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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1925
Page
18
Camp Trumbull will be featured at Charter Oak fair September 7 to 12. Country and city youths will encamp on the grounds and compete in 4H clubs County Boys and Girls clubs and Junior Achievement exhibits. The event highlights agricultural craft home economics and stock exhibits with histories of individual successes and promising future benefits for Connecticut youth.
Lawrence Massachusetts August 4 A P report says Thomas Pennyfeather of Salem driver of the car wrecked in North Andover last night causing three deaths lies under continuous guard at Lawrence General Hospital. Police expect to arrest him for manslaughter as soon as his condition allows.
Vegetable growers from across the state travel to Waltham August 5 for the annual field day at the market garden field station of Massachusetts Agricultural College. Attendees observe experiments aiding vegetable production and learn the latest horticultural practices.
A coroner ruled Ernest Deschamps, 32, of 107 Clinton Avenue died as an accidental result of injuries from a motorcycle wreck in Seaside Park. He had told the inquest his machine was moving 72 miles an hour when it overturned, dragging him 150 feet along the boulevard.
In Storrs Connecticut the egg laying contest defies the law of averages as production rose for the fifth time in two months. Week thirty nine yielded 4898 eggs, up 28 from the prior week, led by Hanson’s Leghorn Farm Corvallis Oregon with 58 eggs. Pen from Hilltop Farm Suffield Connecticut second with 54, Ruehle’s Sunnyside Farm Pleasant Valley New York close third with 68. Merritt M. Clark Brookfield Center Connecticut and two Patton entries Charlotte North Carolina and Meadowedge Farm Sterling Jet Massachusetts tied at 42 for fourth. The American Poultry Association Fort Wayne Indiana offers 100 sweepstakes cups for pens and 50 for individuals plus medals and certificates for high pens and hens. Leading pens listed across White Rocks Barred Rocks Rhode Island Reds and White Leghorns with multiple farms named.
Three American Thread strikers faced City court in Willimantic for disorder during a strike parade. Mike Renejowski received 25 dollars and costs plus 11 days in jail for carrying a dangerous weapon, while also being fined for resisting an officer. William Boffa got 25 dollars and costs with a suspended sentence for interfering with an officer, and George Rocke had charges noted for interference. The incident began when a state policeman tried to arrest a woman who escaped due to witness accounts, as police rounded up the men.
Charles W. Helden, 18, of Hartford, was sentenced to five days in jail by Judge Whittaker after being found guilty of theft. He allegedly took $2 from a New Haven five and ten store cash register, and surrendered after reading a newspaper account of the robbery.
Rockaway's booming land market draws massive crowds as women join men in a frenzied rush to cash in on rapid turnovers. Millionaires emerge overnight, hotels flip for tens of thousands, and boardwalk plans spark a frenzy, with reports of profits and losses amid police crowd control.
In Willimantic on August 4 a deputy officer Floerie Marrotte's car struck 30 year old Fred Kosak as he ran into the street. Kosak suffered internal injuries and was taken to St Joseph Hospital for treatment.
In Los Angeles the American Chemical Society opened its seventieth meeting with electrons described as the smallest known particles of matter speaking through a special amplifier. Dr Willis R Whitney introduced the speakers to chemists and scientists. Dr Alexander Findlay of Aberdeen discussed the twilight zone of matter and the challenge of explaining life in physical terms as a new aspect of matter.
Officials at the Pavifite mills in Lawrence Massachusetts said a large number of strikers had returned to work voluntarily. About 100 quit yesterday in protest against a wage cut. With the return and new hires there were few vacancies.
Local contractors appeal for police protection to guard workers on construction sites against potential strikes and molestation during ongoing projects in New Wa vie n.
Seven outdoor chaps favor hillside retreats where peace settles like a mantle and waters murmur. The piece urges drivers to park in the mountains for cool quiet, sound sleep, and renewed vigor, touting Socony Gasoline and Socony Motor Oil as support for conquering new heights.
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