Minister Bullock Assails Officials From Stratford to Washington
Rev. C S Bullock at Stratford Neighborhood Church denounces political graft and public corruption across cities from Stratford to Washington. He cites tarff issues, tenement conditions, and economic inequality, urging reform from citizens and officials alike.
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Cretan Army Joins Mutineers In Crete Crisis
In Canea on August 16 the Cretan army joined mutineers opposing efforts to lower the Greek flag. Insurgents foresee little fighting locally as powers may land troops to restore order. Moslems in interior areas largely loyal to Greece, while provisional bodies report flag removal from the fortress imminent.
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Rain forecast for corn regions in Kansas Missouri and Illinois
Weather Bureau says drought in corn growing areas of Kansas Missouri and Central Southern Illinois will break around midweek with rains spreading across corn and spring wheat districts. Also notes architect Leonard Aheim opens Bridgeport office at Court Exchange building 211 State St. Contact 1032-12. Wart remover ad promotes Cyrus product at The Pharmacy 253 Fairfield Ave and 286 Cannon St. Sun and tide data included.
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Social Personal News From Local Citizens
Social items report Mr and Mrs Charles P Coe and Mrs W H Coe leaving for a Pacific coast tour via the Canadian Rockies with stops in Toronto Buffalo and an Alaska Yukon exhibition visit in Seattle. Other notes mention Local travelers Mrs F C Mullins Miss Carrie Mullins at Hotel Gladstone Pittsfield wiles, a Blakeman home surprise party with guests from New Haven and New York, a pinochle prize won by Mrs Carrie Brown, and officials Brennan and Osbourne visiting. An anniversary at Polar Starlodge and an F of A outing at Savin Rock are noted along with an auto party through the Berkshires to Saratoga and a Berlin voyage to Naples and Genoa. A quiet wedding of Miss Alice May Grumman and Edward Willis Putney is announced for Aug 25. The visit of Mayor Crichler and Mr Samuel Licker to B Blumberg’s home is also noted.
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Fighting resumes at Melilla as Rift tribesmen clash with Spain
Madrid August 16 fighting between Rift tribesmen and Spanish forces at Melilla resumed today. Reported engagement follows recent tensions as troops engage insurgents along the city outskirts. Dispatches note continued hostilities and Spanish operations in the enclave.
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Touring Car Plunge Wreck Omits Fatalities
Five men were injured when a large touring car sped along Meadow Boulevard in Atlantic City New Jersey and plunged 15 feet into a creek bed. Driver Rankin was most seriously hurt. passengers Edwaard Rankin Hankin Dayton Martin Lore ry were treated for various injuries. Passersby heard cries and brought the injured to a local hospital.
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New Haven Road Bridge Dynamited Continues Across Cities
In New York City police search for discontented laborers after a night of violence at the Legett avenue bridge site over the New Haven Hartford line. Pittsburg Construction, building the span, reports a pattern of bridge bombings tied to labor troubles, with last night’s blast shattering windows a mile away and causing alarm while only minor damage to an abutment occurred.
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Fully 150 Killed in Japan Quake
The death toll from Saturday's central Japan earthquake is believed to be 150 with walls collapsing and the Hida river overflowing. Shiga and Gifu prefectures suffered worst with Nagoya and Ozaka damaged. Army aid units raced to the scene as hundreds of buildings were wrecked and hundreds more injured in improvised hospitals.
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Fire on Lucania deemed incendiary by detectives
Liverpool detectives, after a thorough probe of the Cunard steamer Lucania fire, say four separate blazes occurred in different ship areas at half hour intervals. An discharged minor employee is sought as a possible aboard offender, with crew members providing key information. The vessel, sunk in thirty feet of water, will be placed in dry dock once safely accessible.
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Lake Torpedo Boat says Dragon explosion minor
Simon Lake, president of Lake Torpedo Boat Company now in St Petersburg, Russia, reports the Dragon submarine explosion was much less serious than earlier. The ship cost 450000 dollars and was fully insured. Bridgeport workers were not likely aboard. two Russian laborers burned and an American, Joseph Meade of Baltimore, slightly burned. Explosion likely from battery gases rather than intentional exposure, as German storage equipment was being installed.
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Sailed 11,000 Miles Under Jury Rigging
The Norwegian bark Gartha sailed 11,000 miles under jury rigging after being 140 days at sea from Java. Struck by a April squall in the Bay of Bengal, topmasts carried away. Crew fitted jury rigging in May and reentered the route near Cape of Good Hope in June, weathering another hurricane.
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Bloody imprint clue to murder of pretty Chinese girl
New York police rely on a bloody handprint on a green door screen at Yuen Chins Chinese delicatessen in Mott Street as the main clue in the death of Bow Kum the prettiest Chinese girl slave known as Purse of Gold. Chin Len, the accused lover, is undergoing intense questioning while the investigation ties his handprint to the crime scene and implicates Long Dong in Frisco as the killer.
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Long Dong
Murder Cry Echoes Through City Quarter After Chinatown Killing
Chin Len claims Longe Dong chased the girl to New York and demanded jewelry worth thousands. He announces the murder at 2 a.m., rushing through crowded lanes, shouting the word Murder above the clinking piano tunes in chop suey restaurants.
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Weather Indications for New Haven Aug 16
Forecasts call for rain tonight with a cooler Tuesday. An area of low pressure centered over Lake Erie this morning is bringing unsettled conditions, with more showers and a fall in temperature expected in the local area later Tuesday.
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Evolution of the Bulldog From Mastiff Traits
A compact survey notes skull arrangements in a Natural History Museum display tracing the bulldog’s evolution from the mastiff. It references bull baiting in the thirteenth century and asserts that key bulldog traits arose to grip and unbalance opponents. The piece weaves in historical anecdotes and moral quips across several columns.
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