rejecting incorporation and insisting investors repay quickly. Foster remains president of his organization with most staff retained.
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Claude Ho Foster
Otis and Company
New York
Foster
Foster Continus
Ford
Dadgs Brothers
Gabriel
Faward
England
William
Germany
Civitan Club Debates National Convention Ideas
Civitan members reviewed a report from the National Civitan Convention held in Dayton Ohio. Harold M Sturges, acting club president, presented notes from attendees at a luncheon. Bridgeport Civilians plan new civic activities to benefit the city.
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Civitan Club
National Civitan Corvention
Dayton
Ohio
Harold M Sturges
Total Club
Vestedly S
Stratfeld
Sturges
Bridgeport Clytans
Weariness and Rest in a Sunset Plea
A poet laments endless fatigue from daily labors and longs for sleep. The speaker rejects drugs and seeks natural rest, imagining quiet relief after a weary day.
More schools urged as tribesmen appeal to government
Fragmentary report notes tribesmen of Falanda appealing to authorities for additional educational facilities. Mentions July date and connections to roads and Mania roads. Details are unclear in the surviving text.
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Falanda
Derby Beer Pouring Tragedy and Local Fires Report
Derby residents mourn a fatal Bourbon Street style tribute as Tianes Traul faces sentencing for beer transport. A crowd attends the wake at Dourh and Elizabeth streets while three alarms respond to fires at Spivack’s Malin Street store and a pool room on Sixth Street. Fire damage is contained with losses under $1,000. Attorney John J Walt survives a river road crash with minor injuries after his car plunges over a railing and into the river embankment.
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Tianes Traul
Dour H
Elizabeth Streets
Paii
John Barteycorn
Spivack
Malin Street
Fremen
Paurissett Company
Pauensett
Splivack
Sixth Street
Wilkinson
John J Walt
Cullens Hill
Curlens Hill
Love Elected President of Theta Delta Phi At 1926 Convention
Willam F Love of Rochester New York was chosen as president and Philadelphia named as the 1926 convention city for the Theta Delta Phi national college fraternity at its annual meeting in San Francisco.
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Willam F Love
Rochester
Nyy
Philadelphia
Theta Delta Thi
National College
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