The Bridgeport Telegram Masthead and Ad Line
A fragmented OCR reading shows the Bridgeport Telegram masthead with subscription rates, advertising representatives, and references to The Associated Press. It includes a poem fragment "A Line O' Cheer" by John Kendrick Bangs and various distribution notes and address lines.
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Csthe. Post Burlashing CO
AWO
Middle Street
Beldgeport
Conn
Wabars Audit Bureau of Circulation
Vis
IRS
Associated Press
Chaotic Editorial Fragments Spark Confusion Across Topics
A jumble of notes touches on Cubs closing in, DarH staying open, Christmas snoppins, Sonny Sacpart, hunting season in Maine, mail voting, Burleson delivering ballots, coal strikes, Boston College entertainment, MacSwiney feeding, remittance enforcement as a burlesque, and a murdered bank messenger. The disjointed clipping suggests scattered editorials and local chatter without a clear single topic.
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Maine
Burleson
Honduras
Boston College
Sidewalk Snapshots J. R. Hayes New Clerk at Melgr Company
J R Hayes of 30 Hartal Avenue is employed as a new clerk at the Melgr company. He is widely known to thousands of men in the city who visit the establishment to purchase clothes.
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J. R. Bayes
J. R Hayes
Hartal Avenue
Melgr Company
New Clerk
World War Hospital Now Used for Children in France
Boulogne sur Mer France Oct 17 The old English hospital camp at Cimbra west Etaples once costing millions has been taken over by the French government and opened as a recreational camp for underfed trench children from devastated regions. There are 6 086 girls aged up to 16 at Camiers and after July 15 6 090 boys will follow.
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Boulogne Surmer
France
Cimbra
West Etaples
Camiers
Washington
Bryan
Wailetree
Mr. Bryan
Cox
Bil
Bryn
Mr. Taft
Aldermen to Adjourn After Short Meeting Tonight
Acting on the mayor's suggestion the Board of Aldermen will likely adjourn soon. Officials say the move is part of a plan to influence voter registration as new voters are being worked into the process.
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Board of Aldermen
Feminine Timidity and Courage in Historical View
The essay discusses St. Teresa of Avila and the idea of masculine courage versus feminine timidity. It argues timidity is not weakness and that feminine timidity can protect future generations. The piece notes women’s protective instinct, the role of motherhood, and contrasts with when combat is required.
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St. Teresa
Who Is to Blame in a Wartoon Carton Debate
A Saturday Evening Post cartoon by Herbert Johnson satirizes voter apathy and alleged electoral fraud. The scene shows a politician figure stabbing Government Control with a fork while three thin voters exit: Too busy to vote, Too lazy to vote, Too refined to vote. The writer argues for two honest votes per venal vote to offset fraud.
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Saturday Evening Post
Herbert Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Adel
Crbck
Debs Rejects Moscow Program From Atlanta Penitentiary
Debs, Socialist presidential candidate, declares in his Atlanta cell that adopting the Leninist Third International would destroy the Socialist Party in America. He notes the Moscow plan clashes with American institutions and the realities of life, dismissing catastrophic revolution as a failed theory.
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America
Lenine
Nes
Eugene V. Debs
Atlanta
Socialist Party
Lemine, Troteky, and ‘Company
Moscow
Eebs
Americans
United States
Debs
Russia
Trotzky
White Horses and the Vanishing Equine Lore
Milton reflects on the decline of white and piebald horses as motors replace them in Bridgeport and beyond. He notes social quirks and superstitions tied to white horses, such as spitting for luck and odd cures for whooping cough, and laments that the old days are passing as horses become rare.
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Yesteryear
Bridgeport
England
Wexford
Chicago
Common Blessings Walt Says Teeth Loss Satire
A narrative poem fragment explores deprivation after tooth loss, contrasting neighbors who enjoy steak and bread with the speaker's liquid diet and slush. The speaker recalls past fangs, contemplates nature’s gifts, and notes a dentist promising tortoiseshell teeth before geese migrate south.
Nonsense Health Quips and Odd Food Folklore
A long fragment showcases humorous, dubious claims about Boston baked beans, New Orleans bacon, Chicago horseradish, and Philadelphia cats, presented as light reader anecdotes. The piece riffs on humorous measurements, outlandish demonstrations, and exaggerations without asserting solid facts.
Apathy Marked 1908 Presidential Campaign
Special correspondent notes that the 1908 race showed deep political apathy, with Taft and Bryan drawing limited enthusiasm. It highlights labor's mixed role, Hitchcock campaign methods, and a cautious, card-index driven Republican operation shaping Taft's larger electoral win.
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Taft
Bryan
Democratic Party
American Federal of Labor
Gompers
Tan
Iunbor
Organized Labor
American Federation
National Labor Union
Seights of Labor
Federation
Segomaptiah
Farmer-labor
Hitensock
Hitchcock
Democrate
Unicn
Corn on the cob feats and gum plan rumor in New York
A wild column notes New York corn cobs piled toward the Woolworth Building would tower a story high yet topple air currents. It also jokes that chewing gum chewed by a San Francisco girl in a year could have halted the Hindenburg disaster.
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Corn Exchange Bank
Manhattan
Labor Day
Woolworth
Broadway
San Francisco
Hindenburg
Bridgeport Forty Years Ago Highlights and Local Notices
A chronicle from Bridgeport recounts events a generation past with social and civic notes. Election officers, society leaders, and businessmen are named along with upcoming meetings, speeches by General William Pitt Frye, and local developments including factory plans and transportation promotions. Births and deaths are listed for Trumbull Warren and surrounding areas, with community figures featured and a report on the State Teachers Association proceedings.
Question and Answer excerpt on punishment, clothing, and centuries
The text presents a Q A dialogue about hard labor under US law and prison regulations, government departments involved in paper suit demonstrations, storage space for silver dollars, the century question, and when neckties became common in Europe during the French Revolution era. It preserves historical Q A phrasing and entity mentions.
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United States
Questions and Answers From The Public Ledger
A reader asks why First National Bank titles anchor in Salt Lake City and notes a liquidated bank with that name. The treasury says two First National banks existed in Utah, but the title was not required. The piece also covers dashcens cooking, alien arrivals in 1920, why rice is thrown at weddings, harsh winters in North Dakota and nearby states, and the origin of the swan song phrase with a legend of a dying swan's song.
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First National Bank
Salt Lake City
Treasury Department
Utah
Weather’ Bureau
North Dakota
Montana
Minnesota
New England
New York
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