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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1922
Page
10
A garbled mix of quips and headlines reflecting social quirks and political mood. Anecdotes touch on bootlegging arrests, radio feuds, public fashions, and optimism about reformers. Oddball lines reference a New York police officer’s long arrest record, Moscow street fares, and a boastful bigamist.
Increasing clouds Thursday ahead of a low pressure system over Newfoundland and two southern centers over New Mexico and Alberta. Rain expected in the Middle Atlantic and North Atlantic states within 24 hours, with a Southwestern disturbance moving northeastward. Temperatures vary. cooler in parts of the Middle Western states and rising slowly elsewhere.
Bridgeport Telegram announces subscription rates payable in advance with monthly terms. The paper, published daily except Sunday, is produced by The Port Publishing Co. at Bridgeport Connecticut and lists Associated Press and foreign advertising representatives.
Poem fragment recalls a line about perseverance through gloom with a smiling refrain. A narrator lies prostrate on a bed while clouds loom and a brimming cup of bitters symbolizes sorrow. The speaker is consoled that they have not broken up, spoken by Leora.
The Topeka State Journal plans to serialize the Weymouth New Testament Gospels using daily English translation. The project, proposed by Dr. Charles M. Sheldon, aims to spark interest in the Bible as literature, noting its influence on English prose and great writers. A caveat is the Weymouth text may limit appeal due to unfamiliar wording.
A historical reflection cites Joseph Leiter’s 1897 wheat corner and its $3,250,000 hole, warning that speculative markets flaw public judgment. It argues real barometers are production and exports, not gambler’s guesses, urging caution for small investors toward safer bonds and practical effort.
A jittery accounts of a business chain notes present prices as the key to sales and predicts prosperity or downturns. It suggests hard times may sober financial habits and restore value and conservation of wealth.
A historical report notes that roughly 40 percent of the world’s developed water power lies within the United States. It cites harnessed falling water equaling about 9,249,000 horsepower, highlighting the nation’s leading role in hydroelectric capacity.
The report outlines employment by gender in 1880 showing 9,647,000 women and 14,743,000 men working for wages or salaries. Over 40 years employed women rose 221 percent while men rose 124 percent, reaching totals of $594,000 for women and $2,000,000 for men. The text notes women still trail men in earnings, with pay gaps favoring men across the period.
A garbled Bangor Maine item notes Henry Parish and John D Wainwright in a counting bet involving a 1 000 600 pea count per month with high stakes and a digressive commentary on risk and monotony. The passage hints at a dare linked to accuracy and consequences, framed by a world of blase attitudes and hard times driving curiosity.
The narrator recalls a windswept scene where neighbors gather at dawn to discuss the weather and share chatter about corn oats and barley. A humorous old fashioned story voice contrasts fears of leaks and censorship with lively village repartee.
City boards defer awarding contracts for street and utility work funded by unemployment relief. Bids ranged from trap rock to dolomite with prices per cubic yard or ton, testing samples proposed, and final award to be given to the lowest qualified bidder after laboratory verification.
The poem greets spring with mixed weather imagery and hopeful anticipation. It praises spring for renewal while noting storms and delays, urging a return to the season’s welcoming charm and gentle warmth. The speaker expresses readiness for rough weather yet confidence in eventual pleasantness.
A short, wild-eyed girl disrupts a school, spreading rebellion. Adults debate punishment versus understanding, debating who bears responsibility for a troubled child and the need for compassionate guidance rather than harsh discipline. The piece frames responsibility as a shared, hopeful challenge to guide youth.
Wade, a 21 year old man, was arrested near the Colonial Dance Hall on Talrfeld Avenue last night. Snodal Talke yman Dunnigan charged him with peeping tom activities to the annoyance of patrons. In a separate case, Maward Cornps, year old, was arrested on a theft charge after entering Minnie Manze's home at 80 Conrkiend C Street, where he previously resided, taking two witches and a winrar.
A 19th century medical column by Dr Copeland discusses epidemic jaundice, its similarities to common jaundice, and debates its transmission. It notes mice and rats as possible carriers, cites Bellevue Hospital cases with no clear spirochete presence, and urges rat control as a public health measure while exploring environmental sources of the illness.
In Kennedy New York March 29 a southwest of Buffalo village asserts it has the state’s sole woman justice of the peace. Mrs. Gertrude AL Williams, on the Prohibition ticket, defeated regular male candidates and won reelection after four terms. Justice Williams held trials at home and says enforcement of the eighteenth amendment has yielded more cases than in a decade of prior local courts.
A damaged OCR piece claims experiments on 1 090 060 New York school children found 500 1u over malnutrition border. It suggests diet deficiencies harm body development and cites oranges and lemons as vitamin sources. It urges mailing coupons for recipes and educational materials from traders, with payment in stamps.
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