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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1920
Page
12
Fragmentary Bridgeport Telegram masthead notes its 1891 founding and shows advertising and publishing details, including offices in Bridgeport Connecticut and references to Associated Press reuse of news dispatches. The damaged text captures typical early 20th century newspaper branding and circulation notes.
Fragmentary OCR text appears as a lyric fragment with garbled words and unclear phrases about a sweeping eye and lines of verse. No coherent event or identifiable person or place is discernible from the readable portion.
Miscellaneous items cover payor costs driving shoemakers to leather, Cleveland’s rise as a city, Polish Lithuanian peace hopes, coal miners’ wages, wartime morale, and budding football injuries. Reports from the Philippines note abundant liquor year round.
For over two decades Wallace M. Redfield has worked in insurance and real estate. He has been linked to major city real estate deals. Formerly at 98 Cannon Street, he now resides at 1094 Broad Street. He is a member of the Kiyanis club.
The Telegram investigates coal pricing showing free burning anthracite at $7.20 a ton, with rail freight to Bridgeport $4.06 making $11.16 delivered plus unloading, delivery, and dealer profit. Egg and pea coal cost $10.91 and $9.60 on track, water freight higher, and middlemen and speculation inflate prices. It notes mine vacations ended and criticizes government impotence and attorney general office in handling the issue.
The piece argues that a good boss earns workers’ respect through fairness and collaboration, not by instilling fear. It praises bosses who work with their men, listen to feedback, and value labor, contrasting with the old hard driver who is widely disliked. A worker’s longing is to be treated as a partner, not a mere cog in the machine.
The article notes US foreign trade revived in early 1920 with exports up over 200 million dollars while imports rose over 1 billion. Despite Europe’s drop, gains to North America and increases to Asia and other regions offset losses to France, England and Italy, proving strong demand from Cuba, Canada, Mexico and the Americas.
In a cold dreary evening a bedraggled hungry kitten slips into a room, seeks aid but rescue agencies cannot help, officers offer kindness, yet unable to keep it. At closing time the rescuers return the animal to its bleak surroundings and hope for luck and wisdom. Coleridge.
Bridgeport report covers a fatal accident at Shiefold Arays, a wedding at 944 State Street for Charles P. Coe and Jennie L Buckingham, and election results leaning Garfield and Arthur. Also noted are Baptist Union parlor meeting, Republican parade in Stamford, and fire loss at Kiefer furniture ware rooms with over eight hundred chairs damaged.
A speaker laments crossing a busy village street in modern times while recalling horse drawn travel and a past when pedestrians could walk freely. He recalls injuries from traffic and contrasts old and new transport, noting how later speeds and autos disturb rural life and safety.
A satirical, fragmented survey of the US census figures pokes fun at state populations and political figures. It skewers Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, and others with caricatured notes about elections, scandals, and imaginative commentary on tax and prohibition, ending with a wanted ad for an office boy.
Telegram invites readers to express opinions through letters to the editor. Letters must be signed with correct name and address, but names may be kept confidential if desired. The newspaper reserves the right to shorten letters exceeding 200 words and to ignore anonymous submissions.
A reader letter in the June Monthly urges Americanization as a national priority. The piece criticizes a minority view and argues for stronger civic assimilation in public life and education. The author, identified as President Emeritus in academic tone, frames the debate around patriotism and cultural adaptation.
A paraphrase of John Milton’s sonnet reflecting on duty and faith. The speaker notes that bearing the talent given by God matters as much as active service, asserting that God does not require empty toil and that those who stand and wait in fidelity also serve.
A fragment from a public notice style page discusses the formation of the Cannon Bull chapter of the National American War Mothers with officers listed, then shifts to a series of general knowledge questions and answers on topics including ship training, cinema captions, spring brass, early female suffrage, the Turtle submarine, and a bench warrant, followed by reflections on voter guidance and leadership influence.
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