Buonomo Confesses Killing. Faces Execution at Wethersfield
Joseph Buonomo known as Chicago Joe confesses the October 2, 1912 murder of Jennie Cavalieri and is executed at Wethersfield prison. He admits firing the shots and says he did it to set matters straight. The 1912 case sets a state record for speed of execution.
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Chicago
Joe
Wethersfield
Lennie Cavalliera
Jennie Cavalieri
Joseph Buonemo
Ecefield
Buonemo
Howard G Fox
Frank C. Young
Ward A. Garner
Ao Eevee
Attachments Delay Work on New High School Project
Legal attachments halt progress as boilers bricks and horses are claimed in multiple suits. Sheriff orders removal from site risking weeks of delay while superintendent Hans notes unprecedented complexity in the construction of the new high school.
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Roedinson & Giovanne
George Mara
Mapons
John M. Donnelly
Charles O'Shea
Sampiri
Henry Hans
Durein & Lass
Igh School
Huerta Sends His Family to Coast in Mexico Crisis
A wireless despatch from Washington states that Huerta has ordered his son and family to Puerto Mexico as tensions in Mexico rise. In a separate report, Postmaster Dunr Pa and his clerk Cozino were fatally wounded in a robbery, underscoring the unsettled security in the region.
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Huerta
Washington
Mexico
Eee
Puerto Mexico
Eeaarene
Thiece
Peer Gorden
Dunr Pa
Cozino
Believe Bridgeport Singers Win Prize for Best Appearance
More than five thousand marchers lined the Staats Saengerfest parade through Bridgeport as twenty German groups from across the state vied for best appearing delegation. Schwäbischer Männerchor of Bridgeport led the prize table with Hartford’s Saengerbund a strong runner up. crowds cheered flags, uniforms, and flowered floats along a route ending at Rivercliffe for a carnival picnic and prize awards.
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Hartford
New Haven
Waterbury
Waterrs
J. M.bueckler
Fred
Rivercliffe
Soen
Piic
Schwabbischer
Brey
Saengerbund
Imo
Dius
South Avenue
Broad Street
Main Street
State Street
Wilson
Wheeler Fountain
City Hall
East Washington Avenue
Washington Up Bridge
Washington Park
Rivercliff
Garry Sanger
Wheeler & Wilson Bari
Germania
Bridgeport
Liedertafel
Rockville
Governor's Fast Band
Bridgeport Ladies’ German Society
Marshal T. Horn
Concordia
Fulton American Band
H. Schnetmann
Marshal
Coast Artillery Banc
Schwaebischer Maennerchor
Maennerchor
Ansonia
Arion
Danbury
J. “Kulle
Arion Soccety
Bikes’ Club
DeLoss Denounces Paving Contract Action in Bridgeport
In a June 29, 1944 reply, Harry H. DeLoss rejects attending a common council meeting on paving and sewer work, insists only the paving and sewer commission has authority, supports the city attorney’s opinion, and urges the council to refer or rescind action to the commission.
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Wilson
As & Most
H. DeLoss
Clitrora B. Wilson
City of
Bridgeport
Conn
Common Council
Homor
Paying and Sewer Commission
Paving and Sewer Commission
Commis ‘Sion A
Itelf
Harry H. DeLoss
Postponement of I. C. Rates Denied Hits Stocks
New York stocks rise and fall as the inter state commerce commission denial of a postponement rumor influences trading. Baltimore & Ohio and Canadian Pacific slip while United States Steel Union Pacific and Amalgamated suffer declines. Southern Pacific leads gains with Union Pacific and Northern Pacific also advancing amid brisk steel activity and uneven bond moves.
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New York
Baltimore & Ohio
Canadian Pacific
Cincinnat
Hamilton & Dayton
United States Steel
Union Pacific
Amalgamated
Ust
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific
United Dry Goods
Famous Swede Saengerfest Guest Arrives at Norden Hall
A group of Swedish singers from across the state attend the Saengerfest at Norden Hall on 199 Wall Street with privileges granted by the Swedish Singing Society. Emil Lindere, longtime Swedish diplomat and notable resident, visited City Sheriff Carl Rising during the event. Senator Swanson proposed a resolution to authorize Army polo field use at Washington for the annual Army and Navy football game.
