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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1923
Page
14
Bridgeport Telegram details an early 20th century press note with garbled text about departments and daily captions. Mentions Barnum and Associated Press credit, plus local news publication, date unclear. Contains multiple misreads and fragmented phrases.
Morning notes mix jokes on home, memory, and optimism with quirky facts. Items mock barbers, insomniac watchdogs, and census quirks while musing on artichokes, college job hunts, and a Providence aviator tumble. Light, with names and places hinted but obscured in garbled text.
A front moved northeast from the lower lakes toward the gulf of St Lawrence bringing local snows in northern New York and northern New England. A broad disturbance centered over Colorado drifted east with generally cool nights and little warming except in the north Atlantic states. Winds favor southerly to westerly along the coast with fair weather expected Friday and Saturday from Sandy Hook to Hatteras.
John McE Bowman, owner of major hotels, intends to install prayer chapels in all Bowman hotels for travelers. Gorham to design and furnish unsectarian spaces, varying by hotel size, aiming to inspire worship and contemplation while avoiding sectarianism. The plan parallels the Gideons Bible placements, reinforcing faith in guest rooms.
A Bridgeport event features a bonding company spokesman praising Chinese honesty while noting conflicts between financial integrity and political deceit. The piece contrasts respect for careful accounting with sensational banditry, jokes about Mah Jong, and references to Truthful James.
In the last 30 days about fifty million dollars in New York building projects were cancelled due to extortionate labor union demands. Builders and contractors warn that wage increases inflate costs beyond initial estimates, lamenting recurring price spirals as profits are squeezed by labor actions.
A discussion on market limits for profit, valuing labor, and the harm of profiteering. It notes New York Telephone's canceled 11.2 million project and the broader impact: postponed orders, lost time, and potential higher future costs for consumers. The piece argues stopping the project was prudent to avoid a permanent burden on service users.
A Philadelphia critique argues Father s Day failed when tried as a public pageant. It questions whether fathers lack sentiment or humor and suggests practical gifts or daily acts of appreciation. The piece notes such gestures occur daily, including Sundays, to some fathers.
Federal Judge Knox ruled that the Volstead act's one pint per two weeks limit on prescriptions to patients is not absolute. He allowed physicians to prescribe what is necessary for welfare, noting Congress may set reasonable limits but the blanket cap lacks study or justification. Government fears narcotic law break down but the decision preserves medical prerogatives with exceptions for venal doctors.
Local listeners heard speeches from notable figures during a meeting honoring General and Mrs. Ballington Booth at the Metropolitan Opera House. The event, delayed by President Harding, was broadcast on WJZ Newark and WEA New York City, featuring John W. Davis, General Harbard, General Pershing, Will H. Hays, Nicholas Murray Butler, Arthur S. Thomp kine, Herbert Hoover, and the Booths.
Japan may model park systems after Bridgeport. George M. Eames, president of the Board of Park Commissioners, received a letter from Kelli Uyehara, Tokio park commissioner, seeking more information on Bridgeport's local park system. Uyehara, also with Japan's Cy Planning Bureau, praised Bridgeport and requested details to adapt the system in Japan.
A staged fireworks accident in Cleveland's East End left seven children and a man severely burned when percussion caps exploded as youths tried to ignite fuse wires from caps. Two children were airlifted to hospital for treatment.
A narrator recalls moments beneath a banyan tree as neighbors pass by, ignoring a grieving tale. The speaker admits ailments yet resolves to endure and share cheer through songs and laughter in a humble shack despite back pain and lingering weariness.
Telegram readers invited to submit opinion letters with current and confidential address details. Anonymous communications are not considered. Submissions must be under thirty days from receipt and will be edited for length.
A Bridgeport letter to the editor urges aldermen to restore a five cent trolley fare, arguing current prices burden working people while shedding light on gas safety concerns and the need for warnings to prevent leaks. The editor also notes the progress of glider travel across the English Channel and early automotive history as signs of rapid invention.
A compilation of Q and A on safety, labeling, auction Bridge scoring, congenital heart defects, ancient horse footwear, batting averages, flour storage, tar paper roofs, lumber supply, and timber replacement rates. Includes practical guidance on can paste consistency, labeling adhesion, and forest service estimates.
Verse argues moral alarm at beach fashion and propriety. The speaker counters puritanical public outrage over skimpy swimwear and endorses practical, modest attire that allows freedom of movement for modern women.
Apselo Pata argues that proper dance education is not foolish play but a discipline teaching children to master body and spirit. He compares relaxed, bear like ease to artistic motion, claiming a skilled teacher frees energy, reduces cramping, and unlocks a child’s capacity to learn anything through a liberated mind and body.
Beardsley school parent teacher association met to prepare a slate of officers to be voted on June 7. The May musical was discussed with plans to hold it next Wednesday in the Barnum school auditorium with Mrs. F. P. Becker and Mrs. Stewart Naragnore directing. Nominees include President T. W. Cutting and vice presidents M. E. Ford Se Cond, A Lieberum, G M Currias, Secretary A. F. Thorne, and Treasurer F. L. Kipling.
Community health column discusses appendicitis symptoms and treatment, emphasizing proper diet and physical activity. It includes reader questions on dropsy, lumps on the shoulder, laryngitis, headaches, and heart concerns, with responses urging medical examination and professional guidance.
A reader seeks remedies for keeping hair from darkening and asks how to increase height at nineteen. The response mentions lemon juice in rinse to keep hair light and suggests stretching exercises as a method to grow taller.
A North American newspaper alliance notices an author list of favorite novels and authors. Included are works by Dickens, Thackeray, Hardy, Twain and Wells along with Tom Brown’s Schooldays and Vanity Fair. The piece cites a copyright date and mentions rights reserved.
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