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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1921
Page
8
Public notice text from The Bridgeport Telegram and The Post Publishing Co stating subscription rates and delivery options. Mentions advertisers and offices, with standard AP news role and circulation audit.
A fragmentary verse piece by John Kendrick Bangs explores youth and aging with a shifting mood from defiance to hopeful awakening. The speaker vows to deny youth’s loss until a future dawn reveals truth and renewal.
A garbled editorial note string riffs on temper, rent, and political topics. It mocks landlords with playful lines, contemplates Russia's consternation, hints at America's wet vote risk, and jests about fashions and disarmament, peppered with unrelated musings and odd quotations.
A readable collage of reader inquiries and notes across subjects. It includes requests for recipes with pickled peaches, the origin of cannel coal’s name, brick cleaning for stucco, and cotton price trends. Also contains a question about the Oswager queen of England and snippets on Shakespearean references and other curiosities.
The Bridgeport Hydraulic Company argues rising taxes and maintenance while income stalls. It says reservoir expansion funds are exhausted, threatening the city’s growth and water supply unless rates are adjusted for large users. Public praise for foresight contrasts with calls to protect homeowners.
Alfred V. Lincoln of Charlestown Mass leaves 7500 dollars to begin after ten years, accruing for 90 years, to replace trees citywide starting 2021. His son notes the aim is to boost property values and attract better tenants with shaded sidewalks and uniform streetscape across the district.
Dean Wound and partners sponsor a Cleveland Foundation study series on modern criminal laws and courts starting with The Criminal Court. Norman Hapgood criticizes outdated criminal law, cites professional criminals and political lawyers, praising Connecticut and Vermont judiciary traditions amid calls for reform.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Briggs J remarking on humor and a market report. A character boasts about money needs and plans to pressure another for cash. The exchange touches on finances, luck, and social pressure with scattered, unclear names and phrases.
In a tense confrontation Cecelia learns Greg deceived her and vows vengeance. Kathy shares shock as Cecelia contemplates drastic action while Buchanan’s kindness twists into pain. Chapter X hints at a bargaining turn as Loungewhetted drama drives toward resolution.
Cecelie Vanstone faces heartbreak as Buchanan struggles to reveal a past mistake. Torn by love and class boundaries, he contemplates telling all or keeping silent to spare her pride. Cecelie, furious and wounded, confronts the truth at the hotel, while Kathy learns Cecelie plans to depart with their luggage.
A historical report describes a minister proposing a waiterless eatery with self-service elements. Patrons pay admission to a quasi restaurant but face a strict, experimental system designed to deter overeating, described as an acid test in feeding crowds amid controversy.
Riley, a 70 year old resident of No 6Y Howard Street New Haven, was instantly killed this morning in Parkville yards of the New Haven road when a ditching machine swung around and threw him from the ditcher. He was employed as a fireman on the ditcher. Hartford report dated Sept 20.
Police hunt an unknown possibly demented person in Tharme Street after extensive property damage. A 16 foot picket fence at the home of Practitioner Officer Joseph McConnell was broken and a cabbage patch was vandalized with all the cabbage tops cut. No theft occurred, suggesting mischief as motive.
The text asks about preferred spellings and pronunciations for several terms. It questions "Real Simeon Pure" and the pronunciation of Preparedness in four or five syllables, plus defines Shortening and its pronunciation. It notes a sentence about sending regards from Mr. Smith and me and references Austria Hungary Germany and Italy with the Triple Alliance and Great Britain and Russia with the Entente Cordiale.
A dated verse about summer ending and parting with lines recalling romance and memories. The speaker reflects on distant roads and byways, promising to sidestep separation and keep the past alive through a familiar hat and shared summers.
Poem laments heavy city county and state taxes. Narrator frets over financial strain and fears tax collectors will intrude at home. Evokes past times, wartime hardship, and desire for relief from oppressive taxation.
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