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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1920
Page
12
The Fragmented OCR shows aBridgeport publishing house and Associated Press copyright notice. It includes references to Peoples Gas, Penton, Barnom, and routine open hours for departments, with a column "A LINE G CHEER" by John Kendrick Bangs. The page blends ad lines, staff credits, and poetry about cheer.
A fragmented editorial snapshot discusses campaign tactics and everyday quirks, noting the push for views on weathered issues, New Haven headlines, and changing minds at voting machines. It mentions Paris sponges for hats, counterfeit wills, and limited wartime casualty figures from a navy inquiry.
Dr Josephine Lawton one of the few women dentists in the area is linked to the Welfare building dental clinic where children and adults receive needed care. The item notes her role with the local dental clinic serving the community.
New York Oct 27 The Savoy Arms corporation today passed dividends on common and second preferred shares. It has paid $4.25 percent quarterly on both classes.
Dr George Strayer of Columbia University critiqued Bridgeport's city scene before the Chamber of Commerce. He noted crowded basements and underfunded schools while praising street pavements and urging citizen involvement, especially voters, to boost the school system.
A child was bitten by a copperhead near Bridgeport but experts say copperheads are a rare find in this part of Connecticut. Most serpents here are harmless garter or black snakes, with copperheads and the rattlesnake being exceptions.
The Telegram asserts Everett J. Lake will likely win the Connecticut governorship, praising his character and self made success. It notes Rollin A. Tyler as a capable opponent hampered by party label and local anonymity, arguing Lake offers aggressive liberal leadership for the state ahead.
A opinion piece debates using oil versus coal for power citing limited oil supply and long coal availability. It quotes Floyd W. Parsons and M. L. Requa from the Saturday Evening Post urging discovery of a substitute lubricant to avoid commercial chaos and national subjugation.
Stewart Edward White laments how his Leopard Woman story was trimmed for film. He notes the book runs 434 pages with 424 pages of backstory reduced to four and a half reels. He jokes that great authors might learn to write differently if they could see modern cinema.
Bridgeport reports include Nelson Noble and family retirement from Howe Sewing in Glasgow after years in the city. Peter Hunt fatally injured, likely in a car accident returning from a New Haven parade. Local politics show Garfield voting strength but potential fraud concerns. Medical society meeting in Danbury discusses Rocky Mountain health benefits and cataract operations. A Brass Factory dispute erupts between Democrats and Republicans over accusations of deceit. An entertainment fundraiser for the Orphan Asylum is postponed. Bridgeport Republicans parade in New Haven, led by militia units and Garfield supporters. Nomination shifts place David M. Stead in line for Democratic representation. An accident injures Andrew M. Gregory, coal cart incident. Attendance urged for Opera House meeting and White organization events.
A reflective verse recounts a year of troubles and tears. The speaker recalls grim times, laments a political and personal upheaval, and imagines a future reunion to measure change. The piece blends sorrow with stoic wit as it questions what once caused despair.
A jumble of items from a 19th or early 20th century local page appears, including meeting notes of a knitters group, a fatal train incident involving a 15 year old girl named Henrietta Liehy, stockholders lists for a new parallel road with many named individuals, brief obituaries and social notes. The column references Harding Cox, Bryan and Tyler, Bridgeport, Norwalk, and several clubs or associations, with a few poems and song lines by James Whitcomb Riley.
Poem urges a child to laugh and sing at all times and cherish joy despite life’s cares. Emphasizes sharing happiness with others, enjoying nature, and keeping a hopeful, carefree outlook from morning to night.
A reader’s Q and A covers war casualty totals from France to the United States, convict labor in public works across states, wood repair methods for mahogany, making apple sauce, the American Kennel Club's federal supervision, sake as Japan’s rice wine, copper chloride blue flame, Belgium’s national power, the 1839 Big Wind in Ireland, a note on song birds, and the deepest ocean depth near Gaum Island.
The Bridgeport Telegram promotes a free pamphlet titled 500 Useful Books from the American Library Association. It claims reading these works can boost earning power for workers, urging readers to submit name and address to receive the copy.
A vivid scene depicts a young woman in the Hudson Terminal New York handing out coins to crowds as she makes change. The image frames wealth and aristocracy, while the crowd smiles and moves on. The vignette highlights the labor of small monetary exchange in a bustling urban setting.
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