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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1921
Page
10
A scanned newspaper fragment recalls a line of cheer about faith and truth. The text reflects archival decorum, noting AP credit and Bridgeport publication details, with lines mentioning periods of doubt and the test of faith during trying hours.
A fragmented clipping lists various notes on politics crime and society. Mentions detectives funding raids Martins and Burns, mail greetings, doctors bills and a fatality in baseball. Albany lawmakers target ticket speculators. bridges strain taxpayers. Harding inaugural cost cited with losses. Meriden birthday memory. British scientist alcohol process. bootleggers likely to resist market. case postponed in sensational headlines.
Miss Helen Boyd, Mass Helen F ingo, superintendent of the Visitina Nursé association, has moved to Cambridge from New York two years ago to lead white health work. A graduate of Rudelire college Cambridge and Johns training school, she has expanded her duties in the city and oversees public health nurses.
In a Prairie City column scholars describe a growing housing trend moving from scattered suburbs to dense center blocks. Modern brick blocks with courtyards replace slums, offering centered heat, walkable services, frequent deliveries, and close theatres. Experts claim such urban wards could reshape American city layouts.
An analysis of how Europe, especially via England, covers American news. English correspondents shape European views more than French or German reporters. Tariffs and costs hinder direct America Europe communication, hindering fuller understanding. America should expand direct wireless and cable links with all nations.
New York lawmakers move to punish impersonators wearing military order buttons without right. Connecticut may follow, as supporters say protecting authentic emblems prevents fraud and preserves honor for rightful wearers. The proposal argues imitation erodes trust in veterans symbols and calls for strict limits on who may display emblems.
A nationwide censorship drive denounces salacious motion pictures. Ben B. Hampton cites The Pictorial Review article and industry pushback as theater owners, producers, and directors unite behind clean pictures to protect family audiences and the box office.
A Telegram reader suggests reserving space for tonic notices each day, arguing such articles would engage youth and boost interest. The editor notes letters must be signed, with confidentiality if desired, and warns long submissions will be shortened.
Women of Kings Highway Church plan an Easter sale tomorrow at 7 p m with a Japanese booth of fancy articles aprons and crafts plus cake can tea and pastry contributions from the congregation. A floral display grab bag and a musical program by Albert Lieberum and Max Ginsberg are also listed.
Read as a daybook lyric, the piece reflects on spring arriving after a harsh winter. It contrasts fear of future storms with renewed hope, noting birds, farming tasks, and the human wish for green growth and calmer days ahead. It mentions winter’s severity, the frost king, and a general longing for relief.
Bridgeport notes include St Johns lodge communique and a sermon by Wheeler and Wilson orchestra at Lyceum hall for an Independent Turner society masquerade ball. Arcanum lodge and Grand Commandry Knights Templar annual conclave report 1300 Knights Femplar in the state with officers named. New Connecticut lodge Independent Order of Mechanics organized. American Telegraph office changes and Diamond Imery Wheel Co building on Nowllan Street. Calico Hop at Orient Chapter drew crowds. notes on local politics, a cutlery dealer recovering from a robbery, and city ticket nominees for Labor and Town parties. Married Riley Baker to Eugenia F. Robinson. Philadelphia: Eleanor Fitzgerald of Birmingham, Conn.
A mixed quiz and advisory column answers questions on Samoa governance under US naval authority, New Zealand control of the other Samoan islands, and final peace conference status. It covers hay cutting timing for alfalfa, pronunciation and origin of Mrs, the phrase stool free, and biblical book counts. It includes a Spanish War veteran insurance clarification and a stray reward query.
A Senate hearing on daylight saving faces a heated battle between supporters led by city men and farmers urging action. Manufacturers back daylight saving while opponents push for local option or a compromise. If the Senate leans daylight saving may pass, with House and Senate conferees to draft a compromise plan.
Members of the Epworth Jeague of Washington Park M E church will present Bride and Groom a three act comedy in the church parlors tomorrow night at 8 o clock. The cast includes Revert Baines Mildred her Bessie Hitch cock Thomas Carpenter Berta Cullérian Chris Wesche Samuel Harold Gray Norman and Estella Goodwin.
In Youngstown Ohio on March 15 a four day strike by upron barbers ends as workers accept master barbers' price cut from five to 50 cents for haircuts. Shops previously charging 50 cents today lower prices to 25 or 34 cents, resuming normal service.
A whimsical verse by MLANDBURGH WILSON imagines a train journey to a place called Otherwhere to escape life’s woes. The speaker seeks release from care, traveling with minimal baggage, hoping for brighter, fairer surroundings, yet fears a misstep in carrying the self.
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