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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1921
Page
6
Scan of Bridgeport Telegram page shows office details and subscription rates, plus a long list of editorial notes and satirical quips. The fragment includes mis-spellings, partial sentences, and scattered ad lines, reflecting a daily newspaper page with light features and crowding content.
A Telegram reader criticizes an editorial on taxing toys citing 1914 and 1920 figures, argues for equal protection against imports, notes toy makers' layoffs and related supplier impacts, and cites Germany imposing quotas while the US keeps low duties. The letter claims broad American purchasing power and warns of manufacturing decline if conditions persist.
Attorney General Geer a Daugherty states the difference between breaking law and changing it. He argues laws must be observed and enforced until repeal through legislative action, and citizens should seek change via proper constitutional channels. The duty to respect the law is emphasized as the nation’s standard.
A fragment on Wilhelm Hohenzollern donning his glittering uniforms again as the last autocrat. The note recalls Pascal’s view that vanity is man’s great enemy and cites the doomed rulers who fed unease and wrecked empires.
All Italy honors Dante as readings of his poems reveal a dreamer detached from vanities yet Dante was deeply partisan in Florentine politics and once faced a death sentence for his beliefs. The article notes posters and poems praising his life and asks if he understood the true scope of the trea.
Herbert Hoover warns hard times stem from Europe and urges reliance on neighbor prosperity and U S commercial skill. The piece cites Walter Lichtenstein urging a 10 percent return on capital, predicts 19 percent gains for some firms, and critiques high taxes. It also notes progress in remote areas with modern amenities for cowpunchers and a plan to build a million-dollar hotel by Greek immigrant bootblacks. The Uninvited discusses Holland Belgium seeking inclusion in the Washington disarmament conference and Harding’s need to keep the peace party manageable.
Counterfeiters grow active as the dollar's buying power rises, with a notable sample imitating a Federal Reserve Bank of New York note. The fake is printed on two sheets with silk thread strands between and a blue back instead of green. A creole always overlooks a bet.
A 16 year old in Plainfield New Jersey bobs her hair provoking a family dispute that ends with police involvement. The piece contrasts tenor of modern youth fashion with past fashions and notes tariff debates and general social change.
Violet Ingleby, a pretty shop girl and accidental witness to a fatal theatre district accident, rescues baby Ronnie. Ronald Hastings, the child’s supposed father, reappears with a calculated charm while Violet endures hunger and threat, planning to keep the boy as her own amid looming public and legal pressures. More pages depict Olive Hale weighing support against Violet, not wanting to risk her own safety, as Violet confronts Hastings and contemplates her next move.
A proposal suggests using X rays to assess physiological age for school placement. The method would measure skeletal maturity in the wrist cartilages to classify children by development rather than by years, with Dr Rotch of Harvard endorsing it as a potential tool though not yet widely adopted.
The poem contrasts two unreliable cars a gem like modern wagon and a red rusted clunker. It mocks expensive features yet praises a simple dependable car that runs, while auto sellers use fancy refinements to lure buyers. The narrator recalls nine sons and repeats the refrain the good car is the car that runs.
Bruce Simonds, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Dwight Simonds of 389 Norman Street, returns home Friday aboard the Rotterdam from Plymouth after studying in Paris under Monsieur d Indy and in London under Mat thay. He won the Chappelle Medal at the Matthay school of music and gave concerts in Paris and London. He will lecture on the History of Music with Yale School of Music this fall. Mouster of Indy plans a U.S. tour conducting major orchestras. Simonds may join as accompanist.
A heated confrontation unfolds as a woman pleads for the return of a man named Ronnie, insisting she will do anything to reclaim him. Hastings console resolves with gentle words and cautious restraint as the scene escalates.
The Hemlocks Home for Sick Children invites visitors all day to view the convalescent facility. Managed by Mrs. Kenneth Wylie McNett with a committee, it has operated despite funding troubles and hosts to showcase charity work. The home, opened by the Visiting Nurse Association, houses twenty children and serves as a respite for two weeks to a month.
Philadelphia reports of Sousa’s deafness draw denial as he jokes about hearing the dinner bell. The Sousa Band of nearly 200 will perform in the city on Monday September 14 at the Catsino. William S Hart visits Poli's Theatre for three days in The Whistle a story of a factory foreman facing injustice a dramatic screen piece. The vaudeville opener features the Lighterer Sisters and Newton Alexander in Bridgeport.
A reader asks about correct usage of near obsolete terms like proximic and ultima and phrases like Mondsy proximo. It discusses horizon pronunciation and the phrase anti-phio gistic, plus pronoun agreement with singular antecedents and accents in positively and Walngscoting wood used for paneling walls.
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