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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1927
Page
4
A reader discusses body image pressures and ineffective weight loss advice targeting women. The piece critiques societal standards, mentions a health product and pills marketed to alter appearance, and notes the marketing of tablets as a quick fix.
Chaplain William R Scott, back from the Philippines, praises American governance and education as shaping Filipino loyalty and self government prospects. He notes Filipino intellectual precocity under Spanish influence, contrasts regional classes, and describes social changes via schools, media, and church, while warning of limited moral development and Machiavellian traits.
July 17 1B event details report Representative Nevius hosted the executive committee of Fairfield Republican Women and guests from multiple towns for a luncheon and business session on the lawn of a Fair field home. Attendees included Mrs Inner Meehan Mrs Frerl Tili and many other local figures.
A dense listing of radio segments across programs and time slots. Notable items include music and talk shows featuring performers such as Marta Bogs, Claude Von Grats Taw, and Lottas, with multiple 1 PM to 8 PM blocks. Additional notes reference weather, sports scores, and orchestra performances from venues like Manhattan Sirenaders and the New York station network.
A dense OCR of radio listings shows a full day of programs across stations WJZ WEAF WNYC WIZ and more. Highlights include Commander Richard Byrd parade coverage, opera and concert broadcasts, baseball scorer reports, weather updates, and orchestral performances throughout afternoon and evening hours.
Bethel residents prepare a civil action against Danbury for disobeying a temporary injunction blocking the Mountainville Avenue dump. Bethel seeks $1000 damages while Danbury contemplates action against Bethel for dumping Bethel waste at Danbury’s filtration plant.
Danbury reporters describe Battery D 19 and Field Artillery of Danbury displaying four 144 mm howitzers at Putnam Park. Hundreds watched as tractors moved guns into firing position, blank rounds fired to simulate enemy elimination, fourteen rounds total. Officers from Major Schoen to Colonel Clark observed, camp activities preceded, with departure planned for Tobyhanna Pa on August 20 for two weeks of practice.
Canon William Chase rues to President Coolidge that the Producers and Distributors Trade Association and its leaders violate anti trust laws. He urges a federal inquiry and special counsel to handle such cases, alleging immunity in the industry under ex cabinet officer Hays. The letter cites FTC findings and calls for investigation of political ties and enforcement failures.
Pietro Nerondo a landlord in Rome was sentenced to years of forced domicile for profiteering in rent. He charged 2250 lire yearly for land and sublet at 48000 lire to poor families, refusing any leniency toward tenants. This marked the first time such punishment was imposed on a landlord.
Alexander Wheaton of Frederickton Gander Bay was convicted of starting a forest fire that damaged 15 square miles of timber near Gander Bay along with six houses and two stores. He was fined 200 and faces a six to one year prison term as an alternative.
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