Bridgeport Telegram Established 1891
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Fragmented Editorial Notes With Quips and Fragments
A garbled collection of editorial snippets and witticisms ranging from politics and culture to taxes and death. Includes distorted lines about Coolidge, Roos, and prosperity, plus odd asides on greetings, travel, and manners.
Sentence Sermons on Temper, Tolerance, and Virtue
Short aphorisms teach self control and virtue. They urge temperance to know when to hold back, tolerance to value others, justice to keep a clear mind, humor as a fine art, restraint in criticism, sympathy as friendship, and seriousness to grasp life's magnitude.
Government Move to Ban Opium Pipe Bowls
The deputy police commissioner in charge of narcotics hails the ban on opium pipe bowls as an important anti narcotic measure. He argues drugs fuel murder and crime, cites British role in opium trade, and says the US step could deter exporters and reduce addiction nationwide.
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Carlton Simon
Arcotics
American Republic
Great Britain
British Empire
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Nicotine Ladies Smoking Allowed on Detroit Street Cars
Detroit street railway general manager grants women permission to smoke on cars amid council objections and an existing ordinance. Women may light cigarettes cigars or pipes in trailer cars only. The note cites no Michigan law prohibiting female smoking and compares customs in Paris and London to public conveyances.
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Mario Corelli
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Hoover laments tax system complexity and calls for simplification
Secretary Herbert Hoover argues lawyers and tax experts collect far more than the government from income tax due to public explanations and a tangled federal structure. He urges a simpler system to avoid burdens on taxpayers and suggests an efficiency expert is needed in government departments.
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Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
America
Mr. Hoover
Swampscott
Fun Shop Headquaters Bridgenort Telsaram Verses Delights
A miscellany of humorous verses jokes and poems from The Fun Shop column. It features stage fantasies about actors a tale of bank envy and light verse about social intrigue and letters. The page invites readers to submit original humor and poetry with payment details and submission address.
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New England Not Slipping Says Stockbroker Phelan
James J. Phelan argues New England has not regressed but is advancing steadily since 1887 across industry commerce and agriculture. Banks and large financial institutions support his view noting deposits at record highs and widespread prosperity. The indomitable spirit of New England keeps the states at the fore.
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James J. Phelan
Cullinan mayors race contested amid lukewarm party support
Thomas M. Cullinan reportedly in a receptive mood for mayoralty honors has definite decisions to make while Democratic factions differ over his nomination. Former State Highway Commissioner Bennett plans a city hall visit today as the Board of Appraisal of Benefits and Damages meets to study sewer layouts. Connecticut bonds total 16 291 100 with varied interest due 1934 1946 1936 and a 12 million sinking fund. State Register grows by about fifty pages aided by reprints and an extra Washington portrait. Chief Justice Wheeler and Associate Justice Curtis long-tenured, exceptional records noted. Pope visitors told not to wear jewelry besides wedding or engagement rings.
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Weather Forecast For Eastern New York And Nearby Areas
Showers Monday through Monday night followed by fair and cooler conditions Tuesday. Disturbances over eastern Virginia and eastern Ontario drive scattered showers and thunderstorms in the lower lake region and Atlantic states. Expect cooler temperatures in New England, plus southeast winds and overcast skies with showers.
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Gas tax yields over $500000 in first six months
Connecticut motor vehicle records show gasoline purchases in the first half of the year totaling about 61,791,400 gallons and a gasoline tax income around $517,914. With 225,884 registered cars, average per-vehicle mileage appeared near 2,500 miles in six months and per-car consumption approximately 229 gallons. Monthly totals are listed from January to June.
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American Research Foundation
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Stadium collapse injures thirty one men in Monrovia
In Monrovia on July 26 during a Knights of Pythias ceremony a section of an outdoor amphitheatre at Port Lookout collapsed injuring thirty one men, four seriously. The event involved the Dramatic Order Knights of Khara and Pythias.
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Needles, the Hot Town in Walt Mason Verse
Needles is depicted as a furnace town where con artists and clerks sweat in a sweltering July. The poem contrasts baking streets, sizzling skies, and overheated citizens with a pretended coolness, as locals seek relief and muse on the town’s storied, weary grind under a blazing sun.
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Summer School Guest in Daily Attendance
A poem by Anne Campbell portrays a noble guest named Ambition visiting summer school. The speaker describes Ambition as present every day in all weathers, guiding students, walking beside the young maid from distant lands, and helping boys who wish to skip grades.
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Boy Knocked Down by Car Recovers and Walks Away
A Waterbury boy named Budgerort received a knee abrasion when struck by a car driven by Cechint Novenal of 487 Housatonic Avenue. The incident occurred on Shepherd Street when the child was in the road. Dr. Samuel Lilienthal treated the injury. the boy walked away unaided.
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Samuel Lilienthal
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Tinkham Warns World Court Threatens U S Independence
Representative Tinkham Republican of Massachusetts criticized the world court protocol calling it an audacious and desperate move by internationalists and occult influences to draw the United States into the court He warned joining would entangle the nation in European political questions and violate pre-existing independent rights under international law He argued even advisory opinions could bind the United States morally and condemned what he called coercion of public servants by influential minority groups
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Mexican Trouble Misunderstanding At Louis
Arturo Mahas, brother of the Mexican president and head of the consular service, said in St Louis that the dispute between Mexico’s president and Secretary of State Kellogg was merely a misunderstanding now forgotten. He spoke en route to New York, expressing goodwill toward the United States and welcome for American capital and ideas to help build Mexico.
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German Red Men Meet in Waterbury
Waterbury July 26 AP Officers were elected at a convention of the Grand court of the German Independent Order of Red Men. Grona Chief William Rueckert of New Haven led the officers with under chief Charles Loeffler of Waterbury and second assistant Louis Hengler of New Haven. Grand secretary Richard Schleiger and grand treasurer William P Loeffler named. Three delegates to the national convention in Hoboken in September were chosen: John Schuster of Waterbury, Paul Ketl of New Haven, and Mrs Theresa M Hagewald of New Haven. William P Leebler and Christian Wiener chosen to represent the Uhland tribe and Goethe encampment respectively.
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The Secret of Genius From Paderewski to Maupassant
A 1926 meditation on genius arguing it cannot be earned by effort alone but must be possessed. It cites Paderewski and Maupassant, stressing that talent bridges to genius via indefinables. Practice and best effort matter, yet genius itself remains uncontrollable.
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Leprosy Threat in the Philippines Spurs U S Action
A lecture in the current North American Review argues leprosy spreads only by active carriers and warns of long incubation periods. It cites U S responsibility in Hawaii, the Philippines, and the Caribbean, urging decisive public health action rather than passive defense.
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North American Review
Victor G Helser
International Health Board
Rockefeller Foundation
A Near Perfect Plant Emerges From Tangas Cotton
Peru develops a cotton variety named tangas immune to disease. It traces to a plant bred from a perfect specimen found in an infected field. The breakthrough yields a true type, with potential value around £100 per acre for Sheane eam.
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