Pequonnock National Bank and Bridgeport Trust Merger Talk
Bankers and business leaders discuss a potential consolidation of Pequonnock National Bank and Bridgeport Trust Co creating the city’s largest financial institution with capital and surplus around 1.25 million dollars. Officials say no merger has been presented to boards and no official action has occurred.
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Pequonnock National Bank and
Bridgeport Trust CO
Pequennock National Bank
Bridgeport
Hartford
Huertford
First National
Bridgeport National Bank
P. W. Wren
Pequonneck National Bank
Pequonneck Bank
Frederick W
Pequonneck V National
Panetta
Storm Rips Wires Across The Nation Paralyzing Teletypes
A North American storm caused a massive wire blackout severing 200 trunk lines between Chicago and New York. Communication to Memphis was only possible by roundabout routes as wind rain sleet and hail damaged lines. With Good Friday markets closed the impact on business was reduced. In New York harbor high winds delayed shipping and eight thousand ocean passengers waited for calm seas. Sandusky Ohio reported two ships in distress with multiple missing and feared drownings as lifeboat rescues continued.
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New York
Mississippi
Ohio River
Chicago
Memphis
Tenn
Cleveland
Columbus
Woman Annie Easley Freed After Lack of Evidence
Annie Easley, a New York woman described in racist terms, was discharged for lack of evidence by a magistrate after being accused by a private detective agency of attempting to abduct Dora Podaloff, 18, who testified in the Soloway arson case in Waterbury, Connecticut. The case centered on alleged efforts to remove the witness, and the court found no sufficient proof.
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New York
Annie Easley
Dora Podaloff
Prof Fine Urged to Accept German Embassy Post
Washington March 21 Professor Henry Burchard Fine, long considering an offer to be ambassador to Germany, has been urged by close Wilson supporters to accept. He is abroad with no word from the White House as to his decision.
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Washington
Henry Burchard Fine
Germany
Fine
Wilson
White House
Princeton
Johns Hopkins University
Berlin
William F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
France
Chac
Easter Bonnet Weather Man Forecasts Cold Easter
The weatherman in Washington DC prophesies a storm moving from the Midwest toward the east bringing wind and rain to central Indiana and the eastern states. A cold wave is expected to follow with rain across the region, turning cold and windy by Sunday around the Easter parade.
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Washington, D. C
Madame
Indiana
Policeman Fires on Four Suspects Near Stratford and Reed
Patrolman Edward Daley reported four well grown youths attempting to pry a tool shed lock near Stratford avenue and Reed street. He fired four shots in the air as they fled toward the viaduct, but none surrendered. City patrols are tightening checks after recent breaks, with Superintendent Birmingham praising Daley’s description of the suspects.
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Second Precinct
Edward Daley
Stratford Avenue
Reed Street
Daley
Supt
Birmingham
Bigamy Charge Leads to $5,000 Bond in New London
Edward 5. Schwartz of New York and Cleveland faced police court in New London on a bigamy charge. He pleaded not guilty, the case adjourned to March 25, and a $5,000 bond ordered with detention if default. Schwartz was extradited from New York and brought in by Patrolman James D. Gaffney.
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New London
Edward 5. Schwartz
New York
Cleveland
Schwartz
James D. Gaffney
Trap Rock Contracts to Be Split Between Bidders
The Board of Contract and Supply will meet next week to award contracts for 20 000 tons of trap rock to the city. Two bidders Sykes company and Connecticut Trap Rock Quarries submitted figures, and the work is expected to be divided between them.
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Board of Contract and Supply
Sykes Company
Connecticut Trap Rock Quarries
M Wes
Fire at 180 French Street: newborn spared as blaze struck
Fire department arrived at 10 this morning to extinguish a fire on a back stairway at 180 182 French Street. Mrs Staples, newly postnatal, remained unaware as firefighters dampened the flames with chemicals. Damage estimated under 20 dollars. Cause believed spontaneous combustion from cleaning cloth. Building owned by F B Staples and tenanted by the Staples and McQueeney families.
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French Street
Frank
Staples
F. 8. Staples
Patrick McQueeney
Local Travellers Insurance Employees Gain Pension Plan
The Travellers Insurance Co announces a new pension plan for local staff. After three years of service, employees receive 500 dollars in insurance, rising by 100 dollars yearly to 2500 dollars. After five years, disabled employees may retire on half pay. Nine male employees and two female stenographers in the local office benefit, with similar terms to Bell Telephone, International Harvester, and National Cash Register.
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Travellers’ Insurance Co
S. C. Dunham
Hartford
Bell Pelephone Co
International Harvester Co
National Cash Register Co
Rev F J Murphy Transferred to Greenwich Parish
Rev Frederick J Murphy former pastor of St Bridget's Manchester has been moved to a Catholic church in Greenwich after 16 years in Manchester He has previously served as curate in Waterbury Bridgeport Meriden and New London and was ordained in June 1835.
