Questions honesty of Erie expense budgets in 1920s
The Interstate Commerce Commission faulted the Erie railroad for excessive prior to 1924 repairs on New York harbor marine equipment. It cited $4,225,910 in three years paid to a contracting company with an officer related to Erie leadership, alleging repugnant business methods and potential Clayton Act concerns.
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Washington
Associated Press
Erle Iat
T Itn
New York Harbor
Interstate Commerce Commission
Phoenix Transit Company
Fusson Shipbuilding Company
International Marine Welding Company
Ie Commission
Erie
Russell S Underwood
Presi Cent
Underwood
Quick Quaker Breakfast Delights Speed and Nutrition
Savory VICE QUAKER offers a fast hot breakfast richer in protein and carbohydrates with added vitamins and bulk for regular laxative comfort. Promotes starting each day with this ideal balance, urging parents to choose Quick Quaker Oats for nourishment and efficiency.
Magnolia condensed milk boosts coffee richness at half price
An advertisement touts Magnolia Sweetened Condensed Milk as a cost effective cream and sugar substitute for coffee. It promises richer color and body, smoother flavor, and practical benefits like long shelf life and no ice needed. It claims double richness from water removal and sugar blending for better creaminess.
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Magnolia
Magnate
Counterfeiter Taken After Chase by Cop
In Biddeford Maine a man using the name George Bengon twenty four of Boston was arrested after a chase. He passed counterfeit 20 bills and fled when challenged. Cornered in a blind alley he had 300 in counterfeit notes and 100 in legal currency. He will be turned over to Justice agents.
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Biddeford
Associated Press
George Bengon
Department of Justice
Scouts Return From Camping Trip At Beach
Easton reports a local Boy Scout troop and leaders returning home after several days camping at Lordship. They swam, played games, cooked, visited a lighthouse and aviation field and plan weekly meetings at the Lee M E church hall. Community notices include church picnics, a Ladies Aid supper fundraiser, and voter registrar sessions at the Easton fire house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beardsley Park
Lee Afgb
Ladies Aid Society
Erwin Edwards
Fred Marsh
Fred Candee
Chester Hull
Arthur Wheeler
Charles G Kelfer
John H. Candee
Easton
John Patterson
Bridgeport Hydraulic Company
Anna Stillson
Stillson
Charles G Keller
Charles
Nelil Hansen
Enoch Hansen
New Milford
Pine
Cenans
Wuhany Andrews
Stratford
The
Grove
George Andrews
William Gower
Pet Show Planned at Playgrounds
The Board of Recreation sponsors a city pet show for children to be held Wednesday afternoon at Washington Park Old Mill Beechwood Lafayette Brooklawn Bryant West End and Seaside playgrounds. Any animal from a trained flea to a dancing elephant may enter under supervisor Fred B Corbally. More than 1 000 pets were exhibited last year and should be higher this year. Blue ribbons award first red for second and white for third across best child’s pet cutest and oddest pets at each playground.
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Board of Recreation
Washington Park
Car crashes through fence driver held in New Haven
In New Haven on July 31 AP reports Joseph Verdillon, 36, of Cedar Street, crawled from under an overturned car after it smashed a railroad fence and dropped 23 feet. Patrolman William D Hallsey arrested Verdillon for reckless driving and operating a vehicle under the influence of liquor and drunkenness. Verdillon was bonded $4,500 for city court Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Lamberton
Cedar Street
Joseph Verdillon
William DB Hallsey
MacMillan Arrives at Labrador Headquarters
Portland Maine July 31 The News service reports Commander Donald B MacMillan has sent radio messages confirming his ships reached Niger Labrador where a wharf is being built to land supplies. Headquarters are prepared for the expedition for a year ahead.
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Portland
Maine
Aasociated Press
Mra
W.C. Forg
Freeport
Donald B. MacMilLan
Neii
Labrador
Ben Tg Land
Paris Fashion Week Reveals New Durability in Paris Creations
Paris fashion reports stress wearability and durable materials in fall and winter lines. Lelong showcases greens and blues in crepes and velvet. stamped chiffon velvets appear on evening gowns. Notables include Princess Nathalie Paley in a white chiffon velvet gown, and Lenieff’s leather velvet coat with silver and gold embroidery. Indoor wear trends favor wide trousers, with Mary Nowitzky and Ganna Walska championing pants over skirts.
