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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1922
Page
10
Bridgeport Telegram page fragment lists publishing details and addresses and notes Associated Press republication rights. It references Middle Street Bridgeport Conn and errors in text with scattered names and contact lines.
A collage of quotable lines on reformers, vice, and daily life. The piece cites Bolo Pasha, shifts in work and culture, music, cinema, radio, fashion, and economic concerns, weaving social commentary with sharp witticisms about cash, politics, and currency. It includes remarks on Great Britain’s industry, flappers, and counterfeit money in New York.
Fair Wednesday and probably Thursday with little temperature change. Western and central regions stay fair, while unsettled showers appear in the west Gulf and south Atlantic states. Cooler air spreads over the Lake region, Ohio Valley, and Tennessee Thursday. winds shift from Sandy Hook to Hazeerus show moderate to fresh southward flow.
The Bridgeport Times argues the married teacher brings motherhood insight and skill to elementary education. It contends schools exist to instruct children, not to provide jobs, and that qualified women should teach if they are best available. The piece notes female teachers now outnumber men and cites political interference as unnecessary.
The speech argues that wealth privilege harms social duty and independence. It cites William Horace Day and Theodore Roosevelt to urge that privilege imposes growth and surrender to God. It notes college costs and the need for workers over waosters, with references to Jamestown and shifting nobility, and mentions society women pursuing careers.
A critical look at bootlegging, improvised high explosives, and piracy in invention. The piece discusses how inventors are often exploited, with references to Manila s Silver Saloon and Pasig Joe s Place, and notes pressure from big firms like General Electric and the Radio Corporation to patent ideas before showcasing them.
A retraced report notes Monkeys trained by natives in Malay jungles to pick coconuts. The piece remarks on how similar trained monkeys in circuses and menageries resemble human learning, noting the surprising approaches of animal training across distant lands.
The article contrasts Chinese foreign policy as paying indemnities to avoid war with war debt, and notes capital punishment in Qing China as common, including a 30 day workhouse sentence. It mentions beheading for bank failures and mocks reformers' views on these practices.
A fragmented reminiscence poem contrasts reading on long days with travelers and distant places. It references a friend Jin Jerk pursuing ten-year travels, letters from abroad, and visions of boats, fields, and woods. The voice muses on what others see and the meaning of journeys.
A speaker at a desk by a window observes the street and a busy throng. Surreal images of Tragedy Victory Age Youth and restlessness fuse into a plan to craft a ballad. The poet tests inspiration, attempting many impossible lines before composing a final lyric.
A wartime era scene in a kindergarten setting shows Betsy and her mother debating child safety with scissors. Aunt Charlotte questions letting a child handle sharp tools while the mother aims to keep Betsy busy and learning skills under strict supervision.
A Bureau of Standards circular advises amateurs on piract receiving using a crystal detector coupler. The Gorsk set, produced at small cost, offers greater selectivity than the single circuit model. The circuit will be sold at a shop in London by the Documents Government Training Office around mid May.
A. H. Hobart advocates exploring the building industry before committing. He urges college study in architectural engineering, notes both engineering and design knowledge are essential, and argues education accelerates advancement while improving fabrication understanding and cost efficiency.
Washington report states Saunders County won the prize bull offered by a Nebraska cattle cooperative. The prize goes to the first cooperative pull association formed in Nebraska. Saunders County Association will receive the bull when incorporated and ready for business.
In city court yesterday Mra. Cillian Northrop proprietor of a disorderly house at 1408 Main Street was fined 400 and costs and sentenced to thirty days in jail. Two women and a man charged with keeping frequented disorderly premises were each fined 35 dollars with suspended daily bail sentences.
John Miller owner of a rooming house at 228 250 State Street was fined 200 dollars and costs in city court yesterday and given a late day jail sentence for selling liquor at that address.
A long reader letter outlines hookworm and pinworm biology, transmission through barefoot exposure, and the health impacts including fatigue, appetite changes, and skin itching. It stresses sanitation, use of toilets, wearing shoes, and boiling drinking water, with thymol as a remedy and medical guidance from Dr Copeland for questions.
A reader questions column lists various inquiries about stamps Wake Island navigation and other facts. It notes the Bureau cannot give legal medical or financial advice and invites readers to request a free 48 page booklet with cookery tips, including a coupon and two cents postage.
The notice requests return postage for a free copy of the booklet Preparation of Vegetables, asserting the enclosure of stamps fee and postage details. It references an address at 1 Street er, oly wo, state tee.
Fairmont, W. Va., May 20. An egg measuring seven inches long with a circumference of around three inches was laid by a hen belonging to Baker of Winfield. The egg contains five yolks. The same hen previously laid an egg with four double yolks. Neighbors from the Winfield district visited the Baker home to view this unusual find.
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