Bridgeport Telegram Address and Rates Notice
The Bridgeport Telegram announces subscription rates in advance and lists advertising representatives in New York Chicago and Bridgeport. The publication is from The Post Publishing Co with daily issues except Sunday and is a member of the Associated Press.
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Jana
A Klein
Metropolitan Tower
New York
Clara
Pedpies Cas
Chicago
the Post Fublishing CO
Middle Street
Bridgeport
Com
Muere Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
Prem Iy
Defying Fate and Love in a Bangs Style Poem
The fragment presents a verse labeled 4 LINE 0 CHEER by John Koodrick Bangs. It imitates defiance of fate with lines suggesting love, service, and testing enemies, though the text is fragmentary and difficult to parse. The piece voices a defiant stance toward destiny with feigned harmony and mutual purpose.
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Fats
Editorial Notes On World Events And Domestic Politics
Fragmented notes survey global affairs and U S politics. Mentions England France and Russia, tariff and profiteering concerns, labor strikes, Tampico unrest, Senate fights, and municipal gun incidents. Observations reference Capper Bryan Ammundsen and presidential tensions amid legislative strain.
Walt Mason's Daily Jingle and the War of Work
A fragmented verse piece satirizes labor, politics, and prewar nostalgia. It lampoons strikes, youth, and economic woes, contrasting harsh times with crude humor and a sense of disillusionment about leadership and society.
SENDING POLICE TO SCHOOL
The piece argues for a police training school to prepare officers for duty, stressing training over private initiative. It contends a well trained officer earns public trust, upholds law with tact, and should be chosen for quality character and proper training rather than rushed to a post.
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Bridgeport
Police School
Reasonable or Safe Time and Again the Supreme Court
A historical reflection on constitutional doubt and presumption of validity for laws. It contrasts early court language with modern divisions, noting that a pure majority can threaten legislative power and asking whether a law can be deemed beyond reasonable doubt when opinions split 4 to 5.
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Supreme Court of the United States
United States Supreme Court
Congress
Contentment and perpetual grumbling in daily life
A reflective piece argues that contentment comes from not letting unavoidable annoyances upset us. It notes that weather and small irritations provoke more unrest than fatal outcomes, and predicts the last day will be interrupted by trivial demands as life ends.
Labor and the balance of capital and labor in America
The piece extols labor as a core element of society, honoring its work, wages, capital, education, worship, and franchise. It recalls Daniel Webster and Thomas Brackett Reed to argue that productive labor underpins hopeful progress and national strength. The call is for sympathy with labor and the enduring truth of Webster’s words.
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Daniel Webster
Webster
Jebor
Thomas Brackett Reed
The Bible The World’s Best Seller Through Time
A compact note on the Bible as the world’s top selling book printed in 500 languages. It highlights its long history, widespread distribution by Bible Societies, and enduring demand across populations and eras.
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Bible Society
Telegram Information Bureau Answers Reader Questions
A wartime Telegram Information Bureau feature offers readers a chance to send questions for prompt, confidential replies by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington. Topics include baseball series trivia, store cooperatives, Edison inventions, language in American nations, geography, cattle numbers, Methodist origins, and a brief note on a regimental unit.
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Telegram Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
Frederic J. Haskin
Frederica Haskin
Washinster
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Miners May Join French Railroad Strike Action
Miners may join a national railroad strike aimed at nationalizing the railways. Reports say government troops and ministers vow to uphold order as trains halted east and west of Paris.
447 Stills Destroyed In Three States Reported
Reports to the federal prohibition commission state that 447 moonshine stills were destroyed in Alabama Georgia and nearby areas during March. The note mentions related seizures of brewing plants and a large copper stith stolen from Chattanooga laboratory, with stray lines about scientific questions and unrelated queries.
