Subscription rates and advertising details in The Post
Subscription rates are listed by Man Doak with weekly and monthly options. Advertising representatives for Metropolitan Tower New York and Chicago telegraph services are noted. The Post Publishing Co Bridgeport publishes daily except Sunday and is audited by the ABC.
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Claen ' S
Man Doak
Mienthais
Arian Advertising
Metropolitan ‘Tower
New York
Peoples Gas
Chicago
HE Post Publishing CO
Middle Street
Bridgeport
A Line of Cheer by John Kendrick Bangs
Fragmentary prose poem urges lifting mood despite world’s gloom. It repeats themes of small joys, brief bright moments, and hopeful light breaking through clouds of care.
Editorial Notes on Political and Social Scenes
Editorial notes comment on female lawmakers labeled legic lady, discuss Republican dynamics and upcoming legislative shifts, mention D Annunzio, Bible official at the White House, post inauguration writing push, Germany’s stance on Allied terms, and local remarks on garden tstd production and bathing rules while teasing new proposals from Senator Bowers.
McCarthy Named New Manager at Plaza Theatre
James F. McCarthy, long time ticket seller for S. %. Poli at the Plaza theatre, becomes manager succeeding his brother John F. P. McCarthy. At 48 he is the youngest theatre manager in the area. Boating is his hobby and he is affiliated with Bridgeport Lodge AL Eke.
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Jaxxes FP. McArthy
Poli
Plaza Theatre
James F. McCarthy
John FP. McCarthy
Bridgeport Lodge
AL Eke
Drowning Public Service ROWBOAT Demands in Connecticut
An editorial likens Connecticut Light and Power to a drowning company that seeks an ocean liner of relief. It complains the firm rejected life preservers and rowboats, pushing for cancellation of debts, tax relief, fare hikes, and legal power to deter other transport. It notes legislature murmurs and forecasts uncertain fate.
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Connecticut Company
Connecticut
Public Service Corporation
Ianagement
Open Letter to Brussels Mayor About Fair Invites
The American writer urges Belgium to welcome visitors to Brussels second Official and Annual Fair, praising Belgium’s postwar resilience and urging equal passport charges. He notes Brussels’ strategic location and contrasts Belgian fees with American policy, lamenting discrimination and calling for fair pricing for all travelers.
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Brussels
Belgium
Paris
London
Europe
England
France
Germany
Holland
Berlin
Passport Bureau
Namur
United States
Yankees
Goodbye Hip Pocket Declares Fashion Change 1922
A witty critique argues hip pockets vanish from 1922 trousers as New York Custom Cutters warn the era of the hip pocket ends. The piece urges focus on character above attire and notes droughts and social shifts altering menswear and self-presentation. Sir James Macintosh quotes frame the satire.
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Deadstar
John Barleycorn
New York Custom Cutters! Association
Wilson Rests in His New Home
Woodrow Wilson, fading from public life, leaves the Capitol after refusing further public duties. He endures a slow ascent with aid, receives farewell remarks from President Harding, and moves to his private residence on H Street with Mrs. Wilson. Admirals Grayson and Tumulty accompany him amid a hero’s welcome.
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Wilson
Ami
White House
Mr. Harding
Capital
Senate Wing
Mr. Wilson
Forte
Arthur Brooks
Ms. Wilson
Brooka
Pen- Tose
Mr. Ison
Mr.Harding
Jah
Ann
Knox
Admiral Grayson
Joseph P. Tumulty
Pennsylvania
Hele
President
Woodrow Wilson
Estes Park Gambler’s Rise and Fall in San Diego
The speaker recalls a wealthy Estes Park figure whose life of luxury ended as fortunes shifted. A San Diego bench encounter reveals a hustler’s pride in fast cars and high living, contrasted with sudden hunger and a plea for steady work. The tale contrasts glamour with instability and the gambler’s volatile fate.
Pardoned after three years in prison for wife murder
William F. Fair, once of Darien, granted a pardon by the board of pardons after serving three years of a life sentence for the murder of his wife Margaret. Trial records show co-defendant Jack Devereaux faced three to five years. appeals were not perfected. Evidence included a skeleton and a swamp corpse, with trial largely circumstantial.
