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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1922
Page
6
In Mearon Pa on April 5 stockholders of the Savage Arms Company met to change the name to the Savage Corporation and transact routine business. Vice president Ry Phillips announced the move.
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In Bridgeport April 11 1822 the Probate Court hears a conservator's application to authorize management of real estate for the estate of Alles T Saolry an incompetent person. The court orders notice to all interested to appear and be heard by publishing this order in a local newspaper on or before April 6 1822 and return the proof to the court. Attest Paul H Miller Judge.
Notice from the Department of Contract and Supply of Bridgeport requesting quotations twice weekly during the fiscal year ending March 1 1923. Items include hay straw oats bran poultry feed and related supplies. Quotations must be sent to the Board of Contract and Supply. Also a personal safety disclaimer by Walter sans rides.
Greenwich April 5. Harry B. Smith a Greenwich vaudeville actor receives three honors and a £890 prize check. He earned medals for meritorious action under fire with Canadian and British forces. Also noted are deaths of Thomas Pirroll and Renee Ramsey with funeral details.
The Women's auxiliary of the American Legion met at the Legion Home on Golden Hill Street last night presided by Mrs Nellie Knott in Mrs Willard Sprague’s absence. Reports were given by Mrs Ellyn Coyle of Wahare committees and Mrs J Grosby of the Allingtown hospital committee. Plans began for a big event at the Casino in April.
A New York jury concluded a Sherman anti trust trial involving cement makers and forty four individuals. Counsel for the defendants argued motions to dismiss, as evidence from the Lackwood Housing inquiry showed alleged price and trade exchanges while schemes of competition and collusion were discussed.
Governor Lake told the Connecticut State Control Board that draftees rejected for disability are entitled to relief under the State Aid Fund of 2.5 million dollars. The board agreed to treat indited but not enlisted men as having served, expanding relief to thousands of veterans and affecting funds managed by the American Legion committee in New Haven and Hartford.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge told the Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce that the United States has paid off more debt in two years than many nations achieve in longer periods, signaling strong recovery from the war. He urged cross state cooperation to end rate differentials harming New England ports and warned against sectionalism in governance. New York’s 42 Congress members and two senators illustrate the potential strength of united political influence.
Multiple short death notices list names such as Baxter, D’Ella, Dennon, Dyer, Hubbell, Griffin, Keating, Smith, Meau, Van Siong, Walsh, Whipthead, and Walsh. Dates show April 4 to 7, 1922 with ages from 11 months to 84 years. Funerals at St Michael's cemetery, Holy Rosary church, or local churches. residences include 213 Pearl Street, 65 Washington Ave, 1016 Madison Ave, and 162 Jackson Ave. Interments follow at St Michael's cemetery or local graveyards. An anniversary mass for Mary Lynch Conley is noted at Saint Augustine's church.
About 400 passengers on the Lackawanna and Western train with radio gear heard a concert today as it departed Ithaca. Carnell University provided one performance and a second was offered by General Electric from Schenectady, with routes Ithaca to Owego.
Bridgeport Auto Co Inc a $59,000 bridgeport incorporation has elected officers and directors J I Sprenter president G Stefano vice president and A M Wheeler secretary treasurer all local residents. The company plans to erect a storage and service station on Courtland Street near Fairfield Avenue within two months adjoining the existing station on Harrisport Court near Courtland Street with offices on Fairfield Avenue.
A string of obituaries and funeral notices details deaths from the city, listing names such as Nicholas D ELLS and Franklin Whitehead, with services at Holy Rosary and Saint Michael's cemeteries. It notes survivors, ages, and home addresses, plus burial arrangements and church services for many families.
Lansing April 5 Vice President Coolidge declared the greatest duty of a nation is to itself and its own people before aiding others. He urged that America must be strong at home to strengthen others, praised open government and constitutional independence, and defended the administration’s economic program and withdrawal from foreign entanglements.
New York April 5 Income tax collections in the New York district for the first quarter of 1922 totaled 86 054 854 5 87 a drop of 20.3 percent from the same period in 1921 Collector Bowers announced today He said he expected the percentage to be maintained through the year which would keep New York inside the 27 percent slump forecast by Secretary Melon Collector Bowers estimated the same taxes would return here in 1922 would exceed 326 000 000 compared with a little over 200 000 in 1921
A fragmentary note from Washington, Me, discusses a declared relationship to other nations, describing it as essential and rooted in friendly cooperation. The passage reflects concerns about how art, agency, and diplomacy shape international ties.
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