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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1922
Page
11
Bridgeport Telegram lists subscription rates in advance with monthly and weekly options. The paper notes daily publication except Sundays, with circulation audits and Associated Press attribution. advertising reps are listed for major cities and regions.
A collage of humorous and pointed musings on world peace slogans crime, politics, and daily life. The notes poke at cost of living, fashion, aging, public figures, and social mores with quips about smoking, drinking, vacations, and narrow judgments.
Mostly cloudy next two days with unsettled conditions likely Thursday. Pressure remains high across Hudson Bay to South Atlantic coast with fair weather inland. Atlantic states and Ohio Valley expect considerable cloudiness but little precipitation. Temperatures to stay steady with mild to moderate variation. observations from the Telegram’s Middlebrook Almanac.
Senior class letter to the Board of Education argues the City Normal school benefits the community and economy. It cites practice teaching advantages, cost savings for taxpayers, and local graduates starting with competitive salaries, urging that the school not be abolished or ceded to the state.
The Massachusetts House killed the one cent per gallon gasoline tax and the raised motor truck registration fees, separating them from a broader revenue bill. Connecticut’s tax proceeds are praised for keeping fuel affordable, while Massachusetts may seek other revenue sources and watch Connecticut’s approach.
The report notes continued railway freight movement comparable to 1919 boom levels, despite the coal strike reducing shipments by about 110,000 cars weekly. With uninterrupted coal, traffic could rise over current levels, signaling revived production and demand amid turbulent times.
Smithsonian anthropologist Dr Ay Hrdlicka asserts that the world’s tallest physical types stem from American seed stock. He notes women average five feet four inches and men around four and a half feet, with heads described as good, tracing lineage to Amor jitan Yamiligs and Am ericans shaped by osidocrine lands.
The passage argues that as women gain emancipation they will reveal superior brain faculties to men. It claims women possess all mental faculties and notes intuition as a sixth sense guiding creativity and problem solving, illustrated by a Mrs Lilas Mowe anecdote about adjusting a pendulum to perfect a sewing machine.
A jagged historical-style poem fragment laments a changed world and fading times. It weaves archaic voices and garbled phrases to evoke a sense of cultural decay, memory, and longing from a bygone era.
A Bridgeport reader criticizes Health Commissioner Dr Black over compulsory vaccination and smallpox fears. The letter argues epidemics are overstated and warns of expanded medical enforcement, urging readers to contact the governor and defend individual choice.
The verse contrasts gamblers in ponies rails and mines with farmers who gamble daily on sun rain and harvest. It frames farming as the ultimate risk taker, with crops threatened by pests weather and markets, yet sustaining a hungry world through careful toil and bold bets.
A reflective piece on the pivotal role of manual training and hands in shaping education and vocation. It argues that hands enable invention and skilled labor, linking education to practical work and industry, urging parents to value hands on learning and disciplined training for a richer future.
The Connecting General Association at its annual meeting in New Haven honors Arthur Barnes of Bristol Press with a testimonial for twelve years of service. Barnes resigns due to other duties, and the assemblage adopts resolutions praising his selfless work and commitment, to be forwarded to Mr. Barnes.
Dr Copeland offers health guidance on aging with forward looking mindset. mental attitude shapes vitality, memory, and activity. memory favors pleasant recollections while imagination and interest keep the mind bright. Stay active, seek challenges, and avoid dwelling on past disappointments to preserve youthfulness.
A Telegram style reader query includes definitions for deckle edge, geld reserve, conjugal rights, demurrage, and other terms. Answers cover deckle edge as rough paper edge, geld reserve as Treasury redemption fund, cabal etymology from cabinet names, and demurrage as detention charges, with notes on commercial paper and essential elements for animals.
A vintage notice touts concrete as essential for basement features benches cisterns driveways fence posts flower boxes foundations and more. It promotes a booklet Concrete Around the Home and invites readers to mail two cents for a copy with a return postage coupon.
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