Bridgeport Herald Publishing Details Noted
The Bridgeport Telegram lists publishing terms and offices including 140 Middle Street Bridgeport Conn and advertising representatives in New York Chicago and Philadelphia. The Associated Press is credited for dispatches and reprinting rights.
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Post Oiien
Ign Meirgpollinn
New York
NFA Glass
Peoples Gee
Chicago
Tih
Internationans Earmingtov
PEE Post Publishing CO
Middle Street
Bridgeport
Conn
Lume Pao Sig
Aude Sureau
Associated
Associated Press
Blzo
Joon! News
Fragmentary historical note on a contest and prize share
Fragmented OCR text mentions a fight entry and a nest of CHEE, with lines about a person named T and a wish for victory. It references care, walks, and sharing prizes, but the overall event and participants are unclear. The readable portions imply a competition context and potential reward sharing.
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Carey
Walts
Fragmented Editorial Notes From A Distant Era
A garbled editorial page lists varied items from tire skids to coal tonnage and tax funds. Mentions Yale coaches Mr Cor feelings and a general strike in Mexico, Germany admission, jail cors, and odd political notes about Br itain and Berlin cabinet posts.
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Astro
Yale
Mr. Cor
Germany
Mexico
Willa
Sidewalk Snapshots and French Cookery Debate
Charles J. Oviatt, pharmacist at the Welfare building for five years, fills prescriptions and reflects his long career in drugstores. A French pastry scene is in decline as apprentices vanish, pastry making wanes, and cooks are said to be disappearing from the craft.
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Charles J. Oviatt
Charles L. Oviatt
France
Yonre Suep
Bridgeport Chamber urged to probe city finances
The Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce is urged to investigate the city’s finances to expose truth and establish a sane policy for future administrations. Opponents fear mudsling and little result, while proponents say a serious, nonpartisan inquiry by the chamber can yield real findings and set a stable financial course.
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Bridgeport
Chamber 12
Comerce
Urs
Peter White
Thridgeport
I Nethoig
Vidgeport
Noth
Chamber of Commerce
Chambes of Commerce
Asr
Shipping Board Scandal Under Admiral Benson Inquiries Intensify
A special investigator reports sweeping charges against the United States Shipping Board, alleging graft, padding of payrolls, overcharges, and favoritism in contracts. Admiral Benson, board chair, controls decisions amid vacancies, with calls for full disclosure and pitiless publicity to end the scandal.
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United States Shipping Board
Congressional Committee
Shipping Board
Imore
Admiral Benson
Congress
The Insignificant Bugologist and Insect Tolls
A fragment discussing the value of studying insects, noting billions lost to crops annually. It cites the Hessian fly and cattle ticks as major culprits, and quotes a bleak passage from Holand’s Moth Book about a distant, apocalyptic insect survival on a shrinking globe.
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Hint
Nazarers
Holand
Panama
Congresswoman Robertson's Guiding Right and Wrong View
A concise statement from Congresswoman Robertson presents her personal ethics stance, framing her approach to policy and governance. It emphasizes principled decision making and accountability within legislative duties.
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Robertson
Washington bureau query on insurance and terms
Washington bureau replies on marine insurance definitions and the War Risk Insurance stance, notes on interstate versus intrastate railways, atheist definition by Lord Gladstone, precious metal weights, pajama etymology, and Ty Cobb retirement status.
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Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Marian
Marine and Seamen's Division
The Meeting of the League of Jerked Laughs
The minutes of a recent session are read and approved amid a whirl of trivia. A series of questions and political jibes follow including references to England, Turkey, India, Prussia, and Germany, with remarks on lamps and electrical currents and a mock parliamentary exchange.
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League OF Jerked
England
Poland
Turkey
India
Prussia
J. T
Germany
Austria
Entertaimiment Can
The Wet Home by Walt Mason
A humorous shore view by Walt Mason imagines fish and sea creatures craving dry beds and rye for comfort while pondering life on land. He laments their inability to grasp human comforts and jokes about the distance between sea life and dry land.
Nolan Bomb Plotter Dies in Ireland
Weblin Nov 14 Jack Nolan, a well known Dublin figure, has died. He was arrested in Canada for attempting to blow up a lock on the Welland canal and was sentenced to penal servitude for life. After serving 16 years he was released, and later went to Ireland.
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Weblin
Jack Nolan
Dublin
Canada
Welland
Ife
Treland
Bridgeport Forty Years Ago Highlights
Bridgeport notes from 1880 recount a large beet measured twenty six inches long and sixteen in circumference with heavy weight while storm damage at Seaside Park prompts repairs. Local crime includes a burglary on Plumb and Gilbert streets and a drunken standoff with Molly Coleman. Community updates include church events, Ghost Show return to State street, pavement work, and court decrees on desertion and adultery as well as railroad stockholders meeting and liquor license applications in Bridgeport.
Prohibition Talk Sparks Home Brew Debate in Telegram
Letter writer objects to malt and hops sales ban for home brewing and urges citizen rights to brew at home with care. Also notes proposal to merge Thanksgiving and Armistice Day observances and requests action by the Connecticut American Legion department.
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General Assembly
Connecticut Department of the American Texion
Coal Arrives in Week at Bridgeport Amid Scarcity Fears
Hard and soft coals totaling about 20,200 tons entered the local market this week. Bridgeport consumes roughly 200,600 tons annually and receives a month's supply in one week. About 25 barges, each loaded with anthracite, arrived as prices hover around 17.50 per ton with expectations of a fall to 16 later in winter. Officials from the Cann‑Chester Chamber of Commerce report plans for adequate coal deliveries in New England within the next month or so.
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Bridgeport
United States Distre
Edward L. Smith
Cannestion Chamber of Commerce
New England
McGovern Clings To Fall Theory In Lapoczka Case
In a city court appearance McGovern faced persistent questioning over Mary Lapocza’s death. Prosecutors argue skull fracture from violence, while McGovern holds the slain woman died after a fall from a window. Bond set at $1,000, case continued to November 20.
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A. McGovern
Mary Lapocska
McGovern
Pathroom i Ims Recon
McGoovern
City Court
Aenus Hesa
Baward
Worth While Verse on Comfort and Farewell
A brief verse reflects on small acts of kindness offering refreshment to fevered lips and the solace of fellowship at death. The lines compare comforting speech to music, easing distress and renewing bonds as a departing soul feels the presence of the great family nearby.
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Thomasin
Pal Fourt
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