Connecticut Prohibition Law Debate and New Lake Plan
The Bridgeport Telegram discusses law and morality in prohibition cases, with reflections on Supreme Court rulings and the Boston Tea Party. It also details proposed plans to create a large Lake Canilewool from the Rocky River basin, outlining engineering challenges, environmental impact, and naming suggestions near Candlewood Mountain.
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Waterbury
United States
Buckie
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Boston
Supreme Court
Water pumped uphill to power reservoir in Connecticut
The Rocky River project by Connecticut Light and Power will pump Housatonic water more than 209 feet to a vast reservoir formed by impounding the Rocky River in New Milford New Fairfield Danbury and Sherman. Water will be moved uphill when surplus power exists at Bull's Bridge or Lake Zoar.
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Coinecticut
Sherman
New Wairfield
Housatonic
New Milford Center
Im Barse
New Fairfield
Danbury
New Candlewood Mountain
Connecticut
Zoar
Canilewool Lake
Candlewood Mountain
Rocky River
Connecticut Light and Power Company
New Milford
Bull's Bridge
Channel swim legends and tugboat theories discussed
The article compares Captain Webb’s 1875 Channel crossing with modern claims about Miss Ederle. It notes doubters who believed aid came from a rowboat but were disproved by witnesses. It questions alleged tugboat shielding and tides preventing drift, arguing such ideas are implausible and speculative.
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Webb
Gertrude Hilerle
Misaiderle
Miss Ederle
Poison plot alleged in Indus trial liquor crisis report
The New York World features a harsh attack on U S government chemists for attempting prohibition through poison in industrial alcohol. The piece claims a gradual, torturous toxin is being developed to denature alcohol and suppress bootlegging by enforcing abstinence. It accuses officials of bigoted motives and predicts widespread harm.
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New York World
Evening World
Robert Barry Reve
United States
Volstead
America
Cows and Taxes Debate Blooded Cattle Burden
The Hartford Times attacks Tax Commissioner Blodgett’s stance arguing it is unjust to tax farmers who invest in blooded cattle. It contends blooded stock offers no milk or beef advantage and criticizes increased assessments for progress in agriculture. The piece notes farm leaders’ backlash and stresses the assessor’s role in penalizing progress. MISS EDERLE'S SWIM. Criticisms of Gertrude Ederle's feat in swimming the English Channel.
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The
Hartford Times
Blodgett
Times
Swat Bim
Tixes
Miss Ederle
Gertrude Ederle
Political pointers hint at Finn for House seat in crowded district
In the Twenty third district a push grows for Attorney Finn to seek a House nomination, potentially clearing space for Ivery while Cabelli and Finklestone loom for the Senate. Republicans foresee a clash with the Md Guard upset in Stamford primaries and insurgent forces, with Martin seeking a peaceful path though past alliances hint at shifting loyalties.
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Finn
Twentythird
Jne Ivery
Leilerer
Cabelli
House
Senate
Finklestone
Background of Mexico's Epic Church and State Conflict
The article traces a century of church state clashes in Mexico, led by Liberal reformers and defended by Catholic faith. It notes Juarez reforms, 1813 1857 1859 1874 separations, 1914 1920s restrictions, and current government measures. It argues progress hinges on compromise with the Catholic Church and its followers.
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Mexico
Church Ana
Gomez Farias
Benito Juarez
Hidalgo
Dolores
Juarez
Juares
Theer
Porfirio Ding
Madera
Carranza
Lse
Obregon-Valles
Quiranga
Lbre Indian
Marlin Fire-Arms forms new Hartford capital
Hartford August 16 AP The Marlin Fire-Arms company of New Haven has organized a capital of $300,000. Subscribers to the stock include former Representative Frankenna with 2,080 shares and Edward J. Brennan and Thomas W. Criill with five shares each. Mr Kenna serves as president and treasurer while Mr Brennan is secretary.
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Hartford
Marlin Fire-Arms Company of
New Haven
Andscriblers
Frankenna
Edward J. Brennan
Thomas W. C.nill
Kenna
Brennan
War guilt debated by scholars across nations
A satirical poem analyzes historians in many lands debating war guilt. It mocks the shifting blame between Germany France Russia Austria and Serbia, noting ten years of volumes and pamphlets seeking who bears responsibility while nations and Liberia are trawled as scapegoats.
