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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1923
Page
8
Paris April 2 street action as about two thousand midinettes stormed a dressmaking HQ on Rue De Ls Paix, police restrained the crowd with open palms. No real violence reported as the scene drew curious Americans. gown prices reportedly rose fifteen percent amid the strike by sewing houses.
Milford plans daylight saving with towns like Bridgeport and New Haven. Town offices open and close one hour earlier. schools and churches follow the new schedule with two exceptions. Dog licenses slow. Milford seeks to issue licenses before May 1 with a one dollar late fee. Ackenash Tribe to attend Great Council meeting in Naugatuck. local events include a May 1 hamburger roast and social at the wigwam. In Indiana, Horse Thief Detective Association pursues auto and chicken thieves with rewards up to 45 dollars.
Acting Secretary Angus P. Thorne of the Municipal Garage commission will be asked to explain charges that city garage workers are being required to work overtime without pay. The panel meets to hear the issue as a special session and to outline instructions for subsequent appearances.
Several obituary items from April 1923 list deaths and funeral plans: Alice Hahan age 10 with private burial at Park cemetery. Mary Synnott funeral at her Wheeler Ave residence and St Patrick's church with Mass, then St Michael cemetery. Annie Brennan funeral at 59 Black Rock Ave and Sacred Heart church. Robert Norman Hanson one week old. Martin Liscomb husband of Rebecca Webb with private funeral. Hampton A Wilson funeral April 30 at 2 pm from parental home and Lakeview cemetery. Elizabeth Mary Wormald 43 with funeral at Meadow Brook Broad Grasmere and Mt Grove Cemetery. multiple Card of Thanks notices from families expressing gratitude for sympathy, floral offerings, and acknowledgments to local groups and clergy.
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