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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1925
Page
15
Amherst Mass Aug 3 Farmers and their families flocked to the campus for Farm and Home Week at Massachusetts Agricultural College. Authorities spoke on agricultural topics and their remarks were reported, but the speaker noted the audience reaction was the significant part of the event.
Robert Gordon leads the cast in On the Threshold at the Cameo while The White Sheep and The Half Way Girl bring thrill and romance to Polis Majestic and Palace Bridgeport. Notable performances include Doris Kenyon, Loyd Hughes, Hobart Bosworth, Eva Novak, and a vaudeville bill featuring Bostock's Riding School, The Rosemont Troubadors, Hector the dog act, and top revue acts.
Mrs Caroline Dodge Merton, blind for 30 years and wife of Dr Holmes W Merton, a New York psychologist, will give a piano recital at the Casino Stamford tomorrow evening. A noted composer with 5600 originals, her works include Father's Almanac and Life's Shuttle. Her husband, a violinist, will accompany.
In Hartford, a probate court order shows the estate of the late Rev Dr Francis Goodwin distributed 6,191,742.26 among heirs under the will. A 17,540,560 real estate account stays with trustees to develop and distribute per a private memorandum, as real estate was reappraised to 7,1937.2. Tax funds rose, with inheritance taxes at 215,970. This remains the largest estate probated locally.
AP reports from Tokyo that the 1922 earthquake and fire linger in the capital. Child Welfare Section findings show over 60 percent of children under seven in slum areas are unhealthy due to malnutrition or disease, with evidence of worsening conditions anticipated.
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