Local Legion 10 Attends Two-Day State Convention
Local Legion posts from New Haven plan to attend the eleventh annual state convention of the American Legion. The event runs August 26 to 28 with a parade, prizes for best appearance, best marching band, and strongest unit line. W Parker Seeley seeks state department commander. parade features seven region districts, Yankee Division, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Spanish War Veterans, Boy Scouts, and military units ending at Meadow Street Armory. The convention opens August 26 at 9 am with speakers including Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and state officials. Public band concert and luncheon follow. convention HQ at Hotel Garde, auxiliary sessions at Hotel Tattr and return details noted.
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Bmie Department of the American Legion
New Haven
Conron
W. Parker Seeley
State Department
1021 Infantry
Unitestates Mays
Meitary
Meadow Street
Prises
Harry C. Jackson
tNéw Bi
Samndardime
Igde
Theotore Roosevelt
Ebaiwinnall
John Q. Tilayor
John Bo Tower
Xenven
Nloy
Dunn
John A. “Aar
Richmond
Wit Ak
Evening bill and banquet mark August 26 events
On August 26 an evening bill and banquet will be held and the Forty and Eight will stage a parade and initiation that night. The following afternoon auxiliary delegates will tour the city by members of the legion on a sight seeing trip. About 300 will attend these meetings.
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Legion
Drunk In Court Case Highlights Various Local Pleas
In City Court Judge Ralph Beers fines Michael Gabber for drunkenness after he admits intoxication was widespread. Several defendants receive continuances or suspensions for reckless driving, probation violations, and breach of the peace. Others face delays while investigators review actions following an incident at a residence hallway where a woman defended herself with a bread knife.
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Michael Gabbér
Sylvan Avenue
Ralph Beers
Heery
Bureau of Investigation
Anthony Pagsione
New Haven
Costa
Herbert Ll. Sprague
Maplewood Avenue
Atlantic Street
H Paul Whurek
Bronx Avenue
Thomas Mooney
Branford
Joshua Garside
Main Street
Tailroad
Wesley Gulick
Kossuth Street
Joseph Rosenberg
Spruce Street
Francis W. Harper
Niagara Falls
X. Y
Tullus @alter
Fairfield Avenue
Harper
Bridgeport Firms Bid On New Darien School
Bridgeport firms T. J. Pardy Construction and KE F Construction along with William P. Kirk of Bridgeport bid on the new Darien high school and its heating and plumbing. Bids opened last night and were sent for tabulation.
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Bridgeport
New Darien
Darien
Aue 19
T. J. Pardy Construction Company
KE. F. Construction Company
William P. Kirk
Adventurers Probe North Carolina Goldfields Lure
Prospectors led by P G Sturges seek a mother lode near the old Ports mine, Nash and Franklin Counties. Gold dust and nuggets panned by Sturges tested by the State Geologist and the U S Mint show high purity, with a government expert inquiry requested to inspect the deposits.
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NX. C
Nash
Franklin
Carolina
North Carolina
Ports
Sturges
Portis
P. G. Sturges
Raleigh
States Mint
Asayer
Simmons
Sheffield resignation denied by Kellogg
New York August 19 AP reports that James R.R. Sheffield will not resign as ambassador to Mexico. Secretary Kellogg said Sheffield is not in disagreement with the State Department and plans to return to Mexico after his summer vacation.
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Paul Smith
N. Y
James RR. Sheffield
Mexico
Kellogg
State Department
Sheffield
Department
Twisted cat bites boy after grabbing neighbor’s pet
Joseph Doherty, 12, of 284 Vine Street, twisted a neighbor’s cat by the tail on Wednesday. The cat bit his right hand and he went to Emergency Hospital, where the damage was repaired by the ambulance doctor.
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Joseph Doherty
Vine Street
Joseph
City pays McCarthy Co for paving stone contract
The city’s next paving award requires the contractor to buy stone exclusively from McCarthy Co under a May 28, 1925 contract. Ten streets are listed for paving with specified stone sizes and bases, with substitution possible and total cost around 100,000 dollars.
