Ridgefield Plans Entertainment to Help Library Books
Ridgefield officials discuss a public entertainment to fund the library book fund while arranging a special meeting to decide program details. Volunteers arrange flowers for library decor. several Ridgefield residents are noted visiting, traveling, or recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgefield
Augusta P. Dixon
Archibald
Davis
Iixon
H. EF. Bard
Marion H. Donn Cran
D. Martin
George S. Gardiner
South Main Street
Augusta Dixon
Man Leaps From Porch Causes Death
A laborer at Bridgeport Gag Light company died after leaping from a porch. Neighbors said he appeared not entirely rational. He returned home about 2 pm, ate supper, then jumped. Medical examiners cited a fractured skull as the cause with no motive determined. Police investigated and ruled death by own action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Gmd
Merghe
Mergency
Ambulance Record Details Three Local Incidents
At 19:10 a boy Dominick Desmona aged eleven at 247 Lexington avenue fell from a truck injuring his right leg he was taken to St Vincent's hospital not serious. At 12:40 p.m Edward Wier eleven of 252 Dover street fell from an estate at a playground about ten feet and was taken to Ridgport hospital. At 7:20 p.m Antonio Planatta fifty two of 57 Lexington avenue jumped from a third floor porch and was instantly killed his body was taken to morgue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominick Desmona
Lexington Avenue
St. Vincent's Hospital
Fear Edward Wier
Dover Street
Ruston Avenue
Ridgesport Hospital
Antonio Planatta
Bourne Case Returns to Court in Domestic Clash
Bourne faces renewed court action after an arrest related to a January O'Malley order. He was held on $2,500 bail following a June incident at his mother’s home when his wife accused him of slapping her. The case involves a California divorce filing and a bequest of $11,000 used to pay debts. Bourne contends the arrest order was not served until June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell BE. Lopin
Gourne
Bourne
O'Malley
California
Park Avenue
Scott Insane and Jury Reports In Atari
Scott Insane faced death after a jury conviction for murder. He received a ninety day reprieve from Governor Small, then another week delay due to a hoax confession signed Robert Scott. A later stay of execution was granted to allow a sanity hearing, with counsel William Scott Stewart prompting a court session at 2 a.m. to preserve the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ert
Scott
Robert Scott
Small
de Veport
William Scott Stewart
Joseph B. David
Community Fraternal and Civic Groups Gather in Bridgeport
A listing of local meetings and lodges in Bridgeport and surrounding areas including Pride of Bridgeport council at 62 Cannon street and numerous organizations such as Daughters of America Joseph Dowdall lodge K of P 1025 Main street Arcanum Jodge 1 C O F 1087 Broad street Women’s Christian Temperance union 239 Gilbert street Machinists 847 Main street Scandinavian Sick Benefit society 160 Lee avenue Oronoque lodge I O O F Town hall Stratford Washington camp No 15 P O S of A K of P 1250 Main street Bridgeport Schwaben Benefit So city 37 French street and more groups at listed addresses.
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Pride of Bridgeport Council
Daughters of America
Cannon Street
Joseph Dowdall Lodge
Main Street
Arcanum Jodge
Broad Street
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Gilbert Street
Machinsts
Scandinavian Sick, Benefit Society
Lee Avenue
Oronoque Lodge
Stratford
Washington
S. of A. K. of P
Bridgeport Schwaben Benefit Socity
French Street
Bridgeport Lodge
Fraternal Aid Union
Fairfield Avenue
Independent Order of Tigers
State Street
Remington Improvements Association
Remington Arms Club
Savoy Athletic Association
Pembroke Street
U. M. C. Sick Benefit Association
Barnum Avenue
Workman's _circle
Bridgeport
The
Bund
Company F
Housatonic Avenue
Jerusalem
TR. A. Mi
Masonic Temple
Beloin Camp
M. W
Elm Street
Congress
Main Streets
Court Nelson
East Main Street
Nancy Lincoln Lodge
C. L
M. A
Stratford Avenue
Ida Lodge
Broadstreet
Turk City Lodge
Isbister Commissioned Coast Artillery Officer
Washington Aug 6 James Tisbister 43 Laurel Avenue Bridgeport has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Reserve Corps the War Department announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiahington
James Tisbister
Laurel Avenue
Bridgepo
Coast Arllery Reserve Corps
War Department
Greenwich Investmess Company Inc Incorporation Filed
A certificate of incorporation for Greenwich Investmess Company Inc filed in Hartford lists authorized capital of 50000 dollars. It plans real estate and brokerage business with startup 1000 dollars. Incorporators are Mildred A. Bendar J G Hannon and Vivian R. Bassett of Greenwich.
