Bridgeport Telegram Established 1891
Bridgeport Telegram established 1891 announces subscription rates and publication details. The paper, published daily except Sunday by The Post Publishing at 140 Middle Street, Bridgeport, Conn, offers carrier rates in city and direct telephone connections for Milford and Fairfield patrons. The Associated Press is credited for news dispatches and local news.
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The Father In Law Problem Headlines a Boston Court Case
A Boston case features Mrs. Joseph Bassett Hayden suing Maurice Hayden over a marriage to a younger man for wealth. She cites his father in law as a source of trouble, seeking divorce and warning others to reconsider the influence of fathers in law. The piece also notes a Bridgeport party split, predicting Democratic party reorganization.
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The World as a Whispering Gallery of Self
A reflective essay compares the world to a whispering gallery echoing our own moods and actions. It argues that external harmony or discord mirrors inner thoughts, with nature neutral and our deeds shaping perception and outcomes. The piece uses Beecher quotations and poetic imagery to urge self-awareness and positive conduct.
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Don't Come to France Says American Tourists
A sharp critique of American travel advice to tourists in France mocks condescension from U S papers. It argues Americans abroad are beyond such guidance and delivers one-line counsel: don’t go to France.
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Prohibition Enforcement Question Raises Deaths Alarm
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co reports a 25 percent rise in alcoholism deaths among policy holders in the first half of 1926 and a 600 percent increase since prohibition began. The article questions if the law is enforceable, whether it will ever be enforced, and if many want it enforced or if it exists mainly for politics and plunder.
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Pauperizing a Nation in Britain and Ireland Expenditure
A London column argues Britain's total charitable burden reaches 453,000,000 points, with taxes and poor rates funding hospitals and pensions. It links taxation to coal strikes, suffering miners' families, and historic poverty, citing British guardianship, prison registrations, and post Napoleonic era trends.
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England’s Poor Law Critique on Miners and Welfare
An opinion piece argues Britain’s poor relief breeds idleness and waste, citing miners in northern England and a burden on taxpayers. It questions relief practices, calls for reform to avoid Bolshevik outcomes, and condemns charity as fostering dependence while warning of rising destitution.
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The Deadly Fear Reveals a Man's Hidden Past
A man haunted by a deadly fear recalls a prison term from youth and fears social rejection. The village pastor reveals that a clean career can rise from a tainted past, arguing that only the cowardly stigma should shame a person, not the truth of prior errors.
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Shelter of the Tariff Wall and Philippine independence debate
A Varied editorial argues against immediate Philippine independence, defending the tariff wall as essential for Philippine industry. It notes exports to the United States, wages, and prosperity rising since 1909 while warning that free trade with other nations could erode Philippine economies and major industries.
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The Future of Coal by Dr Rabson
Dr Rabson predicts little fear of a coal shortage next winter and no major strikes for two years. He says supply and demand will set prices, with gas and electricity rising in use and coke gaining as a heat source. Substituting fuels will curb demand growth, keeping coal prices unlikely to rise much.
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Crane
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Barnesboro Mine Poem of Labor and Dignity
A Barnesboro mine scene evokes workers rising from dawn to dusk. The speaker notes coal bed walls and labor’s grace in honest toil. The piece centers on workers who never shirk and the groping soul seeking a goal amid rugged toil at Barnesboro.
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Satirical Sentences From an Oddities Column
A jumble of pithy witticisms and miswritten proverbs pokes at manners marriage politics and weather. The quips lampoon human foibles from selfish talkers to gloomy outlooks with playful misfires and odd phrases.
Blood Atonement and Moral Rules in Public Discourse
A Federal Council of Churches leader explains that Christ’s atonement requires faith and personal acceptance, while a New York reader critiques Bertrand Russell’s Moral Rules chapter and defends the link between sex, public health, and marriage. A Fort Wayne correspondent argues language shapes thought, noting exceptions where imagination transcends words.
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Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
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Political Poinfers and Local Elections Across 1912 Tie
The piece surveys Republican realignment, noting ex-insurgents seek district roles under Geduldig for Fourth District seat, reflecting old-guard battles. It recalls Geduldig’s 1913 bid against Daniel Walker, and hints at Canada-bound citizens, Canton crime concerns, and upcoming primaries across several states with GOP and Democratic candidates in the spotlight.
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Common Council
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Daniel ©. Walker
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Geduldig
Danny’ Walker
Weather sketch for New England and Atlantic regions
New England will stay fair Monday and Tuesday with little temperature change. A tropical storm near 24N 76W moves northwest with hurricane force winds near its center. warnings extend from Key West to Titusville. A northeastern disturbance over Newfoundland with a trough toward Georgia brings fair northern weather and possible showers south of the Mississippi. Winds mainly moderate to fresh along the coast, with fair to partly cloudy conditions noted at 5 p.m. from New Haven.
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