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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1927
Page
8
The piece references local publishing, editorial notes, and a wartime style critique centered on government and constitutional themes. It discusses presses, the Associated Press, and public sentiment amid political friction, including a New Preston tale about decency in fiction.
Hartford Times praises Mr Coolidge as framing industry and street noise as a mighty symphony of national progress. It recalls Carnegie’s humble beginnings and contrasts Coolidge’s farm roots with presidential achievement, urging appreciation of labor and growth ahead.
Massachusetts Tumour court ruling upholds expert testimony may come from non practitioners. The case cites a chiropractor treated patient awarded 1400 for negligence, and affirms knowledge in anatomy or X ray can come from non licensed practitioners.
A discussion extols football as America's top sport due to season length crowd appeal and accessibility for smaller colleges. It contrasts football with baseball and notes public passion, travel, and spectator excitement. It also touches on political intrigue with debates over a presidential slate and Senate actions.
The author rejects a trans Atlantic flight and cinema fame seeking, noting Lindy’s successful flight shook bravado. He contemplates delaying plans until safer, scientifically aided flight becomes reliable, and warns against haste for publicity.
A mixed fragmentary meditation on virtues vices and social types contrasts noble sacrifice with jealousy rage envy and worry. It mocks jokes about in law tensions and types like clinging vines and trigger fingers while noting coaches outearn professors and the abundance of coal. An old timer recalls simple country life and lasting values.
New York dated Oct. 16 Herbert Corey critiques night clubs and their patrons. Heintsman, a Cincinnati lawyer, is pictured as a lonely husband and father who travels with his wife and daughter to New York clubs where the bill runs high for five hours of music and dancing. The piece portrays clubs as money making venues and warns readers that night club visits can mislead and cost dearly.
In a Washington to Virginia travel vignette Clinton W. Gilbert notes the Bristow legacy as he surveys an Anandale subdivision with La Follette avenue and Daniels street. He recalls Bristow the reformer turned ex senator now farming near Mount Vernon, alongside mentions of notable contemporaries and historic estates.
John F. Maloney wins endorsement in Fifth district Republican caucus signaling renomination. Insurgent forces dispute mayoral chances while Barrett and Bartlett are floated as potential contenders. Washington party reunion recalls 1902 constitutional convention delegates as key figures tour state politics. Democratic and Republican factions in New Haven map campaigns with state figures Hart and others pledging aggressive outreach ahead of November 8 voting.
Washington Oct 18 By Associated Press the first four awards of the soldiers medal were announced. John F Burns and James P Martin privates of the 56th ordnance company Pig Point Va ordnance depot. James K Wilson a warrant officer Fort McPherson Ga. Cleophas C Burnett private 62nd service squadron air corps Brooks Field Texas. Burns discharged now living Scranton Pa. Burns and Martin saved themselves by risking death from an explosion at Pig Point Aug 14 1926. Wilson rescued Clyde Quiggney from drowning as boy scout troop master. Burnett rescued two women from danger at Roosevelt Park pool San Antonio Texas.
Dr Fr Herr Kuesemann urges newspapers to collaborate with politicians to ease international affairs and promote peace. He argues press influence can surpass that of statesmen, condemns inflamed public opinion as war’s cause, and urges editors to favor peace, avoid bias, and push for disarmament through calm public sentiment.
Washington reports in the Smithsonian Institute eighty first annual 1921 release that a narrow ozone trace near the upper atmosphere nearly endangers health yet permits life. Dr C G Abbot notes sun rays cure rickets and a very narrow ultraviolet band sustains growing creatures. Other papers discuss earthquakes, star evolution, parasites in insect control, and heat loss from Earth interior affecting crustal changes.
A plan to educate Virginia tobacco growers and buyers to use United States standard grades begins this year. An official grader will be stationed at a Virginia market, selected jointly by the State Division of Markets and the U S Department of Agriculture, with a small fee charged. The grading aims to standardize grades and prices and teach farmers the most profitable crops, with potential expansion to other tobacco centers and regions offering unbiased grading.
A long reader exchange from New York City to Westfield New Jersey discusses reconciling Genesis with Darwin. The author argues the Bible reveals God and the soul rather than scientific details, urging harmony between Catholics and Protestants, and condemning state power in church affairs while urging fraternal cooperation.
Willem Paul announces a Laborer position in the Bridgeport Post Office with a 2500 annual salary plus 1600 after one year. Applications close October 25. exam date and health certificates required. Other government postings and salaries listed include junior patent examiner and immigrant inspector among various civil service roles.
John B. Willis seventy five of Willis Farms Massachusetts died yesterday on a Pennsylvania railroad train while traveling with Mrs. Willis from Columbus Ohio to their home. Acute indigestion is thought the cause. The body was removed to an undertaking establishment for shipment to Boston. Willis was a retired editor on the Christian Science Monitor staff.
A homing pigeon poem recalls weary wings pausing at Kioum as travelers feed him on a hotel veranda. The speaker notes the bird’s fleet wings and contemplates homeward journeys, ending with a reflection that they too are homing pigeons seeking rest.
In Honolulu on October 16 an Associated Press report says pilot Holbrook Goodale and three other occupants of a commercial plane were killed when the aircraft caught fire and crashed into a cane field near Laie while taking photographs of the Mormon temple.
Stamford October report says Mr. and Mrs. Harry F. Lockwood were overcome by gas from a water heater in their Hope Street home. He phoned police and both were rescued and taken to Stamford Hospital where doctors expected recovery.
Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy through Monday and Tuesday with little temperature change across Northern New England, Eastern New York, and Southern New England. Indications of a tropical disturbance forming over the northwestern Caribbean trigger cautionary shipping advisories from western Cuba to the Yucatan channel. storm warnings extend Punta Gorda to Miami. Pressure patterns show low over western Ontario and high over Canadian maritimes. general outlook calls for fair to partly cloudy skies east of the Mississippi with modest winds and variable directions along the coast.
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