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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1922
Page
12
Bridgeport Telegram, established 1691, publishes daily except Mondays. The paper lists department openings, audit bureau affiliations, and Associated Press content. Local news and advertising details are provided for readership in Bridgeport and surrounding areas.
A compilation of humorous and pensive lines touching on politics, marriage, age, technology, and daily life. It reflects a dated voice with remarks on voters, women in power, law, industry, and social quirks, mingled with trivia about Mars and old computing.
The report describes generally fair conditions for Friday and Saturday along the Atlantic coast with moderate winds and temperatures, plus showers in the north and south states earlier in the week. Separately a West End businessman's door was found with a red placard reading Riding with Death, prompting police inquiries into a potential Ku Klux Klan or prank-related threat.
Yale astronomer Dr. Frank Schlesinger and Dr. Harlow Shapley lead an international committee in Rome to reform the calendar. A favored plan proposes 13 months of 28 days with one or two unnumbered days between December 28 and January 4, creating a New Year holiday and a fixed weekday for common dates. The reform would standardize month lengths, keep fixed holidays on the same weekday, and settle Easter on a definite date, aiding business and daily life.
A Cleveland speech by Secretary of War Weeks criticizing Congress sparks debate. Mondell's line that this is the best ever Congress shows entrenched approval, leaving little room for reform. The writer urges November to arrive quickly.
Dr. Sawyer, physician to President Harding, argues future doctors could be paid for keeping people well rather than treating illness. He contrasts with the Chinese system where pay depends on patient health, warns Americans about urban crowding and rising land values that shrink living spaces and threaten the traditional yard.
The report notes stronger export activity and larger outputs in May 1519, with gains across steel and autos. Profit prospects are tight but production and consumption rise, while the commercial crop seems ripe. A brisk, aggressive sales approach is urged for growth.
Alexander Mauracadato speaks to 200 department store leaders on aligning talent with the suitable business field. He warns that failure comes from entering the wrong job at the wrong time and urges pursuing vocations that fit inherent skills, such as blacksmithing or law, rather than forcing ill-suited paths.
Cramped London dwelling with a six foot wheel frontage. The owner uses the ground floor for shop and the upper for cooking, reflecting tight urban space near Kensington Palace Gardens.
Rumors surge after Dempsey parts with trainer Taddy Hayes amid talk of a larger split with promoter and camp. Analysts say the move could become a political and sporting flashpoint, drawing attention away from other divisions and fueling speculation within American boxing circles.
Olaf Linck reports from Zululand that wives are bought on installment with two oxen down and yearly payments. A wife’s price resembles a debt payable over time and the system carries severe penalties for adultery. The practice may force a change in Zulu society toward the white man’s customs.
A Rome sourced radiophonic note, relayed to New York, predicts radio movies as crude pioneer attempts and foresees radio eyewitnessing. It envisions distant events arriving without photographs, while warning that such tech may undermine conventional media and fuel skepticism.
A weary traveler pleads at a doorstep for bread and a crust, citing hunger and cold. The resident dismisses him, insisting there is no pie or comfort to spare, and condemning the intruder as wasteful and untimely, while moralizing about proper conduct.
This excerpt from a municipal article discusses the city manager plan. It notes cities recruit experts across fields, cites early examples in Dayton Cincinnati Springfield and Akron, and describes gradual professionalization. It mentions salaries, associations, and training programs preparing a generation of city managers.
Poem by Berton Braley muses on heaven and innocence. The speaker wonders if heaven lacks babies and their joyful infantile laughter, arguing that heaven would be incomplete without them and that childlike wonder would give heaven a worth beyond adult perception.
A reflective piece urges teaching children that bodies are sacred and that even a joke can harm. It contrasts a wheelchair user and his shadowed brother, warning that rough handling and impatience train harm. Start with gentle, respectful touch and restraint to foster decency and self respect in every child.
The United States Bureau of Plant Industry studies daylight's impact on plant development. Excessive light shortens division, alters carbohydrate deposition, and reduces photosynthesis efficiency. Stem elongation and flowering respond to day length, with longer days delaying senescence and provoking changes in growth.
Royal S Copeland outlines impetigo forms in children, spread risks, common locations such as scalp and face, and stages from clear blisters to crusts. Treatment emphasizes preventing scratching, removing crusts, and gentle ointments. severe infant cases can be fatal.
Reader inquiries cover swelling hands ankles and leg fullness, nose obstruction post-surgery breathing, adolescent weight check, cosmetic safety of electrical needle, rough dry skin, eye clouding, hair wash suggestions, and general medical advice. Dr Copeland offers guidance, emphasizes clinical exam, diet, and personal physician follow ups.
A compilation of sample questions with terse answers from a Telegram Information Bureau style Q and A. Topics include camping tentage per person, lunar phases including a Friday the 13th full moon, impeachment procedure, who were the learned radical, silk dye origins, Grand Canyon age estimates, weight of a Washington monument, authors of classic prayers, biblical mentions of apes, prison farming programs, and the definition of a trunk line.
Jane Q Miss Mary Caroline Holmes of Binghamton is awarded the Croix de Guerre for relief work in the Near East during and after World War I. She endured isolation near Urfa during a 60 day siege by Turkish nationalists and later helped Armenian orphans under French protection in Barut.
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