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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Nov 09, 1925

Page

8

Bridgeport Telegram Subscription Rates and Contacts

Bridgeport Telegram offers advance payment rates of 1 year for 2.37 80 and 6 months for 90 with weekly carrier option of 1b. Published daily except Sunday by The Post Publishing Co. Open day and night. Milford and Fairfield direct phone links for ads or news items Milford 1257 Fairfield 630. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation and Associated Press.

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Our Girl Scouts A Portrait Of Community Builders

A long tribute to Girl Scouts praising their role in Bridgeport and district life. It extols their discipline, loyalty, and multifaceted training from health and domestic science to citizenship, leadership, and woodcraft, noting about 40 troops and 600 active members with 900 ready to enroll.

Bridgeport Bridgeport Girl Scouts

Greenwich Chamber Fights Dotted Line Peddlers

Greenwich Chamber of Commerce campaigns against aggressive itinerant sellers and risky dotted line contracts exploited by housewives. A cited case involves a woman pressed into a loan and forced receipts after a faulty demonstration, highlighting alleged deceptive practices and legal concerns.

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How It Affects You From Tax Cuts for Low Incomes

The piece explains that under the amended bill the average citizen will see tax relief. A person earning $4,000 annually would shift from $922.50 to $3.62 in tax, and a $5,000 income would drop by more than 60 percent. The table presents proposed reductions excluding existing exemptions.

English clubmen tout liquor freedom as US model

British eleite returning to London boast that America is wetter than England and urge nonrestrictive liquor sales. The piece argues their view misreads U S enforcement, noting prohibition varies by district and should not be judged by New York City alone.

England London United States America United Kingdom New York City

Sentence Sermons on Bias and Judgment

A fragmented moral pledge urges readers to avoid prejudice and pride that blind opportunity, explaining how optimism and suspicion corrode judgment and friendships. It warns against flattery and self satisfaction, calling for humility and careful consideration to prevent degeneracy and faulty presumption.

Political Pointers On G P State Contests And City Happenings

The piece reports on factional moves to keep Town Clerk Joseph J. Wieler in office under Clerk-Elect John Caldwell, with German-American groups backing the effort and mayoral influence shaping policy. It notes Behrens’ ties, the Community Chest drive, a $15,003 damage suit against Mayor Mead of Ansonia, harbor worries in Southport, and salary pleas in New Haven. It also covers national politics with La Follette’s Senate role, Boston’s ward system shift, and Oldfield’s optimistic Democratic outlook for 1924.

Friends of Town Joseph J. Wieler John ¥. Caldwell Behrens Wieler

Fragmented Social Musings Across Language and Life

A collage of restless thoughts on language pride unemployment foreign aid and social norms. It riffs on taxes savings habits driving education and neighborhood quality while weaving odd vignettes of marriage aging and media in a fragmented local column style.

Stolen car found abandoned on road

Police recovered a car stolen from TD Tolsl 46% Wood Avenue last week. It was found abandoned on Nichols Road yesterday around 1 PM by four people who notified police. the owner was contacted and the vehicle returned.

Tolsl Wood Avenue Nichols Road Pollee Wheim Son

Entrance of America into League urged by minister

In a First Methodist sermon Dr Chester C Marshall urged United States entry into the League of Nations, arguing the nation cannot stay out of world affairs and noting the need to align defense with labor and wealth conscription. He praised recent League achievements like the Greece Bulgaria settlement and Locarno while criticizing past exclusions and unequal treatment of China and Japan.

Armistics World Brotherhood First Methodist Church Chester C. Marshall Marshall Henry ©. Ward Methodist Federation of Social Service United States League of Nations League United Stater China Greece Bulgaria General Conference of Methodist Churches

Methodist Merger Defeated By Eight Hundred Seventy Eight

Nashville Tenn Nov 8 AP Official vote of the annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South on unification with the Methodist Episcopal Church is 2634 for and 2051 against. Six conferences remain uncertified including Pacific Brasil Central Brazil South Brazil Mexico and Louisiana. The total falls 878 short of the required three fourths.

Nashville Tenn Methodist Episcopal Church South East A. J. Lamar John TV. Barton Methodist Publishing House Pacific Brasil Central Brazil South Brazl Mexico Louisiania

Language as Picture of Thoughts Through Time

A reflective piece argues language originated as pictures linking material sound to spiritual meaning. It traces how words once symbolized truths, explains how slang and poetry reveal the bond between physical things and ideas, and laments modern abstractions drifting from concrete reality.

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Italian War Debt Conference Near Climax Says Belief

Washington reports that negotiations to settle Italy's war debt near a turning point as a joint subcommittee meets again. The talks hinge on the debtor's payment amount and transfer of funds, with both sides wary of divergent views while optimistic a consensus will emerge.

Washington Italy Roumania American Commission Treasury Neredations

The Perfect Land Poem of a Weathered Dream

A traveler recalls seeking ideal lands beyond Jordan, finding joy and misery mixed in every latitude. It critiques perpetual droughts, winds, and grim lives, noting the Mikimo's rare contentment amid aridity and hardship. The verse laments unfulfilled utopias and the universal ache for paradise.

Edens Raya Jordan Paradise Praire Land Tropic Isles

The Fun Shop and War Echoes at Briggeport Telegram

A miscellaneous page blends humor, street chatter, and letters from Fun Shop Headquarters Briggeport Telegram. It includes snippets about a wedding march misstep on a battlefield, a football tale of rallying plays and a big gain, and a comic exchange about a young woman seeking a secretarial job.

Lenoir-Rhyne football captain dies from injuries

Baxter M. Gilton Jr of Salisbury captain and fullback for Lenoir-Rhyne College football died in a High Point hospital from injuries suffered in Saturday's game with High Point College. Death listed as due to a broken neck and base of brain fracture.

High Point N. C Baxter M. Gilton, Jr Salisbury Lenoir-Rhyne High Point College Hysllang

Driving discipline for Yale game drivers eyed by state officials

Connecticut state officials plan to record traffic near the Yale and Princeton games with moving pictures to document reckless driving and cut-ins. Cameras along major highways, funded by Hartley corporation, will capture license plate numbers for disciplinary action if needed. Last year 262 accidents were caused by cutting-in, many around football crowds.

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Barbers Unite For Local Campaign At Machinista Hall

A mass meeting of the Master Barbers' union and the Journeyman Barbers' association will be held at Machinista hall on Broad Street tonight at 8 to begin an organization campaign. Anthony Merling will lead and address the gathering, Fatay Diorio will preside, and Benedict Tutbli will report on the state barber convention in New Haven.

Master Barbers’ Union Journeyman Barbers’ Association Machinista' Hall Broad Street Campaign Watch State Board of Cosmeticians and Hairdressers Anthony Merling International Barbers' Union Barbers Fatay Diorio The Barbers Union Benedict Tutbli New Haven

Weather Summary for Eastern Regions Monday and Tuesday

Eastern New York and southern New England expect fair weather with a slight cooling Monday and rising temperatures Tuesday. Northern New England will stay fair but colder. A disturbance moved from Ohio to the St Lawrence valley, bringing rain to Atlantic states and rain and snow to the lake region. Winds will be strong from the northwest north of Sandy Hook and along the coast from Sandy Hook to Hatteras.

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