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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1925
Page
12
Bridgeport Telegram lists subscription prices by mail and carrier in advance with monthly and annual rates. It notes publication daily except Sunday by The Post Publishing Co and provides contact details and circulation membership.
A fragmented editorial notes social ideals and habits with satirical asides on marriage spending milinery and literature. It discusses aging, happiness, psychology, and the burden of life insurance for widows while critiquing modern child rearing and domestic expectations.
A fragmented historic plea questions how funds and policies should allocate money from cosmetics to education. It contrasts political aid to administration with bankers and judges, pondering providence and morality amid public advertising and personal ambition.
Forecast calls for warming trends and unsettled conditions with possible showers in the mid Atlantic states. Temperatures rise Thursday through Friday with some showers likely in the afternoon or night. Cooler at night and near the coast with fairer conditions in the eastern regions. Moderate winds and typical mid Atlantic weather patterns expected. Weather data supplied by the Middlerank Almanac.
A critical essay traces ancient Roman stage cruelty under Nero from real bloodshed to modern mass entertainments. It contrasts bloodthirsty past spectacles with today’s films, rodeos, prizefighting, and football, arguing today’s amusements still echo brutal trends yet rise along an evolution toward higher forms.
Opinion piece criticizes George L. Rickard as America’s leading boxing promoter and argues the federal ban on interstate film distribution of boxing matches is a foolish law. The author contends state authority should govern such exhibitions and laments wasted law enforcement time on this issue.
A lively discussion on drama and playwriting notes Motion picture contests and Golden's offer to produce top plays. Critics debate revived spirituality via the stage, while Dean Inge cautions about future voices emerging from schools or apprenticeships. The piece ends with a sly invitation to share a zippy plot, then a rush to be left alone.
The Red Cross mobilizes rapidly during disasters both abroad and in the United States. Its strength lies in leadership and wide membership as it channels substantial relief, burial aid, and care to the injured and dying after calamities, with chapters nationwide ready to respond.
In Connecticut politics the Second and Sixth district Republican clubs plan separate events tonight. The Claims Committee meets to tackle tax matters while internal disputes surface over leadership and influence as party figures navigate upcoming duties.
The 1911 fight over the medical practice act featured leaders from Democratic and Republican ranks in Connecticut lobbying hard to defeat the measure. Jay Robbins warned of a strong anti-law stance but the bill passed, with Robbins later expressing only limited concern about the commission’s early actions and constitutional questions were not pursued as promised.
Two men suffered serious injuries when a cycle collided with a passenger train on the Worcester line near Day Kimbell hospital. The crash occurred at a crossing where the cycle rider and a passenger were struck, leaving both men in serious condition.
A distorted verse narration depicts a bleak night with rain and wind as a fretful aunt and a talking niece voice concerns. The aunt laments the weather and mocks the idea of dancing or lecturing youths while the niece longs for cheap amusements, and both fret over farmers and crops as rain promises better yields.
M Farlane named chairman of Bell Telephone Company of Canada succeeding W Duncan as president for ten years while remaining as vice president and general manager. Toronto press notes the selection from Washington.
The page features editorials and poems debating gender roles with lines like I’m glad I am a man and thinly veiled barbs at women. It includes Maxine Ward and Misa Harriman contributions, humorous verses, and a call for reader submissions to a campus shop column.
An International Chamber of Commerce panel reviews the Dawes Plan’s effectiveness as of 1924. It notes Germany’s currency stabilizing toward gold, high discount rates, and improving industrial capacity, with continued hopes for reparations payments and effects on global trade.
A Dr F essay compares social behavior to bricks in a road, noting bricks that stick up or sink are faults. It argues some people have pronounced individuality while others seek uniform surfaces. It warns against overpronounced opinions unless truly worthwhile, citing McKinley and Wilson as contrasts.
The piece contends Secretary Kellogg must study the Karoly case, criticizing State Department policy as hostile to Count Karoly and arguing for a clear American stance. It accuses officials of bureaucratic inertia and urges Kellogg to correct what it calls a defensible mistake and restore traditional American hospitality to the Polish exile.
Fragmented verse describes seasons and nature in Saint Ula County with images of willows, wild roses, and woodland paths. The narrator recalls childhood feet, blossoms, and longing for spring, noting dates and places in a dreamlike rural setting.
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