Bridgeport Telegram Foundation and Masthead Details
The Bridgeport Telegram began in 1881 and was printed at the post office as second class matter. The paper lists advertising and circulation offices in New York and Chicago, with telegraphic and AP news rights, and notes daily publication except Sundays from Bridgeport Connecticut.
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A LINE OF CHEER By John Keldrick Bangs
A fractured excerpt the author notes as a love story fragment about writing and living lore. The speaker muses on preferring life over writing and the ease of practice over talent, emphasizing effort over innate skill.
Editorial Notes and Rambles on Law and Politics
Fragmented editorial notes critique legal bustle and political aims. Mentions Warsaw government Pole voters merchants fair Toft, jail aid, and naval observers. Quips on Lipton win optimism and pessimism, ending with a satirical contrast between optimists and fearful yellow journalists.
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Overalls Rise as Prices Spark Comic Reform
Walt Mason lampoons profiteering in a folksy verse about rising clothing prices and all-town mockery. The narrator notes neighbors wearing dingy blue overalls and a shared struggle to afford new garments, calling for reform as dealers repeat the same old tricks.
Essential Facts Versus Speculation In Breeding Tales
A reflective piece argues engineers and observers must state essential facts rather than speculative details. Citing a biblical example, it notes heredity can reveal traits not evident in parents, with heterozygous effects appearing in offspring. The text warns against misattributing results to chance or bias, urging careful, fact-based interpretation.
The Consumer's Turn and Price Readjustment
The text argues that consumer demand drives prices and that American shoppers are cutting back on luxuries. Mills cut hours or close, silk shirts disappear, workers shift to essential goods, boosting supply and lowering prices. Consumers will also influence wages by choosing what to pay for goods. The piece frames demand as the force guiding economic normalization.
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Race comparisons question claims about brains and race
The passage notes that brain weights cited for different races vary by sample and method. It argues that measurement technique must be identical across subjects and questions the basis of racial distinctions, citing a German student group praising an American as German while lacking blood ties. It concludes that variation within a race exceeds differences between races.
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Do Animals Reason Or Learn In Different Ways
The text debates animal intelligence and reasoning, arguing animals learn by trial and error rather than true inference. It contrasts a hungry cat testing escapes with conscious reasoning, suggesting observations show learning but not humanlike reasoning.
Submarine Freight Service to Cuba Under Study
Reports from the Atlantic seaboard discuss submarine activities tied to freight shipments to Cuba. Ten submarines under construction by the Shipping Board will be handed to the Transmarine Corporation to operate freight runs to and from Cuba.
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Bridgeport Memories and Local Notices From The Staniard
Bridgeport notes recall the fading era with dockside rumors, a new Camper Co building on Midfield Street nearing completion, fire safety chatter from Wm A Bates, and the town’s aging streets and houses. Updates cover public notices, parades, pigeon matches, conservatories, and upcoming conventions in Hartford and New Haven.
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Thought Flashes a Thousand Years in a State
A compact reflection on time and empire, citing Byron. The line likens rapid change to a mere hour rendering a century obsolete, contemplating the fragility and fleeting nature of political power and national identity.
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Favorite Poems Lines Worth Reading In Your Scrapbook The Pessimist
Fragmentary verse recalls a mood of gloom with lines about nothing to do eat wear sleep and see. The speaker laments missed comforts and stumbles through life with a sense that only common sense may endure the bleakness.
Miners in Alabama Idle by Strike
Alabama mining workers walk off jobs in a regional strike. Information is uncertain due to damaged text, but reports indicate a work stoppage affecting operations in the Simingham area with uneasy labor relations and potential production disruption.
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Sidewalk Snapshots of a Republican Power Player
William J. Socley known as BAL, a board member on apportionment and taxation, engages in political maneuvering. He aligns with the Republican Lewa committee and shadows John Ting, shaping state and city affairs.
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Telegram Information Bureau Promises Prompt Answers
Readers may state questions briefly and enclose a 2 cent stamp for return postage. The Telegram Information Bureau, directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington, D.C., offers confidential replies with no charge beyond postage.
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Historic globe trove of questions and answers quiz
A fragmented archival Q A page lists queries on notable figures rulers nations and citizenship. Topics include Whit and Nov star events, Princeton University charter history, rulers of various countries, Paul Revere, silicate of soda use, Latin Jesus phrase origins, Irish enlistment in WWI, American citizenship by marriage, grand vs petit juries, and Cuban travel passport requirements.
Thorne to Attend Delinquency Conference
Superintendent Ankims P Thorne received a leave of absence to join the American Association of Public Operation Re Vet and Correction for a delinquency and dependent children conference in late June. He was delegated by Governor Holcomb and plans to depart about 1:15 and return around July 1.
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University to Build Two Squash Courts on Garden Hill
The University club announced plans to construct two squash courts on its grounds on Garden Hill street at an estimated cost of $20,000. The Tvedereck company is the contractor and aims to complete the project within months. The complex will include galleries, a shower bath, and snooker rooms.
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