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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1923
Page
12
Bridgeport Telegram, established 1892, publishes daily including Sundays. Rates in advance by mail and carrier, office at 149 Middle Street, Bridgeport Conn. Open daily. claims Associated Press news and local dispatches for republication.
Morning reflections warn that success cannot be hurried and advice can mislead. Witty maxims contrast street smarts with caution, noting land sharks, timing, beginnings, and ends shape outcomes. the piece quotes paradoxes about birth dates and shoes, urging prudent judgment.
Southern New England and eastern New York will see fair conditions Thursday and Friday after a Tuesday night disturbance moved north along the New Jersey coast. Winds will be strong from the west and northwest north of Sandy Hook and easterly from Sandy Hook to Hatteras. The piece also explains wind formation, pressure differences, and seasonal wind patterns in simple terms.
New Deritagn November 7 John Sowa a 16 year old bound over to circuit court in a rum running case after probable cause found. He was held on five hundred dollar bond after police say he stepped from a car and delivered a five gallon can of ale to a woman in the north end of the city. The case will be heard at the December term of the Superior court.
Bridgeport reports 69 percent of women and 76 percent of men voting in yesterday’s election. The paper notes registration gaps, dismisses the idea that votes for women would purify politics, and observes polling places moved to schools but no clear shift in outcomes or candidate quality.
A editorial notes the rejection of reducing export wheat freight rates as a remedy for farmers. It argues price fixing harms economies and cites railway officials who say rate cuts would simply shift prices globally, offering farmer relief through organization and cooperatives instead.
Prices for anthracite coal tend to rise during this season as explained in the second section. The note hints at seasonal factors driving upward movement in coal costs.
The FTC finds price variation from $8.78 to $9.25 per ton FOB domestic sizes and some over $13 among large coal operators. It notes such differences are neither reasonable nor necessary, reflecting added margins charged to consumers amid normal mine output. Dealers hedge costs with high mine-price assumptions, creating a safety profit margin.
A Bridgeport reader preserves Yale News issue discussing Yale Harvard and Princeton baseball teams playing pros for practice and its impact on college athletics. The text notes a Yale football team photo described as a minstrel show with disabled players and crutches, and mocks fashion with Edward Malley collars. The piece laments trends and mocks current attire and pro baseball era changes.
The article discusses how a Japan earthquake news broke to American readers via multiple global routes. It notes the rapid dispatches from Osaka and other cities, through London and New York, using Reuters and AP, to outline how information traveled in the first three days of the disaster.
The Guide Post essay extols evergreen trees as majestic symbols. It contrasts the cedar of Lebanon with other Palestine species and praises firs and pines for shade, shelter, and unchanging winter retreat. The author envisions grand forests shaping reverent, templelike scenes in nature.
A Lancaster correspondent profiles Mildred Mansean a 17 year old dairy student in Coos County New Hampshire. She rose at 530 daily milks 29 cows with hand labor drives to a milk station studies at school maintains 90 plus percent averages never absent or tardy for 36 weeks while helping at home and church. Her daily routine includes farm chores school study church service and caring for 14 person household with her father and a brother. The piece praises her pluck and hopes she will teach her future children with such resilience.
A Lewiston Daily Journal report describes a major disaster that shifts preferred telegraph routes from the Pacific to a northern Siberian European path, cutting transcontinental links between Japan, China, London, and New York. Early dispatches flood in as journalists endure peril to relay the news.
Tromer Ciumititire, chairman of the Democratic county central committee, is credited with seeking the Democratic nomination. He attends a prohibition speech and enforcement meeting in Wakefield, aiming to shape the present situation in the party. He does not seek to run against Gov. Smith of New York or Edwards of New Jersey for the nomination.
The article cites Ku Klux Klan opposition to several presidential contenders and notes Senator King of Utah’s stance that the Democratic convention will not make the League of Nations an issue in 1924. It covers Cordell Hull denying Sinclair’s oil funding claims, historic Democratic control in state government, and commentary on presidential nominations since 1820 plus recent Mississippi election totals.
A satirical verse mocks Hiram Hubbel for lamenting troubles despite wealth health and success. It highlights his health vigor, booming harvests, luxury, social life, and flawless fortune while he complains about aches and misfortune. The poem ends with the speaker avoiding him, preferring distance when Hubbel arrives.
A reading blends Angelo Patris on a teacher guiding a severely handicapped child through progressively difficult tasks to build strength with resistance and growth. The text shifts to Connecticut politics, praising enforcement of prohibition, noting Mr Cummings and Mr Alcorn as leaders shaping public sentiment and a tougher stance against illicit liquor, as Springfield Republican reports.
A settlement was announced in Superior Court in New Haven on Wilhelmina Mayer of Brooklyn against Virginius D. Mayo, former manufacturer, in a suit to set aside property transfers aimed at avoiding a $100,000 judgment Mayo faced. The terms included a disclosed settlement figure and resolution of the contested transfers.
Dr R S Copeland answers readers on influenza prevention and hygiene. Advice includes washing hands, avoiding secretions, avoiding close contact, and maintaining ventilation and nutrition. Also includes medical Q and A on ear discharge eyebrows cancer left-handedness and nose correction.
A reader mix of medical guidance and home remedies on skin complexion throat tuberculosis symptoms and facial cleansing methods. It covers hot and cold compresses for complexion, leg and thigh development via swimming skating, throat specialist examination for hoarseness, and casual tips on facial washing using olive oil, with garbled phrases about knee movement and stair climbing.
A night ride poem recalls darkness easing into a distant city glow. The speaker notes two points of light, a long straight road, and the thrill of a city spark awaiting. The narrator finds happiness in the journey and in the single light guiding them toward the urban horizon.
Philadelphia Franklin Gazette dated November 1823 reports a boy driving a horse and cart faced the mayor after outrunning a funeral procession on Monday. The horse allegedly moved faster than six miles per hour and did not slow near the passing procession. He was fined 35 dollars plus costs and bound over to next Mayor's court for forcing the procession.
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