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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1920
Page
12
A garbled column riffs on various topics from police fatigue and block parties to climate, politics, and local projects. The text includes stray names and phrases about senators, suffrage, yacht races, and wireless telephones, but lacks coherent narrative or clear events.
Fragmentary historical item notes the Bridgeport Telegram founding and publishing details with advertising and circulation mentions. It includes a poem fragment by John Kendrick Bangs and garbled lines about the paper’s masthead, address, and press associations.
Sidewalk Snapshots discusses street transportation upkeep in Bridgeport. Frank Pi Kibling, Ashley Street supervisor for the Connecticut company, and veteran street crewman Mr Hibling highlight winter weather challenges. The piece notes long 14 hour workdays and issues from ice and snow affecting public services.
The piece denounces Connecticut Public Utilities Commission for zone fare errors on the Bridgeport trolley system. It argues the commission ignored on‑the‑ground realities, cites a flat fare as better, notes patronage collapse to a quarter of expected levels, and urges direct negotiations between Bridgeport and the Connecticut company while disclaiming the commission’s expertise.
The piece contends radical groups fall under practical politicians and notes shifts within Chicago third party and Labor circles. It cites President Reed’s convention exclusion, Socialists’ harsher potential actions, and warns about Bridgeport milk safety with pasteurization. It also mentions David Beach returning to Chicago and Bridgeport debt ideas.
The U S Department of Agriculture forecasts a strong 1920 food crop, with yields above the five year average for wheat oats barley potatoes tobacco flax rice and apples. Corn and other crops may set new marks though exact figures await. Despite fears of car shortages the article argues enough rail capacity will move harvests to market.
A concise reflection attributed to MORLEY stating that personal progress is bounded by inner character and self discipline, emphasizing that overcoming barriers requires inner strength more than external help.
A garbled archival page presents a series of questions and partial answers on varied topics. It includes inquiries about age and identity, botany and crop yields, lake geology, Payne's Process, and Eskimo language facts, with scattered responses and incomplete data.
Bridgeport notes from 1331 recount patents for stocking supporters, a city clerk on vacation, a Fairfield concert at Green, a large crowd for the St Augustine band, New Haven opera house opening, a prayer meeting, Sunday school plans, extended Wrights Templar travel, Garfield and Arthur posters, Hedly's shop fronts with political figures, and a rainbow seen after a shower.
A humorous critique complains that endless stump speeches waste energy that could be spent on farming. It argues strong farmers would yield cheaper bread and better prospects, while current orators spread wind and graft. The piece urges citizens to put effort into plowing and harvest instead of political talk.
A Detroit era editorial urges creating a St Lawrence tidewater route by moving Lake Superior waterway to the Atlantic. Delegates from Canada and fifteen U.S. states meet July 28 in Detroit to discuss funding and construction, with support from figures like Herbert Hoover and Senator Townsend. The piece argues the project would unlock western production, boost trade, and justify hundreds of millions in cost by tapping Niagara and Welland improvements and a projected power surplus.
To days Worth-While Verse CHANGE questions why beauty must fade and if love, time, and seasons bind or endure. The verse contemplates change as the sole certainty and asks whether endurance is possible beyond flowers, death, and the passing day, credited to Edmund Vance Cooke.
A New York report outlines a newborn or infant case involving delirium tremens linked to whiskey exposure. The fragmentary text notes a child at a hospital recovering after a five hour incident, with a relative claiming whiskey involvement. Further details are incomplete and the event is inconsistently reported.
July 16 report notes increased costs for homeowner and private dwelling policies. Affected dwellers face higher rates after new underwriting scrutiny. standard private house coverage quoted at $2,204 with $1,000 policy for others. Details describe a general rise in burglary loss premiums amid new measures by underwriters.
A garbled report discusses October hearings on a constitutional measure in a cross border dispute between the United States and Canada. It notes Munger’s view the proposal is too weak for national attention and hints at a limited timetable of a few months. Detroit notes mention the St. Lawrence and talks of international tensions shaping routes ahead.
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