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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1921
Page
10
The Bridgeport Telegram, founded 189, notes postal policy and subscription terms with historic newspaper boilerplate. Includes a sample poem by Kendrick Bangs and brief notices about publishing affiliations and staff credits.
A fragmented editorial column references wartime espionage, political scandals, and social upheavals. It mentions a Russian cables expenditure, a slaver case linked to Mr Powell, and calls for new clues to identify victims. Local Bridgeport trolley debates and small town leaders’ winter musings appear, along with recollections of prior revolutions and public recognition for wartime efforts.
William Hull of Longview Avenue, a commercial illustrator for the R. C. Maxwell company for the last decade, studied at Springfield Ohio. He is a Bridgeport Elks member and well known in the city. He and Mrs Hull have two children, Susan aged three and Betty aged five.
Thomas R. Jill of the Bureau of Municipal Research reports Bridgeport’s expenses fourfold higher than a decade ago with city net debt up by 10 million. He notes no armistice in spending and warns that ongoing bond issues and further borrowing threaten credit, calling the saturation point near.
The letter argues against postal subsidies for second class mail, noting first class profits vs deficits, and urging a fair rate based on weight and distance under the zone system. It condemns restoring the old flat rate that benefited publishers and newspapers at public expense.
A quirky reflection on how luck and science intermix in invention and craft. Thornbury notes a nailer for soap boxes and bead threading that rely on chance to produce functional outcomes, with science aiding only in parts of the mechanism. The piece muses on randomness guiding practical processes and the playful irony of human effort.
An amusing article by Senator Bugics Le Roux surveys American taste for clean, hygienic baths in hotels abroad. It notes travelers’ expectations for in-room baths, differences in French hotel layouts, and anecdotes about bath availability and hotel naming, with comparisons to Japan, England, and Rome.
A University of Aberdeen professor discusses microscopic life in lakes and oceans, describing infusoria and other organisms that thrive in extreme conditions. He notes the enormous potential biomass, from a single gallon of water to the scale of Earth, and reflects on life’s resilience and pervasiveness.
A fragmentary poem reflects on human greed and invention. It questions whether pursuit of material wealth and glory polishes life or drains it. The speaker contemplates whether progress dulls joys and whether a world chasing every conquest loses warmth and wonder.
A fragmentary item lists quiz prompts on correct English usage and punctuation. It cites phrases about possessives, pronouns, and capitalization, including examples like Its and its, the phrase This is between You and 1, and notes on abbreviations and the word unique.
In Bridgeport on May 10 1881 the board of education voted to close public schools on May 20 to allow teachers to attend the County Teachers convention and on the following Monday for a city event. The Grand League T. 2. annual session will be held May 18. About thirty fowls were stolen from Mr George Pashley’s premises in Park Place, near daylight, as dogs and detectives pursue the thief. Various notes cover exhibitions, shows, local appointments, and a death of Sarah Kelly aged 59 years and Pocket diary items.
A dense Q A feature covers questions on the U S shield birds nests edible, Breslau tables and Barleycorn origins, Mosquito Indians, Rosetta Stone, Michelangelo frescoes, and early American expeditions. It includes brief explanations of symbols, ethnology, language origins, and a Tripoli expedition.
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