Bridgeport Telegram Exentioned 1892 May Payable in Advance
Random scanned item describes telegraph and publishing details for Bridgeport News in 1892, noting postal rates, carrier prices, Milford and Fairfield editions, and printing office contacts. It contains a long excerpt on workers' profits and social schemes, referencing President Coolidge and Walter Johnson in a telegraphic congratulation.
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AE Post Publishing
Middie
Bridgeport
Milford and Fairpatrons
Milford
Fairfield
Coolidge
Newark Baseball Club
Ite
Walter Johnson
Women in politics and a nation of shared tastes
The piece argues that Mrs. Florence Knapp's political missteps won’t end women’s political careers and defends women’s rights to vote as justice, noting feminists misread politics. It cites U S Treasury data showing similar luxury expenditures across states and highlights the Golden Rule in business via the Columba Conserve Company story.
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Florence Knapp
State of New York
Knapp
Arthur Nash
Golden Rule Fame
Mr Nash
Columba Conserve Company
Indianapolis
Letters to the Telegraph Readers Express Opinions
Telegram invites letters to the editor from readers with real names and addresses kept confidential if requested. Submissions over a modest word limit may be shortened by the editors. Anonymous communications are not accepted.
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Cea
Telephone Expansion Aims At Ship To Home Dialing
G Harold Porter of RCA told Oakland Kiwanis members that soon it will be as easy to telephone from a ship to a home as from office to house. He predicted frequent use of facsimile messages, already common in France, will spread to America.
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Kiwanis Club
Oakland
California
Harold Porter
Radio Corporation of America
France
America
Molly Glass Murderess in 1781 New Orleans Public Hanging
Lyle Saxon recounts the 1781 case of Molly Glass a free quadroon accused of torturing enslaving and possibly murdering a white girl Emelia Davis in Baton Rouge and New Orleans The trial features witness testimony of brutal abuse and the alleged death scene with a missing body and a public execution in the square.
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Molly Glass
New Orleans
Lyle Saxon
Mississippi
Catolinas
Baton Rouge
Molly Glass Butt
Baronnier
Emelia Davis
Emelia
Molly
Saxon
Mally
Jay
Notable Local Execution Tale Surfaces in Old New Orleans
A manuscript recounts Molly Glass being hanged before a crowded audience in New Orleans. The account suggests John Glass likely died in the mines. Molly Glass’s head was displayed on a riverbank pole with her hand nailed beneath it, a grisly scene noted in the surviving record.
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New Orleans
Manhattan Days and Nights by Herbert Corey
New York on Columbus Circle crowds a chaotic carnival of quick con men and three card monte. The writer rails at unemployment, retail swindles, Park Avenue wealth, and Hell's Kitchen grit, noting gullible crowds and a string of petty crimes from rugs to jewelry thefts. He laments the public’s credulity and the ease with which con artists exploit the city’s innate suckerdome.
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New York
Columbus Circle
London
Hyde Park
Jimmy Walker
Monte
Montauk Point
Westchester
Hell's Kitchen
Planters Hotel
Tenth Avenue
In Hollywood By Walt Mason
In Hollywood the move queens are praised yet mocked as dreams and glory clash with reality. A chorus of hopefuls from villages and farms converge on the dream factory, chasing fame while journalists chase stories and fortunes fade in the brutal glare of Hollywood.
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Walt Mason
Hollywood
Kodaks
Panistown
The Manner of Success and Lindbergh’s Grace
A reflective piece on fame and modesty praising Charles A Lindbergh for his conduct after crossing the Atlantic. It contrasts vanity with restraint, noting Lindbergh’s choice to stay focused on aviation and public service rather than exploiting his fame for personal gain.
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Charles A Lindbergh
Gauceville
NKCRA
Iris
le L
Linebergh
Clothin
Lindveigh
Giuays
Campaign tensions and tax row roil Waterbury politics
The piece details clashes over a tax collector linked to a loan firm and Den partisanship amid charges against Challenger. It notes GOP and Democratic efforts to connect or distance themselves from the Ripper regime, with calls for investigations and mentions of school salary reforms, a proposed armistice day roll relocation, and tax law debates. Local figures like Blodgett, Tilson, and others are cited along with civic actions in Hartford and New Haven.
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Ripper
Behrens
Aree
Ripper Board
Challenger
Waterbury
Union Station
Library Park
Irving W. Harrison
Frederick Chase
Martin J. Scully
John L. Gaffney
William H Blodgett
Avon
Bloomfield
South Windsor
Windsor
Hartford County
Harrast Company
East Hartford
Madison
New Hir
Fragmentary prose piece with unclear narrative
A fragmented, garbled passage features a sullen pedestrian, miswritten phrases about a leading candidate in Mexico, bullets from behind, streets of Heaven, and laws that shift at night. The text is nonsensical and reads like garbled OCR with no coherent events or clear entities to summarize.
