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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1926
Page
12
The piece contrasts 1890s and modern life, noting social shifts from telephones to cars, fashion, and leisure. It highlights grape production changes during Prohibition, with California shipments growing from 16,689 to over 80,000 carloads, and potential wine output rising dramatically if made into wine. Wayne Wheeler comments on primary results aiding dry forces.
The article notes unexpected effects of national prohibition on hops and grapes, highlighting how hop growers in California and New York faced demand collapse and price shocks. It discusses wet and dry reactions, with buyers exhausted previous year’s hop stocks and buyers seeking medicinal hops, while forecasts warn of further shortages and shifting agriculture.
The article notes Governor Fuller of Massachusetts never cashed his pay as governor or other offices and that funds returned to the treasury. It argues public salaries must be set fairly to attract able officials and prevent graft, praising Fuller for returning his pay but saying the gesture lacks significance in a democracy. It also covers a separate aviation accident involving Fonck and a Sikorsky plane, citing accounting of weight and fuel efficiency as factors in the crash.
The article discusses fuel management for heavy aircraft, noting that excess fuel adds dead weight hindering takeoff and lift, while too little fuel risks an incomplete transcontinental voyage. It cites head winds and emergencies as factors that demand fuel strategy, warning that long-distance flights in heavier planes are viewed as stunts, not steady transport.
Democratic leaders in Fairfield county plan a meeting to set the Fourth District convention to oppose Merritt. In Norwalk, Hartford and Waterbury, party figures discuss candidates including Walling, Baldwin, Donovan, and others while Republicans renominate Sheriff Dewey amid intra party tensions. Prohibition referendum coverage notes it may backfire by sharpening candidate contrasts in wet and dry states.
A reflective piece condemns constant joking as harmful to peace and means of facing life’s burdens. It contrasts solemn truth with endless jokers, recounting a tale of two Irishmen and lamenting creditors, editors, and workers who deserve respect over perpetual levity.
A damaged text fragment presents a romantic couplet about being together and apart with sunbeams and a bright sun. It shifts to a stray line about a gasoline war and saving a nickel on five gallons, suggesting an odd stray reference amid the verse.
American aviators attached to the constabulary force dropped dynamite bombs on rebel positions at Halfway Key near Bluefields. Rebels reportedly evacuated the key, a strategic point controlling the main river channel to El Bluff and Bluefields. Government forces now hold the upper river after heavy fighting and a decisive defeat of rebels at Rama.
In Athens on September 21 Premier Kondylis rejected rumors that Greece is preparing for war with Turkey. Earlier reports attributed such statements to General Pangalos after his government was overthrown, but Kondylis officially denied any war preparations are underway.
A reflective piece asks about sacrifices for home and charity, and the consequences of listening to mothers, honest business conduct, and unfriendly behavior. It contrasts mortgaged cars for homes, dying poor from charity, and the value of true friendship.
A 1926 essay discusses finding one’s vocation through trial and error. It cites Colonel Coolidge’s view of Cal Coolidge’s focus on education and hard work. The author argues career success comes from persistent effort and refining one’s mental tools.
Edgar I. Allen, president of the International Association for Crippled Children, told a New Haven meeting that 300,000 U.S. crippled children under 16 and about 5,000 in Connecticut require a coordinated state plan. The proposal calls for state societies, hospital care, education, and follow through to bring services to homes, with medical, orthopedic, and social components working together.
A long quotation from Voltaire contrasts free speech with its limits while a Dayton writer ponders religious prophecy. The author argues true tolerance fosters understanding, urges cautious future predictions, and cites Cardinal Newman on inner Christianity. Copyright note indicates 1826.
Parey Moyes and William Levine of Bridgeport were fined 25 dollars and costs each for illegal transport of chickens. On appeal bond set at 50 dollars each. Warner H. Keeler of the Connecticut Humane Society testified nine crates in a truck held illegal chickens, while Dr. Otto Prof. Kirkpatrick of Connecticut Agricultural College supported broilers in those crates. Other motorists faced fines for speeding and reckless driving. several cases involved appeals and varying bonds.
AP dispatch from Cerbere via Barcelona reports guards in Barcelona and suburbs doubled and provincial garrisons under civil guard supervision. Governor is heavily guarded as a coup d etat is feared and authorities brace for action.
Increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions arrive in eastern New York with showers by Wednesday night. Northern New England sees showers midweek, followed by a warmer interior, while southern New England warms briefly then cools with more showers. A tropical disturbance moves west with diminishing intensity, forecast to bring showers east of the Mississippi within 36 to 48 hours.
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