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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1920
Page
8
The text appears to be a fragmented note about newspaper publication including Daily except Sunday and Associated Press dispatches. It mentions Bridgeport and a circulation bureau, with stray phrases about republication credits and localness. Names and clear events are not readable.
A fragmented verse piece by John Kendrick Bangs presents a cryptic exchange about love. The speaker contemplates expressions of affection and the sufficiency of a single decisive declaration to end further speech.
A fragmentary compilation notes various items from a period newspaper including humor, disasters, and social commentaries. It references Reds Wrantel, a French aviator Wes De Roumanet, a Duchess of Marlborough divorce, Governor Torhune, and distrustful tone on epidemics, poverty, and public policy. The piece also mentions New York building heights, black mail, tea-time meals, and benzoate hiccough cures with volunteers ready to test.
A long dispute over the burial site of the unidentified French soldier pits the Pantheon against the Arc de Triomphe. Proponents argue for the Pantheon as a national monument while opponents favor the Arc as a symbol of military glory amid church state tensions and political divides.
Charles D. Fornhot leads the sales department at the Conaroticut Selling Company demonstrating the Oxo Gag stores. Chavez, a former seamship man, is noted as having found success in his ventures.
A collection of quotes contrasts country life with urban living. Burroughs champions country roots for national well being, Emerson doubts city faith, Wells decries Chicago’s pollution, and Riis cites open skies as moral witness. The piece notes a growing preference for living in the country while working in the city.
The appeal stresses TB as a deadly force causing 150000 US deaths yearly and hitting the poor hardest. It urges readers to donate via Christmas Seals to support public health nursing, free dispensaries, and open air schools, offering a practical homecare aid and gift to victims.
A satirical sketch shows a police auto inspection where a driver fears jail as a wary patrol questions his old car. The scene unfolds with exaggerated police behaviors, misread signals, and a quirky tease about a missing license moment.
A narrator recalls buying a lavish hundred dollar suit and a branded limousine, debts piling as prices fall and rivals follow suit. The cycle leaves the speaker mocked, the town wiser, and wallets lighter as fashion costs tumble and others resell similar outfits at lower prices.
Fragmentary report notes a maritime incident near Plymouth with a coast guard response and a small crew. Names and details are garbled, but it mentions a vessel ashore and a gale affecting operations. Further readable specifics are not available in the text.
A bustling Bridgeport page recalls incidents from the era including a fatality of a New York bound brakeman named Tohawan Cay, a warehouse fire at Main and Elm streets causing $3,600 in losses, and a fatal railroad crossing accident involving David Johnson of the Grathwol cigar works. Reports cover a church remodeling award to Alungo Davis, a liquor cellar explosion, and multiple local deaths and inquiries.
The piece presents garbled queries about origins of agricultural fairs and State fairs, birds' lifespans, and legal terms. It cites the Telegraph Information Bureau director and mentions Albany, New York, 1819, and various terms while displaying disrupted OCR text.
A verse recounts the Pilgrims journey to Leyden and the tower of Jerden, with lines about faith, freedom, and a call to build a righteous commonwealth. Jertimah Eames Rane signs the piece.
This excerpt explains the U S system for choosing the president and vice president. It describes electors chosen by each state equal to its congressional representation who vote in December and meet in June in their states. The electors tally is then opened before Congress and the winner with the most electoral votes becomes president on March 4.
The Department of Agriculture has issued an elaborate booklet with proven pipes for dumplings twelve o'clock pie meat turnovers and many other dishes GARR Information bureau will copy for any woman who wants it The guide shows how to get the most for your money at the meat market and how to utilize every ounce from bones and scraps and to reduce waste It is another handy household helper for your library
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