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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1926
Page
12
Bridgeport Telegram announces subscription rates and office details for readers in Bridgeport Milford and Fairfield. Notices include contact telephone numbers for ads and news items with toll-free direct lines to Milford and Fairfield offices.
The article highlights Helen Wills, a leading American woman tennis player, who says she learned the game for love and played casually against regular opponents. It argues that true amateur spirit favors enjoyment over intense training, noting her modest demeanor and broad appeal as a greater triumph than skill alone.
Leominster Mass police boss calls new drivers a nuisance and urges a designated practice road to keep them off busy streets. The piece argues that real skill comes only through long practice and wonders why learners must train on crowded highways during peak traffic periods.
Dr Louise Stanley of the Bureau of Home Economies states iced drinks are harmless and helpful in hot weather. She notes adults need two to five quarts of water daily and prefer cooling beverages, though rapid ice intake during heavy exertion should be avoided to aid digestion.
The New Britain Herald condemns Connecticut's retroactive tax efforts in 1925 noting the gross receipts tax and six month retroactive jitney tax clash with constitutional opinions. It argues retroactive taxes are widespread and cites income tax timing, urging reconsideration of retroactive tax policy for bus operators and the public.
The piece argues against Borah's view on uniform Volstead rights and cites Jefferson Davis and the Fugitive Slave Law as examples of nullification. It notes how nullification bred political movements and posits that if Congress passed a obviously foolish law, blame would fall on Congress, not arithmetic.
The Central Labor Union accuses police of bias toward jitney bus operators while defending its stance on the strike. It says the union acted in bad faith by filing charges about defective brakes and alleging police favoritism.
A city official condemns the claim that jitney buses lack brakes as unfounded. Police records show all operating buses were inspected in the past two weeks and in good condition. The official declines judgment on strike rights but condemns alarming public sympathy tactics.
The New York World reviews Senator Borah's Augusta talk on nullification noting his failure to address constitutional amendments Georgia claimed to have nullified. The piece mocks his stance on Prohibition and unity of enforcement, arguing his rhetoric lacks consistency and weakens his legacy as a statesman.
City Hall chatter centers on office moves, signage plans, and tax collection quirks as Bridgeport politics buzzes. Lieutenant Governor J Edwin Brainard pushes a vigorous campaign across counties while Hartford rumors weigh candidate viability and county loyalties ahead of caucus time.
A discussion of national parks as more than recreation, emphasized as scientific education and moral beauty. Figures such as Theodore Roosevelt, John Merriam, and Edward Bok are cited praising parks as nature’s laboratories and as “Super-University of Nature” guiding public thought and appreciation. The piece argues for preserving vast pristine parks, pruning insignificant ones to maintain educational mission.
A Californian writer notes a clash between sentiment and sanitation in a discussion of Sedona Hunt Jackson's Ramona. He argues the landlord kept a filthy home not for lack of care but to protect health and community welfare, criticizing romanticists who resist practical improvements.
A long critical verse recounts J. Smith DeJones who rose from shabby origins to immense wealth. It mocks his ostentatious purchases, titled Titian painting, imported limousine, and chef earnings while noting his wife and seven daughters returning with silks. The speaker laments how riches corrode modesty and community.
A ten year old boy from a Pennsylvanian town speaks of his father who works in mills and his dream to become an engineer. He mentions a wee brown bird, French birds released above, and his goal to attend college through work. The boy values education, hard work, and self-improvement over frivolity.
The letter discusses why religious leaders avoid explicit condemnations of mob violence and defines Americanism as a dynamic, humane spirit rather than a fixed phrase. It cites Lincoln and The London Spectator, urging progress through justice and goodwill, while contrasting material frames with moral enterprise. It closes with Walton quotes on wealth and contentment for reflection.
A further inquiry into Danbury’s radio reception, seeking sources of interference, will be led by Charles C. Kolster, U.S. supervisor of radio for this district. Local dealers blame the Intrnal lighting and street railway lines, with the investigation aiming to fix blame and remedy the issue.
Superintendent P J Flanagan attends the annual International Association of Chiefs of Police convention opening in Chicago with police leaders from the United States Canada Europe and the Orient present. He is expected to return to Bridgeport about Thursday.
The Leviathan left New York for Boston to be placed in drydock for general inspection. She will return about July 31 and depart again at 2 a.m. August 1 for Cherbourg and Southampton, with scraping and painting planned during the voyage.
A fragmented text offers a sequence of aphorisms on taxation fashion loyalty and public spending. It critiques graft in politics critiques religious controversies and laments the economics of long engagements within a satirical voice.
The Civitan club’s regular weekly lunch was skipped yesterday to join a joint luncheon with the New Haven Civitan club at Wilcox’s shore house, Savin Rock. Many local members will travel to New Haven by auto to attend this prominent season event, a return courtesy after Elm City Civitans hosted a Stratfield luncheon.
Eastern New York experiences thundershowers in the north and partly cloudy warm conditions with lingering showers by Wednesday afternoon or night. Northern New England sees showers and likely thunderstorms Wednesday and night, turning cooler by Thursday. Southern New England has partly cloudy skies with lingering warmth and local thundershowers midweek, followed by cooler Thursday. Conditions: a northeastern disturbance near Newfoundland and an eastward-moving northwestern disturbance affecting Ontario and the mid-Atlantic. Winds: southwest to south winds north of Sandy Hook, with moderate to fresh breezes and overcast, across Sandy Hook to Hatteras into Wednesday.
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