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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1927
Page
15
The fragmentary text references bonds taxes and building entries with dates in September and October 1927. It mentions owners rights to appeal and obligations of the city or district, plus a finance official signature and a notice about a public sale or bid process. Details are partially unreadable but indicate a municipal or property assessment context.
A compilation of death notices for William H Carroll George W Elwood Michiel M Hida Jennie Howgate James H Reardon Steven Roberge Luciana Ricciho Villa? Varkonyi and others. Funeral details include dates times and locations with interment at Lakeview Mountain Grove and St Michiels cemeteries. Many listings note residencies on Park Street Fairfield Avenue and related local addresses with burial at local cemeteries in August 1927.
The readable portions mention varied terms and names including a vote, bereavement, cards, and possible personal references. The overall fragmentary content lacks a clear narrative, making a precise news-style summary difficult beyond noting a garbled local notice or OCR error cluster.
The article notes General Motors eclipsed United States Steel in market value, with GM stock rising past 250 and a Wall Street led boom. It cites May milestones, price comparisons, and a list of large industrials by asset base, highlighting the GM-Ford-Mellon pooling era and shifting market sentiment.
Fragmented OCR outlines a reconstruction plan for a company, detailing capital stock, shares, and governance. Names such as Atlantic Ont Tor Company and Baltimore figures appear, with references to secretary duties and meeting arrangements, but readability is low and core facts are scattered.
Tax assessor in Bridgapeat schedules entry of property deeds for September and October filings. The notice details penalties for late or missing payments, outlines appraisal and assessment procedures, and specifies location and hours for the assessor’s district office.
A fragmented OCR note references a court matter involving Fife WooM DEMMSEY Flowad Hotel. Details are unclear, but the item signals a legal or civil action tied to a hotel. The readable text emphasizes the parties rather than the case specifics or outcome.
Bridgeport Connecticut health officer Dr William Hall Coon reports 44 cases of infantile paralysis in the state, with three new cases in Bridgeport. He urges careful parental observation, rapid doctor consultation, and quarantining measures, noting serum readiness at Englewood hospital for potential outbreak response.
Queens homicide identification confirms Mike DeFalco thirty seven as one victim. Police seek the second decedent found headless and nude in a Flushine thicket. DeFalco had three prior prison terms and was wanted on another charge. fingerprint comparison pending.
A condensed table presents the weekly movements of wholesale prices from Dana Re view and the purchasing power of the dollar on a 1913 1920 1922 1924 1925 1926 1927 basis with various averages by quarter and month. It also notes England and Italy index numbers from the Financial Times and the Milan Chamber of Commerce and the NYSE stock scheme values.
John T. Lambert reports in Rapid City South Dakota that business and professional men across the west favor Hoover as the likely rival to Dawes and Coolidge for the Republican nomination. Bankers, lawyers, doctors, and engineers praise his foreign trade work and flood relief efforts, while farmers fault wartime price fixing and resist Lowden as the alternative.
The marriage of Jillian M Fisher and Robert T Hutchinson took place Saturday at Christ Episcopal church. Rev Ernest J Craft officiated. The couple plans a home at 27 Dover Street after a honeymoon in Atlantic City. Both natives of Bridgeport, they are graduates of local schools. Mr Hutchinson works as a cost accountant for the Salt Textile Co and Mrs Hutchinson was employed in the merchandise office at General Electric.
Miss Ruth Elder, 22, of Lakeland, says flying is safer than driving as she prepares for a trans Atlantic flight from New York to Paris. Backed by Detroit businessmen, navigator W W Heldeman will join her aboard the Stipson-Detroitier plane. She plans to depart next month, aims for Paris, and notes there is more room in the air.
Delinquent taxpayers must pay 12 percent interest after more than a year on 1927 taxes, under a new Assembly act effective for the 1007 tax due next April 1 and September 1 in the city. The law sets instalment terms, lien filings, and foreclosures with specific timelines and penalties.
A Portland Maine report notes two Grand Banks schooners, Fannie Belle and Benjamin Thompson, returned to port after a search for the missing vessel continues. One schooner remains unaccounted for from the August sighting by Associated Press observers.
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