Bridgeport Telegram History and Publication Details
Bridgeport Telegram records its founding in 1801 and lists publication details, circulation, and advertising representatives. It notes daily operation aside from Sundays, with offices on Main Street and partnership with The Associated Press.
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Bridgeport Telegram
Advanch
Titan
Towi
Metropolitan
New York
John Glass
Peoples Gas
Ian
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Iephens Barnum
the Post Publishing CO
Middis Street
Bridgeport
Conmbars Audit Bureau of Circulation
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A LINE O CHEER Poem Fragment by John Kendrick Bangs
A fragment from John Kendrick Bangs titled A Line O Cheer mentions stars that shine at height and likens them to trains and sunward agents. The verse hints at war and returning day with imagery of paths and pledges.
Editorial notes on rain, revolutions and humor
A fragmented critique rails at political promises and public figures, mingling jokes about Prohibition, revolutions, and housing with quips on culture. It references Hoover era policies, the Bald Head Club, and Chicago/Northwestern debates, presenting a satirical snapshot of contemporary public discourse.
Potatoes, Prunes, and Poems Stir Public Fancy
A fractured verse riff jeers at politicians and poets, urging practical harvests over grand rhetoric. It laments wasted voices while imagining crops like Bur banks potatoes and prune trade easing a distraught land, and hints at citizens tired of clever talk.
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Wang Boernek
Sugar shortage defense calls for canner boycott effort
National preservers urge a boycott of sugar profiteers amid high prices they blame on inflation and speculation. Canners warn raising prices hurts preserves and promote using less sugar, urging households to cut sugar use and join a nationwide movement to curb profiteers.
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Great National Movement
Our Country in 1920 speech on Plymouth Rock legacy
A fragment recalls Daniel Webster’s 1820 Plymouth Rock address on Our Country in 1920. It ponders whether future Americans upheld civil and religious liberty, the strength of inherited freedoms, and whether 1920’s actions broadened or diminished that heritage. It asks what 1920 would answer Webster’s 1820 questions about liberty and good government.
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Daniel Webster
Plymouth Rock
Pan
America
A. D
Berty
Webster
A Democratic Dark Horse McAdoo Favored by Foes
The piece portrays William G. McAdoo as a strong Democratic dark horse. He has no pledged votes yet is nationally known and praised as a financier and administrator. Viewers note his independence, high profile, and potential to shape the San Francisco Convention race.
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William G. McAdoo
Andre
McAdoo
Treasury
Ele
Wilson
Witte
White House
Sons of Democracy
San Francisco
Who Killed the B'Ar Remember the Old Reader Tale
The piece mocks officials claiming credit for preventing Red scares and price cuts, likening Palmer and his prosecutors to boastful claimants. It cites Justice and Agricultural Department efforts, concludes with a wry line that Palmer killed the bear. The tone is satirical about wartime era governance.
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Betsy
U.S. Attorney General's Office
Palmer
Agricultural Department
Department of Justice
Rights and Privileges Debate Over Treaty Obligations
Senator Knox and Senator Pomerene clash over a peace resolution. The exchange centers on accepting benefits versus waiving rights in any international pact. A commentator notes Americans resist obligations they can dodge but refuse to waive rights, prompting European charges of quitters.
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Knox
Pomerene
Senator Knox
Bridgeport News Roundup From May 22 1980
Bridgeport notes and miscellany from May 22 1980 include local events at Nettletun shipyard Faire Haven and Seaside Park drive safety orders. Reports mention Fatrtfield County Teachers association meeting in Westport with committees and addresses by Rev A N Lewis and Rev J G Byatt. Also covered are a police court case, gasometer plans for Bridgeport, and upcoming church and civic activities with multiple local figures named.
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Fatrtfield County Teachers Association
Westport
A. N. Lewis
J. G. Byatt
W. Porter
Bridgeport
J. G. Hyatt
EB. I
Perry
Norwalk
G. RB. Warnes
Samford
Newtown
TH. B. Wigham
Wilson
O. B. Chamberlain
New Canaan
B. G. Northrop
State Board of Education
Willan Hare
W. AH. Woodbury
Stamford
Huntington
Hurd
Mesera. Wigham
City
Teachera Ous
Schoefleur
Mir. Hace
Westnott
Mrr. Flarington
Elenry RB. Foote
John G. North
New Haven
Trowbridge
Gur Sounols
A. ©. Pierce
Brookfield
Av Hamilton
George &. Ham
Favorite Poems In Your Scrapbook
Happy the man whose wish and care is bent toward simple pleasures. Content to breathe his native air on his own ground. His herds, fields, and flocks provide him cloth and bread. In summer shade and winter fire, a calm mind and body. Let me live unseen and die unlamented, with no stone to mark my place.
25 000 Pound Limit Placed on Trucks
A new weight rule bars commercial vehicles on public highways over 25 000 pounds unless granted written permits by highway commissioners. Fines range from 100 to 500 dollars for violations. A Coast Guard seaman, John Palmetti of New London, drowned near Wildwood, N J, when a wave capsized a boat during a routine crossing.
