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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1922
Page
7
The schooner Grace Van Dusen, 103 tons gross, bound from New Haven to here, sank in heavy seas near West Quoddy Bay. Captain Boitain and five crew were rescued by coast guards. Salvage of cargo possible but vessel deemed a total loss. owned in New York.
Kansas City April 12. Grandm a Emmy Ward McMahon, aged over 190 with a lifetime of stories, recalls her wedding day stunned by 82-year-old tailor Sims T Berry fleeing before the ceremony. Justice George paused as reporters framed the moment. Berry exclaimed no advertisement and the couple’s plans unraveled. McMahon, calm, hints at old-fashioned pride, recalling frontier life and escape stories from her youth in Buffalo and England. She later notes her granddaughter’s upcoming nuptials.
Bridgeport members celebrate completion of the New Seventh Day Adventist Czech-Slovakian church on Sylvan Avenue. A volunteer-built house of worship includes a day school with 25 students from first to eighth grade and will expand next year. The dedication drew English Hungarian Bohemian congregations with sermons by Rev. Mata and Rev. Cardey, plus music, drama, and stereopticon talks.
Milford April 12 Local Chamber of Commerce meeting discussed industrial incentives for manufacturers locating in Milford. A three member committee was appointed to confer with the Board of Streetman and Board of Assessors to secure lower valuations on manufacturing plants and sites. The group aims to reduce the excessive Milford assessed valuation while opposing broad tax cuts. A subcommittee for the Devo dock project was reinstated and a memorial resolution sought funds for bronze tablets honoring Milford service members.
Obituary notices list Frederick Wiliam Regnery a longtime resident of the Wea area with surviving widow and four daughters, among other local obituaries mentioning funeral details. Multiple memorials note services at local churches, burial in Milford and Union cemeteries, and references to additional relatives and neighbors.
London Apr 12 The condition of Princess Elizabeth wife of Crown Prince George of Greece worsened with typhoid fever. An Athens dispatch dated Tuesday reports the fever and high temperature with hemorrhage, placing the princess in grave danger and cutting to the heart of royal circles.
Yorohoma April 12 Agence Press reports the Prince of Wales landed aboard the Renown from India amid cordial Japanese reception. Separate notices list the funeral of Edwin Hutchinson, 74, to be held tomorrow at Mrs. George W. Lane's residence on Facile Street with burial at Union Cemetery, Middle Island.
Harriet Leah Slapley widow of Willan S. Brartey had funeral services yesterday at a local hall with Rev. Taylor officiating. She was laid to rest at Lala view cemetery. Patrick Woodside died Tuesday at his daughter's home, survived by his daughter and aunt W. J. Woodside and a sister in Belfast.
The text details an American envoy Charles B. Warren being shown to a guest of honor upon arrival at Ragika. A ceremonial naval escort with Japanese cruisers and six ships, including Mtusu, fires salutes as vessels enter the harbor while a procession audience views from a vantage point.
Prince of Wales arrives at Tori imperial palace amid crowds and escorts by cavalry. The event features a ceremonial reception at the railway station and a route past cheering onlookers. The report notes a public mood of ambition and work, with a comment on trade value and cooperation.
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