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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1920
Page
9
A collage of brief items quotes editorials about General Pershing retirement and Admiral Sims, notes fashion and prices, mentions a meteor in Oklahoma and Kentucky College, and hints at political theatre and a betting scandal. The pieces reference the Associated Press and ongoing public concerns with governance, sports, and social opinion.
Training and business pledges mark the profile of Wath M. Gayliss, censor of the Booth & Bay Commercial deal, at 169 Fairfield Avenue. An educator for 14 years, Bayliss was born and educated in Colorado and now works in Connecticut.
An editorial argues for a new sewage filtration plant despite high costs. It warns sewage discharge harms the Sound and oyster industry, risks typhoid and disease, and stresses cleanliness as a civic duty and civilized standard.
The piece discusses how peak loads clog post offices when businesses batch mail for day’s end. By spreading mailings across multiple times instead of one rush, handling becomes easier, distribution speeds improve, and service quality rises, urging personal concession for better service.
The district commander praises the Legion’s preamble as the best expression of its ideas. It states aims to uphold the U S Constitution, defend law and order, foster one hundred percent Americans, preserve WWI memories, instill civic obligation, oppose class autocracy, empower rights, promote peace, and transmit justice and democracy. Commander Calhoun agrees, as do others.
A parable warns against selling Liberty bonds for short term needs. It compares burning furniture and finally the house to using capital for day to day expenses, urging prudence. It emphasizes that a bond is capital and essential to weather future needs, not to be dissipated.
A fragmented editorial-note discusses bread nutrition versus whole wheat, claiming white flour strips minerals and fibers, enabling worm contamination. It cites Dr Tarvey Wiley's government-linked reform attempts and urges women to value whole wheat for better food quality. A Colonel Blacker quotation ends the column.
Bridgeport items cover bands at Yale Commencement, local church events, Knights Templar conclave, and rifle club shooting at Seaside range. Also noted are moonlight excursion plans, June month earnings, hospital fund contributors, and community notices from South Norwalk to New Haven with organization updates and religious gatherings.
A fragment of Lord Byron lyric praising beauty and music. It likens thy voice to music on waters and the sea to a waking infant as winds dream and moon weaves a bright chain. Readers are invited to listen, adore, and feel a soft full emotion like a summer ocean.
A fragment from Walt Mason extols a sunny outlook amid life’s troubles. The speaker dismisses worries as trivial fictions, choosing joy and humor over despair, promising that tomorrow will run as well as yesterday.
Readers learn from The Telegram Information Bar about answers on city sizes in the United States, sun position on solstice, Liberia’s history, Democratic and Republican schisms, Midwestern harvest customs, Missouri River descent in North Dakota, Native American voting in war councils, the saying blood is thicker than water, and Josiah Tattnall’s naval deed.
Baltimore offers a fertile field for medical study and specialization led by Johns Hopkins University. The city attracts patients from across the country seeking advanced diagnostics, anesthesia, and tailored specialist care, often at lower costs than larger cities.
Philadelphia dispatch reports Senator Boies Penrose via his private secretary expresses general support for Governor Sproul. He notes Penrose’s loyalty to Sproul and recognizes the influential character factors at the Chicago convention.
The New York based national council of traveling salesmen's association passes a resolution opposing inflated hotel and restaurant charges. The item notes public distrust of specialists and argues the best specialist is often the cheapest long term option, while stressing fairness and informed choice.
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