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Robbins
Stoeckel
Commissionwe
Rootor Veleles
Eireman
Wildwood
N' I
John Palmetti
Freman
Coast Guard
Penuot
Here
Palmetti
New London
Stamford Bank Probe Seeks Pair Behind Bad Checks
In Stamford on May 21 police pursued a young couple after the Home Bank and Trust Company of Darien reported numerous purchases using checks that later proved worthless. A May 6 deposit for 575 drawn on W H Larsen at Shelton Bank and Trust produced passbooks and check stubs, but no such accounts exist at Shelton Bank.
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Admiral Sims
Erica
Bot‘Omley
Arene Pry
Russia
Wrance
Foramen
Northwestern University
Stamford
Home Bank and Trust C Company
Darion Polles
W. H. Larsen
Shelton Bark and Tru
Snelton Bank
Prohibition Reduces Alcoholism at Hillside Home
Superintendent Angus P Thorne reports the Hillside Home saw 70 alcoholics admitted last year, down from 714 the prior year. He notes public charity census work, reinvestigations of mental health cases, and increased Legal Aid bureau activity alongside efforts against influenza and child welfare projects.
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Angus P. Thorne
Ylison
Hillside Thorne
Thorne
Department of Public Charities
Micety
Bridgeport
Legal Ala Bureau
Margaret M. Ford
Prohibition Agent Arrested in New York Case
May 21 report from New York says James Wardle, a former prohibition agent, was arrested then released on $3,000 bail after being charged with conspiracy to violate the Volstead act by selling permits. He was taken into custody with Felix Prince, both named in the case.
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New York
James Wardle
Torrington
Bainse
A Toiny
Pelix Prince
Telegram Information Bureau Answers Your Questions
Reader inquiries are answered by The Telegram Information Bureau Frederick Haskin Director Washington DC. State questions briefly and include a 2 cent stamp for return postage. All inquiries are confidential with replies sent directly to the individual. No charge beyond the postage fee.
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Telegram Information Bureau. Com
Washington, D.C
Frederic 5. Haskin
Telegram Information Bureau
Frederick Haskin
Trivia and Q A from a century old quiz page
A mixed set of questions and answers covers historical figures like Hiram Johnson and the Grand Army of the Republic, English law on game, biblical kings of Cologne, the lumber state nickname, methods to fight gas fires, useful metals, towns named Columbus, poker terms cats and dogs, Ouida’s real name, and related curiosities.
Warrant Against Mayo for Bigamy Sustained
New York May 21 The appellate division of the Supreme Court refused to set aside a warrant on Mayo Virginius St Jullar a wealthy New Haven manufacturer arrested March 2 1915 for bigamy in Kings County The attorney argued the arrest was illegal since the offense allegedly occurred in another county.
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New York
Supreme Court
Virginius St. Jullar
New Haven
Rn Anil
Wilhelmine Moyer
Kings County
Mayo
Rider in Sundry Bill Aimed at Veto
Washington May 14 A Senate finance committee rider to the vetoed sundry civil appropriation bill bars new government publications without Congress mint authority. The measure reports $440,023,000 for government activities, a shortfall of $209,665,000 from last year’s appropriations.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Chix
Aest
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John Kendrick Bangs
Hoover
Pennsylvania
Primwell
Jentist
John Rodemeyer
Poe
Walt Masons
Oua
Democratic Dark Horse
B’ar
Rere
Feo Ump
By Briggs
Teftemi
Pris
B.C. XN. G
Nettletun
Faire Haven
George Greer
Poliea
chatRe Bug
Marsh
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Seaside
Pierce Manufacturing Company
Pierce Company
Samuel B. Bennéssey
Long Hill
Alexander Hawley
Miracations Bank
George W.beers
Spring Perch Co
Europe
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Horse Railroad Company
Main Street
North Avenue
Prirffield Avenue
Indiana
Henry Huss
Grand Central Depot
Milford Inday
Barnes
Price, Lee and Company
Howard Mlnston
New York City
M. TH. Pognan
Muaraty -Avenne Baptist Church
Jeffray
Brooklyn
Pogson
Madison Avenue
Episcopal Church Diocese of
Rebecca A
He Tate Nathan Park
Fairfield Avenue
Melissa J
George H. Swen
Pembroke Street
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Brest
Alexander Pope
Howard W. Curtis
Stratford
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Howard J. Curtis
High Aue
Yale
Audge Howard W. Curtis
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Warsaw
Mexis A. Broasiloft
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Toland
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Center
East Prussia
Johinson
Hiram Johnson
Abe Ruel
Francia J. Henry
Johnson
Rueft
California
Progressive
United States
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Grand Army of the Republic
Decatur
EB. F. Stephenson
Lith
Illnois Infantry
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Cologne
Jesus Christ
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Columbase AL
Loyle
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Ouida
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