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Wilhelm
Germany
France
Navarre
Liberia
Nature's Contrasts Poem of cycles and changing light
A poem explores contrasts of hill and valley sun and shade day and night and the changing seasons. The speaker laments time's theft of summer and the inevitability of endings as peak moments give way to winter and memory. The tone is reflective and elegiac about beauty fading.
What You Don't Know by Dr Fran in a Literary Workshop
A fragmentary essay discusses knowledge and ignorance. It argues there should be a university for the elderly and notes the true test of wisdom is knowing what one does not know. It cites scientists saying I don't know and warns against assuming unproved truths. Copyright 1826.
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Fran John & Ford
Koran
Porderland
Questioned Paths to Church Membership and Civic Instruction
The letter from Rev Parkesman discusses approaches to church membership inviting men to join or assigning meaningful tasks, emphasizes matching calling to work, and warns against forcing fit. It also urges reading history and political biography to guide public life, cites presidents studying Burke and Barne, and endorses ethical education in public schools balanced with religious instruction.
Sheffield Kellogg Conference Slated in New York Pact
James Sheffield American ambassador to Mexico will confer with Secretary Kellogg in Washington on matters of state. Arrangements were made when a message requested an appointment. The trip aligns with his vacation visit and possible later meeting with President Coolidge at the summer White House.
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Smiths
N.Y
James BR. Sheffield
Mexico
Kellogg
Washington
United States
Coolidge
Saranac Inn
Mexica
Reform Mayor and Chief Suspended in Steubenville
Steubenville Ohio August 14 John H Patton a reform mayor candidate aged 38 and Blaine D Carter 42 chief of police in his 14th year were suspended from office this afternoon by Common Pleas Judge Jay Palaley. The action followed petitions by attorney W R Alban for the Steubenville Ministerial association alleging embezzlement of court fund fines and accusing Carter of drunkenness and failure to perform duties.
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Stelbenville
Ohio
John $. H. Patton
Blaine D. Careter
Common Pleas
Jay $. Palaley
W. R. Alban
Steubenville
Patton
Carter
Springfield Body plant bid in tax sale at West Springfield
For non payment of taxes totaling 6 465 the Springfield Body Co plant was bid in for West Springfield by Tax Collector Raymond A Sweeny after no bidders appeared at the tax sale Negotiations were near completion for transfer of the plants to Sikorsky Manufacturing Co for airplane construction but complications arose and the plan now seems unlikely
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Springfield
Mass
Springfield Body Company
West Springfield
Raymond A. Sweeny
Sikorsky Manufacturing Co
Seven Sermons for Fine Arts in Daily Manners
Practical advice on personal presentation and behavior. It urges dressing well to avoid focus on appearance, speaking convincingly without profanity, believing in oneself without boorishness, maintaining friends by constructive criticism, and earning dividends without injustice.
Weather map outlook shows unsettled showers across eastern states
Eastern New York and New England expect showers or thunderstorms with cooler conditions in the north Tuesday and Wednesday. A disturbance near Hawaii Bay drives unsettled weather along the Atlantic coast with southward troughs and variable winds from Sandy Hook to Hatteras.
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New York
New England
Minnesota
Corral
Huwan Bay
Mississippi River
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Temperance Almanac Note on Golf and Recreation
A fragmented historical clipping mentions the Middlebrook Almanac and a cautious stance on recreation. It references golf for recreation and hints at measured use, with stray text suggesting temperance in indulgence and a caution against dissipation.
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Dee Bas Rlste
Ionate
Cos Cob Bank Hearing Set For Thursday
Hartford August 16 CAP The bank commission will hold a Thursday afternoon hearing in the Capitol on the charter application of M Seltz and associates for a state bank and trust company to be located at Cos Cob Greenwich with capital 50000. Commissioner Bydt received the application and noted several parties seeking to establish a national bank in Greenwich.
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Hartford
Bank Commission
Capitol
Co &, Sefit
Cos Co
Greenwich
Grante
Bydt
M Seltz
National Bank
Greetwich
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National Council On Foreign Service Training
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Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
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