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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1921
Page
4
An alert Paris feature outlines a prolific cocaine trade in Montmartre postwar, with gangs selling the drug at 10 to 60 francs a gram to a broad clientele. It details routes from the Rhine, high profits, and a cafe scene where buyers and sellers mingle amid furtive, worried chatter about addiction and risk.
Fragmentary report notes a clash over the First Offenders Act and potential penalties. Police and lawmakers discuss the use of a preventive detention approach amid concerns about rights and rehabilitation.
Three hundred members of the Ku Klux Klan abducted the editor of a local Shawnee newspaper in Oklahoma, parading through Main Street sites and delivering a warning note. The note urged the paper to publish only pro‑American content and warned against lawbreakers, with additional banners displayed during the car ride.
Bridgeport Republican women denounce Chairman Leonard for not inviting a Bridgeport woman to the Fairfield County Republican Association meeting at Stratfield hotel. Mrs Fleck says neutrality damaged, notes peers in other towns invite female leaders. Bridgeport plans a county women’s association with a September 28 convention in Bridgeport to finalize plans.
Washington dispatch reports President Harding nominates Joseph C. Grew of Massachusetts as minister to Switzerland while also naming John Dintzey of New Jersey, a Corinthian professor, as minister to Denmark.
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