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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1921
Page
12
The Telegram reports 17 984 voters registered for primaries with 13 320 men and 4 664 women enrolled. Total primary enrollment exceeds ten percent, with 1 420 voters on the list. Proposals seek longer voting hours from early morning to late evening. most registrations occur in the afternoon.
Mrs Bush, a long time Milford resident born in the area, died after illness in her North Street home at 2 pm. She was active in Mary Taylor Church affairs and women’s groups including the WCTU and Eastern Star. Survived by husband William and son Charles. services planned at North Street home and Plymouth church, with burial in Milford Cemetery.
A era show titled Ghosts of Yesterday featuring Norma Talmadge and Eugene O’Brien promises a strong draw as Polls capacity crowds expect a memorable closing night. Mack Sennett’s comedy drama In Elx Reels and Ben Turpin with co stars Charles Murray Phyllis Haver Marie Prevost bring lively entertainment. Harry Fos leads Poll’s vaudeville with Beatrice Curtis and Harry DeCosta as accompanist.
Six days of varied entertainment mark the Community Chautauqua opening in Fairfield from August 27 to September 7. Featured speakers and acts include humorist Strickland Gillilan with Yost Between Ourselves, Winslow Rous from Trinity Church Boston, and the Syracuse Varsity Male Quartet. The program also promises a Cinderella Man comedy, musical acts, and other city performers.
A bustling column sketches a July-into-August urban promenade with varied locals: lawyers, a Gaelic scholar, a strollering husband with a telescope, a dog-wielding woman, a blind station bond, actors, cops, real estate, and passing officials. Mentions electric signals at crossings, a pending Elka versus Industrial champs benefit game, and weather talk of early Indian summer as residents linger on city blocks.
Stanley Burchard, vice commander of the World War V veterans group and author, was discharged by U S Commissioner Hugh J Lavery after a hearing. Charges of illegally wearing a military uniform to profit from his book were dismissed as a misapprehension of his rights, despite a prior arrest by government agents for the offense.
A fragment notes a government treatment complaint following a return from overseas. The charge mentioned was not pressed, leaving unclear details and no formal action recorded.
Civil War veterans will be guests of honor at the Franklin Bartlett camp No. 1 Sons of Veterans outing at Keller's Grove Easton this afternoon. The event joins Angeline Bartlett Tent Daughters of Veterans and includes Sheridan Lincoln circles Ladies of the G A R Womens Hellet Corps and Elias Howe Jr Post G A R guests. Charles W N Stephens senior vice division commander and other officers are expected to speak. The outing starts the membership drive running to November 1.
Taxpayers in Bristaneport must pay the second half of the 1929 grand list at the Tax Collector's office in City Hall rooms 4 and 6 on Sept 3 1921. The collector will be there Sept 1 daily except Sundays from 3 pm to 6 pm and Saturdays 9 am to 12 pm. After Oct 1 1921 interest of 0.75% monthly will be added to unpaid taxes. Howard F Smith Tax Collector.
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