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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1921
Page
12
Newspaper page fragment notes subscription and advertising details, billing lines, and a Bridgeport Connecticut publishing note. It mentions Metered at Post Office, subscription rates, advertising representatives, and circulation auditing, with publication by The Post Publishing Co.
A fragment poem fragment conveys a cheer to a bird waking the speaker finds one bright thing amid a costly world. The text shows mixed words and partial phrases indicating a literary verse with a playful tone.
A mosaic of comical and critical snippets notes politics weather and public life. It cites Berlin Silesia New York census language subway guards and a diary evidence case along with time standard railway tickets and a playful jab at federal hiring and a weather bureau.
Egbert P Lott of Cinot company, 32 Lincoln Building, is noted as having run for five years and learned to test the Princeton Flying chat, Kcetern, N J. He went over Seecer Blate east of the Chasissippi during the war he served as a second lieutenant.
The Connecticut state should issue road building bonds to finance a comprehensive, durable concrete highway program. The Union of State finances is solid, prices are favorable, and unemployment would ease as construction advances. The Bridgeport area shows a pattern of deterioration, with macadam and dirt roads failing while concrete routes perform well elsewhere. A coordinated plan would link Bridgeport to Danbury, Shelton, and other towns, ending patchwork repairs and delivering enduring routes.
A summary of the Economic Policy Commission resolution led by Paul M. Warburg opposing military outlays. It argues bankers profit from peaceful commerce, not war, and urges careful consideration of military and naval budgets to reduce expenditures and foster international peace.
War department warns that publishing slacker lists will include mistakes as many share similar names and addresses. A New York case showed a war hero born in Buffalo versus a Russian-born man with nearly identical details, causing public confusion and annoyance to the serviceman.
Allied officials report German tax woes as big corporations push 100 percent dividends and bonuses while avoiding income taxes. Meanwhile workers face indirect taxes and a 10 percent payroll deduction, sparking inflationary anger and fears of bankruptcy. The dilemma: a tax that won’t stifle growth or shift costs to consumers.
The piece notes Secretary Hughes calling the economic vacuum claim a leak, with references to gold reserves, Russia trade, and a Russian mission. It also mentions a Boston and Kansas City dispatch tone, plus a shift in agricultural education toward businesslike farm management and market-oriented production.
A historical outline describes solar cooking experiments led by G Abbott and associates, using a large concave mirror and oil heated ovens to focus the sun’s energy. The setup included segmented sections, a moving clockWork focus system, and oil circulation to keep ovens at stable temperatures for summer trials.
A garbled OCR excerpt discusses the Washington Information Bureau director, public tea, Niagara Falls, land in Virginia, and a gingerbread rind analogy. It references a surgeon named Shite, a Fairfax land figure, and a puzzling array of questions about geography, land, and historical events.
Bridgeport items report New Haven court actions involving Bl. Clair Paneer for selling sedatives in a criminal case. Connecticut Turners attend St Louis Festival planning and a health board notices smallpox precautions after Brush family illness. Local accidents include a man injured by a machine wheel and a piano fire at St John’s Hall. Schedules list railroad inquiries into the Y road and Western lines, plus party affairs, temperance talks, and parish notices.
In May an attempted ambush near Castlebar in County Mayo led to a flight by the party. Two rebels were captured and official counts on Tuesday recorded casualties at Tourady with Sinn Fein men killed and others wounded.
Fragmented OCR notes indicate a movement in France toward depopulating rural districts and boosting urban centers. Early signals from several regions suggest reduced rural populations since the 1828 census and ongoing shifts toward larger cities, with unclear results anticipated from forthcoming figures.
The text examines common errors in subject verb agreement in a fragmented quiz style. It notes that nouns like corporations and committees may be plural or singular, requiring matching verbs. It discusses pronoun reference and tense consistency, emphasizing that subject plurality governs verb form in standard English usage.
The piece lampoons political disappointment and journalistic fealty as the speaker laments not being in office, recalls past loyalties to Warren Harding, and chides the president for silence while hinting the Banner endures in satire and public petitions. The voice rails against unresponsive leadership and the toll of constant paper boosting.
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