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Newspaper
Bridgeport Standard Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1919
Page
22
A clerk at Plaza Men's on Fairfield Avenue chased a customer who fled at 7 PM after a small purchase went unpaid. The cash register was empty when they returned, about $20 missing, and police suspect an absent minded shopper acted with a confederate who entered during the clerk’s temporary absence.
Mrs. Michael Curran reported the theft of six shirts from a clothesline on Cottage Street. The incident was observed by police after an apparent break in occurred on Wednesday night.
Twomilton commandery of Knights Templar conferred the order of the Red Cross on a candidate last night as Grand Inspector Morgan paid an official visit. A banonet preceded the session in the Masonic temple with more than 200 in attendance. Medfield Mary dedicates a new library as a memorial gift from a private citizen to his wife.
Washington reports that soft coal from non union mines can meet domestic needs and power railroads and utilities. New England has a two month stockpile to cover all requirements for that period.
Reports from the Norwegian steamer Avocet say the Spanish schooner Teresa was abandoned with sails set on one mast and the rest furled, the flying jib and the foreboom missing, five feet of water in the hold. Other notes describe a floating upside down hulk off the Brazilian coast possibly the American steamer Benvola, and U S patrol boat 48 driven ashore at Point Topper with Raeburn and Hudson dragged ashore in a gale. The steamer Yellowstone arrived at Halifax for repairs with cargo of cotton and fertilizer.
Dublin reports allege Sinn Fein met despite government ban and a Dublin protest seeks copies of alleged instructions to hinder American seamen. Separately, Oklahoma Governor Robertson seeks deportation of aliens in mines amid miners walkout linked to a general strike order.
Olwa Nelson aged 16 from 85 Carlston Street treated for a sprained elbow last night after falling from a fence at home. The incident occurred at Jamergency Hospital with Dr Maxwell attending. No further details available.
The Czecho Slovak Alice Massaryck fund committee meets in Sokol hall to plan a bazaar starting Sunday November 8 at 4 p.m. Donations from local merchants and a Liberty chorus performance precede talks by A F Ambrose Rev J Panick and Capt Emanuel Yosko. Proceeds aid distressed children and soldiers.
A jitney bus struck Sam Rose, 39, at Fairfield and Hancock avenues around 12:15 AM. Rose sustained fractures to the left shoulder, scalp abrasions, and a left hip injury, treated by Dr Maxwell and later released to report to the hospital. The incident was reported to police by Antonis Angelucci.
In Middletown the Waltz of Hartford stopped Benny Coster of New York in the second round of a one round bout at the Middletown Athletic Club. Red Vigeant knocked out Young Nelson in the third round final. The National Council of Women in the United States comprises 31 organizations with about 10,000,000 members.
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