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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1920
Page
12
A crowd erupts as Briggs and dancers finish a week of waiting with a triumphant house on a hill boy performance. The scene bursts with grin filled faces and a grand, glorious mood sweeping through the town.
Bridgeport Telegram entry shows its founding in 1691 and publishing details from Midis Street Bridgeport Connecticut. It lists advertising reps and tower offices in New York with daily operation, subscription rates and circulation notes. It honors the Associated Press and features a poetic verse about lasting value.
The piece humorously surveys postwar politics with remarks on President-elect Harding and the new administration, mentions cabinet shifts and stumbles, notes Republicans and revenue worries, and mocks price cuts and service cuts by restaurateurs. It also hints at a forthcoming city directory for 1920 and a professor studying poison gas.
A reflective piece arguing worry harms laughter and urging a balanced approach. It cites Pliny and contrasts pessimism with forced optimism. The essay recommends dividing worries into those that can be remedied by effort and those that cannot, suggesting moderation to preserve joy.
The Red Cross Home Service Sections in Connecticut New York and New Jersey aided 42 679 families over the past year assisting ex soldiers and sailors with government claims employment and family support. The kickoff for the Roll Call runs November 14 to 20 with 119 sections in New York 64 in New Jersey and 38 in Connecticut.
A farm paper hosts a lively clash between old and young over the buggy versus the auto. Elders praise moonlit buggy rides with Dobbin on quiet roads, while the young defend the auto and foresee its rise, though nostalgia keeps the buggy in the lead among those over 40.
A columnist urges halting reckless trolley operations arguing that motormen and conductors contribute to frequent accidents. They insist operators should face police headquarters bonds for appearances, noting car drivers are licensed while trolley workers lack state tests.
A prominent local man and his brother-in-law are attacked on a rural highway. The veteran, decorated in war, is shot without warning. The column condemns mob justice and notes regional double standards, referencing a local figure known as "Collector of Port" and a former newspaperman.
A compact aphorism notes that custom shapes the easiest life path when aligned with personal resolve. The remark attributed to Tillotson frames habit and choice as the key to smooth, effective living.
Bridgeport notes reflect residents discharged from company terms, new water mains on Park Avenue and Benham Avenue, and social events as President Garfield’s inauguration draws interest. Local industry reports brass and iron fittings orders, a lecture on Egypt, a St George’s hall social, a Main Street restaurant owner and a counterfeit coin incident. Railway accident and new steel work on the Housatonic road. October passenger counts rise. Bridgeport Library election of directors and fundraisers. community notices include marriages deaths and an agricultural film project.
A reflective note contrasts prejudiced ire with politeness observed from Japanese workers abroad. The narrator admits admiration for Japanese courtesy and manners, acknowledging a bias in others while lamenting the harshness of bigoted peers. The piece uses irony to question anti Japanese sentiment and calls for restraint.
A fragmented mock campaign item catalogs lavish and hoaxlike expenses from hats to corsets, wigs and cosmetic aids, with jokey notes on voters and photographers. It stacks items like furniture and social costs, jokes about libel, and includes brief verse quips on politics and presidents.
Washington reports the American commission on Ireland will widen its inquiry as abduction threats grow. New members Raymond Robing of Chicago and Alexander Moore of Pittsburgh join the panel starting November 17, with added witnesses Rev James Cotter of Ironton Ohio Lake Hart of St Louis Knights of Columbus director Francis Hackett and Thomas Fogarty of New York among othersUlster Protestant Captain ER Ta MacNaghton noted no meeting in Cuba, only in the United States.
A garbled excerpt of Alfred Tennyson poetry praising echoes and distant glens. The text alternates between damaged phrases about bugles, echoes, and Elfland imagery, with repeated dying and answering calls. Likely an OCR fragment of a literary verse section.
The Telegram Information Bureau answers reader queries on Gettysburg veterans numbers in 1913, Russian mile and European mileage, steel weight per cubic inch, short term senators, Lake Baikal, coal miners and tuberculosis, dollar bill values, best planting time for shrubs, pensions across wars, and parochial schools. It cites officials and standards bureaus for each fact.
Government promotes parcel post to link producer and consumer. Advice urges housewives to learn saving methods and use the system for buying and selling. Readers urged to obtain official bulletins from the Washington Information Bureau and to write clearly for guidance.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions a street and city with a sale price or penalty unclear. The readable bits show a street name, city, and vague sale reference but lack full details or proper names to identify a complete event.
In common pleas court Judge Booth directed the jury to find for defendant Harry H. Ford in Saltash v. Ford over a $400 auto sale dispute. Saltash claimed misrepresentation and refund for a $250 cash purchase plus $40 in repairs. Ford argued no misrepresentation and proper condition. The verdict favored Ford after testimony.
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