Burglars Scoff at Ghosts At Historic Hudson Home
Striking a historic Hudson house on Main Street by night, burglars targeted heirlooms and valuables while ignoring local ghost legends. They pried loose a copper boiler and smashed a brick vault, loading movable items onto a wagon. Dr. W. B. Carmall of New Haven now owns the property, inherited from Mrs. Susan Johnson Hudson. State police say they will continue the investigation.
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Stratford
Hudson
Main Street
W. B. Carmall
New Haven
Susan ® Johnson Hudson
Samuel Johnson
King’s College
Colurmbia, University
William Samuel Johnson
Columbia
Strat-ford
Carman
Todsay
Sheriff Pease Arrested After Collision In Darien
Special to The Farmer. In Darien on June 28 Sheriff Simeon Pease and County Commissioner Henry P. Crawford were in a car when a motorcycle carrying Ray Croai Joseph McFarland and Joseph Barck of South Norwalk crashed into them. Bartek suffered internal injuries and McFarland had a broken thigh with external injuries. Both were taken to Stamford hospital. Pease was arrested by a police officer after the crash but released on his own recognizance. He said his car was stopped when the collision occurred and that he braked after seeing the motorcycle.
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Darien
Simeon Pease
Henry P. Crawford
Ray Croai
Joseph McFarland
Joseph Barck
South Norwalk
Sheriff Pease
Bartek
McFarland
Stamford
Reco
Cats in Stratford Attack Chickens At Local Farms
Stratford residents report undomesticated cats killing chickens in coops. The number of predators is rising, leaving farmers unable to protect fowl. They plan to urge the town to take action to reduce the cats’ numbers.
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Stratford
Skrike
Pretty Naugatugk Woman Divorced For Cruelty by Husband
Martha Ileana Smith, 21, testified her husband Burton Grover Smith of Naugatuckal abused her by stepping on her and was granted a divorce by Judge Shumway for intolerable cruelty. They married October 28, 1912. her maiden name was Martha Zetterstrand. Attorney George F. Mara represented her. Separately, Ada Elizabeth Hartnett of Danbury was granted a divorce from Stephen Hartnett for desertion. they wed February 3, 1908. her maiden name Ada Thompson.
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Martha Ileana Smith
Burton Grover Smith
Naugatucka
Smith
Martha Zetterstrand
George F. Mara
Ada Elizabeth Hartnett
Danbury
Stephen Hartnett
Shumney
Thirty Years In One Place Saloon Closed By Court
Christian Rist's Haquor license in Water street Southport, active for 30 years, is revoked by Superior Court Judge Shumway. The decision overrules county commissioners who renewed the license amid a remonstrance linked to Wakeman Memorial Home nearby. Rist faces a serious blow as the court applies a rule denying renewal when a saloon angers a nearby charitable institution.
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Southport
Christian Rist
Water Street
Shumway
Superior Court
Rist
Wakeman Memorial
John
Elmore
Banks
Wakeman Memorial Association
Despondent trespasser on railroad hangs by cell bars
Paul Bulia a 42 year old Russian resident of Arch Street Troy was arrested for railroad trespass after loitering near East End yards. Placed in a second precinct cell he hanged himself with suspenders but was cut down and revived by emergency hospital staff. He stated he was unemployed and had four children in the old country.
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Paul Bulia
Arch Sty
Troy
Bulia
O’brien
Iound
Doorman McPanden
Fischer
Bubia
McPadden
Stabbing at Lexington Avenue party leaves Cradelli dead
A birthday party at 76 Lexington Avenue ends in a fatal stabbing of Antonio Cradelli after a free for all. Victim Michael Siddone, severely injured, tells Coroner Phelan he does not know who stabbed him or Cradelli. Witness accounts from Joseph Cilica, George Niciuca, Paolo Iodine vary, complicating the path to facts. Siddone remains hospitalized at St Vincent's.
