Bridgeport Telegram Established 1821
Bridgeport Telegram, established 1821, details subscription rates by mail paid in advance. Published daily except Sunday by The Post Publishing Co. Open day and night. Milford and Fairfield patrons wired access with direct telephone to place ads or news items. Milford 1257 Fairfield 630-140. The paper is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Associated Press.
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the Post Publishing CO
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Milford
Fairfield
Audit Bureau of Circulation
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Associated Press
USA
Herat
Zero Hour in New York City Political Turmoil
A chaotic preview of New York politics centers on Mayor Hylan, Tammany Hall, and rival figures as the Telegram promises to reveal how Hylan’s fate in the primaries may alter the 1928 Democratic field. The piece notes Smith and Hearst entering the scene and weighs national interest in the local power struggle.
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Higian
Tammany and Smith
New York
New York Ech
Hylan
Tammany
Thius
Senator Walker
Governor Smith
William M Randolph Hearst
Smith
Heart
Hearst
Delafield Warns Cuts Endanger National Defense
Brigadier General John Ross Delafield, chief of the Reserve Officers Association, writes to 95,000 reserve officers stressing that possible cuts in army funding would harm national defense. He argues cuts would burden the national guard and reserves, warn of dangerous consequences, and says budget actions may actually strengthen defense by removing dead weight.
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John Ross Delafield
National Guard
Delafield
Reserve Officers’ Association
United States
Lord
Coolidge
United
General Desatiela
America
Straw hats endure past Labor Day in warm seaside days
Readers are urged not to abandon straw hats after Labor Day as summer lingers. The piece mocks fashion fear, praising individuality while noting sun, warmth, and buzzing mosquitos on hillside scenes. It contrasts straw hats with felt caps worn for formal custom.
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Suelly
Flying Senator Hiram Bingham Interprets Aerial Needs
President Coolidge taps Senator Hiram Bingham as interpreter for Congress on aviation development. Bingham, wartime aircraft service colonel, will carry technical facts to the next session and lend authority to calls for faster progress.
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Coolidge
Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
Congress
Bingham
A Real Champion Bobby Jones of Atlanta
Bobby Jones stands as a model amateur and golf great praised by judges as possibly the best American player of all time. He refuses lucrative offers, works for a living, and considers himself a failure only in golf, highlighting a refreshing contrast to wealthy pros. The piece mixes aphorisms and jokes on society and personality.
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Bobby Jones
Atlanta
America
Jones
Sentence Sermons on Progress and Conscience
A fragmented reflection on progress and ideals. It argues that true advancement requires persistent effort guided by conscience, not comfort from influential friends or self satisfaction with incomplete achievements. The text contrasts moral integrity with profit at the expense of principles.
Fun Shop Humor and Short Story Course Notes
A collage of jokes, cartoons, and a short course on story writing from The Fun Shop. It features quips about gender, cars, health fads, a doctor’s warnings, playful banter among characters, and a mock lesson in writing suspense with a heroic rescue. Includes prize-based submission details for readers.
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I. C
Harold
Helene
John
Pinis
Anl
The Fair Recalled Through Childhood Eyes
A nostalgic poem recalls childhood trips to the fair after dawn, with vivid images of pink lemonade, a gaudy Midway, fresh autumn air, and the joy of sharing the event with friends. As age deepens, the speaker feels grown up yet nostalgic for simpler times and the happiness the fair brings.
Weather forecast for Eastern and New England areas today
Partly cloudy conditions persist Tuesday and Wednesday with little temperature change. Disturbance east of Nova Scotia and a trough to the Virginia coast bring showers and thunderstorms in the Atlantic states. Cooler air moves into the Middle and North Atlantic regions with fair conditions in the northeast forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday. Winds vary from northwest to north along the coast. High and low tide times listed.
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New York
New England
Nova Scotia
Virginia
Atlantic States
Middle
North Atlantic
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Guest Goes With Hosts Gold Watch Reported Missing
Mrs. Willam Walter of 339 Coring ton Avenue reported to police that a guest from Richmond, Virginia stayed overnight at her home. Before dawn the guest left, and her husband’s gold watch left on the bureau was missing.
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Willam Walter
Corington Avenue
Richmond
Oldest Mason Dies at 107 in Missouri
Dr. Joseph Singer Halsteat, eldest Freemason in the United States and possibly the world, died at his Breckinridge home at 107. Born Lexington March 4, 1818, he served as family physician to Henry Clay and joined Breckenridge lodges No. 334. His wife, a Kentucky governor’s niece, died in April at 95.
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St, Joseph
Joseph Singer Halsteat
United States
Breckinridge Buncay Night
Henry Clay
Lexington
Breckenridge
Four Bridgeport Drivers Lose Licenses in State Action
The State Motor Vehicles department suspended the automobile licenses of four Bridgeport drivers and returned licenses to six others. Suspended are Ruben Stone of Jackson Avenue, Arthur Ochlin of Noble Avenue, Harry Jacobs of Boat Main Street, and Michael Master of Willard Street. Returned licenses belong to Andrew Verra Ridge Avenue, Owght Hendrick Stratford Avenue, John Barnwell East Main Street, Louis Titkoff James Street, Morria Miller Capitol Avenue, and David Knapp Barnum Avenue.