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Frederick, J. Murphy
St. Augustine's Church
St. Bridget’s Church
Manchester
Greenwich
Father Murphy
Wateries Bridgeport
Meriden
New London
Auto strike injury may prove fatal for 16 year old
Twenty year old Frank Simons, milk dealer of 472 Bostwick Avenue, faces potential manslaughter charges after his car clipped bicycle rider Paul Gefrovich Jr., 16, at State Street and Bostwick Avenue. Gefrovich is in St. Vincent's hospital with skull fracture and other injuries. Simons is held at police headquarters on reckless driving charges pending court bond.
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Paul Gefrovich, Jr
Dewey Street
Frank Simon
Bostwick Avenue
Gefrovich
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Simon
Thomas P. Dwyer
Simons
State Street
Gefrovich Boy
Spedals
T. L. Bilis
West Avenue
Dr. Ellis
Montenegrin King Answers Austria On Bombardment
King Nicholas of Montenegro replies to Austrian remonstrances by ordering Scutari bombardment aimed only at military forces and forbidding civilian evacuation. He rejects a commission to investigate the priest Palie’s death and insists on noncombatants staying in the city. An Austrian ultimatum is expected over the reply.
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Austria
London
Nicholas
Montenegro
Scutari
Vienna
Palie
Starvation victim identified as James Rowe in Bridgeport
The aged man found on Housatonic avenue and died at St. Vincent's hospital is identified by morgue visitors as James Rowe, once from a prosperous Bridgeport family. A sister in Brooklyn is thought alive, but details of her whereabouts are unclear. Rowe worked for his father’s livery business, later tried on his own, but declined into poverty over the last decade.
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Housatonic Avenue
St. Vincent's Hospital
City
James Rowe
Bridgeport
Brooklyn
Park Avenue
West Liberty Street
Potters Field
Father murders mother in Belfast. three children witness
In Belfast Maine three children aged 12, 6, and 3 told police they witnessed their father Emery Danforth kill their mother with blows and a rock in their home last night. The body was found beaten in a bedroom as Danforth fled, possibly jumping into the river. police pursue him.
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Belfast
Emery Danforth
Emery
Warren
Lawrence
Papa
Contractors Attack School Board Bidding Practice
City contractors criticize the Board of Education for advertising bids for excavating at the new high school site in a single Bridgeport paper and setting a three pm Monday deadline. They call the process unfair, noting short notice and holiday timing hinder honest bids and prompt a wave of dissatisfaction with the board. The Farmer reprints the advertisement in its pages.
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Board of Education
Bridgeport
Spring Forecast Heralded by Almanac and Signs
Spring arrives on schedule with the season’s debut at ten minutes after midnight as a yellow almanac reads behind the kitchen clock. Prof Moore proclaims balmy weather while spring adornments appear. Gene McCann reports two new players signed for the team.
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Prof
Moore
Abe
Gene McCann
Terrific Storm Takes Toll of Human Lives in Accident
Detective Sergeant Peter Hackett was dragged under a horse as he attempted to catch a northbound trolley on Main street. The horse and vehicle caused serious injuries to his right foot and clothing. he was removed to 657 Main street lodgings and later reported in earlier, hopeful condition with injuries expected to be superficial.
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Main Street
Peter Hackett
Hackett
Hickey Brothers
Spring Poem Recounts a City Dream of Cash and Romance
A quirky verse set in a city imagines a wealthy aunt's fortune and a clever young woman named May Wirth. The ditty blends tall tale humor about counting money with a hint of romance and a nod to a Bridgeport based show.
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Bridgeport
Wirth
May Wirth
New
Pett y bill sparks extended court fight over painting
Henry Hamilton sues painter Morris Schwartz for 315.20 claiming poor work and damage. Schwartz counters with 50 alleging overcharge. Allegations include breakage and assault. Justice Kane ruled for 15.20 damages and 14.79 costs. defendant appeals to the civil court of common pleas.
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Henry Hamilton
Civil Court of Common Pleas
Morris Schwartz
Schwartz
Hamilton
George Kane
Husband Dead Wife Wounded in Narrow Home Shooting
Edward Hardy, a Spanish war veteran, died today after being shot last night at their Togas home near the National Soldiers' Home. Cora B. Hardy is not expected to recover. Frank Vannah, a Soldiers' Home inmate, is being held on the accusation by Mrs. Hardy.
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Augusta
Scarlet fever quarantines persist as cases stand
Hartford reports 75 scarlet fever cases under quarantine, down from 131 a month ago, with few deaths. Diphtheria adds 15 new cases. The board of health notes a marked improvement but ongoing containment remains necessary.
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Hartford
Board of Health
Second Severe Wind And Rain Storm This Month
Washington reports a powerful storm moving northeast across the central western states after leaving Tennessee and Kentucky damaged by wind and rain. Widespread destruction, telegraph outages, and property losses are noted from Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Mississippi with storm warnings issued from Hatteras to Eastport.
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Washington
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio River
Ohio
Indiana
Hateras
Eastport
Me Obio
Great Lakes
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Joseph G. Eaton
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Greenwich Parish
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Feet Miei
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Hoxie
Art
Porter Biufft
Mobile
Ala
Alabama
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Peachtree
Alabamea
Shreveport
Swine
Bienville Parish
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