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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1923
Page
6
A courtroom drama shows how female defendants rely on tears to sway juries, with moments of fainting and sympathetic reactions from spectators and judges. The piece notes a shift as juries grow more skeptical, with several recent acquittals tempered by longer deliberations and rising life sentences for women in high-profile cases.
Boston police and Expo company agents raided an office on Causeway Street and confiscated 80 000 lottery tickets tests tied to 3 000 subscribers and the names of one sub station. A Salem man was arrested as part of the crackdown across greater Boston and eight other New England centers.
Bridgeport boxer Louis Bogash has turned wrestler for a church benefit event. The bazaar and wrestling bout will close the Holy Rosary church fundraising drive at Oak and Grand streets, with proceeds aiding the church building project.
Lucy Gatucel aged 18 months was bitten on the left hand by a sleeping rat at her home 646 Harrah Avenue yesterday. She received emergency medical care at a local hospital.
The Board of Apportionment and Taxation meeting was postponed after most members failed to appear. Only Mr and Mrs Fleck, Mary Sullivan, Albert McDonald, and Anker attended briefly. Mayor Atwater announced the session would reconvene Monday afternoon. Burnham, the board president, was away on business.
Stamford records a case of infantile paralysis in an 7 year old in the isolation ward at Stamford Hospital. Walter Brown six year old of Haviland Road North Stamford is also noted as paralyzed. Health officer Dr Ralph W Crane and attending physician Dr Reward Williamson reported the cases.
London aims to solve Britain's jobless crisis by an imperial conference to move surplus workers to underdeveloped dominions. The plan seeks coordinated settlement, capital deployment, and transport to boost colonies while easing domestic labor pressure and protecting British trade dominance.
Three Stamford youths on parole from the Meriden State School for Boys faced police before being returned to the institution. Jambe Pauline, seventeen, of Pacific Street, and Frank Mesposita, sixteen, of Purific Street, were linked to about $860 in stolen goods after a three week spree of petty thefts in Pameport.
Grace Joziak Jensen, administrator of Abe Joziak, sues Connecticut company for damages after her mother in law Dak dies in a pedestrian collision on Chapel Street. Car crew members Aten Dell and Charles Ruts from Bridgeport are exonerated by coroner Mix of New Haven.
Big lot of gingham dresses in sizes 8 to 1 with many pants dresses and high quality items. Middy blouses in blue denim cloth in sizes up to 22, previously priced to 2.95. White middy blouses, soiled, formerly 1.50, now 1.00.
Handcrafted Philippine undergarments priced at $2.39 with stock on hand. Embroideries described as pretty patterns. Offer notes a savings of 59 cents off prior price of $2.08 to attract buyers.
A new shipment advertises hair nets in five shades with a single mesh tir 1 cap and fringe shape, excluding gray and white. Marketing emphasizes the popular special appeal for varied wearers.
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