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Pate
Savenile
Eiyil
Alabama
Georgia
Bear
Eliy Realty Department
Chrrttanooga
Miss Leila H Mosher Dies Suddenly in Stratford
Leila H Mosher daughter of Dr and Mrs A W Mosher of Stratford died at midnight Saturday at Bridgeport hospital after a week illness. She was a stenographer for HinckaBrya and active in Park Street Congregational church. Engagement to Harold Bishop was recently announced. Survived by parents and two sisters Louise and Priscilla Mosher. Funeral Tuesday afternoon at Tate Funeral Home Rev Gerald Beard officiating burial in Mountain Grove Cemetery.
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Cella
A. W. Mosher
Flankington
Stratford
Bridgepospital
Mosher
Park Street
Graph Fimment Dance Draws Big Crowd at State Street Casino
A Saturday night event hosted by the East End branch of the Columbia Graphophone Fire Department drew more than 4900 attendees at the State Street Casino. Noted singer Jack Kauffman headlined with a variety of vocal selections.
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State Street
Ast End
Columbia Graphophone Fire Department
Utair
Jack Kauffman
Columb
Recipe Book From Washington Information Bureau
A promotional notice touts a licensed recipe book offering 200 plus dishes from snacks to desserts. It claims the scientifically prepared guide covers nutritious, economical recipes using canned ingredients and promises availability via a mail coupon.
Message fragment from Washington Telegram Bureau report
Fragmentary text from Washington telegram service mentions Frederic J. Haskin and a brief note about stamps for Peru and a fee copy of Temper for Canney Poors. Overall content is unreadable and incomplete.
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Beideeport Telegram
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Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D.C
Peru
Massige
Tempes
Canney Poors
Abe
Marie Say Aty
Bridgeport Life and Works A May 1 1880s Update
Bridgeport notes report on local happenings including a circus crowd, new house completion at Mast Main and Sterling streets, and parish fundraising for Ireland. Trade and civic items mention County Commissioners petitions, possible state attorney succession, and road board staff reappointments. A bridge tender tenure, a fatal train jump near the Snare Line, and a gubernatorial reprieve petition are noted alongside sports results and a funeral notice for Caroline Hawley.
Thought flashes about compulsion and cure
A compact aphorism asserts that command and force may create effects but cannot cure them. Aversion may arise from coercion, yet whatever comes from compulsion ends when pressure drops, leaving the subject to depart at the first opportunity.
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Locke
Flow Gently Afton Water Poem Fragment
Fragmented OCR presents a poem about Afton Water with repetitive phrases urging the stream to flow gently and not disturb My Mary's sleep beside its murmuring waters. The text preserves names like Mary and Afton, descriptors of the glen and thorny dykes, and stray lines about primroses and shaded woods.
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Mary
Poorhouse Inmate Becomes Heir to 10009 Dollars
Joseph Snow, an inmate at the Marblehead almshouse, learns he will receive ten thousand dollars and plans to remain at the poorhouse waterfront with fellow inmates. He expresses mixed feelings about leaving and staying.
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May B
Tosep Snow
D Marblehaad
Toseph Snow
Predicted Bread Lines Loom on Cities Within Year
Washington reports warn of bread lines across major cities within a year if food production does not quickly rise. J R Howard of the American Farm Bureau Federation cites declining agricultural output and marketing and transport issues as the core risks.
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Washington
Citi
J. R. Howrad
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Farm Bureau Federation
Toward
Lloward
Fragmented excerpt on urban hunger and radicalism trends
An unclear fragment discusses rising transportation costs and urban hunger as limits are reached. It hints at a back-to-the-land movement and suggests radicalism may become prevalent while national elements flourish, reflecting a deterio rating social mood.
Prince Revisits New Zealand Tour as Rail Strike Ends
The Prince of Wales resumes his New Zealand tour after a railway strike ends in Taumarunui where he is greeted with enthusiasm. An incident recalls how officials doubted workers would run trains, but locals insist the prince is one of the people as he reflects on the walkout.
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Marcus C. ‘Hawley
Mac. Hawley & Co
New York
San Francisco
Villard
Portand
Oregon
Cratonian
A. GC. Hawley
Oregon Railway and Navigation Co
Laat Company
Auckland
New Zealand
Prince of Wales
Taumarsnul
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