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Teorga ‘Ihy Company
McCarthy Company
Noble Avenue
Fidua Avenue
Jackson Avenue
Park Avenue
Dewey Street
Maplewood Avenue
State Street
Parrott Avenue
Capitol Avenue
French Street
Goodwin Street
Sherman Street
Hough Avenue
Tidor Street
Jackson
Parle Avenues
Main Street
Murdered Bronx School Janitor Found In Flatly Locked Room
Michael O Keefe assistant janitor Public School No 60 Bronx was found slain today his head crushed in and a bloodstained hammer beside the body The body lay in a small room off the main entrance on the ground floor found by Frank Rooney a school employee Police surveyed the death chamber for fingerprints and evidence noting phones at the school had been disconnected due to summer vacation.
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New York
Michael O'Keefe
Bronx
Frank Rooney
Cyclist badly hurt in crash with auto
Frank Bunbere twenty two of 156 Capitol avenue was severely injured when his motorcycle on Brocklawn avenue and Dewey street struck the auto of William R Keeler of 948 Laurel avenue. Keeler a chemist at American Fabric lace manufacturers 1469 Connecticut avenue took Bunbere to Emergency hospital. Bunbere suffered a broken ankle and bruises and contusions. he was later taken to St Vincent's hospital.
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Frank Bunbere
Capitol Avenue
Brocklawn Avenue
Dewey Street
William R. Keeler
Laurel Avenue
Keeler
Amrerican Fabric Company
Connecticut Avenue
Runbere
Kesler
Runbers
David S. Greenspun
St. Vincent's Hospital
Births Report From Vital Statistics Column
Birth announcements list multiple families with new babies in August including Barbera Cooper Blake Polkeeno Conya Zimon Nusfeldt and others. Names and addresses appear alongside each birth date in a local notice style.
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William and
Margaret Cooper
Arctic Street
Thomas and
Margaret Blake
Putnam Stret
Louis and
Mamie Polkeeno
Lexington Avenue
Sylvester and
Jean Conya
Suburban
John and
Mary Zimon
Bostwick Avenue
Walter and
Florence Nusfeldt
Cornwall Street
Motorcyclist Hurt In Stamford Collision
Leroy Ki Warvey of 221 Main street is in Stamford hospital with a foot injury after his motorcycle collided with a car driven by Edwin Q Lind of Shippan avenue. The accident occurred in Stamford on August 11.
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Stamford
Leroy Ki. Warvey
Main Street
Stamford Hospital
Edwin Q. Lindstrum
Shippan Avenue
Elephant trainer for circus here succumbs in R
George N Bates 75 longtime elephant trainer for Barnum & Bailey who tamed Jumbo and traveled world died after five weeks illness in St. Thomas Ontario. He quit circus six years ago and was brother of Annia Bates former wife of John L Sullivan. Bates’s death recalled by local officials and noted as a loss to circus history.
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Circus Life
Mr. Bates
Annia Bates
John L. Sullivan
Pugilist
George &. Him
Republican
Bates
Hill
Saturday Evening Post
Barnum Circus
Harry Mooney
George Denham
Ringling Circus
Barnum
Guardsmen Leave for Camp Sunday in Bridgeport
Three batteries and the headquarters company of the 242nd Coast Artillery National Guard of Bridgeport depart Sunday at 7 p.m. by boat to Fort H. G. Wright for two weeks of training including infantry riot duty and rifle practice. An advance detail sails Saturday. Governor Trumbull reviews on Governor's Day with 30 calibre rifle target practice.
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242Nd Coast
Bridgeport
Fort H. G. Wright
George J. Knox
Russell ¥. Moore
Phillip Hurley
P. J. O'Reilly
Raymond Watt
John H. Trumbull
United States
Fort
Seven suits filed in Common Pleas court
Seven suits were filed in Common Pleas court with Stamford residents as principal parties. Plaintiffs include Rugere H. Palmer of Stamford Masons Supply suing Jennie Lombardi for 1260.21, and Nunziato Tamburri suing Henry Wichman for 690 in damages from a Stamford collision on July 29. Other actions involve Capuzzo and Rona vs Catello Cacace for 1159, Edith W. Taylor vs Mary Griffiths for 350, The American Bank and Trust Co. vs John B. Colgan and Delia A. Colgan for 476.86, and Irene E. Colgan Hodge et al vs bank for 175. The Erwin M. Jennings Co. sues C K Carrel for 700.
