Bridgeport Telegraph Subscription Rates and Notices
The Bridgeport Telegram lists subscription prices in advance by month or week and notes its publishing schedule. It references the B.P.C. Barnum Street address, the Associated Press license, and local circulation auditing. The page includes literary pieces and credits to John Kendrick Bangs and others, with The Cricket poem fragment appearing among miscellaneous content.
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Post -Publishing CO
Riddle Street
Brideepers
Comsey
Associated Press
Associated Prosy
Thia
John Jkendrick Bangs
Editorial notes on national issues and social views
The fragmentary column references Chicago reports, a San Francisco divorce case, a country doctor, farmers’ influence, and political debate. It mentions a bus, seaplanes in the air, court fees, rope ties, and broadcasts from a New York Pennsylvania station, all in a garbled editorial tone.
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Sidewalk Snapshots: Captain Victor Wright Profile
Sidewalk snapshots profile Captain Victor Wright, long associated with New Haven and Bridgeport maritime service. Born in New Haven, he has spent years in various roles aboard hulls and boilers, serving as a captain of oyster, tug and passenger steamers, and a steamboat inspector.
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Victor Wright
New Haven
Ptain Wright
Cemer Charles
A Quiet Campaign Debate on Front Door Tactics
Walter F Brown chairman of the Ohio college national convention endorses a front door campaign style like McKinley while arguing against public front door tours He favors home visits by delegates and Lincoln Meslo as a template The piece notes the fatigue of travel and the public’s desire to see candidates in person urging managers to balance exposure with economy
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Walter F. Brown
Ohio
Dllege National Convention
McKinley
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Maring
Marion
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William Meslo
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Harding
Wilkinson era appointments spark Senate friction and pricing debates
An analysis of early 20th century appointment practices notes Senate resistance to presidential choices and the use of recess appointments. It highlights Ford, Potter, and Duncan as commissioners, warns of railroad rate hikes, and contrasts with Hammurabi’s ancient code as a lesson in regulation and profiteering.
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M Wilson
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Ford
President Wilson
Princeton
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New York
Pittsburgh
Woodrow Wilsor
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Duncan
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The Russian Blockade Debate in The Nation's Business
The Nation's Business argues removal of the blockade against Russia is needed as Soviet authorities blame it for their own failures. It cites William C Redfield and alleged Soviet transportation breakdowns, asserting allied powers prop up the regime while Russia starves and descends into chaos.
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Russia
William C.redfield
Soviet
Mystery of Who Designs Tire Treads Reveals Industry Shifts
A fragment from a vintage column discusses the ongoing mystery of tire tread design, noting tire makers introduce new treads weekly. The piece highlights that tread design is a modern artistic field with geometry driving diversity, praising Tore as a leading figure and contrasting education paths for designers and car labels specialists.
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Tore
Bridgeport News Briefs From The Seandé 40 Years Ago
Bridgeport notes from June 11 1839 report county commissioners in session, western rail extension stations at Bandy Stook Newtown Harlemville and Darbury, a NY passenger rescues shipwreck victims, and the 1st 15th meetings of local fraternal and church groups. Also details on arrivals at Southport and West Stratford population rise, a shipyard fire near Southport, a local burial, a school entertainment, and local politics with the Good Templars and Glen House associations prominent.
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Newtown
Haarleville
Darbury
Nety Work
New England Pond
Clemency Board Grants Six Naval Appeals at Portsmouth
The Naval Clemency Board in Portsmouth New Hampshire released six clemency reductions from forty cases. The decisions were endorsed by Commandant Lieutenant Commander Thomas Mott Osborne. No pardons were given. reductions applied to minor offenses. Rear Admiral George R. Claes and Captain J. W. Sypher served on the board.
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N. H
Inez
Naval Prison
Fomtore
Thomas Mott Osborne
Commendre A. ¥. Wadhams Fretiad
Clemency Board
Bn Ins
Fhoard Gensis
George R Clavs
Judentvaete Gansval
J. YW. Sypher
Willam L. Fun
International finance and taxation in global economies
The article analyzes fiscal policy and taxation shares by country, ranking United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, and Germany by revenue from taxation. It discusses paper money, financial soundness, and notes wartime fiscal conditions across Europe, with figures for denominations and national shifts. It references Balkans, Poland, and Baltic regions as contexts for ongoing financial strain.
