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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1923
Page
12
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A collection of tongue in cheek and stray observations on June peaches crop failure vacations body image and home life. It jokes about money mindedness blind spots in knowledge and social behavior with quips about farming couples golfers and weather for picnics. The tone is light satirical and fragmentary.
The forecast predicts fair weather through Saturday and Sunday for the Eastern states with generally above normal temperatures east of the Mississippi. Winds vary from fresh westerlies north of Sandy Hook to moderate southwest along the coast. A forthcoming thunderstorm is discussed in general terms, noting how moist air uplift leads to cloud formation and possible severe weather phenomena.
The essay argues that new zoning power will relieve Bridgeport by applying city planning to local districts. It stresses home rule, protects residential areas from factory noise and nuisance, and urges orderly hearings and rights statements. The piece compares zoning to strategy and predicts long-term benefits while noting immediate reforms undo past mistakes.
A concise note questions the purpose of the standard time bill signed by Governor Templeton yesterday, highlighting uncertainty about the measure’s aim and impact. The brief mentions the signing action without detailing specific provisions or outcomes.
The Judiciary committee voices doubt about the daylight saving statute’s validity and practicality. It argues the law targets city vs country waking times, creating slippery enforcement with little impact, and suggests keeping such laws unenacted would be better.
A prominent Bridgeport citizen returning after a decade praises Bridgeport High School, arguing it surpasses a famed out of town high school and proving a school’s value lies in its people rather than bricks and mortar. He asserts Bridgeport High ranks with the nation’s top preparatory schools despite overcrowding concerns and calls attention to the human factor in education.
American observers report French observers indifferent as German communists and anti-communists clash, destroy property, and kill each other in the Ruhr. Soldiers may restore order but stay occupied elsewhere. no French deaths mean no official action. The piece suggests French revenge for Paris’s occupation in 1871 and notes broader national implications.
A reader asks the Labor Bureau head to keep Miss Julian Corcoran as Deputy Inspector, citing her qualifications and two months of work by a nonpartisan commission. The letter notes her experience in factory and store settings, welfare work, and success in enforcing laws while winning employer cooperation, urging action within days.
A garbled venting piece recounts a tired speaker boasting about a worn wagon and noisy drive. The narrator expresses fatigue with the vower and rider while mixing in odd phrases about climbing mountains and gravel, weaving a scattered portrait of automotive pride and strain.
Patrolman Robert Lean of the police department sues Leonard Soudstron in Superior court for $5,000 damages claiming injuries from a motorcycle collision at the intersection of Broad Street and Park Place after leaving Senate Park in July 1922. He alleges his motorcycle was struck when the defendant's automobile turned suddenly. The injury listed includes a broken front and other damages.
Miss Norwalk, a former manicurist at the Stratfield hotel barber parlors, sues Wheeler owner of the Stratheld hotel for injuries from a slip on a wet stair. She alleges the lobby to ceiling stairs hallway were dangerous when wet, causing nervous prostration and hospitalization.
Hennis, Keller, and Dillon filed separate suits in the Sanerim court challenging Bridgeport's Middle Street widening action and the legality of the amounts assessed. Keller brothers face benefits totaling unspecified but noted. Dillon family cites a separate assessment.
The text describes a device with hollow square auger bits and sharpened chisels that hollow-square cores are ejected behind the auger. It also notes Chelsea porcelain can be identified by three unglazed spots on the bottom from its firing triad.
In Greenwich two youngsters suffered serious injuries in separate crashes. Eight-year-old Robert Heurer of Green Court Inn was struck by a Vanderhoef owned car driven by Samuel B. the lad darted from a yard and survived after a quick steering maneuver. Brett Bond, ten, of Bruce Park Avenue was hit by a car driven by Henry J White. White posted $2,000 bond for a court appearance in two weeks.
Spokane dispatch reports 16 hours of steady rainfall in the Crows Nest Pass causing the Old Man River to burst its banks. Electric power and rail traffic are disrupted, with roads blocked and motorists stalled as Alberta endures a wide flood.
A reflective verse on stubborn persistence and fate. The speaker admits a habit of staying with a plan to completion, driven by curiosity and hope for what lies ahead. The rhyme hints at an inner struggle between perseverance and the impulse to move on.
The report notes a large drop in arrests for drunkenness and a general improvement attributed to prohibition. Despite population growth and rising traffic arrests, total arrests declined about 25 percent from 1918 to 1922 as enforcement strengthens. Federal efforts remain uneven but encourage stricter policing nationwide.
A 19th century health notice argues deafness is common yet treatable with persistence. It explains causes like ear wax impaction and catarral deafness, gives home remedies with warm water syringes, wax softening drops, and cautions against forceful or cold water. It urges regular visits to an ear specialist for relief and potential full recovery.
A reader seeks guidance on dirty lands and skin care. responses advise vaseline before washing, castile soap, a hand brush, and fresh air. Additional questions cover under eye circles, wrinkles, a child with abdominal swelling possibly from roundworms, fallen arches after surgery, tooth extraction healing times, and general dental hygiene with guidance to consult a physician or orthopaedic surgeon as needed.
A fragmentary college essay lists favored works by Walter B. Pithin and references authors such as William James John Dewey R L Stevenson Mark Twain Rudyard Kipling Heinrich Heine H L Mencken C K Chesterton and Confucius The writer cites two equally strong but divergent tastes and laments choosing between them in a divided self tone.
One Hundred Years Ago reports unusually cool weather and a white frost on Bronday night near New London. A vessel off Cape Cod May 5 saw deck ice three inches thick. Ice floes and ice islands were reported by several ships approaching the Saint Lawrence, with Quebec papers noting large ice quantities and rough sea conditions for early May.
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