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Ruskin
Mexico
Answers to readers questions on life, struggle, and jealousy
The column responds to inquiries about life’s meaning, God’s plan, and the value of struggle, advising that hardship builds character and urging practical effort for livelihood. It discusses handling unjust criticism, jealousy after a breakup, and suggests biographical works on Martin Luther as non-controversial sources.
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Regina
Canada
Emerson
A& Cent
Rogard
Roanoke
Martin Luther
McGiffert
Union ,Seminary
New York
Luther
Century Company
MacMillan Company
Wittenburg
William Stearns Davis
Preserved Smith
Amherst College
Washington verdicts: Roberts leads Fall Sinclair trial remarks
The Daily Mirror comments on Owen J. Roberts in the Fall and Sinclair prosecutions, praising his clear, persuasive style and calm courtroom presence. It contrasts him with Martin W. Littleton and John Lahey, noting Littleton’s old fashioned rhetoric and Lahey’s engaging, aggressive demeanor.
City Provides Christmas Trees for Parks and Central Tree
The city will furnish and light Christmas trees at parks and a central tree area. Robert A Leckle, superintendent of the Board of Recreation, said the trees will be placed in principal parks and lighted at city expense for the season, with a central tree for caroling and gatherings.
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Robert A Leckle
Board of Recreation
Christmas Cao
On the Nursery Wall by Anse Campbell
A child recounts a guardian figure, Jesus, appearing in dreams and night scenes on a wall picture. The boy recalls guidance, protection, and nightly prayers with Jesus as a comforting presence.
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Anse Campbell
Weather Teases Rain and Colder Conditions North East
A disturbance from the Virginia Carolinas area intensifies into a storm near New Jersey moving north toward Atlantic City. Rain and colder weather spread Friday into eastern New York and New England with winds shifting to northwest. warnings from Cape Hatteras to Eastport Me. Also noted are variable readings across major cities with rain in Boston and New Haven and overcast, chilly conditions elsewhere east of the Mississippi.
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New England
New York
Virginia
Carolinas
New Jersey
Atlantic City
Bavaria
Bermud
Newfoundland
Jand
Rein
North Atlantic
Mississipp River
Cape Hatteras
Eastport
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Wes Atlen
Oss
Block Island
Boston
Buffalo
Denver
Detroit
Kansa
Haven
New Orleans
Pittsbugh
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Bridgeport Telegram
Member Audit Bureau of Orientation
Associated Press
Associated Preva
Rte
Ing
Viddles
Nash
ALAS
United States
United States ‘Treasury Department
National Education Association
Southwest
Florida
Oregon
Grueso
Manhattan
Herbert Corey
Broadway
Park Avenue
Luna Park
Whoosis and Company
Dr. Fra
Apollon
Durnin
South End
William H. Blodgett
House
Ways and Means Committee
Washington
National
John
Tilson
Orient
New Haven
Philppines
China
Mussolini
Napoleon
Japan
Guan
Navy Department
Hartford Council of Churches
Rockwell Harmon Potter
The
Center Church
Rockwell
McC. Mathewson
Major
Phillip Troup
Zor Myo
New Haven Register
Mathewson
Veh County
Connecticut
Dyer E. Elliott
Thompson
Windham County
First
Charles V. Chase
Elliott
Eldor Wagon Corporation
Auditim
Stamford Taxpayers’ Assocption
Charles D Lockwood
Joseph A. Horne
Floyd B. Bartram
Hyman Frankel
Rt. H Gillespie
Lindsey Vick
Alfred W. Dater
Frank Dawless
Frank W. Bogardus
Warren F. Cressy
Charles D. Vuono
Walter M
Wenty Schenck
Frank H. Barnes
Benjamin H Mead
J Howard Bogaardus
Frank Martin
Elliot C. Kingsbury
Meyor James A. May
New London
Ias
American Boveri Steamship Company
New Lone
Medianic
Heaven
Fakes
Caiman
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Tr Cadman
Pittsburgh
Daily Mirror of
Cliston
W. Gilbert
Owen J Roberta
Fall
Sinclair
Fall-Doheny
Doheny
Piment
Philadelphia
Martin W. Littleton
Harry Thaw
Stanford White
Mr Roberts
Mr Littleton
Mr. Roberts
Mr Lahey
Roberts
Littleton
Lahey
Jesus
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