Judson bill eyed for public service regulation
Editorial lauds the Judson bill as a strong step in public service regulation. It sets up a three member commission to oversee gas water electric and rail and trolley lines, with broad powers over safety rates meters and service standards. The piece notes the bill’s merits including annual reports and immediate appointments though warns against weak stock watering provisions.
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House
Senate
General Assembly
Bil
Railroad Commission
Commission
Inter State Commerce Commission
Lessons Of The Bill Prominent Connecticut Senators Credited
The state acknowledges Senator Stiles Judson for steering a public utilities bill through both houses and Senator Jeremiah Donovan for a forthright lobby critique. The piece condemns lobbyists and party officials, praises public service, and questions House Leader Banks. It depicts the political scene as rough, boastful, and ultimately accountable to public opinion.
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Stiles Judson
General Assembly
Jeremiah Donovan
South Norwalk
Connecticut
Banks
Hooker
Hartford Courant backs Judson bill critique sparks state vote
The Hartford Courant faced sharp public scrutiny for opposing public opinion and allegedly misreporting on the Judson bill. Despite accusations, Hartford County Representatives largely opposed the paper’s stance, while Fairfield County allies voted almost solidly for the bill following the paper’s guidance.
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Hartford Courant
Courant
Hartford County
Farmer
Fairfield County
State Police Meeting Set in Waterbury July Sixth
Waterbury hosts the annual convention of the State Police Association on Thursday July 6 with about 75 delegates from Connecticut departments. Waterbury delegates include Lieut Bernard Cahey and Patrolmen P J Hayes and James Magner. Events include a 1 PM dinner at The Elton with city officials, a ride to Belleview Lake for entertainment, and speeches. The gathering marks the association becoming a few years old, with officers from New Haven Meriden Bridgeport Stamford and others prominent in its founding.
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Waterbury
State Police Association
Bernard Cahey
P. J. Hayes
James Magner
Elks’ Hall
Belleview Lake
Elks’ Minstrel Quartet
Connecticut
Charles R. Bannon
Bannon
Sapt
Beach
Redgate
Bridgeport
Brennan
Stamford
Landrigan
Meriden
Cowles
New Haven
Henry D. Cowles
James J. Landrigan
W.J. Rawlings
New Britain
John
Actor Conductor Coyle McCourt Convicted In New Haven Theft
The city court convicted conductor John R. Coyle alias Robert B. McCourt of stealing from the Connecticut Company. He received six months in jail after witnesses including two women detectives testified he collected fares he did not ring up. McCourt had posed in disguise and previously worked in Bridgeport and New York, with detectives tracing his trips and records. An appeal was filed by his attorney as the company seeks to bar dishonest conduct.
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New Haven
John R. Coyle
Robert B. McCourt
Coyle
Henry L. Cougle
Hartford
McCourt
Bridgeport
Connecticut Company
The
White Rats
New York
Connecticut
Arthur B. O'Keefe
James Lake
William H. Cooke
Charles Tisserand
Gustave Wiederholf
John Walters
Frederick Wish
Bennet W. Dorman
Dorman
Webb
Bronx
New York City
Millionaire Mixed Up In Gigantic Smuggling Plot
A New York jewel seizure worth over half a million dollars was hinted at by the Federal District Attorney’s office in connection with the Jenkins case. The jewels are said to be part of a large smuggling operation involving a New York millionaire.
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United Press
New York
Jenkins
Federal District Attorney
Wise
The B M Read Company Silk Section Features Pongee and Rajah
A catalog note from The B M Read Company highlights fabrics including pongee and Rajah weaves. It describes a rough pongee that endures and can be repurposed into a silk quilt, plus a Torah weave near Rajah in texture. Color offerings include twenty six shades such as natural, tan, wisteria, navy, rose, and reseda.
Basement Furnishing Store Offers Wide Weeklong Sale
Readable ad listing houseware bargains for Thursday to Saturday. Items include gas ranges, vacuum cleaners, elevated gas plates, preserving kettles, steel framed window screens, enamelware, pots and bowls, tote storage, and household accessories with marked prices. Store hours shift to 5 pm daily after the Fourth, except Saturdays.
Read Company Hose Deal Promises Home Delivery
The B. M. Read Company advertises guaranteed garden hose at low prices including 25 feet three ply for 1.98 and 25 feet five ply for 2.19. They claim less than eight or nine cents per foot and offer to pay car fare both ways if customers take the hose home. The ad urges that it pays to trade there.
Officials expose vast interstate smuggling plot claims
Name has been brought into the case by customs officials. Attorney Wise refuses to indicate the government's plan. He admits that the evidence indicates a gigantic smuggling plot participated in by numerous persons with ramifications extending over many States.
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Wise
Dynamite Failing Tugboat Churns Drowning Victim to Surface
After five blasts in the Hudson River failed to locate George Brehm, the tug John Glenn towed by barges retrieved the body near Pine Rock Park. Stephen L Kelley, owner’s father, found the body as his son returned from Derby with more explosives. Medical Examiner G A Shelton, Huntington, oversaw the handover to the family.
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Housatonic
John Glenn
George Brehn
Pine Rock Park
Stephen L Kelley
Young Brehm
Derby
G. A. Shelton
M. D
Huntington
Clark
The Shepherdess of Thoughts by Alice Meynell
A compact verse-like tribute to a woman described as a shepherdess of sheep whose flocks are thoughts. She keeps them pure, guards them from danger, feeds them on a fragrant height, and folds them in for sleep, all conveying a serene, intimate image of care and imagination.
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Alice Meynell
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