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Bridgeport
State Motor Vehicles Department
Ruben Stone
Jackson Avenue
Arthur Ochlin
Noble Avenue
Harry Jacobs
Boat Main Street
Michael Master
Willard Street
Andrew_ Verra
Ridge Avenue
Owght Hendrick
Stratford Avenue
John Barnwell
East Main Street
Louis Titkoff
James Street
Morria Miller
Capitol Avenue
David Knapp
Barnum Avenue
Dr. Henry R. Carter Dies U S Official
Dr. Henry R. Carter assistant surgeon general of the United States died at his Washington home after a long illness. Born in 1852 in Virginia he founded the maritime quarantine system and was nominated for the Nobel Prize for work on yellow fever.
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Washington
Henry R. Carter
United States
Carolina County
Virginia
Carter
The Morgue Lesson From Liquor’s Grim Toll
A narrator guides his nephews through a morgue scene to teach a moral about alcohol. They read of a man who ignored warnings, drank forty drops, and died, a cautionary tale framed by the grim setting and grim consequences.
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Meg
May or May Be Cullinan Looms In Political Pointers
The piece notes mounting support for Democrat Thomas M. Cullinan as a mayoral candidate with a toss up between Cullinan and Behrens amid conflicting district jockeying. It also covers Norwalk GOP battles for tax collector re‑election, multi precinct contests, and rumors of women candidates in town offices.
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Thomas M. Cullinan
Cullinan
Behrens
Norwalk
Robert G. Mitchell
Rawayton
East Norwalk
Lawrence Paul
Ellis Howard
Coolidge appoints two ministers to Dominican Republic and Siam
Evan E. Young of South Dakota named minister to the Dominican Republic while William T. Russell of Washington, D C, is named minister to Siam. Young is serving in the state department as chief of the bureau.
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Evan E. Young
South Dakota
Dominican Republic
White House
William T. Russell
District of Columbia
Siam
Young
Stats Department
Anti aircraft guns test hits defense goals in 1925 study
A report on Fort Tilden trials details methods to defend key sites from air attack. Tests August 17 and 18 show anti aircraft batteries achieving 5.8 percent hit rate using a Martin bomber tow target. Major figures and officers from coast artillery and air service attended.
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62Nd Coast Artillery Regiment
Fort Tilden
Far Rockaway
N. N
Johnson Hagood
2Nd Coast Artillery District
Frank W. Coe
Coast Arilery
James Z T. Fecher
Air Service
Hugh Drum
General Staff
C. F P. Hughes
Logan Feland
Marine Corps
Jamies B. Mitchell
Coast Artillery Corps
Summerall
Second Corps
Dallar
The Defenders of the Faith by Dr. Fra
A 1925 essay argues faith grows within the common mind, resisting both attacks and defenses. It likens faith to a hidden leaven, expanding with human insight and life. The piece contends true conviction comes from demonstrable virtue, not argument or weaponized defense.
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Fra
Bryan
Constantine
Wietzsches
Spiners
Tom Paines
Ingersols
Mailand
America’s fire loss rises in 1924 totals
San Antonio reports that America's fire loss surpassed 550 million dollars in 1924 despite more fire resistant buildings. Fire marshals, led by North Carolina insurance commissioner Wade, note over seventeen thousand deaths and classify losses by cause: carelessness 360 million, defective flues and chimneys 20.8 million, stoves and furnaces 18.7 million, defective electric wiring 12 million.
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San Antonio
Texas
America
Fire Marshals Association
Fn North America
Wade
North Carolina
Forty Hours Devotion Ends at St Stephens Church
The Forty Hours devotion closes this morning at St Stephens Church with a large turnout for Holy Communion. Unmarried ladies will receive at 5 30 am and school children at 8 am. About fifty Hungarian priests from across the country will join Rev Stephen Chernitsky and Rev Aloysius Geist for the closing ceremonies and discussions. St Stephens hosts the state’s only Hungarian priests.
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St. Stephena’ Church
Stephen ¥. Chernitsky
Aloysius Geist
Dev
Shoe Makers File Bankruptcy Under Creditors Claim
Boston September 14 AP In line with a stockholders vote last Saturday Hennessey Maxwell and Hennessey of Lynn filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. Liabilities are 147 586 and assets 99 946. Largest unsecured creditor is A A Henneseay of Lynn at 41 300 and largest secured is Kasex Trust dios of Lenn at 35 000.
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Boston
Hennessey, Maxwell and Hennessey
Lynn
A. A. Henneseay
Kasex Trust
Dios of
Lenn
Block printing demonstration at Howland Dry Goods
Block printing by hand, an old world craft brought to the United States by Otter Williams corporation, is shown on Howland Dry Goods third floor this week. E. F. Williams directs the display and printing of colored cretonne designs, with a lecture planned Friday afternoon.
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Otter Williams Corporation
Howland Dry Goods Company
Williams
Cretonne
Howland's
Bridgeport
Former Minister to Peking Dies
London dispatch reports the death of Sir John Jordan former British minister in Peking and League of Nations advisory committee member. Born September 5 1862 in Balloo Ireland he was knighted in 1920 after leading the Peking legation for four years and served on the opium commission opposing smuggling for smoking.
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London
John Jordan
Peking
League of Nations Advisory Committee
China Association
Balleo
County Down
Ireland
John
League of Nations Opium Commission
Hunt bandits who got relief funds
Police hunt for robbers who held up Joseph Bearman secretary treasurer of the Eastern District Relief association Brooklyn and stole $11,050. The hold up occurred near Bearman s home yesterday but officials refused to disclose details.
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New York
Joseph Bearman
Eastern District Relief Association
Brooklyn
Bearman
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