Bridgeport Telegram Subscription Rates and Address
Bridgeport Telegram details subscription prices in advance 1 year 39 00 6 months 3 00 Weekly 2 50. foreign advertising reps listed in New York and Chicago addresses. Barnum 6100 exchange connects all departments. published by The Post Publishing Co at 140 Middle Street Bridgeport Conn. open day and night. member Audit Bureau of Circulation and Associated Press credit for news dispatches.
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Four Line O Cheer by John Kendrick Bangs
A humorous verse about a man who complains the world should pay him while enjoying light heat air and food he overlooks the daily payments the world already provides and the effort needed to earn what sustains him. The poem mocks the idea of entitlement and highlights hidden costs of living.
Breakfast table chat and headlines on war and politics
A garbled mix of notes mentions Parliament elections with Lady Astor, Christmas seals, red Christmas, and jokes about the secret service. It notes a Sand thief in New York, air mail success, and the income tax open to the public. A Turkish Sultan may cut his wives, and a restaurant chain declares an extra dividend amid war prices.
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Citizens seize coal for North Platte families
A citizens committee in North Platte Nebraska has commandeered coal for 160 fuelless households as directed by the state railway commission. The group is distributing the coal to needy families, ensuring heating amid shortage. In related news a Clinton tragedy reports Mrs Frank Gaylord 53 killed on railroad tracks after leaving home in night attire. two sons survive. Elsewhere two sisters Theresa and May Jhauss suffocated while sleeping after a dance when they apparently failed to turn off gas.
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Lincoln
Neb
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Nebraska State Railway Commission
Clinton
Prank Yi
Gaylord
Galord
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Boston
Theresa
May Jhauss
Judge Lamb Delivers Five Year Sentence For Child Beating
In Cadillac Michigan Judge Lamb sentences Joseph Clark to five years for beating a young boy with a halter strap. The judge condemns corporal punishment and urges parents to spare the rod, arguing environment shapes a child more than heredity and that self-discipline should start at home.
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Cadillac
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Joseph Clark
Haif
Hoy
Clark
You made me think in Kipling allegory of progress
The piece recounts Kipling’s allegory The Beneficiars where each ruler triumphs by making others think. It cites the shift in New York printers insurgency and the Tutelary Digest’innovation using photographic plates of typewritten copy as a practical example. It argues self preservation drives progress and warns against tampering with essential means of living.
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Mme
New York
The Greatest Dreadnaught and Submarine Threat
The piece contrasts the U S S California as a vast superdreadnaught with massive guns and cost, against the rise of submarines and tiny torpedoes that render such ships obsolescent. It recalls armor suits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and recalls British wartime naval expeditions, noting submarines drive ships to retreat even when outmatched.
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Sam
U. S. S. California
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Paul
England
North Sea
Oneron Sturh
Our Five Million in Citations For Good and Country
A wartime editorial lauds five million returning soldiers and sailors, praising the American Legion for promoting peace, order, and anti anarchist sentiment. It urges enlistment, memory of the fallen, and the Legion’s role in shaping civic life while warning against propaganda and disaffection.
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Bridgeport News Reel From Forty Years Ago
A long Bridgeport item lists church notices, lectures, amateur events, and a debate on railroads. It notes Trinity church services, visits by Lew Maven and Living Spring Division, a miniature theatre show for orphans, and a Lyceum Hall boxing and wrestling tournament. It mentions the New York and New Haven Parallel Railroad controversy, local marriages, births, and a scientific exhibition by Mr. Dunsmore at Bridgeport’s Scientific Society.