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C.F. Bertellis
Paris
Lelong
Nathalie Paley
Lenieff
Baronne Fouquier
Mra Felix Doubleday
Patou
Paul Caret
Lady Edgerton
Caret
Mary Nowitzky
Princess Kotchoubey
Millicent Hawes
Jon
Bencl
Newport
Long Island
Ganon Waiska
Harold F .AicCormick
Nowlinky
Ganna Walskra
Ganna
Thousands of WWII veterans losing insurance certificates
Rapid City South Dakota July 31 The Veterans Bureau director Frank T Hines says only about a quarter of World War I veterans who received government bonus insurance certificates will keep them. He notes nearly 2000 forfeitures arrive daily and opposes additional liberalization. Congress may fund disability lists compensation and complete the hospitalization program with proposed appropriations.
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Rapid City, & D
Associated Press
Frank T Hineg
Veterans’ Bureau
Veterans Bureau
Hinessata
Piano sold for funds to attend trial
In Cleveland Ohio July 31 AP Judge Samuel H Silbet ordered Sergeant Herman H Archer to reimburse his wife Anna Laura Archer for expenses and return her to San Francisco. Archer faced divorce proceedings after his wife testified she and her husband sold the piano to finance their trip for the trial.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Samuel H. Silbet
Herman H Archer
Anna Laura Archer
San Francisco
Archer
Progress of Aviation Scientific Tracts Draw Shows
Smithsonian Institution issues a book tracing aviation progress from primitive toys to modern aircraft. The display pairs models and original mechanisms to illustrate mankind’s long effort to master the air, with demonstrations in motels and showcases of evolving designs.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Mercury and Venus Brighten Morning Sky in August Observations
Dr Brainin reports Mercury, the smallest planet and nearest the sun, will be a morning star near sunrise with an altitude around fifteen degrees on August 8. Venus attains its greatest brilliancy on the 5th, shining minus 4.2 and rivaling Sirius in brightness as it moves toward the sun. Saturn and Jupiter offer good viewing conditions, with Saturn near Antares in the southwestern sky and Jupiter rising before midnight in excellent position. The article also surveys Vega Altair Deneb in Cygnus, noting Deneb’s true power despite its faint appearance and outlining the summer sky triangle.
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Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Jupiter
Vagus Mt
Earth
Antares
Antarea
Vega
Altair
Deneb
Altai
Dene
Australia
Beta Cygni
Epalion
Gamma
Delta Cygni
Danish Teen Swims 20 Kilometer Sweden to Denmark
Edith Jensen, a 17 year old Danish swimmer, completed a crossing of the sound between Sweden and Denmark, about 20 kilometers. The feat follows her recent notable swims and is reported by Associated Press from Copenhagen via Exchange Telegraph.
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London
Associated Press
Milas Edith Jensen
Sweden
Denmark
Copenhagen
Adda
Tobacco expert to study foreign trade overseas
Benjamin D. Hill, tobacco specialist of the Department of Commerce, will visit 23 foreign countries to study tobacco markets and conditions abroad. He will gather data on selling, distribution, production, consumption, competition, monopolies, and new markets to strengthen American tobacco's position internationally.
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George WH. Manning
Washington
Benjamin D. Hill
Department of Commerce
Hil
Europe
Hill
North America
Asia
Letters May Lead To Man's Identity In Chester Case
In Middletown on July 31, authorities found a badly decomposed man’s body in a remote Chester area. Several letters in his clothing pockets, nearly worn away, may identify him once chemically treated. Sawmill workers reported an elderly, down and out man recently helped and later vanished, leaving the body presumed to have succumbed to cold in winter.
