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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1927
Page
15
A vicious German police dog in an East Side Hartford liquor store held three liquor enforcement officers at bay until Dog Warden Jonun Fagan arrived and lassoed the animal. Store owner Dominic Feletti was arrested and charged with keeping liquor with intent to sell and with owning an unlicensed dog.
OCR fragment lists various sale offers exchanges and notices including farm animals aged horses tools and furniture. It references a town meeting about road graveling in August 1914 and a Connecticut district land notice with a civil administration name Martina Bandas. Contains multiple names places and dates in a damaged stream of text.
Obituary notices list multiple deaths on August 19 1927 to 21 1927 across the city with funeral details. Josephine Bernard Charles Coons George Curtis Havenfeldtz Stephen Palinkas Napoleon Pathode and Aimee Hoyt among others. Interments at St Michaels Long Hill Mountain Grove and St Peters with requiem masses.
Count Georg Friedrich Solms Laubach plans a transatlantic flight with German ace Otto Koennecke. His wife, Countess Johanna Marie, a quiet estate manager and mother of three, will travel from Cologne to Berlin to monitor progress at the Associated Press Berlin bureau.
The list compiles staple market prices for fruits vegetables poultry and dairy under the Connecticut Commissioner of Agriculture. Items include apples oranges cantaloupe peaches peppers potatoes cabbage corn onions lettuce celery tomatoes and eggs with prices per unit such as box bushel peck and pound, reflecting varied grade and weight.
Dealers prices at door per hundred pounds list hay 150 to 160 wheat 325 950 oats 285 to 190 corn 270 bran 195 210 mash 290 to 345 middlings standard 225 236. Cotton seed meal 245 260 linseed meal 300. Flour 196 pounds 1000 1100.
Oakland August 21. Florence Eichwaldt, mother of navigator Alvin Eichwaldt, voiced unwavering confidence that her son would be safe at home. She spoke amid public speculation as rescue planes and ships searched the mid Pacific for the drifted distress signals and crew of the ill fated mission.
A large air search continues for seven pilots missing after planes vanished while attempting a near transpacific hop. Reported delays, weather notes, and gear adjustments highlight ongoing efforts around Oakland and San Diego, with families and city leaders appealing for news and safety.
Air officials protest private money races. Carl Wolfley of the National Aeronautic Association telegraphs William McCracken urging the government to stop further oceanic flights for pay after the Pacific Cole event, calling the latest race disastrous and urging focus on domestic aviation.
New York August 21 The Conference Board analyzes income returns of 1925 showing prosperity skewed to large manufacturing firms. Among 8874 companies, only 0.1 percent earned 44.5 percent of industry net income while most smaller firms saw lower margins and some losses.
A Cambridge Associates index shows overall business by volume at 385 percent above the 1920-22 average, a preliminary reading higher than June and July 1926, with seasonal variations removed. Optimism grows for late 1927 as key industries run steadily, railroad shipments rise, agricultural buying power strengthens, and easy money supports ample funding at fair rates.
American Chain Company of Bridgeport Connecticut and York today joined eastern industrial concerns in protesting higher freight rates on wire rods in straight lengths. The move aligns with a commission move to parity with coil wire rates recently set in related cases. The petition asks the commission reopen the three cases and grant a hearing on the rate hike.
Southampton England August 21 By Associated Press late tonight Captain Frank T Courtney decided to postpone the start of his long delayed trans Atlantic flight until Tuesday. Weather conditions were unfavorable.
New York August 21 By Aanghle Press prices in curb trading rallied after a weak spell. General Motors stock showed strong activity on a "when issued" basis with a 165000 share turnover, setting a one day high. Total curb sales topped 400000 shares with prices from 113 3 8 to 114. other motor shares rose in sympathy and retail chains anticipated fourth quarter gains. US Freight saw violent swings from 84 to 168 and back to 60 6 80.
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