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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1925
Page
26
A fragment from the Bridgeport Telegram notes subscription details and Herald style statements. It includes a brief critique of Shakespeare and Benjamin Franklin on plagiarism and language, reflecting the paper's editorial tone and incidental commentary.
The French debt commission led by Joseph Caillaux will meet U.S. officials to discuss repayment terms. French wine houses offered brands to keep delegates content, leveraging diplomatic immunity to ease potential tensions during the talks. Washington hosts eager to win the hand in a refined diplomatic process.
A report from an agricultural foundation notes Connecticut now has 28 more miles of federal aid highways than a year ago. It argues roads ease farmers work by reducing labor hours, compares input costs, and critiques propaganda tied to federal road funding while noting Connecticut funded more than it received back.
Fragmentary notes discuss alleged authorship of an epitaph linked to Benjamin Franklin. The text cites a Latin epitom created by London bookseller Jacob Forsen and mentions a 1786 death, with debate over who authored the original lines and related claims about attribution.
A mis-spelled judicial statement by Irland leads to a six month jail sentence for damaging an automobile. The article blasts the absurdity of the written confession and criticizes court officials and public figures, lampooning respect for literacy and culture in America.
A collage of lighthearted classroom vignettes and school humor. Includes jokes about teachers pupils and daily school life with brief quips about recess desks chalkboards and friendships. Notable lines touch on first day anxieties student crushes and mischief in a playful tone.
A distorted critique portrays a reform speaker railing against crime and vice while furtively drinking bootleg liquor. The piece conveys hypocrisy as his stern sermons clash with his own indulgence and the audience mocks his moral posturing.
Traders are invited to contribute original humorous sketches poems and anecdotes. Accepted material will be paid from 3 to 10 dollars per contribution and 23 cents to 1 dollar per line for poetry. Unaccepted manuscripts are not returned and all must be written on one side and addressed to Mun Shan Headquarters Bridgeport Telegram.
Hartford report states Governor Trumbull did not order the state police to Willimantic. Police were deployed without a formal request, following discussions with labor federation officials on the strike settlement. Superintendent Hurley confirmed no governor request was received for police duty at Willimantic.
A reflective verse-like piece critiques a person's ignorance and self worth. It notes how pride affects learning, sympathy for the weak, and reliance on prayer. It ends with a claim that his redemption lies on a path toward greater usefulness and responsibility.
Partly cloudy in eastern New York with unsettled conditions Thursday. Northern and southern New England expect showers on Thursday with little temperature change. cooler in parts of the Middle Atlantic and interior New England. Winds northeast to east from Sandy Hook to the mid Atlantic coast with moderate to fresh speeds.
A reader cites Walter Bailey and Evelyn Cheesman on butterfly and moth feeding and egg laying instincts. The letter discusses insect senses, smells, and lure techniques such as a molasses rum mix used to attract night fliers, noting Prohibition era practices and past cider-making scenes. The Town Philosopher signs off.
The piece notes Missouri leans Republican in national and state politics, with Senator Reed as a rare Democratic holdout. It cites Connecticut legislators with long tenures as parallels and mentions Waterbury Mayor Gurfoile’s debt plans focusing on sewers. Primaries loom across New York, Massachusetts and Wisconsin next Tuesday.
Sept 8 special editions report Republican caucuses in Ridgefield and Greenwich naming slates for October town offices. Ridgefield nominees include E. N. Bailey first selectman and Jesse L. Benedict as treasurer and town deposit fund agent. Greenwich nominates Edward F. Connor assessor and Henry F P Crawford town clerk. other posts list several candidates and committees.
Stephen Iwoshozaain of 685 Hast Main Street was bound over to the September term of the Superior court on $500 bond for theft of $78 on August 4. The cases of Salvatore Scrosani 17 of 02 Lexington Avenue Carmine Corea 62 Lexington Avenue and Annie Mates of 12 Lexington Avenue from a street brawl at 12 Lexington Avenue were continued to September 12. Scrosani and Corea posted bonds while Mates could not.
The cases of Joseph C. Miller, Nicholas Dizenzo, Carman Gatto, and Alfred Jepson were continued until tomorrow after arrests on breach of peace linked to Ruth Barry's confession. Spirus Junopetos case was moved to September 1. Parking cases were disposed of with eleven nolled on payment of $1.
David Belasco argues against excessive temperaments in business, theatre, and sports, urging self restraint among stars and leaders. He cites Sothern Johnson and Depew as modest exceptions and calls for humility and collective good over ego and selfishness.
An editor's sermon distinguishes two mindsets, pushers who work to improve themselves and society, and complainers who blame others or institutions. It champions self discipline, hard work, honesty, and optimism, urging readers to push forward, reform what they can, and avoid doom-sayers.
Harold Wildman eighteen of Bethel and Louiis Kuhn of Danbury were fined in court for transporting liquor without a permit. State police officers stopped a truck headed to Danbury carrying beer 3.6 percent alcohol. Wildman paid 100 dollars plus 120 dollars costs. Kuhn 200 dollars plus 26.12 dollars costs, per Judge William C. Sanford.
Stamford Sept 8 Special Feter Gumkosk of 37 Manor Street was sentenced to 30 days in jail by Judge Samuel Young for assaulting his wife and for intoxication and breach of the peace. The judge suspended the sentence if the couple separated. Gumkoskis was arrested after his wife filed complaint, released on bail, then drove his wife out again and was re arrested and held until arraignment.
C A Willard secretary of the Industrial Bureau and Robert A Crosby secretary of the Chamber of Commerce will leave Bridgeport Friday for a two day conference of the New England Association of Commercial Executives in Holyoke Massachusetts at the Hotel Northampton Crosby will address the meeting on the benefits of a local industrial exposition and how it may be conducted.
Boston police arrested 11 men in the Chinese district amid Tong hostility tensions. Officers said gambling in games described as cow and fan tan were interrupted and about 500 dollars was seized from the tables during the raid conducted this afternoon.
Arlington cemetery receives victims of the Shenandoah tragedy as funeral rites are planned for Lt Cmdr Zachary Lansdowne at Fort Myer with a military escort. Separate grave services for Lt E Wherpard follow while Rear Admiral Dyson reports the collapse stemmed mainly from diagonal bracing failure.
The eighth convention of the National Federation of Federal Workers endorsed employing civilian physicians in the canal zone over army doctors. It also authorized study of a home for retired employees and to press Washington on proper wage rates for canal zone federal workers.
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