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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1919
Page
2
Fragmentary report outlines prosecution narrative in the death of John Gillard with references to an appeal and alleged premeditation. Jury and coroner proceedings are cited as key steps in the case, with details obscured by the garbled text.
Members of the Lafayette Consistory Masons gathered in the Masonic temple in 2007 for the second degree ceremony. A front row of candidates and attendees marked the event as a formal lodge affair with ritual progression and community participation.
Air units N O 4 N C 4 and N C 1 logged takeoffs and landings with crews listed. Commanders pilots radio operators and engineers named for N O 4 N O 3 and N 0 4 crews with ranks including Lieut Commander and Lieutenant, detailing landing times and personnel roles.
Obituaries recount funeral services and burials for Cynthia Seereriter wife of John G Seereriter Ada Drswil Unwin wife of Robert Unwin Frank N Lockhart and Frances MacFarlane of this city. Services were held at family homes mortuary chapels and churches with interments at Mountain Grove and Lakeview cemeteries.
Atlantic City report on Walter D Edge promising to support women's suffrage when sworn in as United States senator. He told the New Jersey Woman's Suffrage Association he would carry Jersey's fight to Congress, sharing honors with Dr Anna Howard Shaw at a reception.
In Columbus Ohio May the Brotherhood of Railroad Men predicted government control of the railroads. The triennial convention is in session and may seek representation on boards fixing wages and working conditions if government control comes.
An automobile collided with a horse and wagon at Park Place and Park Avenue last night breaking a wagon and scattering forty dozen fresh eggs. The outfit was owned by Dwight Prentice of Greenfield Hill and driven by a woman who did not stop. Prentice complained to the police.
Rev. Andrew Treaman, blind evangelist from Moline Illinois, will preach this afternoon at 4 p m at the First Baptist Church on the topic Wh is Wrong In Bridgeport He will address Young People's Service tomorrow at 4 p m and Sunday evening speaks on Citizenship Scandinavians invited to attend Funeral services Sunday at 3 p m at 318 Grovers Avenue for Miss Elizabeth White burial in Greenwood Cemetery
Lieutenant Norman Hall was nominated commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States at a meeting held last night at 1718 Main Street. The slate included Frank Davey for senior vice commander and Patrick Anne for trustee, with others named in the organizing committee. The group outlined aims to assist veterans, support families, and advocate laws benefiting soldiers who served abroad across nearly 200 posts in the United States and overseas.
The federation at its convention approved plans for extensive traveling art exhibitions to educate the public across cities towns and rural areas. Speakers urged a practical approachable campaign avoiding high brow airs and proposed a fed division of pictorial propaganda overseen by an artist connected to public sentiment the Liberty Loan era and a young advocate noted as a relatable messenger.
Rabbi Lowenstein of Park Avenue Temple and Dr. Juowenstein outlined Mesopotamian and Near East hunger and hardship, urging immediate American aid. The program noted Armenian and Syrian distress, funds raised in Bridgeport and by the joint distribution committee for Jewish war sufferers.
New York May 16. The United States customs collectors in convention adopted a resolution demanding a 50 percent salary increase for all customs service employees. They urged a government appropriation of $5,000,000 to fund the raise.
Superior Court in Fairfield County orders the receiver to sell at public auction all claims due to The Connecticut Press Inc. as reported, with sale to occur at or after May 28, 1919, at 11 a.m. in Bridgeport Connecticut. The order, dated May 16 1913, also authorizes mailing notices to creditors and employing an auctioneer.
Public auction planned for the estate of Marie L Meehan late of Bridgeport to be held at Davenport Avenue Bridgeport on the specified May date. Jfor.terms, information apply to J AYburn administrator and auctioneer. Weather and miscellaneous harbor Weather notes follow with forecast and temperatures from multiple cities.
A witty line notes that the lion's share of an estate vanishes as fees and legal work erase the visible portion, leaving little for heirs.
May 17 report from Greenfield Center notes the Dever H Warner estate building used by Bridgeport youths as the Tea Time Tavern is under extensive repairs and will not open as a tea room this season. Carrie Milbank returns from Los Angeles and opens her home in Greenfield Center. Sherman High School girls Miss Wunice Sturges and Miss Dorothy Banks took a pleasure trip to New York and visited the Metropolitan Museum.
A fragment urges readers to avoid risky tire buys and to seek safer options, warning that worn rear sheds and flimsy fabrics signal danger on long drives. It promotes buying a tire at a suspiciously low price as a reckless choice.
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