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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1926
Page
13
An oblique ad style piece urges early shopping at The Fun Shop with humorous and cozy gift ideas. It blends quirky quotes and poems, mentioning a mix of humorous lines, a 256 B C war reference, and a courtroom gag about a juror. The collage tone echoes a vintage newspaper filler card.
A fragmented column excerpt presents a dramatic courtroom monologue by a defense attorney accusing the prosecutor of misrepresenting a guilty client while proposing a conspiracy theory about the prosecutor. A separate bit stitches together humorous lines about gas savings and a father teaching his son via a car ride, followed by a postcard-like post office dialogue about a letter from a young relative.
A humorous verse describes a child's park song about loving the zoo. A Western mining town wedding scene follows with a Chinaman waiter and tourists who joke about the groom and bride, ending with a single playful translation.
The piece argues that children are not property but individuals with personal freedom. Parents cannot claim ownership nor expect permanent returns on the investment of raising children. As youths seek new paths, mutual respect and responsibility shape the enduring bond between generations.
A discussion on parenting and letting children carve their own path. Parent-child bonds endure when love is patient and generous. A grudging parent driven by pride harms both, while support and faith help youths pursue their own purpose without severing ties.
Washington Conn In his Nevada opinion Dr Henry Van Dyke says technology has grown too fast and warns it harms hearts. He cites rising deaths from heart disease and humorously imagines Methusalah with a herd of horses and planes to suggest limits on progress.
Washington reports millions of diatoms, tiny plants smaller than a grain of dust, collected by Dr. Albert Mann from Woods Hole and the Florida Keys. The diatoms, base of the sea food chain, convert inorganic matter into organic food for tiny marine life and ultimately humans. A hake stomach example shows diatoms nested in copepods and other small prey, illustrating their vast numbers—up to 85,000 diatoms per quart of water.
TLONDON October 14 Cornelius Petersen leader of the peasant union of Schleswig and four army officers have been arrested charged with inciting to revolution. A Copenhagen dispatch says Petersen allegedly planned a march on Copenhagen with followers to demand autonomy for Schleswig.
Professor William Lyon Phelps and Yale University English faculty arrange their lecture series with a special shelf of course books. The list includes Clarissa Harlowe Pride and Prejudice Jane Eyre and The Forsyte Saga among others. Books are in small leather bindings and priced from 65 cents to 2.50 dollars.
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