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Middletown
Associated Press
Chester
Long Hill Social Notes Patchwork of Visits and Outings
Long Hill residents host and visit relatives across nearby towns with guests from Bridgeport Norwalk and Brooklyn. Collections include trips to Canada Nantucket Port Jefferson and Yonkers plus church activities Epworth League events and a whist gathering in Monroe.
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Long Hill
Frank Daily
Bridgeport
Ralph Randall
Charles . Downs
Meriden
Reilly
Edward Shelomis
Carmel
James
Wethersfield
Gallup
Bhelomis
C G Downs
Fred Lathrop
Mary
Gertrude Lathrop
Denbury
John C . Keeton
Yonkers
Mildred Lange
Henry Lange
Nantucket
Hamilton
Long Hui
Herbert Betts
Canada
Pred Botsford
Linn B Abbott
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Lucas
Lawhener Sherman
Mya. Krushak
Charles Bradley
Jack Krushak
John Moses
Robert
Robert Smith
David
Louie Hall
Paul Bintz
Henry Blata
Port Jefferson
Monroe
George Griffin
Margaret Abbott
Mia Walter Hawley
Francia Wilkinson
Danuary
Norwalk
Pied Scharnweber
Hardet
Arthur
Brooklyn
St John Colman
Colman
Charles Whitbeck
George Cray
Ravina
Sadie Horn
Niagara
Erna Clark
Phyllis Walker
Helen LeBarr
Ruth Kellogg
Middletown
Fimma Sherman
Satm
Viel Seeley
Arthur Cur Hes
Broest , Proudman
Hampton Va
Solon B
Wales
Elmetreet
Ethel Perr
John Calhoun
Sacco Says Only International Clamor Can Free Us
Nicola Sacco, awaiting Governor Fuller’s inquiry into his and Vanzetti’s conviction and death sentence, writes that only an international uproar will free them. He criticizes a student letter urging hope as bland optimism and non sense, urging action to win their release.
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New York
Associated Press
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Governor Fuller
Massachusetts
H. 8
Vanvalkenburg
Sacco-Vanzetti
Sacco
Motor Vehicle Income May Double in 1925 Revenue Surge
State Motor Vehicle department half year receipts reached 6,174,231.93 dollars, up 17.8 percent from last year, with 271,116 vehicle registrations and 220,416 private vehicle owners paying 63,546,773.70. Licensing of 289,423 operators produced 874,579, while 30,577 applicants paid 61,172 in fees for examinations. Fines and fees from convictions totaled 105,385.92, funding highway construction and repairs. Other receipts included 62,067 from temporary registrations and 34,179 transfers among various small items.
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State Motor Vehicle Department
Inquest Planned Over Middletown Death of John Mack
Middletown reports a sudden death of John Mack aged sixty seven. An autopsy was done by medical examiner Dr. Loveland and the inquest was announced. Roomer Philip Philbin, fifty four, said Mack had two drinks then collapsed, finding him dead on the day before. Philbin faced a breach of peace charge.
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Middletown
iBy Associated Press
John Mack
John &. Loveland
Philip Philbin
Mack
Philbin
Health Board Probes Danbury Sewage Disposal
Danbury residents threaten action as Beaver Brook flood reports and river stench prompt state health and water commissions to investigate sewage handling. Dr Osborne urges immediate plant improvements and consulting engineering to plan future facilities. City expands beds, faces upstream discharges from gas and electric plant and manufacturing outlets. No fish remain, cattle avoid river hay as pollution worsens.
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Danbury
State Health Department
Beaver Brook
Tate Water Commission
Generel Assembly
Stanley H. Osborne
Hartford
Rn Health
Osborne Hag
Anthony Sunderirad
E. J. Scofler
Departmet of Health
Danbar and Bethel
Ite
State Board of Death
Mrs H Armstrong Reports House Robbed
Mrs H Armstrong told the detective bureau that her home at 20 Brook Avenue was entered in the night. Only 26 pennies were missing from a bowl on the kitchen shelf. the burglar entered by breaching the kitchen door lock.
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Mit
Charles H. Armstrong
Brook
Detective Bureau
Adam
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