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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1925
Page
7
Westport officials clarify that a new ordinance banning midnight to dawn car parking on the beach will not arrest bathers. Beach committee secretary James Parsuley says the rule targets cars, not bathing, and visitors likely will comply as authorities pursue non arrest options to deter parked vehicles.
In a Chicago divorce case Judge Haine hears Grimwood claim his ex wife, once declared single, lied to remarry him after eight years apart. She allegedly sought marriage while demanding his property, including cash and valuables valued around 10 000 pounds, and later married a man named Mitchell.
About 1000 Hibernians from across the state descend on Bridgeport for a two day convention. Stratfield hotel hosts 450 delegates with Auxiliary members visiting. Masses, receptions, meetings, a Pleasure Beach trip, banquet, fireworks, concert and speeches mark the program led by officials including Mayor Behrens and Governor Trumbull.
Mrs Mary Crean national director of the ladies auxiliary and Mrs Mary Kelley Meehan preside as election of officers occurs Thursday afternoon in Hibernian hall Sheriff J Reilly a local man seeks election as state order vice president J Connolly of New Haven supported by some as president Tomorrow morning the Hibernians open with Mass at St Augustine's church at 10 then a group photograph of delegates in front of 161 Washington Avenue club house
Preliminary plans for a block party to be held in September are discussed at a Fourth District Republican club meeting. Mrs Catherine Hanley chairs the large committee in charge. Bids close Friday at 2 PM on the second batch of sewers funded by the $500 001 bond issue authorized by the last General Assembly session.
Ida Del Vachto, aged fifteen of 191 Federal Street, attempted death by ingesting iodine at home around 9 15 last night. She was rushed by ambulance to St Vincent's Hospital in the city in good condition and not expected to be seriously harmed. Police have no report and the girl gave no information at the hospital.
In Westport on August 18 Eleanor Palmer, a baby, fell from a carriage and nearly bled to death from a severed artery in the right arm. State Trooper Neilson and former Constable Michael Dominick applied a tourniquet and rushed the child to Norwalk Hospital, saving the infant's life.
The first unit of John McEntee Bowman’s $10 million Coral Gables project, the Miami Biltmore hotel, moves toward completion as wings rise to eight stories with a ten-story goal. The Riviera district expands with dredging for ten miles of waterways, linking casino and country club, plus campuses and clinics planned nearby. Investors are urged to learn more at the local office.
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