Fragmentary City Notices and Public Ads
A damaged OCR page shows garbled advertising and notices from a paper published by POST PUBLISHING CO. at Wheel Street Keport. It references Peoples Gas, Metropolitan Tower, and various press credits. The legible bits suggest public notices, ads, and a poetry-tinged feature by John Kendrick Banks.
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Editorial notes haunt waning era of Halwermen in ng roled
Fragmented notes reveal quirks of early 20th century journalism with garbled lines about New York city life. Mentions of boxers, elections, census data, and social scenes show tone of a busy metropolitan periodical amid evolving salaries and public concerns.
Walt Mason's Daily Single Poem Fragment
A fragmented verse by Walt Mason portrays weariness and sorrow yet urges resilience. It reflects on grief, longing, and the hope for tomorrow, noting personal losses and the difficulty of enduring hardship. The speaker consoles the weary reader while sharing intimate sorrows and a call to persevere.
Prohibition Issue Shapes Republican and Democratic Tactics
The Republican steering committee dodges the prohibition issue, aiming for a platform without vows or bans. The piece argues this stance, meant to avoid alienating dry regions, could be read as endorsing prohibition by default and may invite Democratic strategizing around Gov. Edward J. Edwards of New Jersey as a booze-aligned candidate option.
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New England
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Govenor Edward J. Edwards
New Jersey
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Radium Power of the Future and Private Interests
In a speculative musing, radium is portrayed as an inexhaustible atomic energy source that would end coal and oil monopolies. The piece contrasts imagined future abundance with ongoing private control of coal and gas, noting radium’s value at 3,000,000 dollars per ounce and questioning profiteering from energy scarcity.
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John
D. Rockefeller
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Cairo
Gary's Choice and the presidential ideal of Judge Gary
A columnist discusses Judge E. H. Gary as a model president in principle, noting the bias in judging leaders by personal agreement. It argues true leadership requires courage, openness, fairness, and honesty, while urging civility to avoid perpetual partisan misjudgment and stalemate.
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The New Piloting for Bridgeport Cars
A humorous proposal imagines a land pilot in Bridgeport certified by authorities to guide visiting motorists through treacherous streets and hazards. The concept envisions pilots navigating curb risks, broken pavement, and gas mains to prevent wrecks and axle damage at Stratford and Fairfield avenues.
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Bridgeport
Automobile Club of America
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Stratford S Avenue
Bruce’s Brook
Fairfield Avenue
Ash Creek
Dicker
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Asia
The Builders Poem on Fate and Construction
The poem extols builders as architects of fate, urging care in today’s work. It emphasizes unseen foundations, visible structure, and lasting beauty, urging strong bases for future reach and unity. The stanza echoes Browning and Longfellow themes on enduring craft and divine oversight.
George W. Sunturion and Harbor Improvements Pioneer
George W. Suntieron, secretary and treasurer of the Weidseport Dredge and Block Company, has specialized in changing harbor lines for 16 years. He has been actively engaged in deepening and widening ship channels and waterways, improving navigation and milking channels.
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George W. Sunder
Weidseport Dredge & Bock Company
French Women Express Sympathy for Americans
May 28 Paris memorial day committee receives message from the Society of French Homes. French women who know wartime horrors express deep sympathy for American women whose husbands sons brothers or sweethearts fell during the war.
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America
Paris Memorial Day Committee
Society of French Homes
Paris Premier Says No Allied Entente Yet
In Paris on May 38 Premier Mitter declared in the chamber that no definite engagement had been reached with the Allies. He said meetings were only preliminary conversations and the Allies were free to pursue application of the Versailles treaty without revision.
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Paris
Mitterand
Chamber of Foputies
San Remo
Millionaire stevedore Joseph Auditore dies autopsy pending
New York May 23 reports from the coroner indicate the death of Joseph Auditore a millionaire stevedore. The autopsy was performed to determine if death was due to natural causes. Mr Sundarlin is cited as a builder involved in government dredging plans affecting Bridgeport harbor and harbor channels.
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Joseph Auditore
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Bridgeport News Roundup 1880 May Highlights
Bridgeport items from The Standard note arrivals, crime, church events, and local commerce. Highlights include Robert Davis wedding, May 27 ceremonies, dog registration deadline, soup kitchen sermons by Rev Pogson, and plans for First Bapt ist church sermon. Mentions Waterbury and New York travel, a three wheeled American Roadster model, and Decoration Day notes.
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Post Elias Howe
G. A. Ry
M. H. Pogson
Maerled
Sylvester Clarke
Robert M. Davis
Magsie
Kaonthig
Barnum Street
V. Stephenson
J. E Searles
Cyrus E. Lewis
Springfield
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Sylvanus Lawley
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Henry J. Battin
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Telegram Information Bureau Offers Free Inquiries
The Telegram Information Bureau in Washington D C invites readers to send concise questions with a 2 cent return postage stamp for prompt, confidential replies. Directed by Frederic J Muskin the service promises no charge beyond postage and guarantees direct delivery to individuals.
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Telegram Information Bureau
Washington, D.C
Frederic J Muskin
Frederic J. Haxitin
Washington D.C
Questions and Answers on History and Science Topics
A collage of trivia covers five Borouh families, Grand Central costs and dimensions, playing cards worldwide, Pike's Peak ascent, the Syllabus of Er0rum, Maiden Queen, world tours and radium value, and Paisley shawls. Dashes of dates, places, and notable names appear throughout in a rapid, Q and A style.
Waterbury Strikes Grow as Skilled Workers Join
Waterbury May 2 More skilled workers joined the machinists strike amid a dispute between strike leaders and factory officials over added participants. Leaders say about 309 employees at the Scorislc fering joined, with lone workers at New England Watch Company also striking. A general strike was declared at Waterbury Clock Company. Michols Speeder Pinnd In A Rogers Nicholls w ashed S10 in court for reckless driving on Fairfield Avenue at 44 miles per hour.
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