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Cradelli
Musconetti
Michael Siddone
Phelan
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Siddone
John Nepolitano
Lexington Avenues
Antonio Cradelli
Cillia
George i Neciuca
Paolo Iodine
Cradelli Fe
St. Vincent's Hospital
Joseph Cilica
Four Arrested by Guards at Slaton's Home
Atlanta Georgia June 33 four men crept between midnight and dawn while militia guarded former Governor Slaton's country home. They were placed in the county jail and held pending military action. No arms found. The 26 arrested near the Slaton estate Saturday remain in jail awaiting charges.
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Atlanta
Slaton
Subpoena Issued for Thaws Wife in Sanity Case
New York June 28 Subpoena service by Deputy Attorney General Frank A Cook wers at Chateaugay Lake near Malone N Y today to Mrs Evelyn Melbit Thaw to testify in the jury trial of the sanity of her husband Harry K Thaw Mr Cook wants Mrs Thaw to repeat the habeas corpus evidence given at White Plains in 1909 when she said he told her he would kill her when released from Matteawan
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New York
Frank A. Cook
Chateaugay Lake
Malone
N. Y
Evelyn Melbit Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Cook
Russian General Staff Regrains Lines in Galicia Campaign
Petrograd dispatch reports Russian General Staff statements that forces have been regrouped to oppose a further Austro German advance in Galicia or southern Russia. Officers say the reorganization meets the needs of the German Galician campaign and readiness remains high.
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Petrograd
Galicia
Russia
Third Marriage License Granted in Local Clerk’s Office
A marriage license was issued today to Bert B Field age 27 a mechanic of 375 Maple street and Anne Louise Pinneau age 34 an operator of Spring Tier Massachusetts. The license marks their third marriage for each and both are listed as divorcees. Field described as well built and good looking.
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Bert B. Field
Maple Street
Anne Louise Pinneau
Commission to Build Three Bridges Plans With Outsider Firms
Mayor Wilson proposes a Stratford avenue bridge commission to oversee three projects costing about $750,000 with out of town contractors. The group would include Charles H. Black man and Walter B. Lashar among others, and would favor Baltimore engineers Grenier and Whitman over local firms. The plan aims to appoint the same firm for all contracts, while the city Plan commission criticizes the cheaper local route and warns of future traffic issues.
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Republican
Wilson
Stratford Avenue
Grand Street
East Washington Avenue
Charles H. Blackman
Walter B. Lashar
James Coulter
William S. Allen
Richard H. Murphy
City Plan Commission
East Main Street
Bridge Commission
Grenier and Whitman
Baltimore
Stratford Avenue Bridge Commission
Stratford
Neighbors Foil Highwayman in Hold Up of Girl
A bold highwayman attempted to abduct Frieda Schulbach on West Main Street as she neared East Main Street with Edward Heldt. Neighbors on porches nearby raised an alarm, driving the man away before he could harm her or seize her purse. Police at the third precinct, Officers Lundberg Green and J D Sullivan, investigated, noting the crowd’s timely cries and aid likely saved her from a brutal beating.
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Frieda Schuibach
East Main Street
Edward Heldt
Heldt
Third Precinct
Boston Avenue
West Main Street
Miss Schulbach
Lundberg, Green
J. D. Sullivan
Continue Cases of Men Caught In Raid at Westport Club
Westport June 28 George Jennings proprietor of Elm Country club Westport charged with selling liquor without a license and arraigned before Justice Joseph Morton at Saugatuck. Arthur White and Sonny Williams arraigned. all posted $200 bonds. State police found frequenters but let them go as cases continued to Friday morning.
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Westport
George S. Jennings
Arthur L. White
Sonny” Williams
Justice of the Peace
Joseph Morton
Saugatuck
Jennings
Elm Country Club
White
Williams
Health Board Denies Ice Cream Made In Coal Bin
Inspector James Grace uncovered neglect at 95 Fulton Street where a mother failed to care for an infant who was deformed from neglect. A peddler was found producing ice cream in a coal bin and the material was confiscated with the landlord informed of the unsafe conditions.
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Board of Health
Fulton Street
James Grace
Germans Cross Dneister In Campaign On Warsaw
Berlin reports a major German advance with Halicz occupation and a Dnestr river crossing along the entire front in Galicia. Washington gets a favorable German note response to US submarine protest while aiming to shield passenger ships and preserve contraband war aims.
