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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1920
Page
11
Advertising rates and订 subscription details appear for The Bridgeport Telegram from 1091 publication notes. A poetry stanza titled The Lene Cheer reflects themes of independence and camaraderie, contrasting pedestal admiration with standing on one’s own feet.
A collection of satirical clippings and observations spanning weather, international affairs, U S politics, Prohibition anecdotes, and social commentary. It references the Pneumonia germ, Soviet Turkey, the Shipping Board hinge charge, a vice squad in Chicago, and whimsy about Crimea millionaires, Lenine, Turkey turkeys, Hiram Johnson, Mildred Harris, and cabinet selection.
Edndley Cain, a clerk at Chapman & Bangs on Water Street, resides at 1 Livingwon Place and is a familiar city figure. The note contrasts Greater London’s 119 square miles with a population density over 41,000 per square mile to New York’s 19,000 per square mile across 390 square miles.
The piece argues President elect Warren G Harding faces an unusually free cabinet selection due to a large electoral majority. It notes no sectional pressure and minimal fear of opposing forces, suggesting many respected, capable men are discussed for cabinet posts, with gossip centering on creditable choices.
The piece surveys women readers on gentleness, tracing the concept from Confucius who links virtue with action and justice, to Puritan Massachusetts where gentility carried legal privileges. It questions who remains a gentleman if Confucian criteria were enforced today.
Quotations extol simple refuges for the weary and a hobby as youth’s key. Samuel Scoville Jr. urges doors open to health and happiness through perception and restful heart, while the Raven’s Nest champions sky-air hobbies to keep age at bay and life lively.
Historical note on the cranberry as a staple at Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. It traces native origins to North America, domestication around 1810, and a rise in popularity with annual campaigns. Modern developments include evaporated cranberries for ready sauce year round.
The Standard for Tuesday November 23 1980 notes the Sedgwick Guards plan their first select social at Union Armory on Thanksgiving night. It lists events including a Knights of Pythias sociable and a lecture at Washington Park M E Church. Local transport and street work progress are described along with school vacation notices and community notices.
A speaker recalls a long siege of illness eased by medicine and care. They list ailments relieved including gout mumps lumbago croup and tetter and note a return to strength with no plaster or poultice. Life feels full and tasks resume despite lingering worries and threats.
The piece surveys 1920 21 horse design trends noting no radical changes in structure color or speed control while New York society events show dress norms shifting. It lists common horse colors and a focus on streamlining and lack of notable ailments, then briefly mentions a parade of vehicle types and a social address delivered in the old country context. It also records recent local births marriages and deaths including a 14 year old Latham death and a Port Chester marriage, with funeral details for Carmen Latham.
A letter to the editor argues unemployed Bridgeport women should respond to domestic help ads in the Evening Post. The writer suggests living-out girls lack stability, questions factory return plans, and notes attitudes toward cheaper help and home life. The piece also references a local horse show with army horses and social spectators.
A compilation of reader questions and official answers on topics from flag symbolism and presidential orders to biblical numbers and electoral rules. Included are notes on army enlistment travel pay, notary age in Connecticut, and the Antwerp Olympic athletes ship. Also offered are winter canning recipes and a promotion for a Washington information booklet.
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