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Greenwich
Greenwich * Investmess. Company, Inc
Hartford
Mildred A. Bendar
J. G. Hannon
Vivian R. Bassett
Hope to avoid miners strike faces mediation clash
The exchange centers on arbitration and wage disputes in the anthracite industry. Key figures Mr Lewis Mr Warriner and officials discuss breakdowns in talks at Atlantic City while Hoover Sargent and President Coolidge weigh possible government roles and upcoming visits to Swampscott and Ludlow.
Stamford Yacht Club Crew Faces Final Races in Long Island Sound
In Stamford and New Rochelle the Junior Championship races saw the Stamford Yacht Club crew and the Fluguenot Yacht Club crew from New Rochelle each win one of two afternoon races. The Huguenot crew beat Stamford in the four mile point and returns race, while Stamford won the four mile triangular course by 43 seconds. The final race is set for tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Long Island Sound
Stamford Yacht Club
Fluguenot Yacht Club
New Rochelle
Knickerbocker
Gedarhurst
Debt Conference Opens Monday
The article notes the debt conference opens Monday with members of Congress aware that U S terms may differ by country and that no plan to shift Belgium’s debts to the United States could be entertained. It cites Versailles and Kellogg guidance, detailing communications with all debtor nations except Russia and Armenia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States
Chatrman Mellon
American Commission
Belgium
Germany
Debt Commission
Commission
Kellogg
Russia
Armenia
Washington police prepared to curb disorder at large crowds
Police in Washington pledge to maintain order in crowds from 5 000 to 160 000 while noting heightened firearm sales and racial tensions. An official report cites increased revolver purchases since prior race-related violence and mentions large planned klan demonstrations, with tens of thousands expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
Rieta
Foley
Pney
Washington
Polky
Largest religious meeting seen with Rome clerics in Chicago
Duluth reports a historic event as the Catholic church prepares for a huge gathering in Chicago June 24. An estimated one to two million attendees, with fifty thousand parochial school children rehearsing mass songs, are expected at Grant Park stadium under the Eucharistic council. Cardinal dres it Ameo- Eucharistic council invites Monsignor Mundelein to attend. Monsignor Quille notes the event's immense scale and vows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Rome
Holy City
Chicago
Knights of Columbus
Monsignor Quille
Wucharistic Council
Monsignnor Qui
Qule
Monsignor
P. J. McGivney
Bridgeport
Conn
Reorganization clash as Bridgeport Republicans meet
Bridgeport Republicans rally to name a five member committee to craft a campaign platform. Leaders from districts two through twelve pledge hard work to oust the existing organization amid charges of patronage and district favoritism. Speakers cite past broken promises and call for equal treatment, funds, and broad participation in a changing city political scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth District
Republicans
Dennis
T ‘William E. Burton
Trst
Kilpatrick
Ronald Ward
William S. Clark
Ward
Third District
John Lajoske
Iole
Charles Wilson
Wilson
Nicholas Tesing
Bridgeport
Sixth
George Gydesen
Daniel Brenan
Ross
Charles Ross
Veni
Vici
Vidi
Woodchuck Hill
Sylvan Crest
George Seltsman
Seltsman
Ely
Dawe
Howard Dunbar
Health Department
Wilbert Sanford
Ninth District
William &. Primrose
Pa- Hee
Ninth
Thomas Finn
Peter Dawe
John Pistey
Mr. Rainey
Eleventh
Charles, Blackman
Herget
Hm. H. Moltaney
House approves 10 million subvention for coal mining
The House of Commons voted 25 to 16 to approve a government supplementary estimate of 10 million pounds as a subvention to the coal mining industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Real estate transfers and quitclaim notes listed in local deeds