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Warsaw
Berlin
Lusitania
Washington
Germany
Halicz
Galicia
Daeister
Government probes plan to spark Mexican revolution
Washington dispatch details a plot to restore the Huerta regime in Mexico. Huerta and Pascuale Orozco are detained in El Paso as the Justice Department reviews backers in the United States. Iturbide and Huerta agents reportedly negotiated a leadership role and support from American interests, with officials debating how active Huerta would be in Mexico.
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Washington
Huerta
Mexico
United States
Pascuale Orozco
el Paso
Department of Justice
Lansing
Warren
Longid
General Urbide
New York
Tturbide
Iturbide
Althouh
Superior Court Reverses Ruling In Land Muddle
The court rules Stanley Watts did not use undue influence to obtain a deed worth 25009 from Sidney Watts. The elder Watts was deemed fully competent to manage his affairs. Frances Williams sues Frank Clarke for 600 after nursing a man who died in 1912, while two days remain to pay income taxes due Wednesday at the Internal Revenue Department.
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Stanley Watts
Remington U. M. C. Co
Shumway
Superior
Watt
Samuel Purdy
Sidney Watts
Supreme Court
Saugatutk
Watts
Frances J. Williams
Norwalk
Frank L. Clarke
John H. Platt
Platt
Internal Revenue Department
Weather Forecast Fair Tonight and Tuesday
A weather forecast indicates fair conditions for tonight and Tuesday with light north winds. No precipitation expected and temperatures likely mild, making for calm travel and outdoor plans.
Glynn Warns Modern School System Is Inefficient
Frank J L Glynn former superintendent of the State Trade School in New Haven and head of a masters' apprentice shops group criticizes today’s school system. He urges a regulated apprentice program to bridge schooling and trade training noting the trade school’s role as a necessary intermediary.
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Frank Glynn
Frank JL. Glynn
Boardaman
New Haven
Momaugin
Parmters’ Association of Connecticut
Glynn
Bridgeport High Student Drowns Off South Kent
Merrill P. Ford a Bridgeport High sophomore aged 17 drowned yesterday at South Kent as his mother Mrs. Allen P. Ford watched. He dove from a boat and sank before recovery. his body was not found for many minutes. Survived by his mother, father and three sisters.
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Merrill P. Ford
Bridgeport High School
South Kent
Allen P. Ford
Rassing Place
Young Ford
First Year of War Nearing Its Height
June 28 marks the anniversary of the Sarajevo assassination that ignited Europe into war. The Germanic advance eastward pressures Russia from Lemberg toward the Dniester region while Austro-German forces push to deny a Russian counterattack. Western fronts see a cautious French advance as British actions in Africa target Bukoba. Bulgarian diplomacy remains uncertain as both sides press offers.
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Sarajevo
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Austria
Europe
Lemberg
Rika
Zurawa
Gaila Lipa
Przemysl
Rohatyn
Halicz
Hele
Dneister
Rus
Leake Victoria Nyanza
Africa
British War Office
Bukoba
Balkans
Indrani Sunk by German Submarine Off Tuskar Rock
The British steamship Indrani of 3460 tons gross was sunk Sunday by a German submarine southwest of Tuskar Rock off Ireland. Her crew were saved. The vessel sailed from New York May 28 via Bordeaux for Glasgow, arriving June 19. Built in Liverpool in 1888, owned by Donaldson Brothers of Glasgow.
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London
Tuskar
Ireland
Atlantic
New York
Bordeaux
Glasgow
Liverpool
Donaldson Brothers
Wexford County
St. George's Channel
German Women Sew Furs For Winter Campaign Of Army
Amsterdam reports a large employment of German women sewing furs for the army's next winter campaign. Hardship is noted as many workers earn about 30 cents a day under a contract system, with last winter’s furs being repaired at supply depots.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Vorwarts
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State Department
Gerard
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Cornish
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Count von Bernstorf
Gerhard
Ave
Sager
Judge Shumway
Bridgeport Trade School Scores
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