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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1920
Page
33
Local Bridgeport Telegraph publishing details indicate subscription rates by mail and prepaid options. Advertising representatives listed with office and department contact points. Text notes printing, circulation, and use of Associated Press dispatches alongside local news coverage.
Poem in verse celebrates evergreen love and youth. Cupid imagery portrays love as enduring beyond sorrow and time with lines about keeping love close and hearts staying young despite aging.
Fragmentary notes reference Republican politics in Bridgeport, Stratford and Harding era themes, with stray phrases about a coal price headline and a wary stance on a railroad station. The readable text hints at editorial musings, local tensions, and social commentary from an early 20th century newspaper page.
A fragmented editorial tone notes looming election deadlines and the task of selecting a presidential cabinet for Rtn 1 New York. It mentions spending long winter evenings, donor fortunes, and social concerns amid references to accidents, gambling, weather, and political forecasts from figures like Cox Harding and Teague.
Leo F. McGrath, living at 132 Harmony Grove, runs a cigar and billiard shop at 1873 Main Street. He states he has experience in the business spanning forty years and previously spent 12 years as a storekeeper for a Connecticut company.
A campaign pamphlet blames Democrats for high sugar prices on Wilson and Palmer arguing protection favored sugar growers. It likens Cuban sugar imports to profiteering and cites Louisiana producers. A lemon growers delegation to Harding echoes fear of price suppression, concluding with anxiety over lemonade prices.
An essay extols Chinese indemnity funds used to educate Chinese students in U S colleges funded by the Boxer indemnity returned by Roosevelt. It praises American statesmanship and friendship with China, noting statues of German generals and the Indemnity College as legacies of the era.
A Department of Agriculture report highlights straw and plant wastes as potential gas sources. Arlington station distills straw to produce gas on a small scale and aims to extend to wheat oats barley rye rice straws and corncobs. The initiative envisions heat light power for farms and possibly tractor use.
An old rule said 65 inches for 18 year olds and 64 for younger applicants, keeping many qualified youths from service. Now the War Department contemplates lowering the requirement, arguing that inches matter less than character and ability in producing a capable officer.
A New York Methodist church on Broadway and 48th Street lit a giant electric sign in Times Square style announcing the Union Church Social Center never closes. The display, amid theatre and gum ads, signals a trend of secular tools entering church life and funding the costly illumination. The piece reflects on class dynamics and religious adaptation.
Bridgeport news recalls a thief pleaded guilty in New Haven Superior Court and received three years in state prison. Monthly mail carriers handled over 72 000 pieces with 30 087 from street boxes. Notes on Dr Henry Wildman considering Bridgeport practice and Miles Zeyave battalion praised by Norwalk Gazette. Connecticut Bible Society canvass shows religion and demographics across 71 towns with 4 671 believers American and 17 919 other nationalities. 9 082 families not tied to worship. William Metker of New York dies abroad. Republican Senatorial Convention in Bridgeport nominates Barnum by acclimation. Probate Convention names Joseph W. Johnson as judge candidate.
The Zoo is described as a bleak house where animals such as wolves, monkeys, and lions languish in rusty cages. The speaker laments the creatures’ loss of freedom, longing for jungles and mountains, while humans observe them with callous interest and boredom.
A spoof piece parodies voter registration details with absurd questions and comical penalties. It jumbles images of pamphlets, color choices, and licenses while lampooning parade of bureaucratic steps for an election. Notable names include Dorothy Dix and P. T. Barnum as comedic anchors amid a riotous stream of outdated civic satire.
Readers submit signed opinions in telegram form. Letters must include a former name and address, though some may be kept private. Anonymous pieces are not accepted. Length limits apply. communications over 200 words may be shortened at the editors’ discretion.
A reader letter questions Oct 4 guidance on pensions for Spanish American War veterans. The piece cites The Sols Bill and notes veterans disabled in service may qualify, contrasting wealth with virtue, and quotes Charles Mackay about nature and wealth.
A long Q and A column answers inquiries on naturalization rules for foreign spouses, interurban rail history, the meaning of the painting Hope, largest artificial lake Elephant Butte, U.S. government marine insurance during WWI, Roman law basics, positions of the North Star, child diphtheria recovery odds, and a free health booklet via the Telegram Information Bureau.
A political package includes the Republican platform, Democratic platform, speeches by Senator Godge Cum mings Halling and Governor Cox, and four bulletins comparing the Soviet and American government. It urges readers to obtain the facts, print name and address, and exercise wise voting during the campaign weeks.
Paris reports a recommendation to unite U S business interests for joint exhibiting at European fairs. Dr W Huntington American embassy attache requests action by the commerce department. Huntington just returned from a visit to a power zone and supports American business presence at these fairs.
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