Warranty deeds record transfers from Delbridge Courter and others to Soren Delbridge on Tom Thumb Street and Orange Street. Mortgage deeds show Carrie Mitchell to Schnee on Washington Terrace and Hugo Schultz to Standard Mortgage on Mare Rot Avenue. Other transfers include Loren Delveridge, John M. O Connell, Gilbert Freedman, Joseph Guerra and Louisa Sporitelli, with Norman Street and Iranistan Avenue cited. An odd aside notes that in old days talkers who were fed were called minatrela, not leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Delbridge, Jr
Mary Courter
Teulsa
Elisabeth Blackman
Soren Delbridge
Tom Thumb Street
Carrie Mitchell
Schnee
Washington Terrace
Hugo C. Schultz
Standard Mortgage Corporation
Marerott Avenue
Loren Delveridge
Henry Kornpbint
Tom Thum Street
John M. O'Connell
Herman Isaacs
Norman Street
Cilbert Freedman
Building Trades Workers Plan No Sympathy Strike
The hodcarriers union considers a sympathy strike while bosses debate sign ups. Charlus is the only builder willing to sign with the hodcarriers, W R Muirhead reports. De Falen of the hodcarriers union plans meetings to pressure builders to join. Plumbers elect McDonald president for the fifth time as officers are installed. Jasper Mc Levy, Socialist mayoral candidate, will address plumbers on Debs’s Park Theatre lecture set for September 24. McDonald to represent Ridgeport unions at the 40th annual New Britain convention in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodcarriers
McDonald
Charlus
Hodcarriers’ Union
W. R. Muirhead
T18
de Falen
Hodcarriers’ Union of
New Haven
Eugene VY. Debs
Park Theatre
Ridgeport
New Britain
Mayor Quigley Indicted Among 43 In Liquor Ring
Grand Jury indicts Quigley and 42 others over a Chelsea bootlegging network. Witnesses claim vessels docked liquor under police protection and that officials and bagmen received weekly payments to safeguard dealers. Mayor defends the Grand Jury's fairness, calling it a flaw in the system that harms reputations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loggers
Chelsea
August Santini
New York
Edwina Vorsehner
Medford
Michael Kinsley
Everett
Daniel J. Murphy
Quigley
United States
A. S
Harold P. Williams
Elihu D. Stone
Stone
Railroad Day Excursion From Mayintok to City Island
Sunday a large group of railroad workers and their families from the New Haven and Central Vermont Railroad will travel by special train to the city. The excursionists will be met at the station by special cars and spend the day on the Island with a program of events.
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New Haven
Central Vermont
Mayintok
N. Y
Poushkeepsie
Danbury
Drunk man in dying condition and arrest in New Britain
In New Britain Alex Jurkowski lies in a dying condition at New Britain General Hospital with severe internal injuries. Frank Anwdirzcagic is held on a $1,000 bail on drunkenness charges as investigators probe possible causes beyond intoxication. A doctor ordered observation after suspicions arose yesterday.
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New Britain
Aug
Alex Jurkowski
New Britain General Hospital
Frank Anwdirzcagic
Jurkowski
Man commits suicide in Waterbury home gas leak ends life
James L. Joy fifty four of Highland avenue killed himself by sealing off a bathroom with illuminating gas. Authorities report he had suffered an eight month breakdown and despondency over inability to secure a gauge muster. In Hudson Massachusetts two brothers aged ten and were drowned on a makeshift raft on the Assabet river this afternoon.
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Waterbury
James L. Joy
Highland Avenue
Hudson
John and
Roy Correia
Assabet
Adoption scandal rocks Browning foreign adoption case in New York
Mary, a girl in danger of exploitation, reveals that two $500 checks were given to her parents to pay for her care. Commissioner Coler investigates possible legal action while neighbors protest. Sylvia Mullen, Browning’s second-choice adoptive girl, is reported missing from the Bronx home.
