New Marriage Law Slows Out of Town Couples in Bridgeport
Bridgeport now requires five day advance filings for marriage licenses. Many couples from New York and other cities previously wed quickly at the Welfare Building, but the new rule has cut hastily arranged ceremonies. Witnesses remain available, yet fewer marriages occur as couples seek locales with immediate licenses.
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Bridgeport
New York
Frederic
F Ermeweger
Welfare Building
Justice of Peace
Mroin
Division of Vital Statistics
Emeneger
Vincent Whitney
Nll
Centr
Justices of the Peace
Welfare
Feer Mattages
Tea and Card Party Aids Trinity Guild at Nichols
A large crowd gathered on the lawn of Mrs Edward Nothnagle for a Trinity Guild tea and card party benefiting the Trinity Episcopal Church of Nichols. Miss Gertrude Peet led as chair with many Bridgeport societies represented. Several Nichols students joined weekend activities at Storrs and Mohawk camps, with updates on campers and local residents including Frank Lalley Simich Tucker and others. Grand Juror William Cooper, recently hospitalized for gall stones, expects to return home soon.
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Nichols
Trinity Guild
Trinity Episcopal Church
Edward Nothnagle
Nothwag
Bridgeport
Gertrude Peet
Maan
John Mills
E ‘Srief
New York
Mohawk
Mary Curtis Weir Johnson
Dorothy Eckhart
Catherine Shelton
Helen Reed
Sally Curtiss
Ir Poultry Forestry
Storrs
Misa Eleanor Beebe
Willimmville
Beebe
Tucker Home
William Cooper
Bridgepot Hospital
Warren Plumb
Detroit Museum Aims To End Gallery Fatigue Opening In October
Detroit announces a new art center designed to cure gallery fatigue with sky lighting and no overbearing shadows. The building groups galleries into American, European, and Asiatic sections with compact rooms guiding a gradual evolution of art.
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Detroit
Associated Press
Detroits New
View 2.79 per cent beer sole solution of rum issue
Enforc ement officials discuss legalizing 275 per cent beer to improve prohibition. Col James Wardell resigns after year as chief of the alcohol and brewery control unit. Wad dell to testify before Senate and House committees on prohibition conditions and enforcement.
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Fx Robert S Thorns
RGIL
Washington
United States
Col James
Wardell Ve
Federal Prohibition Service
Cupersiso
Waddel
Senate
House
Congress
Wad- Gell
Tada
Wardell
Warddell
Chicago
Httle
Divorces Granted to Three American Women in Paris Courts
Paris courts granted divorces to three American women on abandonment grounds. Eleanor Me cer Wilson was divorced from Roy Warning Wilson, married October 4 1919, in Chicago, Illinois.
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Paris
Eleanor Me Cer Wilson
Roy Warning Wilson
Chicago
Dr Coon Warns Bridgeport on Diphtheria Threat
Health officer Dr William H Coon warns Bridgeport residents of a diphtheria rise despite widespread immunization. He notes 14 deaths so far this year and urges parents to use school clinics offering free inoculations, listing dates and locations across Read Black Rock Capitol Avenue Maplewood Waltersville Garfield Prospect Jackson and McKinley schools.
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Bridgeport
Health Department
le William H Coon
Coon
di Coon
Read
Black Rock
Capitol Avenue
Maplewood
London Too Prim Now Says 80 Year Old Lord
On the eve of his eightieth birthday Lord Lambourne reflects that London has become respectable with early bedtimes and frequent holidays to attend funerals. He contrasts modern London with the bohemian past and notes changes in social norms and behavior.
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London
A Bridge
England
Lord Lambourne
Lordship Manors Seeks Stratford Help In Mosquito War
Lordship Manor association calls on Stratford to eradicate the mosquito pest scourging the area this summer. Residents vow cooperation with any Stratford measures and note health concerns and widespread bites. Building activity increases as roads open new sections and lights are added. The Lordship Country Club plans a beach party and a tennis tournament draws interest amid ongoing residential growth.
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Lordship Manor Association
Btatford
Lordship
Stratford
Bourne Street
Max Feydt
Bridgeport
Leon Botsfors
Lordship Road
S H Calhoun
Laurel Avenue
Lordship Country Club
Burritt
Bluff
Stratford Lighthouses
Luck and philanthropy mark Rosenwald birthday remarks
Chicago August 12 Julius Rosenwald head of Sears Roebuck marked his 65th birthday and credited luck over genius for wealth. The Chicago magnate noted that most rich men owe success to being in the right place at the right time. He recalled starting in a small clothing factory 42 years ago and emphasized giving, including more than 2.6 million to the University of Chicago and 3 million to Negro education efforts, with 3 million more for an industrial museum.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Julius Rosenwald
Sears-Roebuck Company
Luc
Rosenwald
Sears-Roebuck Grey
University of Chicago
Amusement promoter John B Nash dies in Providence
Providence RI August 12 Associated Press John B Nash fifty nine well known amusement promoter found dead in his bed at his home by his wife Mrs Bessie Nash He had been in ill health for several days Death due to natural causes Survived by widow two sons and a daughter He conducted concessions at Descent Park Rocky Point Hartford Conn and in this city 21 years ago he introduced the penny vaudeville pictures
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Providence
R I
Associated Press
John B Nash
Bessie Nash
Nash
Descent Park
Rocky Point
Hartfod Conn &Bringfield Mass
John Coolidge Heads to Black Hills for Vacation
Burlington Vt August 12 John Coolidge son of the President left today for South Dakota to join his parents in the Black Hills after completing his second season at the University of Vermont summer school He plans to stay until about September 1 then return to Amherst College for his studies.
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Burlington, Vt
Associated Press
John Coolidge
University of Vermont
South Dakota
Black Hills
Amherst College
Hartford Man Taken For Rum Possession
Henry Sears of Hartford and Manuel Jahne of New Bedford were arrested by federal officers after failing to stop for a machine check. They fled from a Connecticut registered vehicle and were pursued. six fifty-five gallon cans of moonshine were found inside. The pair await rearraignment before a US commissioner on illegal liquor possession charges.
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Providence
iBy
Associated Press
Henry Sears
Park Street
Hartford
Conn
Manuel Jahne
South Water Street
New Bedford
Polie Station
Connecticut
Americans Hate Orders Push to Make Drinking Compulsory
Opinion notes that Americans resist authority and urges compulsory drinking as a deterrent. It argues enforcement would curb drinking by forcing compliance and warns of social backlash against mandates.
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Mike
Receivership Sought for Bridgton and Saco River Railroad
In Portland Maine on August 12 the Bridgton and Saco River Railroad receivorship bill was filed in equity in the supreme court by Beyer and Mall Portland bondholders holders of second mortgage bonds. The narrow gauge line, operated by the Maine Central, has not paid interest on bonds for six months after the Maine Central declined to meet the due payments.
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Portland Maine
Bridgton
Saco River
Supreme Court
Beyer and
Mall
Portland Bond
Holters
Une
Maine Centrel
Iaiload
Mpige Central
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