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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1922
Page
12
The Bridgeport Telegram lists subscription rates and publishing details, including office contact and mailing information. It notes circulation bureau membership and Associated Press credit terms, along with advertising representation and open hours.
A garbled collection of brief items from various locales mentions political stalling in Congress, a Greek king’s potential emigration, a Detroit plant wish, car prices, and odd social jests. Notable fragments reference a man in Goshen, a Boston or Hammond explosion, and a $10,000,000 donation plan to aid poor singers.
Unsettled conditions with probable showers Wednesday and Thursday. Central weather disturbance moved from western North Carolina toward the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes, bringing widespread showers across the Midwest and Great Lakes regions. Little temperature change except cooler in the far northwest. generally fair south and east coastal states, with unsettled to rainy conditions in the northern areas. Winds from east to south near Sandy Hook, moderate to fresh from the southwest offshore.
President Harding’s call and Red Cross leader John Barton Payne vow swift, extensive relief for Greco Turkish refugees. The organization aims to spend all needed funds, with Paris and Athens missions ready. The piece lauds American humanitarian resolve and the steadfast Red Cross sentinel role amid a volatile Europe.
The board considers inviting all architects to a hearing before October 25 to assess qualifications and gather design ideas for the new Fast Side high school. The move mirrors a recent Education Board practice used to choose a local superintendent, E Everett Cortright.
The piece reflects on a shift from “children’s hour” to “children’s day,” praising print media radio schools churches and courts for focusing on child welfare. It urges adults to guide youth toward a better world, noting education and public inquiry into childhood as key drivers. It closes urging continued attention to child welfare and education by the nation.
Thirty four workers in Warner Brother Manufacturing Co find their Finding department held a strike after a Monday assault clash. Organizer D HM Robins says they will stay out until a conference with the firm chief is arranged. They refused to deal with any other company representaives.
In Odesba on October 10 Russian Boy Scouts deliver food pledged by the American Relief Administration. Scouts ride on bicycles and hand carts to notify recipients and arrange delivery when neighbors cannot pick up.
Ananee committee of the common cotncident will meet to choose its report on the request for school bonds for the new high school and other building projects in the city offices.
Eight hundred Masons from Connecticut and nearby lodges will assist in laying the cornerstone of a new temple in Greenwich Salurény. Grand Master Jidge Frant ier will preside, with a special parade and uniformed attendees from Hamilton Commanders. The temple cost is listed as 154,000 dollars and will be a prominent building in the area.
The Young Men’s Hebrew Association offers an English class for foreigners in Eng lah taught by Mrs. Dows. It will be held each evening at Made Avenue between the Mieurenf and 9 o’clock, with enrollment through the office of Manwell Lewis.
A quirky, period voice laments shelves crowded with heavy tomes and moral works while readers seek uplifting, practical books. The narrator invokes classic authors and curates a plea to choose helpful volumes, citing Sherlock Holmes as a beacon among the noble but dry volumes.
A religious teacher asserts the world seeks truth and discusses education, youth, and mission. The message references three maslans and modern Sunday school methods, with speakers including Alfred Geart Walton and Wallace J. Woorin. The event covered sermons, songs, and a county-wide education focus.
A collage of Q and A covering topics from the bal weevil impact on agriculture to literacy in the United States. It includes definitions of reckon, soap origins, Johnny Appleseed, train manners, postal privilege history, eye first aid, and literacy statistics with named states and figures.
A fragmented piece of verse asks for a commonplace song to charm city folk and rural workers, to lift hearts and ease worries. It mixes garbled lines and names while seeking a tune that fits ordinary lives and daily toil.
A fragmentary account describes parental and teacher anxieties about children’s dress codes and appearance. It highlights the desire for neatly dressed children, social conformity, and the emotional impact on both kids and families within a school community.
A court ruled in Florida that a claimant received 276 dollars after being struck by a jitney. The case involves a transportation incident dating to 1888 and mentions the insurer and parties in complex terms.
A local court will hear an action in the November session regarding recovery of a loan advanced five years ago by Lie Cannon Miaws to Mary RK and Edith Wey Rowky of Bridgeport. The case is set for hearing in the November session.
Royal S Copeland argues for public education on health not via pills or ministries. He critiques sensational quackery and urges parents and doctors to teach vital sex knowledge with clarity, stressing religion and knowledge as safeguards for youth.
The Bridgeport Telegram information bureau releases a booklet titled Elousemeaning, designed to inform readers about wartime topics. Director Fredric J. Haskin oversees the project, with the bureau distributing a two page pamphlet to readers.
A reader asks about nasal surgery for a child and whether a non operative approach is possible. Other inquiries cover eye health advice, nervous stomach treatment, and a daughter with a pet condition. Dr Copeland notes confidential, address-enclosed replies when suitable.
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