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Mary
Denver
Colo
Browning
Tieyds
Dorothy Lunahine
Bird S. Coler
Public Welfare
Chamber of Commerce
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
Spas
Queens County District
Coler
Rereele
New York
Sylvia Mulen
Zhelece
Edward W. Browning
Bronx
Obituary Notices from Stratford Funeral Home Listings
The obituary notices list mourners for Catherine Corcoran and Etta Myers, with services at local homes and cemeteries. Others mourned include Leonard Luchi, John Jacop Vreeland, Rev. William Henry Carson, Ruth Catherine Esposito, and Anna Crocker Thompson, detailing homes, burial sites, and family survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry Carson
Minnie Kelsey
Hillside Avenue
Stratford
Cyrus Severance
Stratford Methodist Church
Washington, N. J
Washington Methodist Church
Ruth Catherine Esposito
Frank
Anna Esposito
Howard Avenue
Frank Polke and Son
State Street
St. Stephen's Church
St. Michael's Cemetery
Ford to Buy Seven Sea Going Tugs for 42500 Each
The Shipping Board authorized Henry Ford to buy seven sea going tugs at 42500 apiece, rejecting a lower offer of 40900 from Ford. The sale aims to supply funds and reduce fleets, leaving three tugs in possession after the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FORD
Shipping Board
Washington
Henry Ford
Detroit
Fleet Corporation
USA
Investigators Fail to Uncover Danbury House Fire Cause
Danbury fire chief Peter Beckerles continues to probe a blaze that destroyed Herbert Conklin's Peace street home Tuesday night. Conklin accuses a would-be buyer of arson but refuses to name the suspect. Firemen have no leads, and Chief Beckette plans to hand the case to state police soon. he cites possible smoking in bed as the only current cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury
Peter Beckerles
Herbert Conklin
Peace Street
Conklin
Beckette
Say Decision Leads To New Freight Rates
Washington August decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission on the Southern Class Freight Rate Case described by railroad experts as the first step toward an entirely new rate structure based on distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sargent Goes Home for Skeel Funeral
Attorney General Sargent will ride to Ludlow Vermont for the funeral of Frederick Skeel son of George Homer Skeels. He plans to return Tuesday and may visit Swampscott Massachusetts to see President Coolidge. A separate New York note says Hycott Wylie resigned as president of Pan American Petroleum and Transport Company after new owners diverted duties from his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Sargent
White House
Swampscott
Ludlow
Vermont
Frederick Skeels
Swampdeck
Coolidge
Leotacy Hoover
San Francis
Frederick Skeela
George Homer Sa Skeels
Swampscott, Maas
President Coolidge
New York
Wylie
Pan-American Petroleum’ and Transport Company
Edward KL
Doheny
Westchester County Seeks Rehearing On Railroad Rate Hike
Hope of overturning the 40 percent rate increase granted to the New York New Haven Hartford railroad hinges on a rehearing sought by Westchester County. Corporation Counsel Charles A. Van Arken plans to file the brief with the Public Service Commission soon.
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New Rochelle
Westchester County
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Lung
At‘ormney
Charles A. van Arken
Public Service Commision
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Essie C. Reed
Lake Mamanasco
Charles Benjamin
Mt. Eliseo Hospital
Arthur H. Ferry
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Ridgefield Post o'Ticacy
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Warriner
Inglis
London
Stanford Yacht Club
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Catherine B. Corcoran
Yen Thomas
Usle Craw Corcoran
Cornwall Street
St. Michael’s Cemetery
Etta Myers
Henry Myers
J. H. Carroll
Washington Avenue
Lakeview Cemetery
Leonard Lucila
Leonard Luchi
Savoy Street
Grace Aurlig
John Jacob Vreeland
John Jacop Vreeland
Albert H. Vreeland
Belleville
N. J
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Anna —&. Crocker Thompson
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