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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1923
Page
4
An old advertisement touts TIZ foot bath as instant relief for swollen tired feet. It claims the product soothes pain and draws out poisonous exudations causing inflammation and odor. Also advertised to ease corns bunions and burns with a yearly comfort guarantee.
Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce will nominate six officers at a special nominating committee meeting Monday afternoon. New officers will be recommended to directors for a one year term. Committee members are Frank D. Gell Sumner Simpson and William Volace Day, Chairman. Current officers are Edmund B. Wolfe president Sumner Simpson William T. Hincks W. P. Kink D. M. Jones vice presidents and H. L. Terrill treasurer.
A railroad engine on train No 7 blew its whistle out of order shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, startling hundreds in the city center. The fault stemmed from exhaust failure and the whistle continued to sound before the train was halted.
A Worland speaker at a civic club meeting says the American woman exerts influence over 70 percent of men's apparel and notes women drive men to dress well. He cites wartime sacrifice, service ethics, and civic pride as keys to American revival, praising mothers for shaping soldiers and guiding national spirit.
John Caldwell was elected president of the Twelfth District Republican club at the annual officers election held Wednesday night in the club rooms at Stratford and Union avenues. Other officers named include first vice president Samuel Crast, second vice president William Baird, treasurer Arthur Cantor, financial secretary Edward Moffitt, assistant financial secretary Levi Moore, secretary James A. Ogyla, with William Smith as house committee chair and George Massey heading the entertainment committee.
Judge William M. Marble heard arguments in Bridgeport on a suit by Farmers Dairy Co seeking to set aside a temporary injunction restraining Berrarl J. Toth Israel B. Snow Waller J. McLellan and ed wit Schuler from selling milk other than Farmers Dairy product. The decision was reserved to a later time as the contract dated November 14 last year set the four men as suppliers until May 14 this year.
City and private oyster growers suspend action on boundary dispute until a pending legislature bill is heard. Independent oyster men accuse private growers of encroaching on city beds while private interests challenge a 1942 Superior Court boundary decision as unfiled with the Town Clerk. Bridgeport Light and Rachel Oyster Co stake claims.
Judge L P Waldo Marvin filed the decision in Superior Court, finding for the City of Bridgeport in a suit by Cocoran and Marcella C Crabb for 85040 damages from injuries on Capitol Avenue caused by a defective highway. The accident occurred September 11, 1931, and the judge ruled no gross negligence for wiring lights near the open ditch.
High Sheriff Simeon Ke Pease yesterday dismissed Westport deputy sheriff Clark Kirk on charges of conduct unbecoming a sheriff and a gentleman. First Selectman Austin Wakeman filed the complaint, alleging an incident at a Westport basketball game where Postmaster Janes Kelley of New Canaan had Kirk ejected and accused him of drinking.
Coroner John J. Phelan postponed ruling on the death of Peter Ferrara 20 of 884 Pembroke Street found dead after a bathhouse visit. Testimony conflicted over sobriety with Peter Dimioft a restaurant clerk claiming sobriety earlier while Herman Katz the baths owner said the group were intoxicated at his premises.
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