Missing Children Tales From Bridgeport Police Report
Bridgeport police reported that a father informed them his children, who were last seen in their home, had vanished after leaving with stolen money intended for a trip to New London. The father planned to pursue them following a New London message.
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Jenny
New York
New London
Union Station
Bradley,street Mission and Associated Charities
Jennys
Richard Mansfield
Helen
Margaret Keolldski
Willard Street
Bridgeport
Manafield
Stella Kline
Associated Charities
Margaret
Mr. Oyrith
Touring car overturns oil truck in Stratford collision
Miss Ethel Beach Wales of Stratford drove a light touring car that overturned a five ton Clarendon Oil works truck at Connecticut and Central avenues at 12 10 AM. Five people escaped serious injury though both vehicles suffered heavy damage. Police found mutual negligence and made no arrests as the accident followed a previous crash near the same site involving Assessor F. J. Hughes.
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Ethel Beach Wales
Stratford
Clarendon Oil Works
Connecticut
Central Avenues
Miss Beach-Wales
F. C. Beach
Elm Street
Sterling Bunnell
Adelaide Guenther
Central Avenue
Carl Stokeley
Gregory Street
F. J. Hughes
Forty prisoners appear in Hartford court docket
In Hartford on December 6, Judge James A. Webb presided over a crowded December term with forty prisoners brought to the criminal court. Among the new cases is Bristol notable George W. Hall facing a seduction charge.
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Hartford
James A. Webb
George W. Hall
Bristol
Prussia's Headsman Retires After 16 Beheadings
Breslau Germany Dec 5 Prussia's official headsman Loren Schweitz has retired after 16 years in office with a record of 126 beheadings. He is 67 years old.
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Breslau
Germany
Prussia
Loren Schweitz
Planning boost for Main Street properties in Bridgeport
Planning efforts seek $40,000,000 to add to Bridgeport’s grand list and boost assessments for Main Street blocks from State to South avenues and from Congress to North avenues. Manufacturers seek tax relief as Remington Arms and Union Metallic Cartridge demand reductions after last year’s allegedly high valuations. An auditor hired by local manufacturers examined property values, with mixed findings and ongoing concerns about assessors’ administration and potential revenue gains. A separate Farmer Want Ad item notes one cent a word rates. A junk dealer, Samuel Gatter, was arrested in Brooklyn on a theft charge involving 200 binoculars bound for the Russian government.
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Main Street
State Street
South Avenue
Congress Street
North Avenue
Remington Arms & Ammunition Co
Union Metallic Cartridge Co
Bridgeport
Remington
Board of Relief
Snow
Samuel Gatter
Brooklyn
Bush Docks
Thieves rob Johnson City post office for stamps and cash
Thieves robbed the post office at Johnson City Tennessee and escaped with ten thousand dollars in stamps and one hundred dollars in cash. Private Stanley D. Bogart of Company G Thirty second Congressmen from New York and Brooklyn asked Secretary Daniels to add the Brooklyn navy yard to government shipbuilding plans. A federal commission to probe the high cost of living was urged on President Wilson by an AFL committee.
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Johnson City
Tenn
New York
Brooklyn
Daniels
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Wilson
American Federation of Labor
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Wise Old Owl
Owl
Marseilles
Gee Ape Oesence
Do. A. Ee
Vislebis
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Poplin
Carelynie
Roe
London
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Igan Infantry
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Stanley D. Bogart
Company G
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