Bridgenort Hydraulics Seeks Land Tracts in Monroe
Bridgenort Hydraulic Company of this city seeks two land tracts in Monroe to protect water sources and supply. The parcels are owned by Wyward Wo and Louis T. Twist in Monroe.
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1918
Page
14
Bridgenort Hydraulic Company of this city seeks two land tracts in Monroe to protect water sources and supply. The parcels are owned by Wyward Wo and Louis T. Twist in Monroe.
The Bridgeport company cannot agree on price and petitions Saportes court to appoint appraisers who will visit the site and set a valuation.
A belated dispatch from the Belgian border reports gunfire at Antwerp involving a priest and a nun on espionage charges. Details are sparse but the incident appears connected to wartime tensions and security patrols along the frontier.
A fortune teller entertains a round chubby applicant predicting future help to his parents and hints at carpentry ambitions while noting limited interest in Mr Hoover as the child plays with imagined tools and ants.
Stratford April 23 Stratford Scouts plan a house to canvass subscribers to Liberty Loans Saturday to raise the remaining 5 000 needed for the quota Stratford has subscribed about 110 600 in bonds with a goal for the honor flag The Thrift stamp drive at Stratford Center school shows strong junior and freshman participation with 105 00 and 104 00 respectively while other classes trail Advertised letters list names including Thomas Bement F J Chaplaine and Marion Martin and the town notes several local happenings and visits</S>
Judge John IV Wwellag granted a temporary injunction to John and Agnes Stewart of Shelton to restrain Michael and Mary Casey from removing a boundary fence. The suit notes eight fence removals across three occasions and awaits a hearing. An unrelated wartime draft report and a theft arrest in Marion Street appear in the same notice.
Meetings of the fire Chatinos and Ordingnes committees of the Cot mon Council are planned for day and night. The ordin ate orm mibpee will pan The arvenab da sohutlotis referred to tart lewis. anions then Addberian Sigh culot Mabel dhents prainsitinn ta rt all fdlers to work. Pine Mire of Chunks committees will dispose of several minor petitions.
Housatonic Ship Building Co plans an on site fire department at Stratford yards with chief officers and full firefighting force. Engines on duty and hoses ordered to supplement Stratford town equipment. Existing Stratford fire assets insufficient for yard location over a mile from headquarters. Simon Lake oversees sale of the yard’s old engine and a second engine to be purchased soon.
Judge Donald T Warner will resume the case of Conrad W Wegner against the town of Darien in a morning session of Superior Court in the Supreme court room. Wegner alleges surface water from town highways damaged his florist business and land near Linden and Noroton avenues. Readied witnesses included Tlewellyn Brownfield Jr and others. defense witness William J Fierce testified as court adjourned for May.
A garbled note describes a physician Samuel Garlick examining a woman and infant after a disturbance on a street. The doctor concludes no foul play was found and seeks permission related to remnant remains at a local facility.
A cadet at an aviation school in a frontier field fell from a training device, was injured, and later died. Investigators and guards sealed the area as authorities reviewed the accident.
NEW BRITAIN April 23 Lows Weinae aged 81 was found lying in the yard at his home in a dying condition and died before physicians could be summoned. He expressed grief yesterday over the now success of the German on the western front in France. He was born in Germany. The report notes a young condor stays near the nest until it is a year old.
Alexis Slavin, 25, of 269 Flelen Street, held at Police Headquarters on a non support charge with bail set at 500 dollars. Police plan further investigation into possible additional crimes and say they have ten positive leads linking him to other alleged offenses in the city.
The British Army in France reports gains in Aveluy Wood near Albert as the front extends about 250 yards along a 1000 yard sector. Otherwise the line shows little change with ongoing fighting in the area.
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