Bridgeport Telegram Publication and Circulation Details
The Bridgeport Telegram founded 1891 is Bridgeport’s largest morning paper with prepay subscription options and foreign advertising representatives in New York and Chicago. Published by The Post Publishing Co. at 6 Medio Street Bridgeport Conn, it operates daily with open office hours and is affiliated with the Associated Press for news dispatches and local reporting.
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Four Line of Cheer and Familiar Faces Reflections
A fragmentary collection of quips and opinions touches on personal liberty versus community welfare, fashion, and postwar hopes. It references war distress, economic strains, and European politics with scattered lines about peace, promises, and resilience.
Virginies Mayo Faces Trial in New York Property Suit
New York Supreme Court Justice Brit refused to dismiss the case against Virginius J. Mayo and wife Lois Waterbury Mayo in a $100,000 suit filed by Wilhelmina Meyer. Trial was set for December after defendants, then in Connecticut, could not be reached. Complainant alleges Mayo transferred property to his present wife by fraud to shield assets from a prior $100,000 verdict in 1417 related to a bigamous marriage.
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Omaha Packing Co Sues Local Produce Dealers
Omaha Packing Co sues local produce dealers for payments on three lot items valued at $171.08, filed in common pleas. Defendants allegedly did not receive the goods and could not locate them in freight houses of the New Haven railroad. The bill names Verona Frisse and others as parties in the case dated February 17, 1978.
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Man and Nature Explore Bodily Evolution And Diet
A theorist argues that human anatomy evolves with diet and lifestyle. They liken the tail to a rudder lost as stance and progress shifted to bipedal walking. The piece cautions modern diet and manufactured comforts strain teeth and stomachs, urging moderation and natural balance.
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Rail workers win wage and hours settlement after talks
About 100,000 railroad workers and Director General Gompers signed an agreement on wages and working hours ending months of tension. Engineers firemen and conductors still have demands but are expected to follow the same successful pattern. The settlement calms fears in industry and suggests a broader return toward prewar stability as coal disputes ease.
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Bridgeport Forty Years Ago in The Standard 1879
Bridgeport notes from The Standard dated Wednesday November 26 1879 report varied local items. A planned Young Men's Christian Association branch formation and a Sedgwick Guards spiree are mentioned alongside concerts by the Germanian Singing Society and theatre performances of Uncle Tom's Cabin and California Minstrels at the Opera House. Thanksgiving services are noted with several churches uniting, and a mandamus decision in a case against John Stevenson is referenced.
The Meanest Thief Hits Honeyspot School Box
A cruel thief snatched eight or nine dollars saved by Honeyspot schoolchildren for their Christmas tree. The crime against the little ones sparks calls for justice and a strong deterrent, with residents urged to replace the loss if needed.
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Leveling Upward as American Way of Life
The piece argues that true Americans favor leveling upward by empowering laborers to rise into prosperity. It rejects radical calls to topple the top, warning that such leveling would harm society, while praising the ascent from immigrant and working class roots to ownership and enterprise. It closes with a firm defense of American merit and faith.
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Intensive Week Campaign Opens With Parochial Services
The nationwide Episcopalian campaign ends next week with intensives in every parish called Intensive Week. Two inter parochial services are planned Sunday at St John's church one for church schools of nine city parishes at 8 p.m. and a union service at 7 30 p.m. Rev J Gavan Duffy D C of New York City will speak at the afternoon service. Evening speakers include Rt Rev Campton Asheso D D Suffragan Bishop and Rev P Gavan Duffy.
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Lenine Declares Great Bolshevik Victory Amid Revolt
London reports Lenin praising a decisive Bolshevik victory over a revolt in the east while critiquing Allied plans. A separate fire in Wall Street damaged multiple buildings, including a meat market and a feed store, with insurance covering losses. Also noted are a marriage in Greenport and a death in West Stratford with funeral details.
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Witness to testify in Dorsen Dry Goods bankruptcy case
Judge J. Rosenthal of New York will take the stand in the Dorsen Dry Goods Company bankruptcy today as cross examination of B. W. Willett, receiver and head of the Royal Adjustment Company, continues. The schedule of disbursements showing Willett’s expenses was challenged as dates and items were disputed, revealing the list may include expenditures by others. Willett will prepare a revised, itemized schedule reflecting only his personal spendings.
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Questions and Answers from The Standard Telegram Information Bureau
A crowded Q and A feature from The Standard Telegram Information Bureau in Washington, D C. It covers who succeeded Wilda C Redfield as Secretary of Commerce and other inquiries. Topics include the first appearance of horses in North America the Catholic priesthood for widowed spouses and more. The piece presents brief factual responses with names places and dates.
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Mayor One of Bearers at Funeral of Judge McMahon
Funeral services for Judge Daniel B. McMahon, late corporation counsel and town judge, were held at 9 o'clock in St Mary's church. Attended by Associate Judges Edwin B. Gager and William E. Williams, the ceremony was a solemn requiem mass led by Rev. Robert I Witzgerald. Bearers included F P Sullivan, Thomas I Molloy, Daniel O'Dell, John V W Larkin, John W Nolan, and Alfred H Kelly. Burial followed at St Peter's cemetery.
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Boys Use Master Key In Store Robberies
A group of youths suspected of robbing stores in the city were rounded up by police. Three appeared in police court with one, Paul Mangealica, 17, released on promise to return stolen goods. The remaining six were sent to Connecticut for Boys. Mangealica claimed a master key was used to enter the stores.
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Indicted Brokers Involved in Larceny Case in New York
New York brokers Charl and Joseph H. Sugarman were indicted for larceny in the degree after arrest on a $4,500 theft tied to a fraudulent draft. Each was held on $50,000 bail. The charges allege they deposited a fraudulent $8,500 draft with the Italianulous City Trust company and later drew against the deposit for $4,800.
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Weary Wil Seeks Shelter In Bleak Times
Wags Walt Mason’s daily poem laments a harsh era for the homeless. The vagrant Wanders from rich attorneys’ homes to squalid huts, finding no light in windows or handouts. Even at the old prison, he is shunned, as costs rise and social mercy wanes.
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