Man Expected to Return to Work After Grave Injury
Hosmer C. Potter, once fatally injured in the Sport Hill motor car accident Memorial Day, plans to resume work at the Sewing Machine Cabinet Company shop Tuesday morning. He sustained stomach injury, ruptured kidney, broken collar bone, and other internal wounds. doctors did not operate due to preexisting diabetes. Potter told friends he would return to work next week.
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Hosmer C. Potter
Sport Hill
Potter
Pern
Trolley Car Jumped Track on Barnum Ave
A westbound trolley on Barnum Avenue jumped the track at 7:50 AM and rode onto the sidewalk before the Singer Sewing Machine plant on Pembroke Street. Motorman Graham stopped the car with no injuries. The cause was trap rocks on the rails. A passenger quipped that the car felt like Noahs ark leaving the track.
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Barnum Avenue
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Pembroke Street
William J. Price
Graham
Hartford Trust firms oppose Judge Studley ruling
Hartford officials challenge Judge Studley of the private court ruling that requires a bond from the New Haven Trust Company in large estates. President Cutler of Hartford Trust and Secretary Day of Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit condemn the ruling, urging that it be set aside and charter privileges be used to avoid bond demands.
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New Haven Trust Company
Studley
Pribate Court
Hartford
Cutler
Hartford Trust Company
Day
Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Company
State Wing
Short Man Elope with Girl of 17 in Baltimore
Fred W. Meyer, 30, three and a half feet tall, wed Annie M. Holland, 17, in Wilmington. The couple traveled to Philadelphia and await mother Annie Holland’s reaction. Mrs Holland opposed the match due to age and Meyer’s size.
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Baltimore
Fred W. Meyer
Henshaw sues on foreclosures over Maplewood property
Henry P. Henshaw files suit in Common Pleas Court to foreclose on the Prices property at Maplewood and Howard Avenues. An earlier note for 500 dollars was signed by Eli B. Geeley and routed to Burr & Knapp, who then passed the land to Henshaw. The Prices claim a mortgage of 1,006 dollars and a brewing company with an attachment is named as a defendant.
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Henry P. Henshaw
Common Pleas Court
Andrew and
James Price
Maplewood
Howard Avenues
Eli B. Geeley
Burr & Knapp
Henry F. Henshaw
Brewing Company
Italian Captain Charged With Naval Etiquette Violation
Italian captain defends conduct after being charged with spying concerns during a voyage near an American fleet. The incident prompted indignant remarks and a formal naval inquiry.
Customary salute sparks naval etiquette dispute
Captain Baggio of the Italian training ship Etna defends his actions near the U S fleet off Cape Henry during target practice. He says the Americans delayed their return salute and cites duty to ensure his salute was answered, while defending officers and crew who watched the fleet.
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United Press
Baltimore
United States
Cape Henry
Baggio
Etna
Weather Outlook for New Haven Saturday Showers Likely
Forecast calls for fair and warmer tonight in New Haven with increasing clouds Saturday. Showers expected by afternoon from a central Iowa disturbance, with recent cloudy and rainy conditions from Kansas to the lake region and in the lower Mississippi valley. Temperatures above 90 are reported from Texas to Nebraska as the central and eastern sections see a rising trend.
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United Press
New Haven
Iowa
Kansas
Lake Region
Mississippi Valley
Texas
Nebraska
Steel hits new high as Wall Street opens in Sept. 3 trading
The New York market opens with Steel Common at a new high around 79 and gains across several rails and utilities. Union Pacific and Steel lead early moves while Reading and inter Metropolitan show mixed intraday performance amid a generally strong tone and light selling pressure.
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United Press
New York
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Reading
Atchison
Pennsylvania
Inter-Metropolitan
Steel
Assessors Report Increased City Property Valuations
The Board of Assessors led by President Frank J. Hughes states city property values will rise after their investigations. Many property owners have filed lists and September is the deadline. neglect adds a ten percent valuation.
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Board of Assessors
Frank J. Hughes
Bridgeport
Italian Citizens Plan for Etruria Visit and Carnival
A city committee plans welcome events for the Italian cruiser Etruria with 300 officers and crew arriving at Bridgeport harbor on September 18 for five days. A field day carnival at Steeplechase Island follows on Sunday September 19 with a banquet for sailors and officers and a first in-city display of Italian fireworks. Count Leonardi De Cassalino commands the Etruria, noted for aiding Camden factory fire victims earlier.
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Etruria
Bridgeport Harbor
Leonardi De’Cassalino
Camden
N. J
England Secures High Angle Gun to Hit Airships
London reports the English war office has secured a high angle gun lightweight enough for automobile mounting with power to strike balloons at 20 000 feet. The shell emits dense smoke by day and shines at night to aid aim, derived from German experiments, aiming to curb airship use in war.
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United Press
London
English War Office
Germany
War Office
Count Ostheim Claims New Wife After Renouncing Title
Paris reports Count Hermann Ostheim who renounced his claim to Sax-Weimar and arrived with his new wife Wanda Paola Lottero. The marriage followed his debt driven relinquishment and his claim he would seek an American wife.
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United Press
Paris
Hermann Ostheim
Estate Inventory Totals 10 5 00 Real and Personal Value
The inventory of Helen Unfried's estate, filed in Probate Court, lists real estate at 10500 dollars and personal property at 1702 44 dollars. The will assigns the whole estate to the deceased's widower. Mrs Unfried was formerly Henry Hellman’s wife, a North End butcher.
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Helen Unfried
Suspension of Freeman Rollins & Co After Reading Trade
New York reports the stock exchange firm Freeman Rollins & Company with Boston and Providence branches assigned to a receiver due to heavy withdrawals and trading in Reading. Liabilities about 200 000 with 100 000 assets. Perley L Freeman named exchange member. involuntary bankruptcy petition filed.
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Reading
United Press
New York
Stock Exchange
Freeman, Rollins &Company
Boston
Providence
R. I
Perley L. Freeman
Joseph E. Freeman
Charles H. Rollins
Otto M Goldsmith
Goldsmith
Holt
Robert Oliver
Balloon Lands at North Easton After Uneventful Flight
A large balloon that departed North Adams at 4 a m landed in a field at North Easton Massachusetts at 9 a m. It belonged to T Baldwin of Tuckahoe and N H Arnold was the pilot. The party included another man and two women.
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United Press
North Easton
Mass
North Adams
Aield
T. Baldwin
Tuckahoe
N. H. Arnold
Minister's Son Sued for Divorce in New Haven
Papers filed in New Haven reveal Carrie Carter Hume sues her husband Robert Hume for desertion. The Humes, connected to the late Rev. Robert Hume, spent much of his life in India. the defendant currently resides in Kansas City. The case is set for the September term of the Superior Court.
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United Press
New Haven
Carrie Carter Hume
Robert , Hume
Kansas City
Humie
Robert Hume
India
Deckhand killed in collision of New Haven floats
In the East River a collision between the tugboat R. B. Little and two New York New Haven & Hartford freight car floats left deckhand John D. McDonnell 22 dead. John Levine 50 was fatally injured and Captain R. L. Robbins was arrested. The Schuster case continues in probate court with testimony questioning guardian duties. Want ads cent a word.
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United Press
New York
R. B. Little
New Haven & Hartford
East River
John D. McDonnell
John Levine
R. L. Robbins
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