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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1923
Page
16
Seven diphtheria cases were reported in Bridgeport last week per the state health board. The weekly morbidity report notes no typhoid fever cases and marks a remarkable decrease overall from prior periods.
throughout the state was noted in this disease, only 12 being reported against 22 for last week. Bridgeport also leads the county in scarlet fever cases having two re ported while Norwalk and Fairfield didh have one case. Only one case of measles has been reported from this city.
Dealers announced a one cent hike in consumer milk price effective Saturday in Bridgeport after a meeting. Farmers’ price will rise by a half cent on September 1, making the action unavoidable, they say.
Desertion and intolerable cruelty drive eleven divorce actions filed in Superior Court. Cases name Lustig and Tustle over cruelty and custody, Servila seeks alimony in an adultery suit, Michalec seeks decree and custody, Scofield divorce change of name, Mead and Bell desertion claims, Stone charged with cruelty, Baker custody fight, Brady cruelty with three children, Chintalan desertion case, Misencik seeks annulment on religious grounds.
Warranty deeds show transfers from Louis A Woeltye to Sam Carp Fairfield avenue and others including Antonio Racaruchas to Wilians Moffitt Grd Lakeview avenue many names and streets listed. Mortgage records note Sam Carp to Louis A Waltys Fairfield avenue 3000 and Edward C Spurgo to Bridgeport Savings Bank Harbor view avenue 5000 with several other liens and trust company actions.
Davis and Hawley and the Put ton Oliphant company have purchased the building at the southeast corner of Main and John streets for about $120,000. Their current Main and Wall location is leased by M Samuels of Baltimore, controlling the Newark Shoe company.
Nathaniel Wheeler Dora R Wheeler and Sanford Stoddard organize The Wheeler Company a 2 500 000 corporation to enter refinery operations in Caribou Maine as women assume most principal public offices including tax assessor town clerk town treasurer and constable under the Samuel Wheeler estate alignment.
A historical survey traces the turmoil in the middleweight title from Dempsey era claims through McCoy Ryan Ketchell and Papke. It notes disputed weight limits, notable knockouts, long bitter feuds, and Ketchell’s rise after McCoy and Ryan faded, ending with Klaus’s Paris defeat era.
Bridgeport harbor to host its annual inspection by city officials today, accompanied by newspaper men. The Billow owned by Rachel Oyster company will depart from City fre and Coal company dock around 10 o'clock after a government inspection. Several barges bound for various firms were towed in, and the schooner Lincoln arrived with spruce lumber for AW Burritt Bilimber company. The river facing north of Stratford avenue bridge is nearing completion and to be finished by next week to beautify the railroad station area. Yacht clubs around Long Island Sound expect to finish their race schedule within two weeks, with all clubs reporting strong progress financially and seaward.
A retrospective on Georges Carpentier and Mike O'Dowd era titles, recounting Chip and McCoy knockouts in Pittsburgh and Brooklyn, O'Dowd’s rise after World War I, and Johnny Jessop’s 1920 Boston decision. Details emphasize title changes on points, knockouts, and incidents across 1914 to 1920.
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