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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1926
Page
14
The Fun Shop column by Maxson Foxhball showcases holiday gift ideas like laughter dinner mints sheer-skin gloves and funishes with jokes about vacations football letters and domestic mixups. Readers share humorous anecdotes and lighthearted observations reflecting community life and seasonal shopping.
Myrtle Meye h Eldred outlines updated guidance for infants six to nine months. The department promotes best feeding practices with comprehensive diets and specific milk formula quantities for babies up to twenty-eight ounces at that stage, adjusting for underweight infants.
The article outlines a daily feeding plan for infants including 6 am and 10 am bottle feeds with milk and cereal, an 8 am orange juice addition, a 2 pm vegetable soup introduction, and 6 pm and 10 pm feeds. It notes gradual replacement of milk with solids and promises a follow up on feeding for children up to 12 months by Mrs. Ekedred.
Telegram readers are invited to mail intimate problems to Mrs. Myrtle Meyer Eldred for a personal reply. Address requests to Bridgeport Telegram.
The piece argues that joyful noise and praise fuel a child’s growth from infancy to adolescence. It contrasts private praise for girls with public praise for boys and cautions against withholding recognition. The author shares tales of family celebrations and concludes praise motivates effort and achievement.
Six armored motorcycles, shown to New York City police at Bridgeport, mark a fleet of 50 future outfits for patrol. W & Bouton, Indian Motorcycle rep, will deliver to New York. The bandit chasers feature ship armor, shatter proof glass, and bullet resistant shields with shutters for rifle or pistol use.
An electricity operated siren located on the case is described as switchable on permanently during a chase. Tests under many conditions were conducted and by Officer AL Schuler of the New York police, national rapid fire revolver champion, the outfit is described as invincible to both revolver and rifle fire.
Dr. Hamilton Fiske Bigger, longtime personal physician to John D Rockefeller Sr., died in Cleveland at age 87. A revered medical figure, he served in the city for over five decades and was a close confidant of the magnate, having predicted Rockefeller’s vast wealth years ago.
At dawn a fire partially destroyed AW Krouse’s ten room house on Sauta Canaan road in Canaan. Loss estimated at 9000 dollars. Krouse suffered burns while rescuing a room where flames started near the kitchen. Children were pulled out in night garments. Firemen saved much furniture.
A historical bridge note analyzes when to take out a No Trump with a Major suit. It compares strong hands that justify the takeout versus weak major bids and offers two illustrative hands to show when side strength supports rebid decisions.
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