Bridgeport Telegram Ad Rates and Address Notice
The Bridgeport Telegram announces subscription rates and advertising representation details. Publisher information lists The Post Publishing Co at 340 Middle Street Bridgeport Conn with audit bureau membership and Associated Press rights.
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The Gates of Day Poem by John Kendrick Bangs
A poem by John Kendrick Bangs celebrates dawn as the Gates of Day opening to promise. It speaks of rising at dawn to explore future possibilities and the soul’s wealth found in bold, hopeful pursuit.
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By John Kendrick Bangs
Editorial Notes From A Bygone Political Scene
The column surveys political buzz and social chatter from a past era. It mentions Germany France New York signals cigars diplomats and sports patches with a mock tone about prices crime and a landlord in Chicago. It notes a Cleveland youth deceiving about age in a marriage bid as a sly aside.
Sidewalk Snapshots of Charity Leader Mrs Godman
Mrs Mabel Godman longtime supervisor of social workers in the local Charity department at the Welfare Building is widely known in charity circles for many years of service. She has been associated with the Charity department and has done fine work among the poor of the city.
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The Closing Week Analysis of the 1920 Campaign
The Telegram reviews campaign coverage with Mark Sullivan reporting and notes a Harding Coolidge lead in straw polls and public sentiment. It discusses Senate control, Brandegee’s re election prospects, Everett Lake’s governor bid, and Connecticut political dynamics amid partisan reactions.
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New York
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Everett J. Lake
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Fringed Gentian and Autumn Blossoms in Poetry
The piece discusses Bryant and Burroughs lines on the fringed gentian and other fall blooms. It notes the flower’s September to October bloom, its life’s end with frost, and contrasts poetic license with scientific fact while celebrating autumn's blue blossoms and the season’s images.
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Bryant
Burroughs
New England
Samuel Gompers Mistake in Attacks on Coolidge
A critical editorial argues Gompers misreads Coolidge's role in Boston police strike. It asserts voters in Massachusetts re-elected Coolidge and that condemning him only helps his presidential ticket. It concludes Coolidge’s vice presidential nomination rests on his handling of the strike.
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Calvin Coolidge
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Coolidge
Harding
Gompers
Boston
In a Free Country Clamour and Suffering Noted
The text reflects on political liberty versus despotism, noting that a free country sees much clamour with little suffering while a despotic state produces little complaint. The fragment hints at contrasting governance and public sentiment without specific events or names.
Bridgeport Forty Years Ago From the Standard 1880
Bridgeport items recount a busy day with the Greenbackers rallying near headquarters and a mass meeting in Newtown Avenue. Local accidents include a collision on State Street and a boy’s arm injury near Cornwall Bridge, plus a train scare and porch theft arrests. The article notes rising Housatonic passenger receipts and a grand Orient Chapter wedding anniversary surprise with a 66 piece Lea set and 26 piece china service. The Bridgeport Glee Club performs and a Democratic note defends Frederick Miles against vote manipulation rumors.
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End of profiteering as prices drop for goods
A poem lamenting inflated prices and profiteering, predicting a day of economic restraint. Merchants push reductions on clothing while consumers, weary of excess, resist waste and demand fairer costs. The speaker foresees broad relief as wages and spending normalize.
Disputed Issues Parade in Public Opinion Columns
A sprawling humor piece catalogs mock political questions and satirical endorsements from a Greenwich Village press mockup, featuring garbled quotes about League of Nations tariffs, food prices, and silly policy fancies. It mentions Frederick Miles and notes a Connecticut church conference in Rockville.
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Sue
de Pampillis Press
Greenwich Village
Art Moss
Quill
Red Cross To Hold State Meeting October 27
Bridgeport Red Cross workers will attend the Connecticut state meeting in New Haven on Wednesday. Representatives from 28 chapters will hear Dr Farrand who just returned from Europe. talks by Col Robert E Olds and Dr Edwin Patterson. program at Lampson Lyceum Yale. luncheon at Taft hotel at 1 oclock.
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Red Cross
Bridgeport
New Haven
Connecticut
Farrand
H.S. Bonetts
Avlantic Division
Taft Hotel
Lampson Lycrum
Yale Univerelty
When Morn Brings No Joy You Must Seek Within
A reflective verse asks what if no morning joy or sunlit sign appears and no song greets the ear. It urges inner strength, steadfast duty, and self reliance when life offers little comfort or reward.
Answers to Questions on Work, History and Science
A public Q A column with varied queries on wheelhouse operators pay, Lincoln Highway facts, Babe Ruth a left-handed batter, fur farming, Old Folks at Home as American folk song, sinking stones, Porto Rico US citizenship, making putty, WWI life insurance, sponge origins, The Sudan, and Delaware’s colonial history.
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Babe Ruth
George Harmon Ruth
Bave Rutt
New York Yankees
Suwanee River
$00 Useful Books Boost Your Income Says Library List
Bridgeport Telegram reports the American Library Association offers a free list of useful books to readers seeking greater efficiency and higher earnings. A few hours of reading could increase earning power for life, with a coupon for name and address to obtain the copy.
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Bridgeport Telegram
American Library Association
Name Street and Quantity Details
Fragmentary OCR lists a name, a street, and a quantity of two cul es in an unclear state. No clear event, date, or location is established to confirm a complete item.
Winter Garden Hit by Fire With Minor Damage
New York reports a blaze in the Winter Garden theater causing up to 250000 dollars in damages. Nine firefighters were injured and the fire threatened nearby hotels and theaters. Theater magnate J. G. Shubert was struck by falling glass but declined medical aid.
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Lord Baltimore
Duke of Fork
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Duke of York
New York
G. J. Shubert
Slass
Winter Garden
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