Former Wealthy Engineer Found Dead in Central Park
Murray Roe once designed the Riverside Drive viaduct and inherited over a million from his father Rev E P Roe. Found in Central Park, he wore cheap clothes with only a watch and $11, while letters and a checkered past of wealth, decline, and South America’s losses emerge. Police suspect asthma provoked the death. he had fallen on hard times, ending as a Palace Theatre usher and porter.
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Park
Murray Roe
Airside Drive
E. P. Roe
Central Park
Porter
Palace Theatre
Broadway
Roe
Riverside Drive
Frances Doniphan Thornton
California
South America
New York
the Palace Theatre
Cental Park
Cornwall-on-the
Yachtman rescues three boys adrift near Milford
In Milford Aug 24 a strong offshore wind pushed a small rowboat carrying Robert Walkinshaw eleven Alfred Beatty eight and James Wheelm ten out to sea. Thomas J Fall former Milford Yacht Club commodore aboard his 42 foot Salome with John Anderson and officers O'Hara and Fowler recovered the vessel and brought the frightened youths ashore.
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Milford
Cedar Beach
Robert Walkinshaw
Westville Avenue
Ansonia
Alfred Beatty
Hobrock Avenue
James Wheelm
Orchard Street
Shelton
Thomas J Fall
Milford Yacht Club
Salome
Aad
John Anderson
Stanley O'Hara
Mark Fowler
Sound
Fred Krugger
Anderson
Youth charged with murder in police chief’s death
Bloom, Raymond, 17, of Sunbury Pa., was jailed without bail after being charged by the coroner's information with the murder of Chief of Police Frank A. Dent in Bloomsburg. Authorities say Bloom drove at high speed on the wrong side with lights out, then attempted to strike the officer with intent to kill.
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Bloomsburg
Frank A. Dent
Raymond Bloom
Sunbury
Columbia County
Bloom
Bridgeport Funnel Stabbing Triggers Critical Injury Search
Bridgeport reports a stabbing caused by a funnel incident with one man possibly dying. A boy on roller skates was fatally injured and another person hurt, per Page 1 coverage. The dentist’s chart identifies a drowned boy, while other Page 1 items note local business deals and contracts.
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Bridgeport
Hurter
Havens
Hartford
Fairfield
Fort Wright
Elka
Pleasure Beach
Nfe
Sokols
Bassick
State
Fairfield County
U. S
Easton
Milford
Westport
Cortright
Waterbury
Washington
U. S. Merchant Marine
Boy
Eclectics Argue State Violated Constitution in Licenses Case
Nineteen claims contending due process violations in Connecticut license revocations are filed by attorney for eclectics seeking reversal of license cancellations for Drs. Campo Coppola Lerner Levy Mower and Feldman. Arguments center on notice of hearing, consolidation of cases, and signatures on applications by two reputable citizens. The brief asserts estoppel and questions applied standards by the eclectic medical examining board.
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New Haven
Associated Press
Arthur B. O'Keefe
West Haven
Anthony R. Campo
Stamford
Modestino Coppola
Samual Lerner
Bridgeport
William Levy
Etamar A. Mower
William H. Feldman
Hartford
Connecticut
Bref
O'Keefe
Civil Superior Court
Allyn L Brown
Eclectic Medical Examining Board
Eclectic Examining Board
Youchera
Abatements Tax Demands Sent To Additional Beneficiaries
A new batch of taxpayers who benefited from apparently illegal abatements will receive mail demands for payment by August 31 totaling 36341 92 in taxes and interest. If unpaid, levies will be made and properties sold. Abatements from 1816 to 1921 are included, marking the third group to face collection. Locomobile Co is named for 14503 53 in interest and charges abated by the 1920 1921 grandests. Other listed parties include David M Lustig Charles J Berger Provident Development Co.
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Howard S Challenger
Amit
Locomobile
Common Council
David M Lustig
Charles J Berger
Provident Development Com
Vanzetti Letter to Ford Amid Calls for Commutation
Bartolomeo Vanzetti writes from death house to Henry Ford, saying a Ford commutation could prove innocence. He thanks Ford for the appeal, asserts new evidence could vindicate him, and notes supporters claim there is physical proof of innocence. The message follows public disclosure by the defense committee.
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Boston
Associated
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Henry Ford
Charlestown
Succo-Vanzetti Defense Committee
Bridgeport Escapes Storm That Sweeps New England
A tropical storm lashed Bridgeport with high winds though no rain fell. The gale unhooked signs, torn awnings, and toppled hats while Providence and Boston reported flooding and road damage. Shipping delays spread to inner harbor as the storm moved through New England.
