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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1922
Page
10
Bridgeport Telegram lists subscription rates payable in advance for 1 year 1 month and 1 week by carrier. The paper published daily except Sundays by The Post Publishing Co with offices on Michele Street Bridgeport Connecticut and telephone service Barnum 9100.
A column of jests and aphorisms spans politics marriage labor humor and daily life. Bits reference loafing money fashion music and international plots with playful satire and regional anecdotes across crowded notes and banter.
The court martial of Major Nicholson for writing to President Harding is judged as a farce by the author. Charges of absence without leave and false statements were dropped, leaving a single charge. Nicholson is sentenced to fifty files in seniority, a punishment seen as misaligned with peacetime norms and as evidence of Prussian influence in the U S army.
A Bridgeport note urges saving receipts after tax payments as a safeguard against later discrepancies. The article describes 40 000 residents receiving bills for arrears and stresses preserving receipts to prove payments if an error occurs, warning against relying on others’ honesty.
The bulletin predicts continued warmth and mostly fair weather for Thursday and Friday across South New England. A large high pressure system settles over the western Atlantic and eastern states, with variable winds along the Atlantic coast and between Sandy Hook and Hatteras.
Almanac calculated for the Telegram notes daylight hours and sun timing. Includes sunrise and sunset references and high water details though some terms are garbled, but indicates daily solar information and tide context for the period.
Bridgeport citizens back the Bridgeport Teachers' Association in urging the Board of Education not to discontinue the City Normal School. The protest letter argues three key points including civic pride and progress, and that the school is a reasonable taxpayer burden and, in economic prestige terms, a paying institution.
A Boston Museum shows a 6000 year old Egyptian statuette dug from a tomb. The piece depicts a flapper making bread with boobed hair and a perceived permanent. The author muses on cycle of life and war’s glory versus science.
Wealthy insurers gather in New York to compare notes on American home coverage. They estimate total insured value near 92 million dollars, a figure described as roughly four times the national debt. The remark suggests the vast scale of insured homes and the fragility of the economy.
HT. Rey of Columbia University observed a drug extracted from a jungle tree root in use during a scientific expedition. The substance, dubbed caapi based, is described as producing fearless, courageous behavior in combat.
Experts say closed motor cars may rise to 40 of 160 overall. If you own a closed car, keep windows open to improve air flow. Fresh air is seen as the antidote to health deterioration from prolonged idling.
French passenger airlines carry 1¢000 passengers and 175000 tons of baggage yearly and suffer one mishap per 10 trips. They are mostly on time with delays only three percent of the time. The piece notes rapid progress in air travel while ground transit lags behind.
European food shortage grows as winter wheat sowing for the 1921 1928 season is reported 1 999 000 acres below last year across eight countries. The Agriculture Department notes the reduced plantings reveal broader European conditions and influence global affairs.
The dove of peace is mocked as it falters in flight its plumage torn and eyes hardened by peppered red. Nations cling to slaughter and debt while war drums threaten anew as old allies or foes clash. The piece likens leaders to damaged birds and warns that peace remains undervalued and fragile.
David Wark Griffith argues self honesty and clear purpose before entering film. He urges evaluating own talents, timing a five year plan, avoiding money as the motive, and seeking an organization with growth to contribute art and entertainment for the public.
Stamford reports Patric F. O'Meara of New Haven was re-elected president of the Connecticut Federation of Labor without opposition at the state convention. New officers chosen include VPs Daniel A. Gorman Danbury F J Cooney Hartford Frank O'Meara Hartford Ordel La Pre Norwich Secretary Ita Mornburn New Haven Treasurer Frederick L Neede Meriden. The convention defeated a measure tied to recognizing the Russian Soviet government.
The olden magicians are mocked as sham while teen Isids replace them with practical tech. They craft radio sets from junk and wire to tap distant airwaves, delivering voices that throb through the nation. If ancient sorcerers returned they would be humbled by these freckled kids who do more enchantment with work than illusion.
A reflective piece urging safe play for urban children. It argues cities force kids to play on streets, recounts Don’s fatal collision with a coal truck, and calls for mandated playgrounds and ample play space at home and school to prevent such tragedies. It advocates relocation to safer areas and state laws ensuring proper play spaces.
Federal agents Sabini and Turner slipped past guards to raid a moonshine operation on Waterville mountain. They seized 549 gallons of mash and a modern distilling apparatus and arrested Joseph Wda on a Volstead Act violation.
In fog off Yerba Buena Island the steamer Matsonia struck the air tanker J A Moffitt after 3 PM. The Moffitt was listless and taking on water. Matsonia altered course and proceeded while aid was prepared.
Readers ask about weight for a tall young woman, heart palpitation causes and treatment, and high blood pressure management. Dr Copeland replies to advise checking heart health, improving general health with sleep and moderate stimulants, addressing constipation, and eating habits. He compares digestion to a sawmill, urging measured meal times and avoidance of excess late at night.
Readers argue for simpler living and less social excess citing health harms from banquets and meals. A police perspective requests comfort in uniforms, questioning required blouse weight and heat, noting morale and efficiency depend on sensible dress and human-centered policy.
A transcription-style quiz feature presents reader questions on topics from zoology to law. Answers cover estivation, piano care, furlong origin, heir presumptive versus heir apparent, longest-serving MLB manager, first American Army execution, hippodromed races, Heligoland fortifications, the meaning of with intent in law, and Cologne’s Chapel of Bones with 11000 English virgins and other martyrs.
A wartime notice urges women to learn safe food handling to protect family health. It promotes a free booklet based on careful scientific study, with instructions to mail a name and address, write clearly, and include two cents for return postage.
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