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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1925
Page
14
A fragment from Bridgeport area papers discusses subscription rates for Bridgeport Telegram near Milford and Fairfield, with advertising contacts and distribution notes. The text includes remarks on political commentary and mentions PL O’Sullivan as a proposed Democratic chairman candidate, plus assorted stock market commentary and international journalism observations.
A garbled prose piece links politics, economics, travel, and culture with snippets about fear of aging, moral responsibility, and the unknown pilgrim. It discusses coal prices, press power, suffrage, English speech, and a nameless wanderer, weaving satire and sentiment into a patchwork postcard of early 20th century concerns.
E O Hull may run as the organization candidate for the G O P senatorial nomination in the Twenty first district next year. Senator Wilder and Ralph Beers may comment, tax changes loom with a possible rate increase and budget cuts. Observers see a clash on whether to raise taxes or trim expenditures as back taxes rise. Stamford corporate counsel ruled illegal board members did acts while illegal but attracted little interest. Bridgeport politics show Democrats' poor prospects amid riper influence, while Congress nears session and New York whispers Governor Smith’s 1928 presidential bid as Walker travels to Georgia.
A jumble of quotes and snippets from magazine humor and fiction. Names like Mrs Robbins and Dr Patek surface amid brief exchanges about money, hair, and mischief. The passage includes playful verse, a kidnapping or social tension line, and a punchy punchline about a barber.
A battered woman with worn hands clutches parcels and glows with joy as she nears a journey’s end. Her shabby figure stands out as she imagines the return to loved voices and steps rushing to greet her, her happiness overpowering hardship.
The State Planning Commission weighs four grand schemes to unlock Russia's vast resources through irrigation and waterways. Projects include artificial canals around Bokhara and Tashkent, river links among the Baltic, Caspian and Black Seas, and extensive railway and mine development to connect Ukraine, Don valley, and Siberia with new factories. Aimed at boosting agriculture, industry, and settlement in the Far East with multi-million price tags.
Two Democratic candidates who spent nothing in their campaigns were defeated and filed their expenditure reports with Town Clerk John Y. Caldwell. Samuel H. Son ran for selectman and was the only defeated major party nominee. William P. Hanley was the alderman from the Tenth district.
Worcester Mass November 11 AP Representatives of agricultural industrial and commercial organizations from New England states gather for a two day conference called by a joint governors committee to form a permanent New England council. Discussions cover power agriculture and marketing as 1200 delegates attend with speakers Owen Young and Martin Insull among the principals.
A quixotic tale compares a barber basin to the helmet of Mambrinus. It discusses imagination versus reality, harmony versus extremes, and the need to uncover underlying truth before fighting for ideas. The piece also praises Mr. Bryan’s anti-evolution stance while urging careful study of facts.
Journal excerpt recounts Dr. Traprock’s odd case of Henry Bisbee, Milwaukee banker and poet, found sleeping at a bank vault during a burglary attempt. Hypnotic somnambulism experiments leave Bisbee escaping prison, guided by the doctor’s walks amid Wisconsin travels, declaring himself cured after twenty treatments. Also mentions a fragment about a merchandise remnant inquiry in a rustic store.
Readers are invited to contribute original humorous and poetic pieces to Fun Shop Headquarters, Bridgeport Telegram. Accepted material will be paid at rates from 1 to 10 dollars for contributions and 25 cents to 1 dollar per line for poetry, with unaccepted manuscripts not returned.
Armistice Day observed at the new Warren Harding High School with 1,260 pupils and instructors in the auditorium. Dr William Horace Day delivered the address after opening with Flanders Fields and Poppies Grow. The program featured orchestra, a flag pledge, and songs including America.
Roumanian debt mission in Washington completes talks with the American debt funding commission and plans visits to Paris and Rome to negotiate funding of war debts. They aim to arrange roughly 1,004,040,000 francs to France and 108,700,000 to Italy, with a provisional agreement for 26,000,003 pounds to Great Britain already signed.
Michael Haydie of 04 Willard Street was arrested yesterday by Sergeant Simons on a theft charge after allegedly stealing and selling a dog. Connecticut Humane Society agent Henry Guichaud arrested TSador Schieffer of 192 Taft Street on a warrant charging cruelty to animals. Motorcycle Officer Kiernan arrested Harry Benson of 60 Wood Avenue after an auto accident, holding him on reckless driving charges.
Police were alerted by Dr. McFarland of Greens Farms sanatorium that John Fuller, a forty five year old circus hand, escaped from the institution. He is described as having gray mixed hair, a smooth face, a limp in one leg, and was last seen with a cane.
Eastern New York southern New England and Northern New England expect fair conditions Thursday with rain likely Friday. Temperatures show little change overall with a rising trend Thursday in the middle Atlantic states. Winds shift from fresh south at Sandy Hook to increasing southeast along the coast, with showers anticipated Thursday night and Friday in the north Atlantic states.
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