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Bridgeport
New England
Providence
Boston
Springfield
New Bedford
Train Robbery By Mexican Bandits Wounds American Woman
Mexican bandits wounded Miss Florence Anderson, an American, in a train robbery south of Acaponeta, Mexico. Eleven passengers were aboard with several hundred bandits. more than 40 shots fired. Anderson was taken to a hospital after the attack as the state department reports possible deaths and injuries up to 15.
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Washington
Associated Press
Florence Anderson
Acaponeta
Mexico
State Department
J. Winsor Ives
Mazatlan
Miss Anderson
Ives
Migs Anderson
Los Angeles
Mexico City
Mexican National University
State of Nayarit
Hunter and Havens Buy Hartford Machine Tool Firm
Hunter and Havens, Bridgeport iron and steel dealers, announced the purchase of Purinton and Smith in Hartford, distributors of machine tools and mill supplies. Elmer H. Havens said the price was not disclosed and the deal closed Tuesday.
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Hunter
Hartford
Hartford Distributing House
Purinton and Smith
Connecticut
Hunter and Havens
Hevens
Pulinton and Smith
Marooned on Elephant Rock After Tropical Storm Night
Three Plymouth River men John Barnardo Jr Frank Alado and Antone Penny spent a night and morning marooned on Elephant Rock off Newport Rhode Island during a tropical storm. They waited for low tide to walk ashore after being stranded by the incoming tide.
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Newport
Associated Press
Elephant Rock
Easton
John Barnardo, Jr
Frank Alado
Antone Penny
Mealpin Widow Diels In New York Tragedy
New York August 23 by Associated Press widow Cordelia Rose Mealpin is the sole survivor of the Mealpin family killed in a Park Avenue residence shooting. Police say the incident involves David T Mealpin and local authorities investigate the motive and assume a possible financial or personal dispute. The case draws attention to a prominent New York faction and raises questions about security around affluent neighborhoods.
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Atlantic City
Associated Press
United States
Charles H. Tuttle
New York
Commercial Law League of America
Hig
York
Associate Press
Mit Cordelia Rose MeAlpin
David T. Mealpin
MeAlpin
Park Avenue
Cmt
Funnel Fight at Railroad Camp Ends in Stabbing
In a Union Square railroad labor camp bunkhouse a fight over a coffee funnel led to Daniel Lynch and George Eisler being assaulted. William Perry, a Canadian, is held as a material witness after Lynch struck Perry, then Eisler was stabbed and later beaten. Eisler suffered a stomach wound and Lynch a fractured hand.
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St Vincent's Hospital
Aleg
Union Square
Daniel Lynch
George Eisler
William Perry
Perrynd Lynch
Lynch
Perry
Eiffer
Film insulting Irish nearly starts New York riot
Police reserves tackled a disturbance in West 42nd Street's Majestic theatre when a crowd protested a film titled The Callahans and the Murphys. Aliens denounced the play, threats to burn the theatre and destroy the film were made, prompting the show’s cancellation after a private advance screening for Irish representatives.
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N. Y
New York
Associated Press
the Callahans
the Murphy
Majestic Theatre
Gergymen Rod Offer
Two Roller Skating Fatalities In Separate Bridgeport Crashes
Augustine Damere twelve of 200 Boston avenue died after being struck while roller skating on Boston avenue near the by line. Edward Schlimm ten of 61 DeForest avenue was injured when hit on Newfield avenue and Johnson street by Clinton D Brown aged thirty one of 556 Central avenue. Crowther, a Philadelphia driver, was arrested then released on bonds after the first crash. Police continue inquiries into both incidents.
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Augustine Damere
Boston Avenue
Edward Schlimm
de Fores
Avenue
Damere
Bridgeport Hospital
Joseph Chester Crowther
Mitary Avenue
Philadelphia
Crowther
Pennsylvania
Damore
Bridgeport
DeForest Avenue
Newfield Ave
Nue
Johnson Street
Clinton D Brown
Central Avenue
Fairfield road contract awarded to Danbury and New Haven firms
State Highway Commissioner John A Macdonald announced contracts for Fairfield road and bridge work. Osborne-Barnes of Danbury will lay 7,026 feet of nine inch reinforced concrete pavement from the Post road at the Gould homestead across the meadows to Elliot Street and back to the Post road center of town for 92,238.20 dollars. Joseph Mariani of New Haven begins a Rooster River bridge for 5,866.70 dollars. Ten additional road and two bridge contracts were awarded to various towns and firms, including Miller Bros Construction and J E McLaughlin Inc, with sums listed for projects in Mansfield, Willmington, Ashford, Eastford, and Woodbury.
