Fliers take on ocean travel tests amid wartime talk
The piece reviews aviation feats including Maitland Hegenberger flying a multi motor craft toward Hawaii. It contrasts Byrd’s Atlantic voyage efforts with government rail policy critiques. It notes the shift to multi engine planes seen as key to future trans ocean airliners and extends best wishes to Byrd and his team.
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Kent Hobsch
Senetor LaFollette
Bob
Washington
My Hubbard
Hubbard
Lafollette
Pacific
Maitland
Hegenberger
Byrd
Atlantic
Hawaii
Lindbergh
Slone
Chamberline
Levine
Als Associates
Waterbury to Publish Marriage License Applications
The Waterbury town clerk will publish marriage license applications starting July to uphold the law. The practice follows a statewide directive emphasizing five day delays and public notice to prevent hasty marriages and allow objections while protecting applicants when publicity would harm them.
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Waterbury
Connecticut
Dora Egan
William C. Walling
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Judge Garlick Elevated to Fairfield County Court of Common Pleas
In Bridgeport Judge Ells praised Assistant State's Attorney E. E. Garlick who resigns to become Judge of the Fairfield County Court of Common Pleas. Garlick is well known in New Haven and across the state, and his elevation is received with favorable regard.
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Bridgeport
Ells
E. E. Garlick
Court of Common Pleas
Fairfield County
Garlck
New Haven
Common Pleas
John
Tilton
Orient
Lake Sunapee
New Hampshire
President Coolidge
Black Hills
Tilson
Philippines
Leonard Wood
Taft
Coolidge
Ticon
Pacific Coast
Far West
West
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Governor’s Foot Guards
Samuel E Hovt
Union League Club
Hoyt
Benjamin D. Winner
Sheridan T Whitaker
Robert ©. Eaton
John B Kennedy
John L. Gilson
Soast Monater
George Bernard Shaw mocks high book prices
An editor’s reader letter recounts George Bernard Shaw reacting to a 250 pound first edition appraisal. Shaw asks why such sums are paid while Mrs Shaw notes the book’s value lies in his handwriting notations. The observer condemns celebrity adulation and mocks American reception of foreign luminaries.
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George Bernard Shaw
Adelphi Terrace
London
Bernard
New Telephone Rules Spark Call for Competition
A city editorial argues for more competition in public utilities to improve service. It notes new telephone company rules prevent users from asking an information operator to identify callers and criticizes the loss of simple services like getting the time from operators.
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Agrettatn
Barnum
Central Park
Singer
Telephone
Wallstreet
Metropolitan Tower
Puiltzer
Ritz
Savoy
Netherlands
Public discontent over utility service and monopoly
A subscriber voices frustration with telephone and electric utilities in Bridgeport. The letter cites loss of direct inquiry to locate fires, rising charges, and poor service while condemning monopolies. The writer hopes future competition will improve customer treatment.
SPEEDING TRAFFIC OFFICERS CALLED TO ORDER
A reader urges instruction of motorcycle policemen to avoid unnecessary speeding on highways. He notes recent accidents involving state and city officers and argues for stricter road discipline while affirming the overall quality of patrolmen.
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Sghway
Manhattan Days and Nights in a Changing New York
The writer laments a transformed New York as Broadway and Fifth Avenue fade from significance and saloons vanish, contrasting old comforts with rising skylines. He recalls taxis, street life, and a bank clerk taxi driver's view of rising costs and changed behavior, noting the city’s social shifts and evolving urban landscape.
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New York
Broadway
West 47Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Huling fights fireworks ban amid pre Independence Day incidents
Representative John W. Huling of West Hartford pressed a 1925 27 bill to ban fireworks except small harmless varieties. The Judiciary committee and House rejected it despite Huling's insistence saving a life justifies the measure. Other city notes include traffic surveys by City Planner Swan, Milford judge endorsement by Republicans, and plans for a Hartford courthouse cornerstone ceremony.
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John W. Huling
West Hartford
Bridgeport
Huling
Judiciary Committee
The End of the Battleship Era Foreseen by Experts
The article argues defection of battleships to river pastures and reliance on submarines and aircraft for future warfare. It cites Rear Admiral William Slims and Admiral Lima noting submarines and planes alter sea power, with aircraft carriers extending projectile range and submarines prowling oceans. It highlights high costs of battleships versus cheaper subs and planes, and notes potential for minor powers to disrupt blockades with such forces.
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DR. En
William & Slims
Navy
Europe
Mississippi River
Lima
British Admiralty
Jules Verne
Sime
Bedtime Reflections and Childlike Glee by Anne Campbell
The piece notes how children burst into life at night creating childish glee that contradicts solemn prayers. It contrasts reverence with the joy of youth, mentions birds bidding good night and the hopeful idea that little ones are free from pain. A brief tragedy and a stray author’s quip about inspiring argument end the fragment.
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Anne Campbell
Reading list for a Methodist revival and social outreach
The writer proposes a set of religious magazines and weeklies for a young minister, lists periodicals from Church World Press to The British Weekly, and suggests using them to broaden parish outreach beyond personal piety. It recalls a Federal Council of Churches bulletin urging prayers against prejudice and to promote humane social ethics amid industrial concerns. It ends with reflections on immortality, ethical living, and the role of faith in guiding conduct.
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Bradford
Church World Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Review of the Churches
Sir Henry Lucn
Expository Times
A. W. and
E. Hastings
Edinburgh
Yale Review
Homiletic Review
Methodial Review
Atlantic Monthly
American Review of Reviews
Zion's Herald
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Christian Century
Congregationalist
Churchman
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Christian World
Fi Spectator
Life
Punch
Humanize
Akron
Information Service Bulletin
Federal Council of Churches
Cleryman
Middle West
Omaha
Ned
Frank Beaman
Lfe
Earth
Heaven
General Mitchell’s Drift From Fame To Virginia Life
General William Mitchell fades from national headlines after court martial and retirement. Once a central aviation critic, he now lives as a gentleman farmer near Middleburg Virginia. He eyeing a possible Congress run, but Virginia residency and politics complicate any bid.
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Middleburg
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginian
Washington
Long Island
Congress
Wisconsin
Detroit
Virginia
Weather Insight and Home Heating Notes
An excerpt describes MISFORTUNE teaching value, contrasts love and fortune, and explains an electric steam radiator with a heating element replacing pipes. It notes a switch for heat levels and situates the piece in a Daily Almanac context with sunrise time.
Money Back by Walt Mason from the Blue Front store
A comic poem recounts buying at a Blue Front store, where the proprietor allegedly accepts returns and refunds. The speaker exaggerates shopping grievances with overripe pickles and succotash, while praising a shop that supposedly makes customers happy with fair refunds.
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Walt Mason
Blue Front
Weather Outlook for New England and New York
The forecast covers Northern and Southern New England with cloudy skies and probable showers Thursday, then Friday fair and little temperature change. Eastern New York expects partly cloudy skies and slightly warmer conditions Thursday and Friday as a low pressure system moves northeast of Hudson Bay. Winds vary from fresh southeast to north of Sandy Hook, with offshore showers possible Thursday and modest to strong winds off the coast along the New Jersey shore.
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Hudson Bay
New Jersey
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