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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 1921

Page

12

Bridgeport Telegram Daily Publication Details

Bridgeport Telegram published daily except Sunday by The Post Publishing Co at 140 Middle Street Bridgeport Conn Open every day and available by subscription. Advertising and telephone contacts listed. Associated Press news dispatches credited to publication.

THE Post Publishing CO Middle Street Bridgeport Conn Audit Bureau of Orienlation Associated Press al News

4 Line 0 Cheer By John Kendrick Bangs

A fragmentary poem piece notes words as potent in prose and verse. It hints at lifting souls from care toward freedom and stars, praising faith hope love and bliss in simple language.

Editorial Notes and Fragments Stir the Morning

A patchwork of headlines and jokes recalls 1920s era chatter. The notes touch on politics, weather, recipes, cabinet chatter, and odd local observations, blending snippets about taxation, transportation, and a budding interest in spring with robin sightings and coy references to public life.

Sidewalk Snapshots from a City Club Scene

Fragmentary OCR yields a quirky sketch of Frank I. Tacasustentan and Frank L. Aiamberlin linked to BMann'stref and Chan perin names, with mentions of Rotary and a vague fleet of furniture and stationery items. The text hints at a neighborhood club portrait and local personalities in a playful, disjointed fragment.

Frank I. Tacasustentan Frank L.aiamberlin Bmann'stref Feries Sigonquihami Rotary Vatomobuta

Bridgeport's unified charity drive to replace multiple appeals

Bridgeport social agencies unite to pool efforts and seek one annual public donation drive. The plan ends overlapping drives, pledges honest budgeting, and promises that every dollar supports only necessary welfare work. Agencies report clean budgets and no duplication, inviting a hearty public response.

Bridgeport Anid Stacy

Gathering Plum Sheds Light on Spoils System Through History

A compact historical reflection describes the spoils system in U S politics from Andrew Jackson to Cleveland and Garfield. It notes presidents removed and civil service reforms, with a closing jab at a new broom tagged with restraint.

Andrew Jackson Harding Jackson Adams Tefferson Madison Monroe Clay Galhamm Webster Civil Service Garfield Cleveland

Jitney Regulation Debate Sparks Public Transport Tension

Jitneymen warn a regulatory bill now before the Connecticut Senate would wipe out jitney business within 40 days. They argue public service warrants regulation and a state framework, noting trolley lines once monopolized by regulated transport and now shared with jitneys. The measure would bring jitneys under the Public Utilities Commission after hearings to prove public convenience and necessity. The piece contends regulation is the price of serving the public and would apply to all public carriers.

Connecticut House Senate Public Utilities Commission Jitners

Utah Legislature Fights Escalate In Fist Fight Row

A Salt Lake City dispute item details repeated fist fights inside the Utah Legislature between the city attorney and a lawmaker, with three prior incidents cited. The piece questions lawmakers' fitness, contrasts with public calls for punishment, and invokes Champion Demspey as a blurred reference to fighting ethos.

Utah Fse Salt Lake City Litah Utzh Dempsey Rehl Demyprey Mey Lew Abiders

Pinchot Urges Harding to Press Forest Preservation

George Pinchot, Yale forestry professor and National Conservation Association president, asks President Harding to act on forest conservation to avert a timber famine. He warns of nationwide shortages within six to twelve years, cites European forestry policies, and links past cabinet conflicts to current policy debates.

Pinchot Harding Norman Hapgcood Washington Geord Pinchot Yale National Conservation Association Taft Machonnol White House House Senate Umberlands Oregon Califoronia Nationst Conservation Association Fincker United States Vinchela Canada Mexico America Attica Australia Europe Peyne Aldridge Ballinger Tath Yatt Walter Masher Interior Department Department of Agriculture Tiatding Jan

The Discord Though A Toast to Hope and Discord

Poem fragment contrasts cheerful travelers with a dour critic who warns of hardship. It sketches a chorus of optimism amid looming woes, noting a few who spoil the mood with gloomy cries. The tone echoes ironic verse on fate, progress, and social foibles.

Walt Tilbe

Questions from the Washington bureau test readers

Fragmentary inquiries span Lincoln’s lineage to the crucifixion hill Calvary and the standard meter, with notes on Nicholas II abdication, WWI timing, and questions about St Denis and John Law. The letter prints varied curiosities and historical tethers from a 1917 context.

Bridgeport News Bits From 1281 March

Bridgeport notes recall local property transfers near Gaz ette arrest head of Gilbert and an upcoming Christ church lecture on Companions And Friends. Funeral of Jonathan Bears and city society officers elected. firework of items include masons union wages, a fraud arrest of E Forrest, and Bridgeport Athletic club merger.

Tt I. Gaylord Henry B. Denes Gilbert Christ Church Pawete The Park Steet Congregational Society A. J. Smith Wm. B. Hinckley Orange Merwin I. B Walli C. Kingman Peter Gabriel Joe James Cobb Janes Begley Jeremiah Eagan Day O'Connor Wendall Baum Rubbell Lwringeport

Wichita Bishop Schwertner Assigned to Toledo See

Rome announces the appointment of Rev. A J Schwertner to the diocese of Toledo, moving from Wichita Kansas. Bishop John J Hennessy had held the Toledo post until the July change.

A. J. Schwertner Wichita Rome Mihat Schwertner Toledo Kansas John J. Hennessy

Free booklet on TV care for every woman

A damaged OCR note advertises a booklet for women on home life and family health, promising guidance on car use and domestic matters. It urges women to obtain a copy, mentioning health risks and benefits and inviting wives to learn more through a mailing offer.

Prpiled Taxi Virector Telegram Informarioi Besant

Fragmented OCR reads like a local notice noting a free copy of Care of Food is the Home. Mentions a person or entity possibly named Sirret vit and a Washington reference. Details are unclear due to transcription errors.

Telegram Informarioi Besant Washington

Sinn Fein Chiefs Speak on English Peace Bids

A scrambled interview with Sinn Fein leaders discusses English peace proposals, wartime strategy, and potential government arrangements. The article references Premier Lloyd George, Irish dominion discussions, and the political climate shaping postwar decisions amid military tension.

Sinn Fein

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