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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1926
Page
8
Subscription rates listed from monthly to yearly with cents per month. The Milford office announces toll free phone advertising and local news service. The piece endorses a comptroller candidate for Fairfield County and highlights savings from modern methods.
An essay discusses working girls and the preference for silk stockings over food when wages are low. It argues silk stockings convey independence and social status, prompting a critique of reformers who overlook deeper economic forces. The piece contrasts femininity, class, and moral identity through fashion symbols.
The article discusses William Howard Taft's harsh critique of the administration of criminal law in the United States, noting responses from Justice Taft and remarks by Judge Guthrie at Harvard. It argues progress since 1905 is real yet incomplete, with ongoing delays and court controversies cited as remaining evils.
The largest vote total for any state ticket candidate was 193 273 for Frederick Salmon of Westport, state comptroller. He led the state treasurer by 600 votes and Governor Trumbull by 800, a landslide reflecting strong support for an official with long experience in public office.
Readers criticise Bridgeport traffic handling last Saturday. They say officials directed vehicles along the football route toward the city core, forcing those with business on Wall Field Avenue or States Street to follow the crowd, despite destinations away from the Yale game and New Haven.
The Springfield Republican reports on a Stratford conference where Maj. Frank Knox and participants call for scientific study and hard work to rejuvenate New England. Emphasis is placed on cooperative action, applied research, and marketing surveys to improve industrial and commercial welfare across communities and Connecticut industries.
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The piece argues that speculation on James Butler's retirement as Republican National Committee chairman is unfounded. It notes President Coolidge's possible reelection bid and suggests changing the chairmanship would unsettle the party and undermine the President's campaign plans, making a resignation unlikely before 1938.
The piece notes city employees will gain a half-day off due to early effort, citing an official timepiece in City Hall and pending details on aldermanic caucus duties. It mentions potential choices for council president and the upcoming annual turkey and Thanksgiving party, with references to local figures and clubs.
A reflective meditation on gratitude in daily life, contrasting simple home warmth with grand wealth. The speaker thanks The Lord for common blessings, friends, and peace, while noting distant hardships and a scattered mosaic of global concerns.
A narrator describes an aunt who swam fast and won a silver cap, with florals and praise, but a critics’ voice counters that grand prizes go to loud, flashy figures. The poem questions the value of fame and rewards, arguing the gifted cook or quiet mentor may gain little while showy winners profit.
A collage of quoted musings on wealth and hell, literacy and civilization, health myths, and car buying. The piece juxtaposes observations on finance, missionary tasks, dying cultures, and the challenge of choosing a car after many sales pitches.
Six children aged one to eight, left alone after their mother fell ill and their father vanished, are taken in by the Department of Public Welfare. Mrs Olanick, 20, and her children await help as neighbors and a local grocer assist while doctors treat blood poisoning. A collie guard dog aided the distress call as welfare agencies begin investigation.
A 1926 essay argues happiness stems from imagination and attitude rather than wealth. It contrasts comfort with others misery, notes suffering limits bliss, and praises simple life and grateful living. Robert Louis Stevenson's observer voice is referenced amid reflections on contentment and desire.
Mrs Salvetrice Olarke, 30, of 88 Cherry Street Middletown, was fined 100 dollars and costs and given a ten day suspended jail term after being found armed with a loaded .32 revolver. Arrested by Railroad Police Lieutenant R Blain she admitted coming from Middletown to frighten a husband who she said eloped with another woman. Her face and hands were blackened with charcoal to resemble a negro. The incident occurred in a railroad waiting room where officer noted the unusual disguise.
A garbled sermon like text thanks America for avoiding war this year and pleads for trust and truth amid critics. It mentions burdens eased by protests and hints at divine knowledge beyond misjudgment, while mixing stray notes about taxes accidents and a vague pink creature in a waiter scene.
The piece presents Dr. S Parkes Cadman answering readers on religious questions. It discusses the Ten Commandments arrangement among Jewish and Christian traditions, then reflects on cooperation among religions. Cadman weighs whether Judaism Catholicism or Protestantism will predominate in the U S, arguing none will displace others and urging unity across faiths.
Princeton New Jersey November 24 American editors report that Princeton Theological Seminary students express strong support for Rev Dr J Gresham Machen amid a Presbyterian investigation into the seminary leadership. A five member committee met with the students association to discuss controversy between Machen faction and opponents led by Dr Erdman Steele son and Dr Stevenson.
Edward B Caldwell Jr an architect has been commissioned by Middlesex Mutual Assurance to design its Middletown head office. The Colonial style project aims to harmonize with the companys long tradition and feature modern improvements, centrally located in Middletown.
Northern and southern New England forecast fair but colder Thursday. Friday brings increasing clouds and likely light rain in parts. Eastern New York and Gulf of St Lawrence region see moving low pressure and light rain. temps rise in Atlantic states while western areas stay cooler. Winds northwesterly off Sandy Hook and along the coast remain moderate to fresh on Thursday.
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