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John A Macdonald
Fairfield Road
Osborne-Barnes Company
Danbury
Joseph Mariani
New Haven
Danbury Company
Gould Homestead
Elliot Street
Fairfield
Mariani
Rooster River
Mansfeld
Willmington
Ashford
Eastford
Mansfield Four Corners
Warrenville
Miller Bros Construction Company
Hartford
Woodbury
Pair Elopes in Plane Carry Four Leaf Clovers
Alma Hatze eighteen and Cas per D Dickel Jr twenty two eloped in an airplane from Lancaster to Belair Maryland with four leaf clover bouquet. Pilot J P Jones a commercial dyer flew them to marry. they told Aviator Jones and their parents after returning to the city.
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Lancaster
Associated Press
Alma Hatze
Belair
Casper D. Dickel, Jr
J. P. Jones
Dickel
Kin Bside
Jones
Dentists Chart Identifies Body Of Drowned Boy
A Manchester dentist used a chart of George Wilson's teeth to prove the body found off Compo beach was the drowned Manchester youth. Harold Havenfeldtz, present with the body, helped confirm by clothing. Burial set for Friday at East Cemetery, South Manchester.
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Manchester
Compo Beach
George Wilson
Harold Havenfeldtz
Fairfield Avenue
Penfield Reef
Harold E. Wilson
Wilson
Westport
Elton Hanson
Young Hanson
East Cemetery
Bouth Manchester
James Edward Hardy
Main Street
Greenport
L. A
Paul
Eleven die as English train wrecks near London
A crowded Southern railway train derailed 20 miles southeast of London killing eleven passengers and injuring twenty or more as heavy rains likely softened the railbed. The crash occurred between Dunton Green and Seven Oaks after the engine buried into a bank. Three bodies identified as Englishmen.
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London
Associated Press
Southern Railway
Dunton Green
Seven Oaks
1926 U S air travel totals released
New York Aug 24 1926 Associated Press reports the American Aircraft directory published by Aviation Publishing Corp shows U S commercial air service carried 37 862 passengers and 792 878 pounds of freight in 1926.
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New York
Associated Press
United States
Aviation Publishing Corporation of
Coolidge Returns Late From Yellowstone Fishing Trip
President Coolidge spent nearly seven hours on Lake Yellowstone before returning after nightfall with eight trout. He landed at about 8 pm to applause from guests at the hotel while park officials had feared the late hour. Mrs Coolidge waited in the hotel, and the party included two launches and three rowboats with no safety concerns reported.
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Yellowstone National Park
Associated Press
Coolidge
Lake Yellowstone
Ocean Flyer Prize Drama Baffling Cash Gaps
Honolulu dispatch reports the Dole air race prize split up oddly with Captain Schluter receiving only 26 cash and a mainland ticket for Pilot Jensen’s team while Goebel and Davis planned a 7500 check split. Naval officials monitor charts for a possible extension as search ships roam 2000 miles west of San Francisco for the missing aircraft and crew.
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Aide
Martin Jensen
Jensen
Mainland
Sehh
Schluter
Sen
City of Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Gobel Spits
Arthur C. Goebel
Pany
W. V. Davis
Goebel
Davie
Davis
San Francisco
Manoa
Q Schluter
Oakland
Navy
Naval Commune
Great Circle
Golden Eagle
Dating! Spirit
Onna
Cal
Erwin
H. Eichwaldt
Miss Doran
Mildred Doran
Flint
Mici
John “Auggy
Lieut. Vilas
F Loten
Jack Frost
Gordon Scott
Courtney's Ship Fails to Rise in Transatlantic Hop
Southampton England August 26 by Associated Press Postponement for at least twenty four hours of Captain F T Courtney's proposed trans Atlantic flight followed a futile attempt to take off. Whale refused to rise after taxiing long distances on water fuel load, Pont motor not functioning perfectly and wireless generator burnt out.
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Southampton
England
Associated Preag
F. T Courtney
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Page
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Vanzetti
Postal Telegraph Company
Chicago
Ford
U .S
Walker
Berlin
U.S
Eclectic Board
Netcen
Emsiaeration
Ocho Ovden
Poe Pate
Massachusetts
Cape Cod
Thurin
Hunter & Havens
Hartford Steel Distributing
Vmealpin
Diels
Funnel
Augustine Damore
Gar
Boston Ave
Osborne-Barnes Company of
Ocean Flyer
Schiuter
Honolulu
Od Press
the Star-Bulletin
Paul Schluter
Francisco
Courtney
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