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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1927
Page
5
Fragmented OCR text mentions a purchase of freedom for ten cents and assorted garbled phrases. The readable portions reference a figure of ten cents and a rural or historical setting, but key names, places, dates, or events are not recoverable from the legible text. The piece reads as damaged notes or a puzzle-like clipping with no coherent narrative or identifiable subjects.
Wealthy New York financiers commute by speed yacht or motor boat from Westchester Long Island Connecticut and New Jersey to the New York Yacht Club at Exit 26th Street. Each weekday morning a flotilla lands 30 to 60 mile per hour boats with crews of 3 to 6, returning after market close. The fleet includes the Teaser and numerous named yachts with owners such as J P Morgan and Otto H Kahn, also offering weekend trips to Newport and other resorts.
An editorial discusses aging, fasting, and rejuvenation myths noting worms respond to alternate feeding but humans cannot be rejuvenated by starvation. It cites fasting can aid growth in undernourished children and warns against misleading health claims while answering readers about weight loss and milk intake before bed.
Bridgeport Telegram readers may write Dr Frank McCoy with their intimate problems and receive a personal reply. Enclose a self addressed envelope if a personal reply is desired, addressed to Dr Frank McCoy at Bridgeport Telegram.
A series of birth notices from Brooklyn and surrounding streets lists several families welcoming new daughters and sons. Names include Joseph and Anna Nell, Alfonsa Tut, Mory Tut, Steven Kestenko, George Lurix, Frank Shomsky, Hugh Cittuna, Jim Hery, Daritel Conisy, Felix Christine Folly, Mary Pluchine City four, and Gattfried Federcleu with various New York addresses such as 144 North Washington Avenue, 677 Arctic Street, 100 Bishop Avenue, 1902 East Main Street, 26 Culhoun Avenue, 989 Tiowud, 144 Lexington Avenue, and Flushing LI NY.
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