Chicago Man Succeeds Mulcahy as Crane Valve Leader
A. F. Bennett, formerly secretary of the Crane Co., is chosen to succeed Frank J. Mulcahy as vice president and general manager of Crane Valve Co in Chicago. He will assume duties around October 1 and will hold both positions vacated by Mulcahy. Bennett is known to Crane Valve employees from Chicago and will assume Mulcahy's dual role.
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Frank J. Mulcahy
A. F. Bennett
Crane Co
Chicago
Crane Valve Co
Bridgeport Corporation
Bennett
Eaton, Cole &Surnhem Co
Crane
Mulcahy
Almshouse motives linked to U M C Co land grab claims
A persistent report accuses the U M C Co of eyeing the current almshouse site as part of a land grab plan connected to Lakeview home development. County officials deny knowledge of such designs, while Bond issue supporters and opponents weigh the rumor’s impact on the vote. Ambush incident in northern Mexico and local real estate notices appear amid scattered classifieds and labor ads.
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Lakeview Home
Barnum Avenue
Board of
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Cowles
Bull Moose Downs Downer Crisis Over Resignation Claim
A Bridgeport political dispute centers on whether M Moody Downer resigned from the Progressive party. Fred W Towne relays letters and statements between Downer, Herbert Knox Smith, and local insurgent John H Flood. Downer maintains he did not resign, while Towne claims to have read a resignation letter. The exchange is published with requests for clarity and truth.
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Progressive Party
Fred W. Towne
Farmer
Bridgeport
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F. W. Towne
Herbert Knox Smith
Progressive Headquarters
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TOWNE
Downer
John H. Flood
Bull Moose Party
Mr. Downer
Progres
How to Vote No on Mayor Wilsons Schemes
Voters are urged to defeat bond issues and curb mayoral control in a special election. The text outlines ballot options to strike out no votes and questions the mayor's removal power, board powers, temporary loans, pavement notes, tax abolition, and projects including a sewer system, pumping stations, destructor plants, and a new East Washington Avenue Bridge valued at 1,200,000 plus 130,000 and 175,000 respectively.
Its Up to Home Owners to Block City Debt In Election
An upcoming election seeks to approve long term debt totaling over 32 million and new bonds for bridges and a sewer system. Mayor Wilson promotes expanded spending and control, while critics urge voters to reject widespread projects, urging large turnout to defeat the plan. Polls open noon to 9 pm tomorrow with ballots marked No.
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Board of Education
Grid
Wilson
Connecticut Company
Searcely
Ex-Gov Folk Sees Wilson Winning All States
Former Missouri governor Joseph Folk told the Democratic advisory committee in New York that Governor Wilson has a chance to carry every state in November. Folk said Wilson could win three quarters of the big states and achieve the largest electoral college majority ever for a president, while Taft and Roosevelt face uncertain fates. A New Jersey senatorial issue and governorship discussion were noted at the meeting.
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New York
Joseph Folk
Missouri
Democratic Advisory Committee
Wilson
Folk
Taft
Col. Roosevelt
New Jersey
Taxi Bandits Do Daring Job and Get Away
In New York on Sept 25 two well dressed youths sprang from a taxi and robbed John Popper, a provision merchant, of over $1,000 in cash and checks, fleeing in the car. A nearby policeman fired several shots as the cab sped off but hit none. Popper was en route to the bank.
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New York
John Popper
Robbery Plan Appears Precise and Familiar
Report notes the robbery was planned to the moment with the attackers clearly familiar with the merchant’s movements, suggesting careful surveillance and premeditation in the act.
Post is Candidate for State Senate
Westport sept 23 Robert W Post a prominent paper manufacturer announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Senator from the 25th district. The district includes Stratford Trumbull Huntington Fairfield Southport Westport and Newtown. A committee including Judge William J Beecher and Deputy Sheriff Hezekith Elwood recently sought him as a candidate. Post serves on the Board of Prison Directors and has held town trusts.
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Westport
Robert W. Post
General Assembly
Stiles Judson
Stratford
Trumbull
Huntington
Fairfield
Southport
Newtown
William J. Beecher
Hezekith Elwood
Fairfield Recently Waited On Mr. Post
Post
Prison Directors
Baldwin
Where is William Rambert and Susie Bambert Lost in Lodgings
A young couple, William Rambert and his wife Susie Bambert, vanished from their Broad Street boarding house last Thursday. A man impersonating Detective Sergeant Edward Cronan is linked to the incident. Rambert, claiming Jamaica roots, previously stayed at Mrs. Helbig’s boarding house since early July with a companion wife. Local police face conflicting names used by the couple at various workplaces, including Sprague Coal & Ice and City Coal & Ice, while Rambert’s extra income remains unclear as the disappearance unfolds.
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William Bambert
Susie
Broad Street
Edward Cronan
Rambert
F. H. Helbig, Jr
Ella Rambert
Jamaica
L. L
Sprague Coal & Ice Company
City Coal & Ice Company
Mysterious disappearance tied to Bridgeport hospital birth
Mrs Bambert known as Susie Vanberger gave birth in Bridgeport Hospital and left September 7 with infant in care of a Smith family in Black Rock. Husband and several well dressed visitors paid all charges while a large man impersonating a detective questioned Bamberg and abducted the couple’s infant on September 12. Police, led by Detective Cronan, search for Rambert and accomplices amid lingering questions over aliases and maiden name Lillian Manser.
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Bambert
Bridgeport Hospital
Susie Vanberger
Lillian Manser
Berkshire Avenue
Bridgeport
William Smith
Smith
Black Rock
Rambert
Broad Street
Bamberg
Edward Cronan
Roosevelt Campaign Epigrams From Kansas Tour
Pittsburgh Kas Sept 23 Roosevelt campaigned for progressivism along the Missouri Kansas line delivering short speeches in several towns and ending in Joplin Missouri He denounced the tariff and Democratic revision as dangerous to the former He faced hecklers and offered spontaneous epigrams including never cheat and never down and this progressive movement did not come from above it comes from below to a Kansas audience
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Kas
Col
Roosevelt
Kansas
Joplin
George W. Perkins
Wolgast Rivers fight pictures cancelled at Pari theatre
INO FIGHT PICTURES announces cancellation of the Wolgast Rivers fight pictures scheduled for the Pari theatre tonight and Wednesday.
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INO Fight Pictures
Pari Theatre
General strike of piano makers hits the state
In New York on September 23 ten thousand piano makers walked out in a general strike affecting all piano manufacturers in New York New Jersey and Connecticut. The non union organizers demand a percent pay increase. Charlie Dold president of the piano organ and instrument makers union called the strike a quiet one of short duration.
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New York
Pia
New Jersey
Connecticut
Charlie Dold
Piano, Organ and Instrument Makers' International Union of America
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