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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1924
Page
12
Bridgeport Telegram details subscription rates by mail and advance payment, published daily except Sunday, by The Post Publishing at 140 Middle Street Bridgeport Connecticut. It notes open access to all departments and connection for 24 hour service, with Barnum 6100 telephone and AP affiliation.
A collection of wry observations and jokes touching on sex, taxes, optimism, social norms, and modern life. The items mix wordplay with satirical lines about golfers, dancers, advertising, and marriage while skewering public behavior and popular culture in a light editorial voice.
A compact civic credo urging duty over private gain and loyalty to the flag. It champions voting, acceptance of differing opinions, and character as the test of citizenship while honoring ancestry and safeguarding posterity.
Northern New England and parts of Southern New England and Eastern New York will see generally fair weather Tuesday and Wednesday with little temperature change. Monday night showed low pressure with no material temperature shift. Expect partly cloudy skies with no significant temperature variation, winds along the coast from Sandy Hook to Hatteras shifting to fresh southwest and west on Tuesday.
A letter arguing for including psychiatrists at national conventions to evaluate candidates and attendees. The writer proposes selecting alienists who assess each candidate, ensuring no bias, and claims such a system could settle debates about sanity. The idea envisions six experts disagreeing as a model for public proof and judgment.
The piece argues that early maneuvers by leading Democratic contenders and their followers are merely distractions. It notes the difficulty of uniting a divided party, predicting that neither front runner may secure nomination and that dark horse prospects face tough scrutiny from delegates.
As the convention advances, observers expect debates over whether outcomes will be facilities or assets. The broader national mood remains cautious, with decisions likely shaped by ongoing discussions and future prospects.
President Faunce of Brown University criticizes the moving picture mind and radio, arguing diffusion does not ensure truth. The piece compares radio to the printing press and questions the assumption that listening makes people think alike, urging balanced hearing to aid thinking.
A editorial argues that American postal workers deserve timely raises and fair compensation. It notes workers’ loyalty despite delayed pay increases, urges recognizing service, and ties national economy to fair postal funding funded by users who benefit from reliable service.
A Connecticut veteran argues platforms rarely sway voters, citing candidate personality as decisive. The piece traces the Gates family in Connecticut politics, mentions Dawes ties, and notes anticipated electoral votes and potential moves by Democratic leaders as campaigns unfold. The outlook hints at intra party maneuvers and regional figures shaping a national contest.
Amid the Democratic National Convention in session a veteran Democrat notes that McAdoo’s nomination could split the party with votes for a third ticket in the state. He recalls past conventions where front runners faltered in long balloting, citing Horatio Seymour as an unlikely early favorite who won only late ballots. The piece also mentions English as a dark horse and a Ku Klux Klan issue influencing conventions long ago.
The Republican National Committee invited Colonel John C. Coolidge of Plymouth Notch to Cleveland to see his son nominated for President. He declined, saying he could not attend and that other nations' policies inflame some to action, a remark read by Dwight Morrow at the Massachusetts dinner.
From the Democratic Press of Philadelphia June 24 1824 a Rush anecdote about Dr Johnson is recalled. Dr Goldsmith asks if Boswell loved questions Johnson replies with a quip about why an apple is round but a pear is not.
A jumble of poems, jokes, wedding notes, and rural sketches from the Bogtown Enterprise recounts Lucy Frisbie and Tebe Wadden’s Saturday wedding, farm life details, and regional reminiscences. It mixes comic snippets with a portrait of Vermont hall farming and Coolidge lore.
A garbled OCR page presents a collage of dialogue bits and stray lines. Names like Williams, Richard, Roy Taylor, and Mrs George Ferguson appear amid disjointed phrases and incomplete sentences about doctors, poker hands, and a honeymoon aboard a ship.
Dr Frank Crane argues that understanding others is crucial for influence and success, a theme echoing in sales, parenting, and public discourse. The piece cites Siddall’s idea that truth is what works, and links “othering yourself” to effective communication, politics, and personal relations, followed by medical Q&A with Dr. Copeland answering readers on health topics and insurance.
A discussion of aphasia outlines its partial memory loss and speech impairment caused by head injury emotion apoplexy or brain tumor. It notes several forms from temporary memory gaps to recognition without recall and explains re education as brain centers resume function. It ends with patient questions on sleep and skin care.
In Walt Mason's verse, Punktown expands as new buildings rise and boosters push growth. Tax fears flare among the public square crowd as workers and carpenters lament costs, while boosters praise expansion and prosperity amid rising taxes and wages.
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