Brews Move For Pay Waits Result Of 3 Test Suits
Three test suits were filed in Common Pleas Court by Cullinan and Cullinan on behalf of Tax Assessor William F Connell Deputy Tax Assessor Gill and clerk Harry Pritchard. Suit asks damages up to 700 for Connell over salary limits while challenging Council power to set smaller pay than state law. The cases question whether the ripper act dictates pay or if council action can override it and affect other tax officials.
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Derats
Lawrence J Gill
Board of Apportionment
Common Council
Gill
Bronard A Drew
John Avernell Drews
William F. Connelly
Harry Pritchard
Cullinan
Dee~ Wons
Edward Lo Kelly
Howard Challenger
Drew
Common Pleas Court
Supreme Court
Connelly
Kelly
Challenger
Beard
Pritchard
Harry H Pritchard
Ripper
Tax Board
Connell
Divorce Action Seeks Custody in Italy Case
Jack Mines of Bridgeport files for divorce from Mary Leo de Mines of Leterra Italy alleging abandonment since 1921. They wed June 24 1913. The record cites intemperance and habitual cruelty and lists alimony and custody of two daughters sought by Eva Held Pitman wife of Ernest A Pitman Greenwich married September 19 1916.
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Jack Mines
Bridgeport
Mary Leode Mines
Leterra
Saly
Iim
Ernest A. Pitman
Greenwich
Eva Held Pitman
Pitman
Taro
Fraternal and civic meeting listings in Bridgeport area
A dense listing of tonight meetings and halls in Bridgeport and surrounding towns. Includes Knights of Pythias Redmen Masonic temple and various lodges with addresses such as 88 Main Street 106 Berkshire 1087 Broad Street and 474 Washington Avenue. Also notes a stray excerpt of a cartoonish dialogue about an effigy in a local town.
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Wowompontre
Main Street
Loggia Stella, Sons of Italy
Washington Avenue
Alive Oak
Bidgeport
Ad Street
St Josephs T Vo
LaBadon
Roman Avenue
Howe Jr
State Street
Franklin
Moose Hall
Piad
North Avenue
Snow Shoveler Granted City Compensation in New Haven
Edward O'Brien of New Haven was awarded compensation by Compensation Commissioner Charles Keller after he was injured by freezing weather while working as a casual municipal snow shoveler. He will receive 235 weeks of benefits at 1050 dollars per week from the City of New Haven.
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New Haven
Charles Kieler
Edward O'Brien
Belgian debt funding settlement praised after Washington talks
Brussels dispatch reports the Belgian government expressing approval of the debt funding terms reached in Washington. Finance Minister Jansaen says the unknowns are removed and a workable financial program can be executed. Vandervelde credits the United States with "supportable" terms and hopes for improved collaboration. La Soir notes critics reframed from accusing Americans of being Shylocks.
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Brussels
Washington
Shy'ock
M Jansaen
Damacles
Vandervelde
United States
la Soir
Shylock
Nations Called in Chinese Parley on Tariff Autonomy
Washington diplomats reported wavering Chinese proposals to discuss tariff autonomy at an upcoming conference. Officials cited Tokyo’s willingness to defer the issue, but no formal stance or reply timeline had been announced. John Van A. Marr Murray and Silas Strawn named as American delegates, with Strawn set to confer with Secretary Kellogg before departing for China.
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Toklo
Washington
Peking
John van A Mar Murray
Silas Strawn
Chieags
Strawn
Kellog
China
Arrests Expected in Rum Seizure Case
Rail officials report investigating a seizure of liquor related to a lumber shipment. About 150 bundles of spruce laths were found in a car tied to Montreal origin, passed through New Haven, Maine crews suspect liquor may have been misdeclared. A second car bound for A W Parritt Lumber Co was found with lumber. Authorities continue investigations into possible arrests.
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Devolsa
Vr Ia
Dilan
Montreal
Vanceboro
Maine
New Haven
A W Parritt Lumer Company
Doolan
Canada
Driver Freed in Middletown Girl Death Case
Fernando Bellerose of Merden was exonerated after a coroner's delay, ruling he bore no blame for Jennie Jarshamek's death when she fell under his car on Main Street last Monday afternoon.
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Middletown
Fernando Bellerose
Merden
Jennie Jarshamek
Hellerose
Main Street
Smith de Lay
Polar sea flight abandoned due to plane damage and weather
Commander MacMillan urged ending the Polar sea mission as winter encroached and planes NA-3 and NA-2 suffered wing damage. A fire burned a wing and spares are in use as Byrd’s report awaited. Eskimo footage, Arctic hare, and rare fossil finds accompany the expedition’s halted plans.
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Polar Sea
MacMillan
Byrd
Plains
Navy Department
Smith
Williama and
Melkon
Eskimos
Jaynes
Vorce
Summer residents visit boat victims at hospital
Prominent visitors to the resort saw the scalded Mac Kinac disaster victims in the hospitals. The summer colony flooded the institutions with flowers, placing vases beside each patient’s cot as they offered comfort.
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Nowport
Mac J Kinac
Man Bound Over On Manslaughter Charge
Frank Audreybzyk was bound over for trial in the Superior court on a charge of manslaughter in connection with the death of Alexander Jurowski on August 7. A cash bond of $1600 was furnished.
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Frank Audreybzyk
Alexander Jurowski
Audreybvyk
Men Tap Cider Keg In Police Station
New Britain police arrested Patrick Welsh and Walter Ferry last evening for intoxication. After spending a night in a cell they were allowed to wash in the station without guard, and allegedly found a keg of cider the police had stored. The men were later placed back in a cell.
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New Britain
Patrick Welsh
Walter Ferry
Guart
Daily Record of Ambulance Calls Summary
At 12:15 pm a patient named Aigmund Pensk died of heart failure before arrival at 361 Hancock Avenue. No additional details about the ambulance run are provided in this fragment.
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Daily Record
Aigmund Pensk
Hancock Avenue
Death Toll Rises From Newport Steamer Disaster
Amid a Newport disaster the Mackinac explosion left 36 dead with survivors recounting thefts during chaos. Investigators cite a weakened boiler joint and possible old crack, while navy crews rescued hundreds. Police losses include two dead and another missing as families search amid hospital burns and ongoing federal probes.
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Pawtucket
Henry Dickinson
Elmer Whitaker
David Burna
Acera
Harold F. Howland
Mackinac
Sullivan’s Wharf
Rucket
Soilers
McCarthy
Mackinsac
J. J. McCarthy
Central Falla
Ala
Keep It Before You Keep It Before You
A brief item urges readers to maintain safety by keeping important items secure and reminding of proactive personal precautions. It emphasizes steady attention to domestic security and responsible behavior to prevent loss or harm.
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Italy
Little Bobby
Uncle Jack
Great Britain
Finland
Hungary
Lithuanya
Poland
M’millan
Gobl
Asiatic Plains
Mt Andrew
Europe
Andrawa
Asia
Attorney General's Department
George McKay
Larchmont
George Kelly
Blackstone Valley Transportation Company
Joseph le Valle
Central Falls RI
Newport Mariners
Naval Training Station
Mortimer A Sullivan
Navy
Cutis D Wibur
Admiral McKeon
Wyoming
Newport
Ernest Hopkinson
Rhode Island State College
John M Hunter
Providence
Hopkinson
Richard F Bailey
New York
Blackstone Valley Transporation Company
Wuckinac
Alfred Breault
Francis McElroy
Irene Burke Pawtucket
Naval
Martha McAlehand
Naval Hospital
Isaac Newton
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