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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1920
Page
12
A noisy clipping includes advertising rates, office contact details for the Associated Press and publishing company, brief masthead lines, and stray verse fragments. The text references John Kendrick Bangs and incomplete items like Something to do and Something to love, with garbled wording and broken sentences throughout.
A garbled editorial page item surveys a brewing clash between Wood and Johnson over mayoral politics, hints at schooling wage struggles, and mocks various social topics. It mentions taxes, labor, liquor movement between residences, and a London audience reaction to American theater, with scattered notes on Cuba and Bridgeport baseball.
The poem laments paper scarcity harming publishers with rising costs. It portrays printers beggaring for paper, Uncle Sam using paper as waste, and large dusty basements filled with unsold printed volumes while presses groan under demand.
A discussion of words starting with sn and their negative connotations. The piece cites Emerson and the Christian World, noting terms such as snob sneer snare snag and snip, describing how these words color social perception and behavior. It laments the loss of pleasant terms like smack and snack.
The piece argues that consumer thrift will curb inflation as woolen mills suffer from reduced spring buying. It notes that people repair and reuse clothes, shop mass markets less, and that this economy will force mills to operate sanely. It cites rising mill profits yet stresses belt-tightening as the cure.
The piece accuses Hiram Johnson of masking wealth support from California millionaires backing General Wood. It cites a Los Angeles Times comparison of Johnson denunciations in 1918 and praise in 1920, and notes a diverse, pro-German, Sinn Fein, Hearst follower group. It suggests Johnson aims to win broad support while diverting attention from himself.
The San Remo conference demonstrates Allied unity, refuting fears of division. It targets German military moves, defines permissible forces, and signals a shift toward disarmament. Observers note the gathering mirrors Versailles in impact, with the United States present as an observer.
Two A. E. F. soldiers who reached France are noted for future mentions in Wall Street. One proposed using cigar and cigarette coupons as legal tender in France, with about $20,000 worth bought back by the government. The other, from the South, offered Confederate bank notes once owned by his grandmother, selling the stack for about $30,000.
Bridgeport today reflects a mix of civic items a new board education plans for a 25000 dollar high school extension. The town reports social notices including a widow's aid from the Odd Fellows Mutual Aid and a memorial day invitation. Local crime and weather notes pepper the column with brief updates from police and town happenings.
British experts in Pordon say food prices have topped out and will ease gradually. They attribute this to wider use of mechanical transport and tractors, increased production abroad, stocks in British warehouses, and limited U.S. credits tightening Europe. A surplus, aided by imports and labor, is seen as coming this year.
A Spokane gentleman confronted a streetcar conductor shouting to endure with a stubborn stance. He claimed his wife should stand in line and not be forced to give up a seat, asserting propriety in public transport etiquette.
A reflective quotation notes that as a man ages he stops forming new acquaintances and gradually grows isolated, suggesting loneliness accompanies advancing years. The line by Samuel Johnson underscores social erosion with time.
A fragmentary poem excerpt praising Browning as a guiding figure. It reflects on loss and reverence, with lines about following him, learning from his words, and mourning his absence. The speaker urgescontinued devotion and imagines a nation inspired by his example.
A New York committee led by Alfred Marling, head of the state chamber of commerce, urged longshoremen and marine workers to resume work immediately to resolve differences with employers. The panel, formed on Attorney General Palmer's recommendation after transport disruption, concluded neither side was justified in the strike and called for adjustments through dialogue with steamship lines and employers.
A. Willum Bet and the Barnum School Center Board praised neighbors for melangeate trends and pleasing entertainments at last night’s community meeting. High school players presented The Perfect Husband by Anna McChure, with soprano solos by Robert Brown and Viola DeWolles, dances by Mie Gathering Kine, and music by Lise Pauls.
A Jewish legionnaire named Samuel Lanédue describes his return from Palgatine after serving with the Red Mogen unit. He speaks of experiences and a stirring address delivered to fellow veterans and supporters, reflecting on duty, identity, and sacrifice.
In the sun parlor of Lapedus the antiresy talk highlighted the society’s work helping Jewish people abroad and in the homeland. The local chapter was urged to adopt 35 orphans as a quota. George Grewnap spoke on the drive’s significance and called on members to participate. Mrs. Relen presided.
Paris April 30 The proposal to rename the famed Champs Elysees after Marshal Foch sparks protest including Maurice de Valette a noted writer who recalls past city name flips such as Alexander Lipp or President Wilson Avenue lesions.
Mrs. KF. Cox sues the owner of the Buster bulldog named Smoke for damages to her animal after an incident described as a dog bite. Britt of the Church of Truth references the Lord as the only power, while the text notes Smoke proved the theme for Mrs. Brill so far as it applies to dogs.
Seven prisoners who attended a Sunday school invite, listened to a lecture, and were released from the city jail after a deputy issued the order. The judge reportedly commented on the jail term linked to the Sunday school habit.
Public notice announces the Telegram Information Bureau in Washington D C under director Frederic J Flaskin. Readers may request prompt factual answers by writing brief questions and enclosing a 2 cent stamp for return postage. Confidentiality is maintained and no charge beyond the return postage applies.
A quiz style excerpt covers topics from constitutional monarchy in Japan to tax basics, omelette with breadcrumbs, vocabulary expansion, Canadian travel, federal reserve safety, a famous baseball game length, ballooning in World War I, and the vast snowfalls of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges.
London report notes Lady Brjan Sloane Cha'cox daughter of the late Colonel Montgomery Carr of Kent is acclaimed as a leading woman billiard player in English high society. The piece highlights rising interest among titled ladies in billiards, lists coach William Cook and pupils including notable figures such as the Sultan of Zanzibar Duke of Manchester Thomas Lipton and Lord Rothschild.
A terse Akron report notes George H. Ma, a company clerk, troubled by cigarette borrowers. The item mentions a reduction of debt or loss, with no further borrowers remaining after a decisive action.
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