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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1920
Page
12
A garbled note mentions meeting a PAL from Wisconsin who talks about a Navy Club offering meals lodging reading and pool. The fragment implies social gathering and leisure activities but lacks clear details or dates.
John Kendrick Bangs notes a Western lead in home electrical use while Bridgeport's United Illuminating Co offers high rates for domestic electricity. He argues for a lower, home-usage friendly power rate to spur adoption beyond lighting, contrasting industrial sliding scales with residential costs.
A collage of antiquated questions and stray remarks covers naval views, weather forecasts, new year resolutions, Corkscrews in factories, hunting season, Red Cross dues, and political rents. It mentions Shipping Board wartime activity, Wisconsin politics, and a New Haven bowl forecast with minimal coherence.
A historical overview of the silver fish moth Lepisma saccharina describing its life history, origins, and behavior. It notes its affinity for paste and starch, damage to books and wallpaper, distinctive three tail filaments, and the common name fire brats for some species, with hints of hiding in dusty nooks.
The piece notes Harding as the first president since Hayes to have multiple given names, while Cleveland McKinley Roosevelt and Wilson used none. It contrasts American middle names with European usage, citing Lodge as “M. Cabot Lodge” in French press, and suggests Harding could be known abroad as “President Gamaliel Harding.”
Sidewalk Snapshots notes Miss Marion W. Bates as office manager of the Visiting Nurse Association in the Professional Building in Bridgeport. She is a graduate of Simmons College, Boston.
Fragmentary note describes beads worn by men women children and animals in Turkish belief to ward off the evil eye. Mentions superstition about heads versus beads and the universal use among people.
Hundreds of jobless Americans roam Paris living hand to mouth, some turning to questionable ways to obtain money. The piece notes exchange rates distort perceived value, making dollars seem strong but buying power weak once converted to francs, leading to rapid spending and puzzling losses by week’s end.
Otto Kahn spoke to Dayton Chamber of Commerce praising the city manager form of government as the true path for American cities. He urged further municipal improvements and noted that each man shapes his own fortune and sound governance drives daily life.
Bridgeport today reports a Harmony Social Club event at George's Hall with a large crowd, mentions Arthur Young’s planned voyage to visit his mother, and notes plans for a grand carnival parade in Conn. The article covers local real estate sales, a press association gathering, a new church bell, and a forthcoming parade detailing its routes and participants. Also included are minor notes on concerts, a bear hunting trip, and a sports meet near Willowbrook.
A skeptical speaker denounces public talkers who trade on fame for money. He laments worn pansy orations and stagepersuasion, critiques quack moralizing, and confesses fatigue with flashy rhetoric while affirming his own blunt honesty and restraint.
An odd blend of early photo wire experiments and local society notes appears. The piece mentions attempts to transmit news photographs by telephone, a funeral in Connecticut, a couple's marriage, and light observations about urban life and fashion. It sketches a transition to remote photography while dropping names and places in a casual roundup.
G A R members gathered in the Harris Post room of the Raymond W Harris Post Veterans of Foreign Wars in response to an invitation. The group discussed accepting the room’s use permanently and planned to vote at the next meeting on December 12 when annual officer elections will be held.
Six divorce cases are listed for today in the superior court at the short calendar session. Uncontested divorces are assigned for hearing before Judge W. M. Miabbie. Names include Theodora Clark Lord versus Leonard W. Lord and others such as John Tuorshious Middlebrook versus Lottie L. Middlebrook and Franzelin Jiter versus Josephine A. Cruit Butler Rossio Senbo versus Steve Szabo.
Fragmented verse recalling John McCrae's famous World War I poem. Readable portions evoke soldiers, fields, poppies, and the call to continue the fight. The text appears as garbled OCR with misread letters and punctuation.
The Bridgeport Telegram Information Bureau responds to questions on language and music history, voting by mail, pecans, playing cards, court martial rights, and the Indian head on the buffalo nickel. It covers the masculine form debutant, Harvard versus Princeton football dates, silk thread sizing, and corn meal recipes plus urging readers to request agricultural bulletins.
Chairman T Litchfield stated the mayor's traffic commission is exhausting all efforts to solve the local transportation issue. The panel is compiling current data and costs, collaborating with city officials, with views to present to action after the state legislature convenes in January.
A retired farmer from Wa county designs and builds a complete house on wheels. He plans to travel the country with his family for five years, touring across many states in this mobile home project. The vehicle features a full kitchen and living spaces, showcasing self-built mobility and family adventure.
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