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A garbled 1920s Bridgeport Telegram page shows subscription rates and publishing details for The Bridgeport Post Publishing Co. along with scattered quotations and jokes. The readable items include a subscription note and scattered humorous lines from an era, indicating a local newspaper’s miscellany section.
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Weather Outlook For Southern New England
Unsettled unsettled showers possible Friday and Saturday across most sections east of the Mississippi. Temperatures vary little with cooler conditions in the lower Lake region and interior Pacific states cooler than elsewhere. Winds from the southwest to west. overcast with showers favored along the coast.
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Explosion near Vienna kills ten workers
A dynamite blast near Vienna on May 95 leaves ten people dead and at least several others injured, with authorities alert for missing workers and ongoing rescue and investigation efforts.
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Portland manufacturer sues over slander in Anti-Saloon League press
A Portland Connecticut patent medicine maker sues the Anti-Saloon League and American Issue Publishing for 250000, claiming the label Sancho Panza of the Liquor Don Quixotes defamed him. The suit hinges on the provocative phrase used in the American Issue, with trial expectations framed around imagined damages.
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Jury Rebels At Len Small Embezzlement Trial
Juries at the Len Small embezzlement trial in Waukegan protested late curfews and confinement. The judge ordered the sheriff to add rope ladders and fire escapes for juror safety after the concerns about early bedtimes and a lack of exits.
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Percy Grainger inherits one million dollars from mother
The Bridgeport community reflects on pianist Percy Grainger after his mother Rose Grainger leaves him a one million dollar estate. They recall that beyond wealth, she provided inspiration, collaboration, and musical foundation, shaping his career as a leading artist.
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Why Tobacco Use Was Falling in Postwar America
Tobacco companies report production 18 percent below a year ago and 10 percent under 1924 levels. Clear output declines and snuff gains are modest. Americans smoking less as wartime nerves ease, returning to normalcy reduces cravings for the Smutant.
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Fragmentary Notebook Note on Whiskey and a Dream
An OCR fragment shows a young man writing at a table with a line about whiskey and a peculiar line imagining twenty years from now, capturing a fleeting, cryptic moment from a handwritten page. The text is incomplete and lacks clear context or a defined event.
Self-Robbery Sparks Debate on Purchases and Crime
An 18 year old girl cashier in Portland is under arrest charged with stealing money to buy an air of silk and other items. The piece argues about legality and the harm of self-robbery versus robberies, suggesting policies against buying unaffordable goods before owning a home.
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Strap Hangers and the Electric Street Car Decline
Trobert X Todd, president of the American Electric Railway Association, argues the trolley industry faced a sharp passenger drop from 1920 to 1927. He notes total riders fell from 1,608,190,270 to 7,144,338,080, reflecting hard times and shifting transit choices.
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Mysterious Russia in a Bonk Tale from Walt Mason
In Russia men starve and wives despair while dinner roasts are scarce. Children beg for liver and pie as vultures watch and mourn. A book, printed briefly, claims Russia feeds on cake bread and laughter while critics spread false tales. The speaker denounces those who grab scraps of truth and mocks calls for reform.
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Radio towers enable groups of mechanical plows
Washington May 25 Mechan Jen plows controlled by invisible radio from a central tower may revolutionize agriculture. John Mays Hammons Jr. says farms in the Midwest could operate multiple plows remotely, cutting weeks of work to days. He adds radio direction finders could prevent ship collisions, urging legislation for safer steamships and signaling.
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Farrar's Original Separation Suit Dismissed in New York
May 25 in Westchester County Justice Wagner ordered the Tellegen suit against Geraldine Farrar stricken from the Supreme Court calendar. The action followed rumors of divorce and a potential consolidation of actions, with the judge noting a stipulation did not authorize placing the case on the calendar.
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Believe to achieve what you seek in game of odds
The piece urges steadfast belief and courage to pursue desires and conquer doubt. It emphasizes energy, persistence, and a resolute heart as essential to obtaining rightful success, likening effort to a force that cannot be daunted. It frames belief as the catalyst for attainable outcomes.
Our Children to Thunder Eaters by Angelo P
A wartime rally speech urges teachers to foster Americanism and train children as a peaceful army of intelligent thinkers. The speaker condemns German influence and disease, urging science and compassion to combat ignorance, poverty, and suffering while envisioning children serving mankind.
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Train Strikes Car Injuring Crumble Congregationalist Party
May 2 a crossing collision in Franklin Me injured Rev T Newton Owen pastor of Crumble Congregational church Mrs Mabel Maing and her son Francis. Owen suffered rib injuries and facial injuries while Mrs Maing had a brain concussion and leg injuries. The car was pushed about a hundred feet before the occupants were taken to St Josephs hospital.
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Dog's Jowls Disterb Punerat at Funeral in Jacksonville
A collie disrupted the funeral for J. D. Cranb an eleven year old boy killed when a tunnel he and classmates dug collapsed. The dog barked and wandered through the services causing momentary chaos in the chapel.
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Clean Courthouses Aid Officials Health and Longevity
A health advocate argues public courts suffer from dirt, poor ventilation, and foul odors. He shares a witness experience in a Hamilton Burr era courthouse with clean, ventilated rooms and clerks opening windows to improve air. Clean facilities, he says, protect judges, lawyers, and staff from illness and extend lifespans.
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Medical Q and A column tips on gall stones and weight
Readers send questions to Dr Copeland on health topics. Advice emphasizes medical examination, waiting for self addressed stamped envelopes to receive full particulars. Several queries discuss gall stones stomach weight and breathlessness with guidance to seek professional care and not rely on self treatment.
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Big Bible distribution across Charleston report volumes
The Southern Presbyterian Church publication department awarded 1,483 Bibles and 4,977 Testaments for catechism recitations in the last year, the largest single yearly total to date. The executive committee reported to the General Assembly in Charleston, noting additional awards and regional honors.
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Question Comedy of Domestic Inquiries From an 1890s Digest
A collection of Q and A from The Telcgram Information Duress includes queries on farming labor time saving with wheat, making sealing wax at home, why hides are tanned, Texas statehood privileges, home ownership stats, military rankings, minor league baseball waivers, salting meat nutrition, biblical dog warning, England's first poet laureate, early firehook patent, and a Dickens misattribution in David Copperfield.
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David Copperfield
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Unusual Stories About Unusual People In New York
May 235 Misa Katherine Ludiston newly elected treasurer of the League of Women Voters and portrait painter recalls earning her first money for pastel studies of George Wharton Pepper's family. Pepper praises the quality of the moment as he coins she receives in small gold pieces.
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League of Women Voters
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George Wharton Pepepar
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Bookley on Bread Making and Free Recipe Booklet
Almost every cook can bake white bread yet few know how to make talul tread nut bread potato bread and corn meal bread. The free department of Agriculture booklet offers 63 tested recipes and is available via coupon for 14 stamps plus postage. Include name and address clearly on the coupon form.
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