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Lyceum Hall
Merritt
Wade
Collows
John Cartes
Richard O'Peal
Michael Sheridan
James Coyne
Dennis Rellovern
James Weldon Fleury TeDanald
A. W. Rea
Edward Fishen
Janes Goawoors
John Iorrigan
Noel Ponkmowi
En Vera
Bridgeport
Frei
Averett Jotsen
Merkdown
Balward Edantan
South Norwad
Oot Greemwiel
OT Webb
West Steatford
Newark
Noda
Miscang Club Big Smokers Anniversary Night
The Miscang Club celebrates its one year incorporation with a smoker in Manwaring Hall. The all Italian born Castelfranco in Miscano young men group promotes Americanization through Italian and American classes three nights weekly under Riccio and Pel Vecchio. A local oration and dancing refreshments conclude the event.
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Austria sends appeal to help starving people
Austria requests aid as Chancellor Jenner appeals through the Argentine minister in Vienna for masons to come to Austria’s aid. The appeal aims to awaken the world’s conscience and call forth relief for those who suffer, as Christ’s works are shown in this crisis.
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Reappointment Of City Health Officers Declared
The board of health met yesterday afternoon to reappoint the city health officer and assistant health officer for the coming year. The officials named were Dr. Walter T. Brown as health officer, Dr. Edwirel A. McCytlan as assistant health officer, and Dr. A. B. Knapp as food inspector. Uruguay banned the manufacture or import of alcoholic beverages over two degrees in strength.
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Board of Health
Ron Anne
Walter TW. Broswn
Edwirel AL McCyotlan
A.B. Knapp
Uruguay
Kornmeyer Tells of Fatal Mishap
In an inquest at the County courthouse Joseph Skornmeyer described the fatal shooting of Nieyman Waters aboard a skiff near Pequonnock Yacht Club. Waters was shot as Kornmeyer fired after Waters rose, with witnesses stating the men had five years of friendship and planned a duck-hunting trip. Coroner Phelan reserved his finding.
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Hangen Avenue
Nieyman Waters
J. J. Phelan
County Court House
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Kornmeyer
Waters
Ihak of
Charles A. Brauy
Lindley
Kormmeyer
Hornmeyer
Tigers Co. Chittenden
Pembeoke Street
Pequonnock Yacht Club
Ao Power
John Walsh
Chittenden
Seeirg Waters
George F. Simon
Ha Bridgeport
Charles A. Pogsaw
Mhen
Phelan
Inventor of the Tank Officially Awarded Credit
London reports a special commission awarded 15000 pounds to A. Britton and Major Wilson for their roles in the invention of the tank, ending a long controversy over authorship. Other smaller prizes went to additional contributors identified in the decision.
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Graumair
A. Britton
Tie Ministry of Munitions
Wilson
Joimtly
Questions and Answers From The Standard Telegram Bureau
A 1919 information service outlines common inquiries and answers on topics such as gold supply and monetary use, number of Civil War veterans on pension rolls, hair care remedies, Maeterlinck’s remarriage, Irish linen, prewar alcohol content in beer, the largest flower, and domino origins. Includes dates, names, and places cited in brief Q and A format.
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Washington, D. C
Frederic J.haskinsany
Frederick J. Haskins
Department of Labor
J. W. HE
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Maurice Maeterlinck
Paris
Renee Dahon
Georgette Leblanc
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Sumatra
Joseph Arnold
Nower
N. M
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China
Germany to Redeem Coin Issued in Belgium
Brussels report states Belgium and Germany reached an agreement for twenty years of redemption by Germany of six million marks issued in occupied Belgian territories. Waynard postpones flight. Mineola, N Y. Lieut Maynard says his transcontinental trip is delayed until December with a stop in Savannah and a planned flight from Mineola to San Diego via a layover in Alas, Texas.
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Brussels
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Mineola
N. Y
Goldwin W. Maynard
Savannah
San Diegos
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Some Day When Work Returns and Sane Times Come
A fragmented verse laments wartime chaos and hints at a return to normal labor. It envisions the blacksmith, carpenter, and others resuming crafts and roles as society regains its sense and steadiness. The speaker longs for an end to loud noise, pomposity, and uproar, predicting a reembrace of traditional trades.
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