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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1922
Page
8
Bridgeport Telegram listing subscription rates and public notices. Rates show pay in advance with weekly and monthly options. Published with Associated Press news and staff notices. telegraph and advertising departments listed.
A garbled editorial note page mixes quips about radio, gas, a cautious ex-king’s friends, and a movie star’s hype. It rails at youth, dentistry, Bible reading, and boasts a casual jab about university graduates, mosquitoes, and braces. Miscellaneous sayings wander with no clear cohesive news.
The forecast covers Monday and Tuesday with cooler conditions on Monday. Northwest winds shift to northerly from Sandy Hook to Hatteras, becoming fresh in the north portion. Occasional overcast skies and scattered thundershowers persist across the southern states and upper Ohio Valley. Temperatures expected to fall slightly in the north Atlantic states with generally fall weather prevailing in the lower Great Lakes and Atlantic regions.
Samuel L Rothafel predicts cinema will evolve into lavish, color rich, sound and scent enriched experiences. He envisions theater endowments and in ten years wireless broadcast of films to homes, raising questions about who pays actors in that future.
Dr. John H. Finley argues libraries serve as community first aid stations funded by taxpayers. The piece notes libraries offer practical aid beyond books, drawing on shared experiences to help individuals and the wider society. It also contrasts rapid modern travel with persistent social extremes and references notable aviation advances.
In the ten months ending May 1 the ordinary expenses of the national government totaled 2.82 billion dollars, with 772.6 million spent on interest. The piece notes the heavy wartime burden and questions a trillion-dollar capital plan, urging economy while acknowledging fiscal strain.
A Department of Commerce special agent reports Russia will not export grain for at least five years. With Russia out, American growers may enjoy steadier foreign markets and better prices than if grain flooded through the Dardanelles. Times and figures are uncertain in the translated text.
Mrs Henry Pellett recalls a Connecticut wedding in 1544 noting costs, from a tailor made man's coat for 25 cents to the minister’s fees and other expenses. She contrasts with a first year wage of 192, highlighting how prices and daily life have shifted since early colonial times.
A Baston student Edmund T. Allen builds a bird plane or glider named for human muscle power. He aims to imitate a noted craft, hoping to achieve long air time. The piece notes life, death, and the allure of motorless flight amid early aviation talk.
Dr. Robert Simpson Woodward, president of the Carnegie Institute, argues that the war’s devastation will recover slowly yet stimulate science. He notes a century to full renewal, with progress costly and painful, yet widely believed to advance knowledge and invention.
Export profits fell dramatically from the prior year, averaging about a third of a cent per bushel on large wheat shipments. The Federal Trade Commission monthly report notes tiny margins and widespread small profits across exporters, with overall figures showing minimal gains despite heavy export volumes.
Masons commentary recalls Pop Anson urging to play the game and honor his words as a wise old figure sleeps. The passage blends general musings on seers and ancient wisdom with a call to remember Anson and keep his motto alive in life and sportsmanship.
Samuel Untermyer of New York, counsel for the Lockwood committee, refuses to assist Attorney General Daugherty in the war fraud inquiry. He criticizes Daugherty’s methods and questions his claim that 80 lawyers refused to join the investigation, defending the bar’s patriotism and professionalism.
A lyrical account describes a broadcast musical moment traveling to Ostkosh Louisville Baraboo San Francisco and Kalamazoo heard by Kokomo Kankakee and ship passengers at sea Relayed to Singapore and ports on the Indian Ocean with listeners in Sydney Liverpool Yokohama Pekin Siamboul Christiania Baffin Bay Moscow Cairo and Mandalay Dance by dervishes in Raccoon and a vast array of global stations buried under the great round world The ether throbbed as music reached the timestends of the firmament and a melody breathed everywhere.
A classroom spelling exercise leads to a discussion on abstinence and self control as the teacher ties the concept to Lent. Students debate willpower, temperance, and restraint, with one boy pledging forty days of no candy as a personal test.
An Atlantic City Express incident ends with two fishermen from Goddard Avenue arrested for trespassing after leaping a fence while fishing on a frock. They were released on bond for City Court today. A separate wreck near New York Atlantic City line disrupted traffic for over an hour, injuring several and delaying the train as crews cleared the wreckage and determined fault.
In New York and other cities a high measles and whooping cough rate last winter raises concern. Dr Copeland warns that secondary infections like pneumonia and tuberculosis risk after these diseases and stresses guarding children until all symptoms disappear. Readers’ questions cover child exertion, egg intake for infants, and excessive perspiration with guidance to seek medical evaluation.
An article profiles an ardent boxing promoter who organized the Glad Handy club with about 40 members and two instructors. He hosted sparring matches in a Canadian church basement to benefit an orphanage, aiming to push for a national boxing commission led by a figure likened to Judge Landis.
Elytra New York May 21 Police seek Salvation Army Captain EF a missing officer after a separation from Blanche Poster. The captain eloped with a man and a child, and a warrant has been issued charging abandonment.
A short Q and A discusses management of high blood pressure. Guidance emphasizes self care including ample sleep, gentle exercise, and pleasant recreation. The reader is a young man asking about effective dirt? and lifestyle steps. The fragment preserves names and context from the period dialogue.
A reader quiz from the Telegram Information Bureau presents questions and answers on seeds distribution costs, ship sizes, phrase origins, rhubarb production in California, the Black Death, Windsor house origins, population density, castor sugar, and the Gardner Gate to Petlouptore National Park. The piece quotes multiple named entities and dates, reflecting a general knowledge column with concise factual responses.
Frederic J. Haskin, head of the Washington Information bureau, disclaims any other business affiliations. A man using similar names and the phrase Haskins Information Bureau is soliciting reader funds to invest in various stocks, falsely claiming association with the newspaper. The Bridgeport Telegram funds Haskin's services, while his reporting remains free for readers.
A brief guide stresses rapid action in a fire’s first minutes. It highlights using a water stream or a hand extinguisher to start suppression, and urges immediate, informed response rather than delay. The National Board of Fire Underwriters provides a booklet. readers can request via Washington Information Bureau with a coupon and two cents for postage.
A letter to Judge Thomas Grahnor from Mrs. Lizzie A. Morris of Wellsville Geo asks reconciliation in her divorce case. The note claims her husband Tom Morris is in San Francisco and quotes the judge’s famed conciliatory work. Her daughter worries over separation and asks the judge to take the mediation role.
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