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Unitedtas
Great Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Japan
Russia
Balkans
Poland
Neighborly Whimsy Turns on Borrowed Goods Tale
An eccentric verse recounts a neighbor named Janes who endlessly borrows from the speaker and others. The narrator recalls favors while noting the neighbor’s cheerful help during illness, then jokes about perpetual borrowing of items from tools to clothing and even a wedding suit as the chest of possessions grows.
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Janes
Walt
Mason
To-day's Worth-While Verse from MY GARDEN
A fragmentary poem in which the speaker notes a garden as a love spree and a divine presence. The lines describe fragrant grottoes and a pool with a sense that God is present in the garden even as the evening cooling sets in. The voice asserts that God waits in the speaker's own garden.
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Gardena
Nward Brown
Teaching English to America Women Speech Drive
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT reports Chicago June 13 on a broad campaign by the Ladies of KOitty DUE and the Yodola Federation of Women’s Clubs to improve American speech. Aimed at reducing slang and promoting proper grammar, the movement launches an English speech week with school and shop promotions, banners urging "Good English Can Serve Thee" and lectures in banks and offices to train stenographers and workers in correct pronunciation.
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Willderelon
Freight train collision kills two brakemen in New York
Two Delaware and Hudson railroad brakemen Oseah Magher and George Phillips, both of Albany, were crushed and burned when freight train Nos unknown collided with rear of another train near Gansevoort New York. Conductor Larry Wilson was injured and burned. The wreck occurred in dense fog, with multiple injuries reported and the crash described as severe and deadly.
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N.Y
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Hadsan
Oseah Magher
George Phillips
Albany
Gansevoort
Here
Larry Willson
Former Lee staff member dies in New York
June 14. Rev West Pase, longtime member of General Robert E. Lee’s staff and rector of St. Paul’s Cathedral in Cornwall New York, died in a hospital in York. The obituary notes his age and service in the Confederate era and his later religious work.
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York
West Pase
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Rovert E. Lee
Confederate Arty
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Cornwall
N.Y
Maneta's Trial Today In New Haven Court Feanis Hosea Arrested
Feanis Hosea of Bridgeport was arrested in New Haven on Sunday charged with overloading and illicit traffic between Bridgeport and New Haven. He is to be tried this morning in the New Haven City court.
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Japan
Lo Toleig
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Feanis Hosea
Bridgeport
New Haven
Democrats to Meet for Convention Delegates
William B. Kirk of Fridgeport and Mayor Jeremiah Donovan of Norwalk will attend a meeting of the delegation this afternoon at the Hotel Garde in New Haven. The gathering concerns the western trip and the arrangement of delegates to the national convention.
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William B. Kirk
Fridgeport
Jeremiah Donovan
Norwalk
Onnectigut
Garde
New Haven
Piana
Rhekens
Washington asks about discharge paper color and related queries
A reader inquires if discharge paper color indicates status, and the Telegram Information Bureau explains honorable discharges are written on white paper, other types on colored sheets. The piece also covers White House occupancy, baseball gear rumors, swan terminology, stain removal on white shoes, band leadership in marches, university course length estimates, duties and origin of TOR, and automobile washing steps.
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T. Oo
Wir
State Parks for People Says Holcomb
The June 14 plan by the state park commission approved by Governor Holcomb issues public information on park use. It allows fishing, gathering nuts, collecting dead wood for fires, and camping up to two days without a permit, with longer stays by permit. Parks listed include Sherwood Island, Westport, East Hampton, Litchfield area, Mt. Bushnell, and others across Connecticut.
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State Park Commission
Holcomb
Connecticut
Shermood Island
Westport
Tung
Easthampton
St. Te
Litchfield
Mt Bushnell
Washington
Selden
Neck
Lyme Maystack
Norfolk
Ivy Mountain
Goshen
Mothagish Mountain
Cormywalls Great
Portland
West Peak
Meriden
Mashamoaud Brook
Pomfret
Sap ‘Tree Run
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