Bridgeport Telegram Masthead and Credits
The fragment shows the Bridgeport Telegram with publication details, subscription policies, advertising contacts, and press association credits. It references Post Office second class matter status, Wrigley Building Chicago, Barnum 6109 Exchange, and Audit Bureau of Circulation.
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POST
Diddle Street
Bridgeport
Conn
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
Focal News
A Line of Cheer From a Mumbled Market Note
Fragmentary OCR note mentions a rich stock of nectar and a floral sector. Freya abandons a holed store while Meher lathers a luscious product. Ambiguous lines hint at tax and tradition but lack clear events or names.
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Freya
Editorial Notes Mixed Echoes From Veiled Markets
The note satirizes the Raber verdict and ongoing price pressures in shipments and services. Mentions Carpentier, a $200,000 purse, summer fashion woes, reclaimers, Viennese despatches, barbering trends, and a forecast of stable shoe prices. Agricultural outputs and questions about food quantities appear, linked with painter’s colic as a cautionary theme.
Fragmented Weather Notes Mix With Dated Movie Echoes
Weather reports from the western Atlantic and eastern states note high pressure and rising conditions alongside near normal temperatures. The garbled text references city observations, including New Haven and other locales, and a 1920s era day almanac style format mixed with stray literary lines and copyright notes.
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Atlantic Ocean
Feridian
New Haven
Soriplk
Northfeld
Pitsburgh
Portland
Louis
Byidrere
Dayton faces petition to abolish city manager plan
More than 8,000 Dayton citizens sign petitions to referendum the city manager charter and commission form amid gas rate hikes. The piece notes distrust in government form, cites Dayton and neighboring Stratford’s recent votes, and argues managers erase politics.
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Dayton
Bayton
Stratford
Publicity urged for disarmament talks with Japan
Editorial argues for open publicity as key to a Pacific disarmament conference. It notes broad support for the proposal, except Japan which withholds acceptance on the Pacific issue. The piece warns against secret talks and urges the United States to invite participants openly to restore trust and advance world peace.
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Harding
Hughes
Pacific
Japan
Hit
America
Com
Wilson
Paris
Washington
Your Real Wealth Health Over Wealth In Hardship
A narrative contrasts health as real wealth with money, recounting Frank Parkinson who lost sight yet built a bus line after saving 3100, and Harry Christy who, despite paralysis and amputation, runs a thriving haberdashery in Newark. The piece urges gratitude for health and perseverance despite disability.
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Frank Parkinson
Montana School of Mines
Vancouver
Camas
Wash
Harry Christy
Newark
N. 7
Alvin York Mortgage fight draws nation wide aid
Alvin York, acclaimed as war hero, faces mortgage danger to his farm. The Ridgeport Telegram and papers nationwide report offers of help from thousands of readers. Kansas Sunday schools have started a fund to meet the mortgage as world admiration grows.
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Alvin York
Hostigintt
Ridgeport Telegram
Kansas
Active Volcanoes in the United States
The Besser Peak in northern California is described as the only U S volcano to have remained active during the lifetime of current pets. It reaches 10 287 feet and has shown crater growth and repeated eruptions since 1918 1919. Eruptions have ejected rocks dust and gas leading to lava fragments and even a snow flood when vents released gas and ash beneath a lava tap.
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Besser Peal
California
United States
Nas
Java
MR. Harding
Harding
Mellon
Senate
House
Wilson
Hardins
Fort Wine
Baltimore Sun
harbor work begins at great lakes training station
Work started on a harbor at the Great Lakes training station with a $1,500,000 project authorized by Congress. When finished late this summer, the harbor will allow seven ships to draw twenty feet and include a breakwater enclosing a four and a half mile area. The unprotected shore will provide anchorage for small craft and a base for aviation mechanics amid weather challenges.
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Inc
Jugo-Slav Premier Is Seriouslyill Detained
July 17 reports from Belgrade say Prime Minister Le Monsiy of Jugoslavia and his aides were seized in an unspecified operation. The incident is described as serious and is being investigated by authorities in Belgrade.
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Viexana
York
Ellis Island
Ares
Elis Island
The Solace of Reading in the Evening
An introspective passage contrasts daily toil with reading solace. The narrator mentions war tales, kings and swords, as well as the fatigue of modern life. The piece laments taxes and pills and observes friends who drift toward idle hours at night.
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Speedy furnishing of accurate information request
A dated query to Trederic Haskin seeking quick responses on general knowledge topics. It includes questions about food groups, tree lifespans, Chesterfield Letters, riveting hammer speeds, arena size for a famous fight, Alfred Nobel, railroad guidance, Texas rail mileage, and menthol production.
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Tarmarjono
Fashinestan
Bave
Trederic Haskin
Washi
Egyptians unearth 4000 year old perfume jar
Scientists report finding a scent jar in a tomb dating to 2000 B.C. The fragrance remained strong after four thousand years, suggesting remarkable longevity. The discovery occurred during excavations in July, tied to royal burial context.
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Prine
Rabbage
Four Thrown From Auto In Fairfield
Four men were thrown from a car after it was forced from the road at Pewnory swamp Fairfield Sunday morning. The car owned by Browlistow Goleimmioekl of Norwalk was involved, and the driver Vrink Biscochi of Spring Meadow, Mage was arrested on reckless charges. The other vehicle, driven by unknown, was damaged. no serious injuries reported. The incident occurred while cars were proceeding northward.
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Pewnory Swamp
Favrfisla
Sanday Imornin
Vrink Biscochi
Springnmeid
Mage
Browlstow Goleimmioekl
Tt North Dfathat
Pembroke Jubilee and Local Notes From Bridgeport 1884
A July 48 1884 Bridgeport Standard column reports local events and notices: a Pembroke Grove St Joseph’s church picnic on Madison Ave. the death of Stephen Moulton aged 45 with funeral July 29. infant Jacob Ganbrumner funeral set for July 29. a Norfolk/Greenwich reunion planned for the Tenth Connecticut Volunteers on Sept. 1. Sheriff Keeler appointed deputy collector and inspector for the port. Sailing races between Isabella (Colonel G Russell) and Tiger (Captain William Lewis) near Norwalk, with detailed boat measurements and outcome. Also items on Mr. Sherwood’s colt sale, local smallpox notice for Alonso Da, and factory job ads at Pembroke Shirt and Wheeler & Wilson machines.
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Stephen Moulton
Jacob Ganbrumner
Goodwin Street
Foreign Language Service aids alien understanding and press reach
The Foreign Language Information Service built during the war linked 15 language sections with newspapers to keep aliens informed without propaganda. It notes 14 million foreign born in the U S, with many unable to read or speak English. The piece discusses editorials across language papers, and jokes about dictionary updates and language shifts from wartime usage.
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America
Uberal
New York City
Nork Times
Ind
Ypres
Aritansan
Tate
Briton Sets Record in Aerial Derby at Hendon
In Hendon England on Saturday Tom James won the aerial derby event covering the 200 mile course in 1 hour 14 minutes at an average speed of 160 miles per hour setting a new event record.
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Hendon
England
Tom James
James
Bankrupt by Berton Braley
The poem recalls a dream of a castle in Spain and a life of romance now wrecked by debt. The speaker laments mortgaging that castle as profits fade and warns that the vision of wonder is slain. A bitter reflection on lost wealth and broken plans.
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