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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1921
Page
8
The Bridgeport Telegram claims continuous operation at Metropolitan Tower New York and announces daily publication by The Post Publishing Co with 140 Middle Street Bridgeport. It notes Associated Press reprint rights and a local circulation audit.
The verse traces a traveler along highways finding strength in friendship and love amid wealth and storm. It reflects on trouble as a blessing shaping character while clouds darken life and resilience is forged on life’s anvil.
A garbled review of public life mixes jokes about profits religion and fashion with scattered phrases. It mentions Fishermen reports Alfalfa crops nickel cigars and a phonograph claim while spuriously touching on Lenin Chaplin and Chicago marriages in a chaotic, daytime newspaper collage.
Readers are urged to Write for information from The Telegram Information Bureau directed by Frederick Tlaskin Washington 2 D Ite offers services strictly to information and not advice on medical or financial matters. Include full name and address with two stamps for return postage.
An iconosiast is described as one who attacks cherished beliefs or images, while an iconoplast is a maker of images. The text contrasts the breaker of icons with the creator of images, noting the distinction between attacking and creating in historical terms.
Bridgeport faces a noon deadline as jitney clubs must stop operating after injunction dissolution. The trolley company regains field temporarily though legal battles continue. Jitneys proved faster and cheaper, challenging a fixed 19 cent fare and urging service adjustments over forceful measures.
Article argues for state and national wireless police networks to broadcast stolen car descriptions from local stations. It cites New York PD already using wireless alerts and urges standard equipment and signals to enable rapid cross jurisdictional cooperation against modern thieves.
The article urges safeguarding native blooms from Arbutus to Fringed Gentian and Sea-pink Sabbatia. It notes legal gaps for Gentian protection, the Gentian seeds’ fragility, and threats from harvesting and habitat loss. It highlights seeds’ remarkable biology and the Pilgrims era link in a call for memorial protection.
A driver named Augustus Batt, after purchasing a car, sped through a busy thoroughfare attracting a crowd. Witnesses say he rammed a crowded unit before crashing. Police should detain such reckless drivers to prevent further harm.
An immense electric shovel, billed as the world's largest, digs through ore banks in Cornwall and Wyoming. Operated by a single worker, it can bite 12 tons of ore in about 45 seconds and move 4500 tons of earth daily, powered by 1000 volt electricity and advanced winch and dipper systems.
A lyric dated tribute by Berton Braley speaks in tentative, humorous tones about whether the speaker should praise a reader or a unknown beloved. The verse muses on recognition and the risk that poetic effort may be wasted if it misses the intended taste or target.
The text outlines the ill fated union of Lord Byron and Anne Isabella Milbanke, detailing temperamental clashes, infidelity rumors, and mutual incompatibility. It notes Byron's volatile temperament and Milbanke's moral pinioning, leading to a marriage arranged amid romantic tension and eventual estrangement.
A sensational sports scene unfolds as the famed mermaid Miss Milla Gade, recently noted for a record breaking run Albany to New York, visits New York and appears in Madison Square Garden exhibitions. The event highlights include a display of aquatic prowess and an invitation from Tex Mekard to join an upcoming contest in Garden.
The Coburg theater announces the premiere of an opera titled The Two Tools by composer Rarsyesy Cueruts van UWoerst. The work will be staged at Aula Banet van Trost La with Partelle’s daughter, the American consul general in Uohwige, in attendance.
Cecelie and Kathy discuss Cecelie's hopes for marriage to Buchanan and Tim’s role, while Cecelie aims to please and keep her sister happy. Across town Jonathans and Philip attend a show as Roger, May, and Louise attend with mixed feelings and social tension.
The scene in a hotel lounge centers on Roger, his rumored ties with Mind Vanstone, and Louise’s anxious push to reveal truths. Tension erupts as Roger resists accusations while Louise cites Rosa Desra as a test of trust, amid Roger’s growing fury and looming confrontations.
In Vienna on September 10 Professor Way ner Juaregs warns hypnosis is a dangerous tool in untrained hands. A sixteen year old girl, previously healthy eleven months ago, suffered hysteria convulsions and rage after repeated hypnotic sessions by a lay practitioner. Police are notified as the case joins two others in nine months.
A garbled note list asks about present participles and verb forms from a quiz. It mentions how to speak of a can of sardines and asks for the present participle of die, with partial references to a Friday quarrel and a Portuguese term for a kind of jam. It also hints at a song text and a composer.
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