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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1920
Page
12
Fragmentary Bridgeport Telegram page shows masthead details and advertising notes. The text references subscription rates, advertising representatives, and a mixed content line including a poem by John Kendrick Bangs and a brief literary line. The OCR yields garbled phrases about publication, location addresses, and a line about Pedigrees, indicating a historical newspaper page snapshot with partial content.
Fragmented notes discuss Senate battles over the Versailles treaty and peace resolutions. Mentions food shortages and price chatter, with garbled references to medicines, clothing, and stamps. Names and places are unclear due to the damaged OCR but tone resembles a bustling political and social update.
Fragmentary OCR passage references rising prices and profiteering amid social turmoil. Mentions rents trouble, sharpers, statesmen, robbers, and protests. Includes garbled phrases about gardens, beans, and rivers, implying a chaotic public discourse without clear events or names.
School children competed in a home building contest across city schools. Leo Benim participated as a result, with prizes awarded for standout designs.
A historical psychology piece argues humans are wired by cave dwelling ancestry to prefer greens and blues, linking wall colors to peaceful thoughts and violent impulses. It notes long outdoor living shaped our physiology, praising the cave man for vitality and adaptability to modern homes and workplaces.
In a letter urging Bridgeport to diversify freight routes the writer argues against overreliance on railroads and urges developing port facilities to move goods by water. The piece compares city planning to a house with multiple exits and notes rail congestion risks and stagnation on inland cities. It also mocks dependency on a single outlet and stresses practical waterborne freight options.
The Wall Street Journal notes Cuban American Sugar Co will likely maintain quarterly dividends of 1.75 dollars on new stock, while current shares yield about 4 dollars per share. It warns of rising sugar prices shaped by earnings from serial notes maturing January 1, 1923 and a high per share payout, contrasting with grocer claims of wage-driven price hikes.
A wary message against jack bean schemes. The U S Department of Agriculture warns the plant yields little profit per acre, comparable to navy or lima beans, and warns about unscrupulous promoters selling renamed seeds with inflated prices. The guidance favors established beans like navy or lima and cautions buyers against "new bean" promises.
A fragment reports Bridgeport city aldermen voting a 900 dollar annual salary each and a timid mayor failing to veto, despite a charter provision prohibiting such payments. The article questions when the charter ever stood against the aldermen and references unclear funding sources.
In daylight and noon the speaker recalls a moonlit night as a mystic lay by a poet. The verse blends feverish day and serene night, the moon’s pride stirring the village with revelations. The fragment hints at Longfellow and Wadsworth’s influence, through garbled OCR, preserving a compact poetic memory.
A brief aphorism highlights steadfast principles despite personal setbacks. The note attributes the line to Garrison and frames moral resolve over individual defeat.
Bridgeport notes from a long ago Standard issue recount local events. A Grand Republic party from New York, a factory restart at Mowe, and passenger service plans to Manhattan Beach connect via a roll. Local court actions include a case about schooling in 1880 and drought impacts, plus a concert on the manor terrace and public works for soldiers’ graves and sewers.
The third annual Memorial Day trip for Y M C A boys will leave Monday on the 8 35 train for New York. Twelve members cover part of the cost with the remainder by the association. After visiting the Woodworth Building and viewing the city from the observation gallery, the group will tour Fifth Avenue, the Museum of Natural History and Grant's Tomb, then dine at Abraham Lincoln and attend a Cort Theatre show. R G Kennedy acts as social secretary and chaperone. Members listed include Joseph Caserin John Maeetea Dorado Gasetta Fred Filfer Joseph P Nor Robert Winnoine Tehn Rontont Tom A nderson Melvils Thier Transan 13 Case It and Albert Keehtsy.
Sidewalk snapshots note familiar figures like Captain EMI Mewer Captain Metager and the Giant on Bisek Island and tarpon limits near Sidriday Transparent Hua. They discuss fishing grounds with Wishwreyher in Long Island Sound and trade routes between Hindse Burt and Tlovl Isianid Soune as important to the city’s fishing scene.
The wagon wheel on the engine at the sewage disposal plant, which burst and sent debris through the roof last April two days after the city purchased the cattle from George Tisher, has been repaired and is now working satisfactorily according to Health Officer Whilas WM, Coon.
Officer William H. Coon recently placed a glass partition along a corridor near the stripway at the top Moor ward to improve quiet and comfort for patients. The screen muffles squads moving from below to a minimum, reflecting hospital efforts to reduce noise.
May 2 the court sentenced Wirithaen to state prison after a thorough investigation found him the only rent payer on the upper floor of the Cook house. The county commissioner paid $200 a year for use of the house, with rent for the basement and other spaces considered. Obituary notes and funeral details follow for several local residents with dates and residences listed.
A report describes a defective wheel on a large railroad locomotive and the welding method used to repair it. The process saved time and money, reducing downtime to about twenty hours and achieving notable cost efficiency despite high precision requirements.
A scrambled fragment from a note near Lake Atamsbencolesis references kisses, a salt experiment, and germs. The odd text mentions miliness and night germ concerns, with a stray line about rat armies and a date-like string. The readability is limited but suggests a bizarre colony report and scientific confusion.
The Telegram Information Bureau in Washington D C offers facts on any subject. Send brief questions with a 2 cent stamp for return postage to Frederic J Haskin rector to receive prompt service.
A jumble of antiquities and quiz facts asks about the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, currency varieties, and historical notes. It covers ancient legend, French reforms, the Mint and Treasury notes, and brief references to U.S. voting rights, precious pigments, and early telegraph codes.
An item discusses shift from old manual house cleaning to modern electric appliances like the pneumatic sweeper. It notes weekly cleaning routines, the labor saved, and the move toward more sanitary, efficient methods in homes. Also mentions a hospital grass plot adjacent to the Ensle hospital being repurposed for croquet use by nurses and attendants.
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