Bridgeport Telegram Subscription Rates and Contact
Bridgeport Telegram announces subscription prices payable in advance for six months or one year with weekly and daily options. The paper lists office at 146 Middle Street Bridgeport Connecticut and notes open daily with Barnum 6100 telephone exchange. The Associated Press is credited for dispatches and local news.
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Editorial Notes on Social Trends and Language
A collection of wry remarks on society politics and media from a newspaper page. Observations cover gender roles linguistic quirks political labels travel writing trends and the dullness of a paper lacking familiar casualty names.
Sentence Sermons on Everyday Etiquette and Courtesy
Brief composed of aphorisms on saying no in temptation thanking others when helped asking politely with please expressing absolute certainty in facts and offering gracious responses Youre welcome and find joy in giving even after refusal concluding with a blessing when sincere
Weather Forecast for Southern New England
Fair days ahead for Southern New England with cooler temperatures Tuesday. A disturbance over Ontario moved east to Quebec bringing local showers in the St Lawrence Valley. The barometer remains high from the plains to Bermuda. Expect generally fair weather Tuesday and Wednesday with modest temp declines east of the Mississippi. Winds vary from west to northwest along the coast.
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Straw Votes Show Coolidge Leading In National Polls
An analysis of two straw polls the Literary Digest nationwide survey and a New York World cinema poll shows President Coolidge ahead with Davis and La Follette close behind. The piece notes the value and limits of straw voting for predicting election day results and urges parties to contest close states.
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Misleading Headlines on Stocks and Election
The piece critiques a Democratic newspaper depiction of a stock market surge tied to Calvin Coolidge’s potential reelection. It argues gambling profits come from losing others and notes that a Coolidge victory would generally push securities higher, benefiting long investors rather than market gamblers.
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Investor Confidence Lifts Stocks After Coolidge Vote
The speaker asserts that hundreds of thousands of security owners nationwide will gain confidence with Coolidge's election. He claims the price rise in stocks and bonds stems from this assurance, not Wall Street manipulation.
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United States of America
Coolidge
Wall Street
Lotta Crabtree Will Contested by Heirs After Fortune
The late actress Lotta Crabtree left an estate worth around four million dollars and donated much to veterans and education. Relatives plan to contest the will arguing she lacked mental competence. The piece urges tighter rules to prevent challenged estates and suggests a legal standard for testamentary competence.
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Lotta Crabtree
West
Miss Crabtree
Massachusetts
O Sullivans Chances Endorsed by LaFollette Club
Congressman P B O Sullivan seeks reelection in the Fifth District and receives the LaFollette Club’s endorsement in Waterbury. The district leans Republican, but Democratic and LaFollette cooperation could alter the outcome. He backs repeal of the Volstead Act though this stance sparks debate about his consistency.
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P. B. O'Sullivan
Waterbury
LaFollette
Congress
Movement to restore Grover Cleveland home shrine emerges
The Baltimore Sun reports three related items on Grover Cleveland’s life centering in Fayetteville New York and Caldwell New York birthplace. The Fayetteville home once the Presbyterian manse is slated for restoration as a historical shrine while the Caldwell birthplace has been preserved by admirers. Buffalo honors its former mayor and governor with a proposed Grover Cleveland Park and statue.
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Al Smith to Speak at Yale Woolsey Hall New Haven
Governor Al Smith of New York will headline a Yale Democratic club rally at Woolsey Hall in New Haven on Thursday afternoon. Frank Ashburn will welcome the college group, followed by Mayor Fitzgerald’s welcome. Smith arrives by car from Providence around 2 PM and delivers his 4 PM address before heading to Waterbury for an evening speech.
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Navy resumes first enlistment recruiting after pause
Chief James T Welsh of the Bridgeport recruiting office announced orders to restart first enlistment recruiting on Friday October 10. The program had halted seven weeks earlier with only ex service members accepted. The Ruth fishing launch tale ends with a timeless note as the vessel, once a President's yacht, now serves as a fruit vendor's flagship in a faded nautical anecdote.
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James T Welsh
Bridgeport
United States Navy
Ruth
Harly-Rouser and Witty Parlor Bits from a bygone Page
A jumble of humorous vignettes, captions, and light verse from a vintage newspaper page. Includes a comic strip style dialogue about waking early, quips about etiquette and love, jokes about lovers, mischief in parlor scenes, and brief humor pieces. Notable names appear as fictional snippets and cartoon captions.
Telling Him Florences Quip Sparks Wink Between Lovers
Clarence proclaims a smile could lead him to the devil, while Winnie coolly resists with a dry plea. Florence Beuhler’s quip captures a playful tension between ardor and restraint in a lighthearted exchange.
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Winnie
Florence Beuhler
A Shifting Instrument by Dr Frank Crane
Dr Crane argues intellect remains unreliable without sound instincts and inherited morals. He cites Leopold and Loeb to warn that high intelligence can enable harm if desires are corrupt, urging education of morals over brainpower to guide behavior.
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Leopold and Loeb
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New Hope for the Insane Reveals City Rural Health Gap
A New York State Hospital Commission study by statistician Dr Horatio N Pollock compares five years of insanity data. It finds 69 per 100000 in cities versus 45 in rural areas, notes farm wives are less prone, and links mental illness trends to modern life pace and prosperity.
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Bose
New York State Hospital Commission
Horatio N. Pollock
Pollock
Tam
Postmaster Joggin Sells Two Cent Stamps No Bargains
An old fashioned postmaster, conservative in approach, runs a shop selling two cent stamps at a fixed price. He refuses discounts during local Dollar Day sales, pricing stamps the same for editors, brides, voters, and tramps. He avoids promotions or coupons and stands firm against price cutting by competitors.
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Jones
Emigration urged as corn price soars in 1824 letter
A Cincinnati letter from August notes corn at eight cents per bushel in town once ready to cut, with a plentiful Westward harvest. It praises western yields, low prices, and questions New England farmers staying amid rising debt and scarce circulating medium.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
New England
The Mind is Like a Meadowland Poem by Anne Campbell
A reflective poem describing the mind as a meadowland sown in spring with seeds of learning. Each season brings growth, care from a wise hand, and a tranquil fragrance that endures beyond the day’s end. The piece emphasizes cultivation, clear thinking, and inner serenity.
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Anne Campbele
Serena
Ike
No GOP aldermanic opponent yet in 9th district
Former City Clerk Francia P. Dunigan, Democratic leader in the Ninth district, said he did not know whether Alderman Wilbert Sanford, the Republican aldermanic nominee, would be endorsed by the Democrats in that district. No Democrat had been selected to run against him as yet.
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Wilbert Sanford
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