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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1921
Page
2
A party of American Legion members left Brussels by special train to tour the Belgian battlefields. They were escorted by high officials and military men to review the ground where Americans fought in the world war.
Premier Hare and Field Marshal Yamagata discussed disarmament and Far Eastern questions ahead of a Washington conference this autumn. The post office robbery in New Haven involved $10,000 in mixed bills. two Boston inspectors investigated after a bank messenger delivered three parcels to the New Haven post office.
A 170 pound man wearing a white alert and dark clothing reportedly plunged over Niagara Falls this afternoon. A pocketbook on Luna Island Bridge bore an envelope addressed to Mrs. EB Repplin of Buffalo, with a note to be delivered. The body was seen downstream on a rock ledge and a rescue party moved to recover it.
The Elfe Drum and Bugle Corps of Harmony Camels No 12 O A M won first prize at the New York state convention in Osening New York. The loving cup and gold medal are the largest prizes the corps has earned since its 1815 founding. The cup was donated by William J Burns, head of the U S Department of Justice. Frank Sanchez of Bridgeport won first prize for individual snare drumming. The corps will attend the national convention September 17 in Holyoke Massachusetts.
The Old Mill Green playground won the annual track and field meet at Seaside Park with 29 points. Yellow Mill and Lafayette tied for second with 15, Seaside and West End third with 11. Anna Sarnick of Old Mill led individual events, with Tsadelle Clark of Hal earning multiple honors.
New Haven Aug 29 Na leht was shed to lay upon the disappearance from the registered mail of a package of ten thousand dollars in bills shipped by a bank here to a corporation bank in New York city recently as a result of an inquiry now going on.
Wilmington August 29. A ten percent salary reduction effective October 1 was announced by E. I. duPont ge Nements and company following a board of directors meeting. The cut will affect all salaries from the president downward.
Dr. Charles Edward Armory Winslow of Yale University Medical School visits Geneva to join the health commission meeting of the League of Nations. Advertisement promotes Horsford's Acid Phosphate as beneficial for tired nerves and brain, urging purchase to relieve strain from overwork and mental worry.
Chicago August 9 Four wired robbers raided the Secur ity Safe Deposit vaults in the Mason Temple last night netting an estimated 260000. They escaped after a box was left untouched and seventeen safety deposit boxes damaged. Chief Michael Hughes called the incident bold and said two vault employees gave contradictory statements.
In Stirling Connecticut on August 39 milk producers supplying about 50,000 quarts daily to the Boston and Providence markets were notified that September prices will match August. The fixed rate remains 9 cents per quart for surplus unsold milk, and an exercise was anticipated.
An advertisement touts a flexible commercial education for ages 11 to 50, claiming rapid completion and a typical three to five month payback. It stresses independent progress, no extraneous courses, ongoing student support, post graduation placement help at no charge, and accreditation by the National Association of Accredited Commercial Schools as a quality guarantee.
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