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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1922
Page
1
A collage of wry quips and social asides on topics from peace and spring fever to politics and drinking. The items mix punny lines about daily life, history, and public figures, with tone resembling a late era newspaper’s unsigned miscellany column.
Mostly cloudy to unsettled conditions expected in South New England Wednesday and Thursday with little temperature change. Pressure trends show low levels over Newfoundland and western regions while fair conditions persist elsewhere. Forecast notes possible considerable cloudiness in Atlantic states and upper Midwest with no significant precipitation anticipated.
A Bridgeport newspaper letter urges retention of the City Normal school arguing graduates are better prepared than state normals due to real practice teaching. It contends the school saves money for taxpayers by training teachers locally and notes potential abolition would weaken community education and local talent.
Massachusetts House kills for this session the one cent per gallon gasoline tax and the raised motor truck registration fees. The split vote separates two measures from a single bill tied to state administration and expenditures. Connecticut’s gasoline tax is praised for its revenue and low impact, while Massachusetts looks to alternative sources as trucking concerns push to repeal higher fees. Connecticut watches Massachusetts for lessons in revenue strategies and potential reforms.
Amid a coal strike freight traffic shows resilience with hundreds of cars moved daily, echoing the 1919 boom. The note highlights rail movement gains despite reduced shipments and a surge in cargo like coal and goods, signaling returning prosperity.
Anthropologist A. Hrauesa of the Smithsonian Institute notes milkes and physiotropes as descendants of American families. He describes three generations born in America and cites physical traits including height and head proportion as indicators of pioneer heritage.
The passage argues that as women gain emancipation and practice, the female brain will prove superior to the male. It claims women possess all brain faculties, with reasoning sharpened by exposure to problems, and that generations will strengthen intuition, described as a sixth sense, guiding progress including an anecdote about Mrs. Elias Howe and the sewing machine.
A fragmented 19th century style lament discusses aging, generational change, and the world’s decline. The speaker laments younger crowds, moral looseness, and shifts in culture while recalling earlier times and values.
The writer condemns Dr Black for branding Connecticut as diseased over smallpox fears and warns of compulsory vaccination and medical exams. They urge Governor Lake to remove Black, argue the epidemic numbers are overstated, and stress the need for education over coercion. The piece laments economic harm to bridgeport area and calls for newspapers to defend public choice.
The poem frames farmers as fearless gamblers, risking fortune, strength, and knowledge against a shifting market and nature. It contrasts "gambler" farmers with other risky trades while highlighting the farmer's daily wager on sun, rain, and soil to feed a hungry world.
A columnist argues education should emphasize hands on work over books. He contends hands train minds, linking skilled labor to intelligence and success, urging parents to value practical experiences alongside schooling and to nurture practical artistry in youth.
The Bristol Press reports at its annual meeting the resignation of Arthur S. Barnes as secretary and treasurer after twelve years. Resolutions praise his faithful service, leadership and unselfish spirit, and record a formal appreciation to be presented to Mr Barnes.
In Your Health Royal S. Copeland urges readers facing age 70 to maintain a forward looking mindset. He compares mental attitude to a searchlight guiding youth and urges continuous activity, effort, and curiosity to delay decline and strive toward the century mark.
A reader asks about neck stiffness and is advised it may stem from algia with hot applications and to consult a doctor for a diet plan. Other questions cover bad breath, pelvic pain, excessive sweating, nail-biting habits, heart palpitations from smoking or nerves, and explanations of terms such as gold reserve deckle edge mis yore conjug al rights demurrage commercial paper conjugal rights and chlorine in plants.
Information note from Frederic J. Haskin director in Washington D C offers information only. Bureau cannot provide legal financial or domestic advice or exhaustive research. Send a plain brief question with name and address and return postage stamps. Replies go directly to the inquirer.
An article outlines how concrete improves farms, homes, schools, factories, hotels, and public works with practical uses such as basement floors, drives, posts, cisterns, walks, and porches. It promotes a free Washington Information Bureau booklet titled Concrete Around the Home and invites readers to mail the coupon with two cents for return postage.
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