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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1920
Page
8
The Bridgeport Telegram announces its subscription rates and publishing schedule. It lists address at 140 Middle Street and notes daily publication except Sundays. The paper credits Associated Press material and reserves republication rights.
The excerpt speaks in archaic tone of self reliance and prayer asking for strength to act. It argues that personal effort shapes one's fortunes on this “fruitful mundane sphere,” seeking divine help to discern and complete matters within the individual’s power.
A collection of editorial snippets reflecting on Carranza news, politics, and social events. Notes touch on cinema as an escape, suffrage in Connecticut, potential 1957 forecasts, and critiques of policing, sugar prices, and fashion industry notes. Mentions of DuPonts, Captain Kidd, and New York headlines show a broad, satirical view of current affairs and public figures.
A memorial note on Alice and Phoebe Cary celebrates a hundred years since Alice Cary’s birth. Their verse promotes virtue, diligence, and kindness, with hymns like One Sweetly Solemn Thought shaping lives and inspiring readers across nations. Their “immortality by works” endures beyond death.
A reader sermonizes on national responsibility urging citizens to stop blaming outsiders and recognize they themselves elect and empower government. The piece argues “They” is a reflection of voters, and all ills stem from personal accountability and lax legislature rather than enemies or gangs. It condemns dodging duty and calls for direct action at the polls.
Fragmentary verse morass with jagged phrases and garbled lines. It references self defense, violence avoidance, the Heath Board, and a recurring theme of mortality and mischief, but the readable text is largely incoherent and nonfunctional as a full news item.
The piece argues happiness and progress require equal parts of body mind and spirit. It warns against overdeveloped bodies or minds and praises balanced growth. Citing Jack Dempsey as an example, it cautions against fanaticism and agnosticism, urging balanced development for individuals and communities.
A nostalgic column notes how schoolboy arithmetic imitates real markets with prices like 66 cents for potatoes and 4 cents a dozen eggs. It defends current arithmetic problems and laments any price revisions, praising the era’s affordable staples and the sense of plenty in bygone days. Both farmers and grocers are symbolically portrayed, illustrating historical comforts.
In Marmion canto the monk in unraveling cares recalls prayer, beauty, and faith as a dying Marmion faces his fate. A storm of sound rises with the word Victory as he dies, urging Chester to charge and Stanley to advance, the blade still in his grasp.
Philadelphia May 1 A remarkable Jekyll and Hyde case emerges as Henry Gamber a daytime chauffeur for Mrs William M Wright is accused of nightly robberies using a car linked to crimes. Police traced the vehicle to the Automobiles Club garage after he denied wrongdoing and Mrs Wright doubts his guilt.
Thomas O Grady, 28, of 45 Siiney Street Stratford, slipped while making a play in a park baseball game yesterday afternoon and broke his collarbone. He received first aid at the scene and was taken to St Vince Hospital in a serious condition.
Chicago officials open an inquiry into food profiteering amid reports of inflated prices. Russell J. Poole testified about sandwiches costing 20 to 30 cents and apple pies at 28 cents, urging oversight as restaurant costs, overhead, and transport were questioned. The probe aims to address price gouging and enforce fair practices across eateries. In a separate incident, seven workers were killed in a gelatin plant explosion at the Aetna Explosives Company, with cause unknown and interior workmen perishing. the blast prompted investigations and safety reviews.
A reader asks about the Telegram information service, petroleum reserves worldwide, handling paper by mail, and various topics. The Bureau describes how inquiries are processed, pricing, and how to access printed responses.
A compact digest of Bridgeport area items from The Standard. Notes on orchard pest control, extensive telegraph line protests, train movements to New York, woods fires, local races and prizes, court actions, church events, temperance meetings, a baby elephant on a bill board promotion, and a Bridgeport marriage and death notices.
In Watertown Massachusetts on May 3 Rev Henry M B Ogilvy rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd announced from the pulpit his support for Sunday baseball of a non commercial sort. He urged town action to permit wholesome outdoor amusement and emphasized the need for boys to engage in healthy recreation rather than loitering on street corners or getting into trouble.
Louis Bada an employee at American Tool and Stamping Company was beaten over the head with an iron bar by Juan Louis Mas at their shop. He was taken to Bridgeport hospital in critical condition but reported improving last night after the early Saturday morning attack following a heated argument.
Disjointed OCR fragment discusses yearly receipts payment to a pastmaster of 3000 dollars and 40000 receipts, mentions Liberty Bell and Pennsylvania in 1754. Describes London Morning Post 1811 report of black snow in Lower Emmen Valley, and a weather sequence with thaw followed by freezing wind creating a dark appearance.
New health board at Yale University will oversee undergraduate safety. A committee of medical assistants sanitary inspector and others will enforce regulations to protect student health. Students must undergo medical examination before athletic eligibility and must comply with new health rules to participate.
Delegates from South American nations and the United States urged wide legislation to end the deformity of streets and parks. The group favored regular city plans, public building sites, monuments, and a system of united squares, plus urbanization courses and humane labor policies.
Harry Walker says the Zag plant in Hartford does not pay and has applied to the Passaic County commission to shut it down. He claims the closing would bring inconvenience to New Hartford residents as the electric plant in nearby Cl place remains.
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