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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1927
Page
15
In Milford a refrigerator repairman John Frederick was trapped by sulphur dioxide fumes from a leaking icing unit at Jerrys Meat Market. A gas mask thrown to him enabled escape from the cellar as firemen arrived from engine company No 3.
Miss Shige-Ko Nagata of Tokyo, a socially prominent young woman, plans to enter the Trappist Convent in Hokkalido despite family opposition. The entry was announced by the Associated Press from Tokyo on August 4.
The article describes Miss Nagata as sister to Mikihiko Nagata, the Japanese novelist, noting she spent the rest of her life in religious meditation after graduating from a Catholic Mission school several years ago.
Newport August 4 The case of border patrol officers Joseph Foucher and Nelson Haines charged in the death of Winston Titus of North Troy was dismissed as the grand jury failed to indict. Titus died when his car crashed into a tree after he allegedly fled a traffic stop.
Mrs Clara Andruskus testified she kept moonshine liquor only as a tonic for her pigs. The court fined her fifty dollars and sentenced her to thirty days in jail despite the alibi.
Mrs Hill chaired the Greenfield Congregational Church mid summer bazaar held in the church parlors with committees led by Mrs Burr Hill for household articles Mis Robert Barmore for fancy work Mis Prank Lobdell for children's items and novelties and several others managing tea room bake shop and vegetables The Scrooby league under Mrs Hulse staged an evening entertainment on the lawn and inside the church prior to the program in the pastors ethes area.
President Coolidge is made chief of the Sioux tribe at a ceremony in the Black Hills reenacting 1866 gold rush scenes. He receives a 189 feather eagle headdress valued at 2500, with Chiefs Standing Bear and Yellow Robe presenting, as Rosebud descendant Robe places the crown. The event ends with a pledge to lead toward peace and a shared future.
The president in native dress in a Sioux ceremony viewed a pioneer life pageant. A Sioux chant filled the arena as he left with Mrs Coolidge and the headdress entrusted to a White House attache. The program included a Little Big Horn reenactment with Custer’s troopers and acts featuring Wild Bill Hickok Calamity Jane and others.
The fragmentary OCR note outlines a coupon form with fields for name and pattern preferences and mentions stamps and ordering patterns. It references plain names to avoid mistakes and notes 19 cent Aires and 1M orders, but details are incomplete and unclear.
The second child hurt in two weeks on Kings Highway Fairfield was eleven year old Boto Swejkowski son of Mrs Mery Swejkowski of Massachusetts Avenue Fairfield. He was rushed to Bridgeport Hospital with a compound fracture of the leg. Richard M Rogera of 1205 Wood Avenue Bridgeport, operator of the car, was arrested on a recainss driving charge to appear in Fairfield town court Monday morning. The accident occurred as the car, partly off the road, struck the boy near Frank Street after he was chased by other youths. The event followed a motorcycle collision involving Mary Wads two weeks earlier. The injured boy has two sisters and one brother.
Two thousand beautiful pearls grown on a nearby Alkansa river farm were shown in Little Rock. The display highlighted the river farming method and the gem quality valued by observers.
About 350 000 reindeer are in Alaska while claims persist that the country can support pasturage for up to three million animals. The government runs a proving farm for domestic animals at Beltsville near Washington noted as among the world's best.
Monkeys from Twin Brook Zoo in Red Bank roam the neighborhood after escaping earlier in August. A second monkey shot at a farmer drove it into a tree. residents fear for poultry as authorities pursue the animals. A prior leopard escape in the district prompted past warnings and removals.
Colorado Springs August reports the National Woman's Party closing its annual convention, pledging a two year campaign to pass the equal rights amendment. Key leaders include Mrs O H P Belmont and Maud Younger directing legislative effort with Alice Paul advisory. Farm women to be organized for the next year’s elections as part of the drive.
The Maryland State Grange member argues farm women now see labor saving devices as a path to freedom and equality. She asserts farm women, as wives of American life’s backbone, can wield significant influence in the push for women’s rights, with organized farm women behind this effort boosting the movement.
Emily Genet Mre aged seventy nine died at home on Fairfield Avenue late yesterday. Funeral from her home Saturday at 7 PM and from First Hungarian Reformed Church at 2:30 PM burial in Mountain Grove cemetery. James J Kelly died at his Bond Street home yesterday morning survived by daughter Aileen and son Raymond, plus three sisters. funeral from his home tomorrow at 6:30 PM and from Charles Church at 9:00 AM with requiem high mass, interment in family plot in 81 cemetery. Driftwood cluttering York harbor endangers propellers as two steamers tackle floating debris. 2,983 cords of driftwood range from small blocks to large pilings.
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