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Sale
Margaret
William F. Pair
Darien
Board of Pardons
Pair
Jack Devereaux
Trailig
Ale Marine
New York
Court Asked To Strike Out Bozeman's Answer
In Superior Court a motion to strike Bozeman's answer in the Frank Cozza versus Bozeman lawsuit for $5,000 damages was filed, arguing irrelevance. Bozeman claims a sudden rage arose when Cozza produced a Madonna picture during questioning in last spring vice raids, and asserts the assault followed from that presentation.
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Bred C. Bozeman
Frank Cozza
Bozeman
Coma
Conza
Citizen Committees to Organize in New England States
Boston March 4 six citizen committees representing the New England states named by governors to study railroad conditions in the region will convene in Boston on Tuesday morning next week. The committees' personnel have been completed and announced by Governor Cox's office.
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Boston
Cleiens
Newngland
Mocket
Cox Tod
Corn meal health benefits urged by agriculture bureau
An agriculture department booklet promotes corn meal as a cheap, nutritious diet booster with numerous recipes. The information bureau will mail a copy upon request with return postage and stamps.
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Ne Department of “Agriculture
Wasnta Information Bureau
Frederic Z. Haskin
Bridgeport Telegram Information Bureau
Washington, D.C
Onin Meat Bulletin
Bridgeport News Forty Years Ago In March 1841
Bridgeport items describe a city in early spring with news of the Washington inauguration, storm delays, bullfighting trained animals, a dangerous well dive, and a festive Garfield Arthur ball. Reports detail telegraph and fire alarm outages, a ship from New York delayed by weather, and local sermons and sermons to Africa. The piece notes plan for a Bridgeport to Shelton steamer line and a Connecticut State Board of Agriculture meeting in Hartford.
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Garfield
Arthur
Curtis Hall
Ezra Nichols
Thie
Dev. Bigelow
Washington
Connecticut State Board of Agriculture
Hartford
Capitol
Bridgeport
Echo
Shelton
Derby Transcript
People’s Co
New York
Ask Questions From The Washington Bureau Q&A Page
A long reader query column covers diverse topics from South American borders to astronomy and military service. It presents Q A exchanges on which countries touch Brazil, Peter Pan in New York, pineapple cultivation, US troops overseas, catching flying squirrels, wireless waves through wood, Betelgeuse details, Bible verses about a king, free laundry service for recruits, Kentucky’s dark history, and purebred animal definitions.
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Washington
Telegram Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D.C
Enclare
South America
Brazil
Poem Fragment by Thomas James Jr. Echoes of Regret
A fragmentary line from a poem by Thomas James Jr. hints at longing and self-reflection. The speaker muses on paths not taken and a wistful smile at a possible past self. The brief excerpt conveys quiet emotional tension without narrative Here the reader senses a personal crossroads and unspoken doubt.
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Tong
Harding
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Bowers
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Sir James Mackintosh
Walt
Estes Park
Fair
Courty Court House
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Garner
Rosedale
Loys
Abbott Kles
Castie
Danbury
S. T. Pomeroy
Emerson
Powery
Christchurch
The
New York Tribune
Wash
Bridgeport Company
New Haven Register
Hayes
New Canaan
Barnum
Bailey
Grutchinson
Burma
Sidney Beardsley
Ara Aid
Lewis Bearday
Stratford
Paranomas
Brooks
Long Island
First Presbyterian Church
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Bibe
Central Africa
Charles R. Palmer
North Congregational Church
Howe
Bigelow
Arington
Theery
Uaulon
Deci
Aag
National Guard
David Ginland
General Morris
C. A. Hotchkiss
Ravbera
E. W. Maxcy
Apris
St Paul's Church
Riverside
Mason
Samhefield
Tly
Stamford
the Redeemer
Juyon
Springfield
Ts. A. G
New York City
Noviber
Maude Adams
Ws. J
Bureau of Biotogical Survey
Q.emily
Professor Michelson
Jehu
Kentucky
Puyer
Thomas
Jomes, JR
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