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Pele
Fritz K. G. Weber
Vers
Cameron Curtis
Metropolitan Opera Co
New York
Guilym Miles
Wheeler & Wilson Band
IL. F
Bimaboni Belewin
E. T. Buckingham
Baldwin
Buckingham
Freeram
Fairfield County
Sta
Curtis
Celeman Street
Miles
Wheeler & Wilson
Qheron
C. M. Weber
Wagner
Swedish Singing Society
Norden Hall
Wall Street
Emil Lindere
Sweden
Carl Rising
Swanson
Army
Washington
Army and Navy
Mourning Ceremony for Archduke and Duchess Across Dalmatia
Bodies of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and Duchess of Hohenberg arrive from Sarajevo esplanade of Dalmatia. A river procession, marine honors, and church blessings mark the transfer to the battleship Viribus Unitis for transport to Trieste as mourners line the Narenta.
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Dalmar
Guard of Honor
Narenta
Dalmat
Viribus
Unitis
Trieste
Viribus Unitis
Servians Blamed for Duke's Murder
Vienna reports high officials blame nationalist propaganda from Servia for the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and Duchess of Hohenberg in Sarajevo. Bosnian authorities sought caution to avoid harming loyal Serbs while recognizing foreign policy limits. Evidence of Servian influence alarms Bosnian officials about future dangers.
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Vienna
Francis Ferdinand
Duchess of
Bosnia
Mellen Indicted on Conspiracy Charge in Banking Case
Cambridge June 80 Charles S. Mellen former president of the New Haven railroad Frederick S. Moseley and Ralph D. Gillette were indicted for conspiring to induce investment committees of two Cambridge savings banks to lend to Hampden Railroad. Other indictments accuse them of conspiring to steal from Cambridge and East Cambridge savings banks. Stockbridge Mass June 30 Mellen denies any involvement.
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Cambridge
Mass
Charles 5. Mellen
New Haven Railroad
Frederick S. Mosely
Ralph D. Gillette
Westfield
Hampden Railroad Corporation
Mellen
Moseley
Gillette
Roller polo player bound over in death of boy
Hartford June Fred A Jean roller polo player bound over to criminal court under $1000 bond on manslaughter charges in the death of Kenneth Willard a five year old struck by Jean's auto while test driving for the Pope manufacturing company.
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Hartford
Fred A. Jean
Kenneth Willard
Jean
Popeanufacturing
Position of paving commission defined in Warrenite deal
Col. M. H. Rogers, chairman, says the paving and sewer commission seeks to determine which body handles the $200000 bond issue approved by voters. The council will decide if the commission or another body directs the funds as bids and assessments are considered. The group references city attorney opinions and awaits council action on permanent pavement definitions.
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Col. M. H. Rogers
Paving and Sewer Commission
Paving and Sewers Commission
Common Council
Paying and Sewers Commission
Tommis— Gloti
Park Avenue
Laurel Avenue
Park
Warrerne
Walker
Warner Brothers
Mayen Road
Atlantic
Whiting, Hieter Streets
Singer Avenue
Fairfield Avenue
Warrenife
Board of Aur Portionment
Hartford
Tate Highway
Connecticut Co
Bridgeport
Wilson
Rourke
Warrenite
O'Rourke
City Etrney
Comley
Ballou Murder Theory Focuses on Waldo Ballou Death
Stamford reports police pursue a theory that Waldo Ballou was murdered after a quarrel with a second man at the Angle apartments. Helen M. Angie is held as a coroners witness while chemists test stains including possible blood marks. Blondel defends his daughter, saying she had no involvement. Elgin fire causes 200000 damage at West Dundee.
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Stamford
Waldo Ballou
Helen M. Angie
Ballou
Angle
Angle Apartments
Angie
Leonard Blondel
Robinson and Bridgeport GOP clash over city clerk duties
Norman Leeds, chairman of Bridgeport's Board of Contract and Supply, ends a heated dispute with City Clerk J Alexander Robinson. Leeds criticizes political influence over the clerkship, cites suspected subscriptions tied to public salaries, and calls for adherence to Republican party ideals and standards.
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Norman Leeds
Board of Contract and Supply
J. Alexander H. Robinson
Republica
Leeds
Bridgeport
Conn
J. Alexander H
Robinson
Republican Party
Board of Contract
Cit
Turner
Catlin
Party of Ons
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Buonomo
Believe Bridgeport
Oberon
L. F. Chermak
Seymour
Frits EK
G. Weber
Teutonia
New Britain
S. Leventhal
Quartette Club
Hans Saro
Adam Hugo
Schwaibischer-Maennerchor
John Keller
Liederkranz
Thomaston
Liebertafel
Oscar Badstubner
Torrington
Max Racersauer
Turner Thedertafel
Robert Weber, Jr
Deloss
Commission
I. C
Saengerfest
Archduke
Metkovitch
Servia
Herzegovina
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Duchess of Hohen
Sarajevo
Boates
Stockbridge
Charles 8. Mellen
Lad
Rogers
Stamford Police Investigators
Big Illinois
Elgin
Ill
West Dundee
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