This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1925
Page
8
Bridgeport Telegram details its long history and subscription options. The paper notes rates, delivery by carrier, and daily publication through The Post Publishing Co. in Bridgeport Connecticut. It is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation and Associated Press, with standard republication rights.
Editorial note reflects a morning greeting and a sample phrase “Charge it, please.” The brief reads like a columnist’s aside noting casual speech or consumer expressions and may imply shopper etiquette or behavior in daily life.
The Hartford Courant argues Connecticut holds a treasury balance of about 4.09 million dollars, not a surplus. The sum is already appropriated to cover budgets and obligations, with further revenues needed to meet fiscal commitments. Tax levels reflect prudent management and expenditures, not excessive taxation.
A writer urges General Andrews to deploy a full border-wide watch to stop liquor and smuggling across Canadian crossings at Champlain St. Regis and other routes. He argues halfway measures fail, calling border protection the hardest U S job and suggesting continuous road monitoring for six months to wear down smugglers.
Fragmentary aphorisms critique promises and myths of love courage and justice. It jumbles phrases about truth blindness vanity cowardice and the idea that diverse people shape the world while noting Christmas and arithmetic paradoxes. The tone hints at moral reflection rather than clear argument.
Partly cloudy and warmer in Eastern New York Monday with showers expected Monday night and Tuesday. Northern New England to see showers, while Southern New England stays fair Monday with showers Tuesday. Winds north of Sandy Hook fresh from the southwest, shifting, with unsettled conditions across the region.
Clarence Darrow stirred a Tennesse audience in Dayton by claiming the Book of Genesis was written when people believed the earth was flat and only 6000 years old. Fundamentalists quickly rebutted his remarks.
The text notes acceptance of a biblical view despite contrary proof and cites Koenigsburg and Wilhelm Eitel claiming the earth is between 1.1 and 1.2 billion years old based on stratum radioactivity. It contrasts Darwinian and biblical positions and mentions William Jennings Bryan and colleagues.
A hotel employee’s playful handling of a loaded rifle killed Professor Carmella Toussaint of the College of the City of New York at a New York state summer hotel. Toussaint declared the shooting accidental in his ante mortem statement. No arrests were made. The writer calls the act reckless and deserving of punishment or psychiatric review.
State Hospital Commission of New York reports tripling insanity due to liquor since 1920. Figures detail new cases by year through 1924, with men and women affected. total admissions last year reach 373, the highest since 1917. The data are used to discuss prohibition effects.
Political pointers from Stratford reveal a brewing struggle over the next town manager. Potential candidates include James Lalley and Vernon Morehouse, while Walter J. Seery vies for Democratic influence in the Sixth district. The piece details GOP tensions, local power players, and shifting endorsements as November approaches.
In Bern July 1, German theological circles mocked the Scopes trial aftermath. Leaders of Protestant groups warned against Darwinist influence, fearing cultural erosion and threats to educational liberty in America. Anxious voices tied the Tennessee case to broader cultural and pedagogical control struggles, with some predicting renewed opposition to evolution debates.
Poet Walt Mason pokes fun at dry cleaners and other trades who advertise being dry after Prohibition. He extols their honest labor while noting the irony of being “dryer” than others, ending with a playful jab at various professions including bankers and undertakers.
A fragmented reflective verse speaks of an endless, restless sea and winds tearing trees, linked to a steadfast, enduring love. Notes toward a personal message drift in with stray names and phrases, including a stray telephone line and garbled bits about a wife and others. The readable line repeats Always the..., evoking a yearning, mysterious pledge amid incomplete text.
A collage of comic snippets and verse from a Fun Shop page edited by Maxson Foxhall and Jude ll. It features a satirical investigator Dr Watson report on drinking, a joke about powdering noses, a diary of a weighing machine, vacation verse, and a call for humorous original submissions with payment details.
Adolph Lewisonh writes that parents should not inflict corporal punishment on children or adults. He argues punishment by whip or torture brutalizes the parent and fails to reform, urging kindness and love instead. He cites Solomon and Evangeline Booth but notes conditions have changed since ancient times.
Representative Nicholas Longworth, speaker of the House, advocated reducing surtaxes in a Blaine club talk at the Coney Island outing. He predicted Congress would begin a session with “friendly cooperation between Brena and the White House.”
The piece argues humor deepens statesmanship in diplomacy, citing Adams, Sumner, and Roosevelt as examples. It praises wit as a guide for when to soften or be firm, notes Mussolini’s misstep, and compares Bryan and Borah as modern figures whose zeal benefits from lighter restraint.
A 1925 column reflects on looking backward vs forward, citing a biblical tale of Lot’s wife and Senetor Hoar. It argues the future calls with unknowns, urging forward aim, learning from the past without dwelling, to preserve hope and initiative.
In Boston on July 18 a joint effort by the public library and Lincoln House launches a traveling book cart. It delivers foreign language books Chinese Greek Italian and English to the South End door to door, stopping weekly while weather holds. Library cards are issued and the cart aims to introduce library access to thousands of newcomers from forest lands.
Sweden July 1. An abandoned farm becomes a model penal colony where prisoners serve terms via outdoor work in virtual freedom. Transfer to the farm rewards good behavior and aims as the goal for all Swedish prisoners. The land is under rationing by the prisoners and provides a lesson in peasant life for the district.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.