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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1922
Page
23
Bridgeport Telegram established 1881 details show daily publication with full publishing address 140 MIddley Street Bridgeport Conn. Open day and night with an audit bureau of circulation and Associated Press rights. Advertising reps listed in major cities.
A jumble of vintage quips and observations touches on politics war veterans technology and social norms. It wryly critiques predictions about dorms, insurance risks and taxation while lampooning politicians and media. The notes mix wordplay and dated slang reflecting a period column voice.
The forecast calls for fair weather Monday and Tuesday east of the Mississippi and in the east Gulf states with little temperature change. Local thundershower activity occurred recently in the Middle Atlantic, Carolinas, upper Mississippi valley, North Dakota, northern Rocky Mountains, Texas, and Southwestern New Mexico.
Asbury Park New Jersey May 14 Joby O'Regan noted amateur oarsman dropped dead while playing handball at his home. He was 71 years old and had been a member of the Metropolitan Rowing Club for 36 years. Wearing its colors he won many championships notably the doubles title taken at Taestuwo New York in 1854.
Waterbury Yale graduate Carl M Chapin argues Yale athletics were not majestic when the Bowl was planted in 1913, noting Harvard predated it with the Stadium. He says Yale needs less outside meddling as Yale Bowl solidifies Connecticut connections and public interest in Yale athletics.
The League of Nations opens the permanent international court to Germany Russia and Turkey inviting nations to submit disputes for adjudication. If all parties accept court decisions alliances may become unnecessary and a post Genoa conference could discuss tearing up old pacts.
The Dara-Gai-Noor diamond once claimed by Princess Fatima as second largest and valued at $500,000 sold at a New York sheriff's auction for $30,500. Customs duties set its full value around $87,000, with myths about Alexander the Great and modern desires contrasted in a speculative digression on wealth.
Census experts estimate that a farm family must feed three city families in addition to itself. They note only about 16 percent of the nation’s workers are in agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry, while city goods and prices shape farm life and equipment. The piece contrasts city and country perspectives, hinting at imbalanced exchanges.
The text notes a reported April steel production near 2,239,711 tons as a sign of imagined prosperity after World War I. It asserts industry will boom, with mills producing ingots and steel storage rising, signaling a rapid recovery despite unclear language and numbers.
The piece critiques railroads farming out about a third of repair work to cheaper outsiders to cut costs. It notes the long history of contract systems dating to 1904 and cites the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore as early adopters. It suggests current problems echo past ones and that progress has been made, though the contract issue remains a ghost of older practices.
Chinese airmen in three planes bombarded enemy ships off the coast. One vessel was set afire and surrendered after the attack. Major General Patrick, head of the Army Air Service, calls the action the first clear demonstration of air power in war and a sign of future warfare.
A fragment discusses Charles Dickens manuscripts, noting Wells buys original pages at 120 dollars each while a printed 'game story' costs half a cent. The writer argues the urge to possess rare items reveals instinctive selfishness and critiques economic regulation of individuals.
Queered Walt Mason mocks G Grimshaw Grimes once jailed for minor thefts and now a political candidate. The poet riffs on how his past haunts campaigns, with ridicule of voters and the idea of a blemished record lingering in public life.
Chicago promoters unveil a six block boulevard plan to replace South Water street with a grand riverfront axis. The project, likened to Michigan Avenue, will include docks, rail yards, and a large rectangular produce precinct linked to thirty railroads. An assessment of about 20 million dollars is planned for the South Water improvements with new merchants spaces and inner traffic tree-lined for movement.
Poem recalls a quiet rural haven, an old-fashioned house with porch and roses. The speaker contrasts village contentment and familiar gossip with city clamor, imagining a life where neighbors know each other, yet wonders if such confinement suits real happiness. The verse laments gossip, chores, and the weight of communal eyes versus personal freedom.
A mother handles son Ritchie who fusses over beans and other foods. He eventually eats the string beans after a quiet challenge, revealing a child’s taste for plain, everyday fare. The piece advises parents to avoid pressuring children at meals and to model calm, simple dining habits for all.
Christopher B Yule and Mery Grego Yule are killed in a Thieully France airplane crash and will be buried at Mountain Grove cemetery. Read Memorial chapel in Mountain Grove will host the funeral with Abbe of Trinity Church officiating. Hamilton Commandery Knights Templar will exemplify its ritual. Relatives and friends arrived at Strield hotel.
A reader asks about catarrh causes and permanence of cure. Dr Copeland explains catarrh spreads from the nose to sinuses ears throat and lungs, outlining stages, complications, and the need for thorough examination and individualized treatment. He advises not to overuse nostrums and invites readers to submit questions for future columns.
Police made several arrests Saturday in unrelated cases. Frank Koreskas of 191 Harvests faces petty charges over selling ice cream described as charged with virulent liquor. Four bottles of liquor were seized in a raid on Nicholas Krafichick’s grocery at 859 Hallett Street. Krafichick arrested and held on $300 bond. Frank Upschock of 688 Berkshire Avenue and Nicholas Kratichnick of Hallett Street were arrested for mutual assault. police separated them in a fight on East Side. Eugene Phillips of Roanoke Street Fairfield was arrested on a warrant. Howard Mathewson of Norman Street charged with assault. Carl Athanson of Shelton Street arrested for driving a motorcycle without an operator’s license.
A three Alderman committee from the May 1 caucus will visit Police Commissioners and Police Superintendent P J Flanagan tonight at Police headquarters to protest police enforcement of the Volstead act. Chair Daniel J Kenney leads Aldermen R Arthur Brown and Thomas J Castello in the action prompted by patrolmen on beat duty and reports of violations on local streets.
In Oklahoma City a boy named Billy Broman, 14, shows unusual skill for electronics. He discusses transformers generators and dynamos with adults, designs a crib telephone rig to reach his parents, and plans a radio outfit, learning by asking questions since reading is slow.
A vintage appeal urges parents to invest in their children’s health by reading a free booklet from the American School Hygiene Association. It stresses childhood health as the foundation of lifelong well being and invites readers to mail the coupon with two cents for return postage.
A reader asks about morning finger and hand pain nerve tension and swollen hands. The doctor urges a thorough medical exam including urine tests to check kidney trouble and notes chronic left side pain between the ribs may reflect a related issue.
Frederic J. Haskin of The Bridgeport Telegram Information Bureau in Washington asks readers to return postage for a free copy of the booklet Sehcal Chite's Health. The notice lists a street address in New York and requests Sunnie asnas Etreet as the return recipient.
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