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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Mar 16, 1923

Page

12

Bridgeport Telegram Subscription Rates and Publication Details

Bridgeport Telegram 1831 edition lists subscription by mail and carrier options. Published daily except Sunday by The Post Publishing Co at 140 Middle Street Bridgeport Conn. Open daily with 24 hour service. Audit Bureau of Circulation members and Associated Press rights noted.

the Post Publishing CC Middle St Bridgeport Conn Telephone Barnum Bachange

Editorial Notes On Spring Tidbits And Quips

A collage of light commentary on daily life and manners. It riffs on golf hints, social chatter, and the odd quip about spring, work, and news headlines. It notes a star dodging divorce rumors and ponders a New York snow cleanup budget as a slush fund.

New York

Weather forecast for South New England and Atlantic states

Rain and warmer Friday followed by a colder Saturday for South New England and the mid-Atlantic to lower Great Lakes region. The northeast storm moving from the Midwest will bring rain and strong winds with possible gales Friday into the east Gulf states and Atlantic coast. Local snow flurries likely in the lower Lake region Saturday in the Washington district.

South New England New Mexico Mississipi Valley Rocky Appalachian Mountains North Atlantic Rocky Mountain Middle West Atlantic Gulf States Tennesee Ohio Valley Lower Lake Region Middle Atlantic Tennessee Gulf Washington East Gulf Coast Bay Saint Louis Mississippi Cedar Weys Fla Atlantic Coast Jacksonville Nert Sandy Wegs Matteras

Bridgeport Trolley Fare Debate Highlights Public Backlash

A Connecticut company reports weekly Bridgeport division receipts $2,495.46 higher than the last ten cent fare period, projecting $150,000 yearly gain. Public Utilities Commission ordered five cent fare trial amid Bridgeport protests as patronage climbs and finances improve.

Connecticut Company Public Utilities Commission Bridgeport Fitneys

Plea for Lower Fare At Legislative Hearing

A letter argues that raising fares hurts ridership and revenue for Bridgeport lines, noting a public boycott of trolleys and jitneys removal. The writer urges maintaining the five cent fare to rebuild patronage, warning a 50 percent increase would reverse gains and hurt progress.

Public Utilities Commission Bridgeport Connecticut Company

Death List and Rents in New Housing Pinch

A Belgian professor claims a secret society plots to assassinate Einstein as part of a German monarchy restoration scheme. The article also discusses rent trends, noting rising housing permits in February and a shift toward more homes, with landlords portrayed as responsible when earning reasonable returns.

Einstein Germany Professor Herzen Europe

Smoking effect on reaction accuracy at Johns Hopkins

Dr. Knight and Dunlap at Johns Hopkins University report after three years of research that smoking tobacco lowers accuracy of finely co-ordinated reactions but does not affect the speed of complex actions. The finding suggests tobacco may disrupt intellectual work more than routine tasks.

Knight, Dunlap Johns Hopkins University

Adopt Bill Giving County Three New Deputy Sheriffs

March 15. The House of the general assembly adopted in concurrence today these bills. The measures authorize a advisory railroad commission, grant the governor authority to appoint, and amend the Mast Lyme Traction charter while Norwich is empowered to sprinkle its streets.

Tailt IY Ord House of the General Assembly Joast and West Insurance Co New Haven

Unbalanced Veteran Sought in State in 1919

UNBALANCED VETERAN SOUGHT IN STATE Charles F Bedford Sr son of Vacudin Oil Company president escaped from Bloomingdale Hospital at Whitelains after recapture and later escaped again. He had become unbalanced from war injuries and search focused on Connecticut for unauthorized charges using his father's name. WEKABY DIES SUDDENLY Major General Nelson Jervick Peary Spanish war veteran and former New York park surveyor died suddenly at the Argland Navy Club.

New Yom Charles F. Bedford, Sr Vacudin Oi Company Bloomingdale , Hospital Whitelains Connecticuts Wekaby New York MM Jr Nelson Jervick Peary Park of Arigland Navy

Realty Czars and a Vote on Property Rights

Readers react to a Telegram article on Realty Czars, urging investigation if the bill passes and warning of suffering for property owners. Letters debate regulation, planning, and preserving citizen rights, with calls for future growth and urban planning.

Realty Czars Lincoln Fobtys- Inirg Biow Tam Raltors

Time-Wary Mason Seeks Food Amid Domestic Turmoil

Fragmentary verse and dialogue depict a distressed husband pleading for meals and bread amid a strained marriage. The weave of oblique humor and bleak longing shows a household threadbare of sustenance and dignity, with promises of timely grub amid a deteriorating home.

Danbury Republicans Plan Rally Friday

Danbury voters are invited to an opening rally of the city election campaign Friday evening hosted by the Republicans. Local officials and party members are expected to attend at a west ward venue to rally support and discuss campaign goals.

Danbury Trepublicans Repubican

Q and A on names and natural science curiosities

Answers cover meanings of Chinese names and the origin of the saying higher than Giroy's kit, plus explanations of magnetic variation, buzzards in winter, the dives term in Latin, Spitz dog roles, cast steel heating effects, and how Senate pages are appointed.

Giroy Gilderoy Fedburgh

Juarez Juarez Juarez A Portrait Of A Border Town

A lyrical sketch of Juarez across the Rio Grande, contrasting bustling bars and gambling with slow Mexican soldiers, knife and gun clashes, and a people who mix work with carefree, boisterous living under Obregon’s shadow. The piece blends place, culture, and tension in a vivid border town tableau.

Our Children by Angelo Patri

A compassionate essay argues children should be free to play yet taught to respect the needs of disabled and elderly family members. It stresses duty to the weak, responsible conduct around hospitals, and balancing ideal childrearing with practical family care.

Childe Church Angelo Patri Lehildren Bnd Pan Ehic- Hood Ordise Iankind Lowe Atieneas Arid Boda

Mental deficiency concerns from Health Commissioner Copeland

Royal S Copeland warns mental deficiency is the gravest risk to children from brain disease malnutrition and social conditions. He cites brain inflammation, trauma, alcohol, and poverty as factors and explains standard classifications idiot, imbecile, moron with emphasis on early care and prevention.

Poland Europe

Causes of neck lumps from toxic absorption and infection

A reader describes several painful lumps on the neck and head and is advised that the issue stems from toxic absorption. The response recommends dental X rays and sinus examination to identify possible infection sources, noting SUSAN as the person addressed.

Damages Sought Over Fatal Auto Crash In New York

The estate of Clemente Bennevelli of Stamford sues Fred Washington of Waterbury for 15000 dollars claiming conscious suffering and death after a February 2 collision on the Boston Post Road in Bronx Borough New York City. Washington allegedly stopped his vehicle without signals on a dark rear with no lights, causing Bennevelli’s car to crash into him. Bennevelli died about a week later.

Clemente Bennevelli Stamford Feledia Bennevelli Fred Washington Waterbury Boston Post Bronx New York City Washington Jo Sgnal Bennevelli

Ready for your garden plan this planting season

Plan on paper what you intend to raise and how your garden will be laid out. Federal government experts offer guidance and free publications from the Department of Agriculture. Request with name and address, enclose two cents for return postage.

Department of Agriculture Haskin

Garden Fooklet request with two cent return stamp

The note from Frederic J. Haskin of The Bridgeport Telegram Information Bureau in Washington requests two cents for return onstage on a tree copy of Garden Fooklet. It states address details as Name Street city pluce and appears to be a fragmented archival notice.

Frederic J. Haskin The Bridgeport Telegram, Information Bureau Washington, D. C

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