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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1925
Page
12
This piece lists subscription rates and publishing details for the Bridgeport Telegram. It notes daily and Sunday publication, a four month term, and a weekly option, with addresses and contact information for the Post Publishing Co. in Bridgeport Connecticut.
A collection of pithy remarks and social musings on education religion politics and everyday life. The piece riffs on progress skepticism and public virtue noting the tension between practical living and idealized ideals while lampooning political attitudes and cultural trends.
A collection of brief moral maxims praising mothers and the home. It stresses ingratitude’s pain, God’s loving heart toward mothers, true goodness beyond brilliance, the superiority of two over one, and the need for lasting commitment over infatuation, plus the patience required to navigate life.
Unsettled and warmer Thursday with possible thundershowers in the afternoon. Friday cooler fair weather in the Ohio valley and lower Great Lakes. Showers and thunderstorms at scattered middle Atlantic points. warmer in the lake region. thundershowers along the south Atlantic and Gulf coasts Friday. Winds from the southwest. conditions partly overcast.
The judge questioned how a reporter learned of the motion to quash Clarence Dartow's indictment. A six-man committee found no wrongdoing by the writer and recommended reinstatement. The judge warned the reporter not to repeat such stratagems, noting he must avoid being outsmarted in court.
An Dutch essay on French courts faces a second “pity” murder case in Paris. A dye worker strangled his invalid wife claiming she suffered from a stomach disease and lacked medical funds. The piece fears a lenient verdict mirroring a prior case where a woman killed her sweetheart to end his suffering and cites a dangerous legal precedent.
A fragment notes Mrs. Coolidge wife of the President walking daily at Swampscott in a businesslike athletic stride. Her long walks along the beach and road draw attention from women in the summer colony as she steps with easy swinging gait.
An article notes widespread adoption of the Mrs. Coolidge walking stride among society women and tourists. It praises the trend as stirring local interest while warning that imitation cannot replace natural individuality and real health benefits.
Secretary Hoover reports favorable US conditions across agriculture industry and foreign trade with high wages and no distressing unemployment. He cites data from every state and says the summer lull is seasonal and not alarming.
Three men, two Americans and a Canadian, conquered Mount Logan in the Yukon after braving a three foot wide ledge and a near vertical drop. They first reached a summit only to find a higher peak beyond and endured a blizzard while retreating. One Canadian survivor suffered frostbite en route to the true peak.
Deputy Sheriff Kiernan earned 132 dollars for serving papers in an injunction. city hall posts and party events mix with rumors of new appointments and a mayoral bid. Connecticut leaders gather for the funeral of former Governor Bellin Woodruff as a notable cross section of ex-governors and lieutenant governors reflect on humble beginnings and long service.
A compact poem about Mister Trouble approaching and the speaker resisting its effects. The speaker vows to keep trouble away from the doors and welcomes it only as a passing visitor, promising protection and shelter from hurt. The verse hints at relief from sorrow when trouble is faced or banished.
In North Branford on July 15 AP reports farmers with homes in the reservoir area are relocating as the New Haven Water Company acquires about forty farm houses. Gangs clear brush and trees in the valley between Toloket Mount and the south and east hills to form the main basin. A dam 200 feet wide to impound water may begin this fall. Mrs. Helen Barrett Montgomery, long president of the American Baptist Foreign Missionary society, is a licensed minister of the Baptist denomination.
A collection of humorous antique gags and quips features a coast to coast car joke and a Chinese motif sketch. Panels include a Moran Hughes exchange about waking alarms and a joke about chop suey and mahjongg. Recalled quotes mimic famous figures and offer light satire.
A quirky 1920s style item lists cheeky uses for pockets with witty asides about hats and summer candy, then shifts to brief literary snippets: Ruth and Louisy, Patty and Lester, a seaside vignette with an inners tongue in cheek, and a humorous quip about Morgan Van Swank’s fur coat and cashmere.
Readers may submit original humor epigrams jokes anecdotes and poems for pay. Accented material appears in the paper and is compensated from 25 cents to 10 dollars per piece and per line for poetry. Manuscripts must be single sided and addressed to Fun Show Headquarters Bridgeport Telegram.
The article argues that lasting marriage rests on transforming love into friendship. It notes friendship requires intelligence character and self mastery, and cites modern increases in strong male and female friendships, travel, reading, clubs, and shared interests as foundations for durable unions. The piece highlights love as greatest, but emphasizes friendship as the durable core of marriage.
George Fe Roberts argues payments on reparations and international debt rely on tangible goods and services. He cites Dawes plan limits, central bank transfers, and the need for export surplus to cover imports, examining trade balances by region and the net favorable balance for the United States in 1924.
Waterbury news reports the death of a young girl in St Marys hospital from burns suffered while playing with matches near her Hitchcuck Lake home. The incident occurred Monday as she was eleven and a half years old. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Fidelar Theriault.
Clarence O. Baring, charged with attempting to murder his wife by disease, was declared sane by Dr. Kleb and ordered to stand trial. He was committed to the Westchester County Hospital for the criminally insane on July 7, 1924, and Justice Bleakley is expected to order his return to the county jail. Baring, eastern advertising rep for Minneapolis Heat Regulating Co, was arrested April 26, 1924, in White Plains. witnesses testified about tubes given to a Milan.
A satirical verse vignette on the gangster myth and its doomed arc. It laments crime’s lure and the ultimate, empty end as the law closes in and judgment follows.
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