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Beven
Stamford
Rugere H. Palmer
Stamford Masons Supply
Jennie Lombardi
Nunziato Tamburri
Henry Wichman
Jamaica
Long Island
Louis L. Capuzzo
Capuzzo
Rona
Catello Cacace
Edith W. Taylor
Mary C. Griffithss
American Bank and Trust Company
John B. Colgan
Delia A. Colgan
Auing
Irene E. Colgan Hodge
Erwin M. Jennings
C.K. Carrel
Norwalk
Mrs Casey Sues for Divorce and Name Return
Mrs Martha A Casey, wife of Tmomoag W Casey, of thin city, filed a divorce suit in Superior Court yesterday seeking restoration of her maiden name. The complaint cites habitual intemperance for more than a year and states they were married on February 21.
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Martha A. Casey
Tmomoag W
Sunburn Proved to Be Half of Oyster Shell
Aug 19 in New Canaan John Hernam president of the Connecticut Editorial Association returned from two weeks at Fairfield Beach troubled by sunburn. Examination showed half an oyster shell lodged in his back. He has since recovered from the ailment.
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New Canaan
John
Hernam
Connecticut Editorial Association
Fairfield Beach
Charges Against Antisaloonists Filed by Tinkham
Rep. Tinkham of Massachusetts renews calls to prosecute the Anti Saloon League under the corrupt practices act. He asserts his charges against the organization are supported by records and statements from Wayne B. Wheeler. The matter is sent to the Department of Justice and may go before a grand jury and court.
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Washington
Anti-Saloon League
Tinkham
Republican
Magnacusetts
Wayne B. Wheeler
Thi
Antii- Saloon League
Department of Justice
Wheeler
Grand Jury
Boston Port appoints ten day agents for prohibition unit
Aug 13 AP report lists three former police chiefs and seven others chosen by Collector Wilfred W. Lufkin to bolster Massachusetts prohibition enforcement. Two agents will serve per district in Gloucester, Salem, Plymouth, Provincetown, and New Bedford Fall River. officers will aid rum-smuggling prevention and coordinate with the Coast Guard and Boston HQ. Salaries set at 1900 annually with autos and Coast Guard boat use. Names include Joan F. Parfler, Joan G. Manefield, Daniel Crowley, Dennis F. Driscoll, George M. Murphy, Thomas Doyle, William J. McGunigle, John W. Publicover, Timothy F. Sullivan, and George F. Hindon.
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Boston
Wilfred W. Lufkin
United States Customs Prohibition Enforcement
Massachusetts
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrews
Glouchester
Salem
Plymouth
Provincetown
New Bedford
Fall River
Thomas F. Finnegan
Coast Guard
Joan FE. Parfler
Glouester
Joan G. Manefield
Ipswich
Daniel Crowley
Walpole
Brookline
Boaton
George F. Hindon
Malden
Massachusetts National Guard
Gettysburg Veteran Ira Ager laid to rest in Park Cemetery
Funeral services for Ira Ager a Gettysburg area Civil War veteran were held at his home on Vincellette Street and included a Grand Army of the Republic service. Ager enlisted in 1861 in Company E 140th New York Infantry and fought in Lookout Mountain Gettysburg and other battles before discharge in 1863.
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Ira Ager
Vincellette Street
Park Cemetery
J. W. Davis
Rev. Davis
Edmund Abbott
William A. King
W. Hall
Thomas Bracken
A. T. Holl- Inger
Fernald Improves Steadily After Illness in Maine
Senator Bert M. Fernald continues to improve, though still very sick. His physician says nourishment remains limited and heart action is weak but steadier since an intestinal poisoning attack. The update comes from West Poland, Maine, on August 19, as officials relay the toll of his ailment.
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West
Poland
Bert M. Fernald
Tast
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