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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1920
Page
12
Bridgeport newspaper page notes publication details and subscription rates with ads and literary excerpt. It lists circulation references, foreign advertising reps in New York and New London, and includes the poem Cheer by John Kendrick Bangs.
Editorial notes reflect on prospects for postmasters, recounts, and political odds as March draws near. Mention of John T King and Harding, plus concerns about turkey shortages, costs of Thanksgiving, and a looming debate over Yale versus Harvard football styles. References to liquor laws and prohibition spark local curiosity.
Augustave J. McSweeny of 204 Beachatret has served Hick ey Taxi Cub and Express for over 12 years. A well known city figure he is affiliated with several fraternal organizations and he spent a decade in New Haven working in hotels.
Bridgeport shows Everett J Lake atop the Republican ticket with the highest vote total, surpassing Senator Harding while Brandegee receives the fewest on the winning side. The piece notes Lake as a young, popular Hartford man and anticipates no major issues for the upcoming legislative session, with trolley jitney reforms as a possible early focus. Fairfield County remains represented by Schuyler Merritt in the national assembly.
The piece argues that marital incompatibility is often a misnomer, blaming it on housework rather than temperaments. It suggests men should handle household tasks for three months to理解, and women could try larger work to support the family, as a path to understanding.
The piece contrasts University of Pittsburgh’s pursuit of football prestige with Western Reserve University’s policy of equal physical development for all students. It argues the debate centers on whether a few sports stars or the entire student body’s physical education matters more, questioning the purpose of a college education.
A Texas State Fair gathering of President-elect Obregon and Mexican leaders boosts goodwill and trade prospects between the United States and Mexico. Dallas business leaders plan a special train to Mexico City for Obregon’s inauguration on December 1, inviting others to join. The effort aims to renew confidence peace and prosperity along the border and encourage broader national participation.
A concise reflection on Seneca’s maxim about finding a single grateful man by yielding to many who are ungrateful. The note highlights thoughtful restraint and the value of choosing virtue over grain?
A fragmented OCR snippet references business men actors artists writers and a curious phrase about an empty taxi. The readable text hints at a satirical or garbled page item, with no clear event, names, dates, or locations to anchor a full summary.
Bridgeport celebrates Republican victory with a grand parade along Pairfield Ave and wild enthusiasm. Mentions Sen Eaton’s retirement pledge, bids for Hartford representation, and local political balance amid post‑election reflections. Also notes Belgian pavement plans, a walking match conclusion, depot remodels, and community notices including temperance meeting and local marriages and obituaries.
A narrator laments brutal lodgings costs in the city as he and his wife struggle to find a rental for themselves and their dachshund. He roams streets from attic to squalid flats, warns of starvation and cold, and foresees a fatal fate if shelter remains unaffordable.
A reader asks for an apple batter recipe and is given steps for preparing apples, mixing with four gallons of water and two gallons of cider, cooking with sugar and spices, and sealing. Other queries cover deserters, nut storage, hospital bandages, the Apocrypha, cannibals in Africa, Thanksgiving origins, castor oil usage, and the harvest and hunter moons with concise official replies.
The king seeks sport and a jester pleads for mercy in a quiet poem where the fool asks Heaven for leniency. The court listens as the monarch contemplates, and the fool confesses errors that harmed truth and right. The king withdraws, murmuring for mercy, while the fool repeats his plea.
A chaotic spoof of a football game with players dropping the ball and referees, gamblers profits, and a white bulldog collapsing on the field. The piece blends mock sports action with satire on payoffs and crowd mindless frenzy, ending with a farcical postscript about a Greek throne contract.
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