Fragmented Bridgeport Page Reflects Local Society
A partial, fragmented OCR of The Bridgeport Telegram shows a 1890 founded paper with editorial notes and poetry. It references The Associated Press and mentions political shifts in a distant parliament while touching on social topics and local advertisements.
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Bridgeport Telegram
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Associated Press
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Sidewalk Snapshots of Jt L Nesmith in Photo Business
Looking pleasant is the easiest note about R J Nesmith of the Fountain Photo company at 255 Middle Street who has spent a decade in photography. Mrs Nesmith also served as a Duvalation photographer and has many interesting pictures.
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Middle Street
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Water Street
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Bridgeport's private steamboat link to New York seen as missed opportunity
A historical note argues Bridgeport could rival great East Coast ports if harbor facilities and modern freight handling were developed. The piece criticizes past alderman decisions that killed the Port of Bridgeport project and warns of ongoing freight blockades and transport needs. It emphasizes waterfront growth, terminal machinery, and the city’s economic potential if opportunity is seized.
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Bridgeport
New Yorks
Port of
Conla
Los Angeles Emerges as Star of the West
The piece extols Los Angeles as a rising time star with a large 1910s population, praising its climate, scenery, and booming civic feats. It lauds the city’s park system, lighting, water works, San Pedro port annexation, and citizen initiative while contrasting Eastern skepticism with Western enterprise.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Macy
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New York
America
Pacific
San Petra
Los Angel
San Pedro
Bridgeport
Prout
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English language gains global influence says Painleve
Ex-Premier Painleve, traveling to the Orient via the United States, asserts English dominance in international affairs. He advocates English study for Chinese students in France and urges French universities to offer English courses to enroll them. He argues American help shapes the Far East and that Chinese adoption of English keys to civilization.
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Premier Painleve
France
United States
Orient
Anique
M. Painleve
China
Chinamai
Prance
Cnroll
Far East
America
Shina
Chi
Treaty Plank Fails To Ratify Peace Pact In Senate
The article notes a Senate majority including Republicans backed ratification of the peace treaty with League of Nations minus reservations, while irreconcilables like Borah and Johnson split the party and blocked the two thirds needed. Johnson urged repudiation but failed to gain support.
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United States Senate
Senate
League of Nations
B and Johnson
Hiram Johnson
Toto
Washington
Adegee
Borah Jane
A Change for the Better Demands Law and Order
Bridgeport sees arrests cut by half versus last year as Burns detectives report liquor dealers are tied to crime. Officials note long understood links between drink and crime, and claim further liquor reduction would advance improvements, though a completely sober nation remains unlikely.
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Bridgeport
Burns
America
Bravery Cited Across Generations In Thackeray Tribute
A brief cultural note honors bravery as a timeless ideal, citing Thackeray as a source and reflecting on enduring values. The piece links historical virtue to modern readers, emphasizing moral courage and resilience.
Bridgeport News Roundup From 40 Years Ago
A garbled Bridgeport chronicle notes local events including temperance society picnics on Lakeville, factory work on Middle Street, a Wheeler & Wilson band touring Waterbury for a club, and car/rail industry mentions. It reports tax collection nearing $190,000 with about $60,000 left, church notices, a platform extension at the riverside, a Germania Singing Society event, and a gold headed ebony tribute to Mr Dugan at the Wheeler and Wilson plant.
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Wheeler and Wilson
Gwen Dugan
Dungan
Relief to Many Tuberculosis Patients at Bridgenort Meeting
Nine applicants for reef relief from tuberculosis were received at the spending meeting of the directors of the Employes' Tuberculosis Relief of Bridgenort. Applicants came from Singer Manufacturing Shop Siemon Hard Rubber Warner Bros Holmes & Tedwards Salt Textile Lopomobile American Chain and Crawford tannery. All received medical attention and care during illness. secretary noted 16 patients placed in sanatorium care since January 1.
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Ted Unon
Bridgenort
Nod Y Nisht
Singer Manufacturing Company
Siemon Hard Rubber Corporation
Warner Bros. Company
Holmes & Tedwards, Salt, Textile Company
Lopomobile Company
American Chain Company
Crawford Tannery
Renerr
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The Doctor Walt Says
A speaker recounts a doctor who endures hardship and low pay while gaining experience. He reflects on the doctor’s long study, grueling nights, and the eventual success that comes from years of effort. The poem laments high fees and defends the doctor’s skill.
To-day's Worth-While Verse From The Deserted Village
Poem fragment laments changing England as wealth and pride replace simple rural life. Describes ancient peasants, healthy labor, innocence, and plentiful calm, now replaced by decadent luxury, urban pomp, and social decay. The verse evokes nostalgia for a vanished countryside and the outsize role of gold in society.
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Jorda
England
Crade
Colly
Uncle Sam Gains From Money That Never Comes Back
A historical analysis explains how government profits from currency that leaves circulation, noting vast sums of old notes and coins lost, burned, buried, or unrecovered. It details tens of millions still out there, the role of fires like Chicago and San Francisco, and how redeemed or replaced money sustains government coffers.
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Washington
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Justina
Uncle Sam
Treasury
Failu Te Raiuen
Ania
Muel Macy
United States
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Vetarn
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Iho Shinnaslers
Livtad States
Tim National
Federl
Highout
Sury
Nalinn
Thordowal
Chicago
Sux
Jean
San Francisco
Baltimore
Atlantic
Lisisania
Artimarine
Question prompts and mixed election trivia from 1912 era notes
A compilation of trivia asks about Woodrow Wilsons 1912 popular vote share Taft and Roosevelt results and touches on related topics. It also includes questions on legal terms devise bequeath origins of Paetchalt and a note on ubiquitous dandelions and forest fire causes.
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Wilson
President Wilson
William Howard Taft
Theodora Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Abraham Liteon
Douglas and
Breckinridge
Catt resigns presidency of international suffrage alliance
Geneva reports Mrs Currie Chapman Catt resigns as president of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance after describing her aging as a factor. Delegates protested the withdrawal, urging reconsideration, with a final decision anticipated the next day at the session in Geneva.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Currie Chapman Catt
International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Allie
Water carries vast wealth in sea and land
A scientific note claims the South holds more gold, with seawater and rivers containing massive quantities. It estimates a cubic mile of water weighing two kilograms of gold and oceans containing about 390 million cubic miles of water, suggesting overall mineral content is substantial.
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Scientific Journal
Rigwe Angle Sol A Tad Tn Standins A Ladder
A damaged OCR fragment notes a rigwe angle setup with a ladder leaning at about seventy five degrees. The bottom should be about one quarter of the ladder length from the wall against which it stands.
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