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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1920
Page
12
The Bridgeport Telegram announces its founding in 1891 and lists publication details including daily issues except Sundays, subscription rates, and advertising. It mentions offices on Mind Street and claims affiliation with the Associated Press. A poem fragment by Fabn Kendrick Bangs is printed in the issue.
A collage of brief notes cites political campaigning tips, October as a suitable month for speaking engagements, and a reminder that Fire Prevention Week continues with Chief Johnson’s crew active. It urges continued sales of War Savings Stamps, reflects on dope in a safe deposit box, reports a New York robbery, and mentions Poland seeking a strong leader with a nod to Stanley Covete of Cleveland as possible support.
Sidewalk Snapshots profiles Gerry BoNichols at 993 Broad Street a veteran tailor with 28 years in making wearing apparel. Known as a top judge of cloths domestic and imported he moved his shop from Brandstreet to State street where his tailor stop stood amid a long standing land market.
Newark residents can buy coal for 13 dollars a ton delivered while New York City households pay 14 dollars delivered. New Rochelle, halfway to Bridgeport, retails at 15.40, and Bridgeport at 19 dollars. Independent investigations by the New York Sun and the New York Evening World confirm the same results.
Article venerates autumn sounds of Hyla toads wood frog and salamander, detailing their piped mating songs from damp woods. Narrates John O Birds tracing the piper and describes the elusive birdlike lizardish salamander, noting autumnal chorus surpasses other birds in musical woodlands.
Benjamin J. Marsh of the Farmers' National Council addresses politicians in Washington as they discuss nationwide food and cotton strikes. He and fellow farmers oppose price gouging and argue against using the Federal Reserve Act to deflate markets, calling for broader action beyond artificial financial support.
Allen McCurdy reports a New York Republican gathering hissed Lincoln’s inaugural words after he quoted them. The incident underscores clashes over constitutional checks, popular sovereignty, and fears of direct action amid debates on democracy.
A wartime style rebuke condemns political attacks based on past papers and figures. The writer argues that targeting the Hartford Times over Civil War positions or past editorials, like Lincoln or Roosevelt, is empty mudslinging since those figures are dead.
Bridgeport Forty Years Ago reports patents and trains through the city, land deals near Black Rock and Railroad avenues, and a large Eleven hundred dollar real estate purchase. It covers a Eastern Star meeting, corset manufacturing hopes, a Democratic congress candidate address, orphan fund gifts, a fatal train accident involving two boys, Harvest Home festival, naval parade in Norwalk, Fairfield consociation, Milford race results, and the marriage of Miss Nellie Rigby to Decorme M. Eames with guests and bridal party details.
A humorous fragment about banks closing for holidays, with chorus lines and references to Eliza, Charlie Ross, and William Patterson. It notes tellers shouting the closure, vaults in frost, and customers asked to wait while the granite bank stays shut for the day.
A humorous spoof presents multiple stenographers versions of what President Wilson said on sending army or navy to Europe. It mocks confusion and political spin, noting voters’ fatigue and urging scrutiny as the public sees the “record” from Carlson Heavyvergs and others.
Lawrence Westover aged 16 a Omaha area Boy Scout showed grit defending a Jewell family home from a burglar who raided silverware. Armed with a knife he fought the intruder and repelled the attack after being cut twelve times though all wounds were non fatal, returning from school with the intruder driven away.
Oh Li John T. Fisher and a man named Fisher were charged with murder after his wife died instantly from a fall from a fourth story window following a dispute over money won by his wife. He claimed she leaned out and screamed and he tried to restrain her.
A compact reflection on merit and status. Verses contrast humble origins with pomp and power. A wise man and a fool are defined by conduct, not class, as a monarch or a parson may alike reveal true character.
A scanned Q and A page shows readers asking about novel Halloween cake ideas, horsepower of man, Italy spirits consumption, and global debt since 1914. It includes Prohibition party convention 1872, infant mortality rates, trust company currency limits, and Panama Canal tolls. The column records official responses and brief factual notes from the Washington Bureau.
Milford plans a triple debate on October 21 at the town hall featuring the Prohibition party vice president candidate D Leigh Colvin and clergymen from Milford and Plymouth Congregational churches. Ellsworth Huntington will present the Democrat view, Dr Orville Petty will advocate for the Republican platform, and all speakers aim for a clear, courteous discussion on moral issues of the current campaign.
Six young men from Willimantic rode to a Grange hall dance in Lebanon. A loose horse caused a crash on a curve, the car flipped into a bank and caught fire. Harry Noel sustained a fractured left arm while driver Arthur Casey and Timothy Sullivan suffered bruises. Fire crews extinguished the blaze and a passing car delivered the men home. the burned machine could not be recovered.
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