Bridgeport Telegram Established 1891
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Editorial Notes on Americanism and Public Life
A collection of aphoristic and satirical lines on manners, prohibition, memory, biography, and social behavior. The piece jokes about fashion, finance, sports cheer, and the paradoxes of modern Americanism, touching on public life and personal vanity with concise wry observations.
Sentence Sermons on Criticism and Belief
A terse meditation on fault and virtue noting that passing judgment by inaction breeds irritation and disappointment. It contrasts charges of heresy with thinking and of egotism with self belief, and reflects on forfeited friendship through forgiveness and silence.
Weather forecast for Eastern United States and Atlantic region
Eastern New York will stay fair and cool Friday night into Saturday with warmer interior Sunday. Northern New England shows partly cloudy Saturday with showers in eastern Maine, then fair and warmer. Southern New England partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday with interior warming. Overall, showers and thunderstorms occurred in the north Atlantic states, cooler eastern lower lakes, and mainly fair conditions expected east of the Mississippi with possible thunder showers along the east Gulf coast. Winds from the south and southwest north of Sandy Hook, shifting to northwest near Hatteras, with overcast skies expected Saturday.
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New England
Maine
Northeastern Alliance
Gulf of Frence
North Carolina
New Foundland
Bermuda
North Atlantic
Lower Lake Region
Mississippi River
East Gulf Coast
Sandy Hank
Hatteras
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Evolution and Lusitania notes mix in Tennessee and verdicts
The piece reflects on Bryan's Tennessee trial defeat to Malone and the era's religious debate, then shifts to the Lusitania mixed claim awards. It highlights Alfred Vanderbilt as the wealthiest victim, the commission's rule denying most heirs, and contrasts cases of Frohman Foreman Hubbard Gilmer and others with varied outcomes.
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Dudley Field Malone
New York
Tennessee
Malone
Thomas Stewart
B. G. MacKenzie
Stewart
MacKenzie
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Alfred G. Vanderbilt
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Charles Frohman
Frohman
Justus Miles Foreman
Elbert Hubbard
Hubbard
Mary Davis Hopkins Gilmer
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Ford hosts ballroom lessons in Dearborn lab for old time dances
Henry Ford converts part of his Dearborn laboratory into a ballroom to teach square and barn dances led by a Massachusetts instructor. The rocker champions traditional forms amid a swing toward the waltz as jazz fades. Ford’s stance mirrors public debate over modern dancing.
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Motor
Dearborn
Massachusetts
Ford
Pawerewski
Political Pointers From Hartford Strike and Local Boards
A Hartford motel lobby chatter rattles politics, naming committee members from 1894 and noting the Judiciary panel’s historic strength. Mentions mayoral pressure in Middletown, and a Sabbath film ban vote in New Canaan. Highlights road superintendent candidacy in Greenfield Hill and tax commissioner politics. The piece also notes the San Xavier del Bac mission as a top example of mission architecture.
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To Richard and the gifts in two small hands
A personal note celebrates bright moments and cherished experiences with Abd and Ute. The speaker recalls conversations and vivid moments, then turns to the deep joy of witnessing a baby grow, awaiting the gifts in two small hands.
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ShenandoahAid Cited in Report Aboard Tex as Search Ends
A Navy dispatch reported by AP states the search mission involving the dirigible Shenandoah has been completed successfully. The Texas aimed to simulate an enemy force and Shenandoah was to locate and thwart the mission, but the dispatch did not reveal the maneuver results. The Texas departed Newport on Tuesday and Shenandoah left Lakehurst on Wednesday.
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Texas
Navy ‘Department
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KR. 1
Lakehurst
Plea for easier replm of Neuilly in Bulgaria issue
Delegates Paetu Hoff and Neikoff urged simpler operation of the replm of Neuilly during a Socialist party conference. The discussion focused on smoothing plans related to Bulgaria and global policy implications.
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Bulgaria
Paetuhoff
Neikoff
Socialiat Parcy
Humorous Sketches and Witty Observations From A 1920s Page
A collage of light verse and light dialogue edits includes Titled pieces like Hardship Lester and The New Aristocracy with characters such as Dr Baldpate and Ruth. It weaves cartoons of everyday annoyances about fashion collars, garden talk, and a China travel anecdote with a stray farm joke about milk origins.
Readers invited to submit humorous writings to Pun Shop
Readers may send original humorous epigrams, jokes, anecdotes, poems, and bright sayings. Accented material appearing in the paper will be paid at 1 dollar to 10 dollars per contribution and 35 cents to 1 dollar per line for poetry. Manuscripts should be single sided and addressed to Pun Shop Headquarters Bridgeport Teleoram.
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Stratford Historical Society Organizing Letters to Editor
In Stratford a letter reports on aims to form a Stratford Historical Society. A bequest from Celia Curtis funds the Judson House for a historical secret. Six incorporators were secured and committees formed to draft by laws and nominate officers. An August 5 meeting planned with wide public invitation.
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Sugar as a food and mind diet cautions
The piece warns against excess sugar for children and adults, arguing nourishment needs roughage and that fruits provide bulk and value. It contrasts hard reading with sugar rich indulgence, urging balanced diet and mental discipline rather than overindulgence in sensational literature.
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Gaffer Gray by Walt Mason
A playful poem in verse voice from Walt Mason about aging and optimism. The speaker contrasts a cheerful yet wrinkled elder with youth, noting enduring hope, habit, and gratitude despite hardship. A lighthearted, didactic reflection on resilience and cheer.
German Lincoln biography cited in new German works
One of the latest publications on the German book matter is a biography of Abraham Lincoln in German. Until now only the German translation of the Carl Hure sketch of Lincoln’s five evisted. The author of the Corman work is Cousy Albrecht.
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Abraham Lincoln
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Is There An Arctic Continent
An old geographical riddle resurfaces as explorers like Amundeen Stefansson and others debate whether a true Arctic continent exists. Earlier theories by Greely Harris and Peary are weighed against Nansen and later expeditions, with soundings showing deep Arctic waters and no land. The piece argues that if any land exists it would be small, not a continent, making the discovery of a new Arctic continent impossible.
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Elsworth
Polar
Stefansson
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Feld
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Adolphus W. Greely
R. A. Harris
Fridto Nansen
Harris
North Pale
Alaska
Peary
Harris Land
North Pole
Crocker Land Neat
Cape Thomas Hubbard
Crocker Land
Morris Land
Leffingwell
Mikkelsen
Alas
Storkerson
MacMillan
Green
Nansen
Harria Land
Newfoundland
Cuba
Australia
Arctic Ocean
Arctic
Sargent Returns Home After Ill Grandchild News
Washington dispatch reports Attorney General Sargent left to pay for his home in Vermont to be near his aging grandmother. Mary Gordon Pearson, wife of the attorney general, remains at the capital residence.
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