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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1927
Page
9
If a thief tries to rob you shoot back you are told You act When science warns against system poisoning called Toxemia guard against it Take Partola the internal antiseptic and laxative to cleanse your system Drugstores sell regular 30f double size 60¢ Keep fit for business and pleasure
A fragmented ad-like excerpt promotes MeClor’s Tablets claiming to boost health, strength, and nerves for men and women. It touts rapid gains in weight and energy and urges purchase of two boxes, noting a supposed medical endorsement and a dramatic transformation.
In Laverne Alabama two defendants were acquitted in a logging case set amid a broader dispute among Attorney General McCall the state law enforcement department and the Ku Klux Klan. Judge Gamble adjourned after Solicitor Calvin Poole withdrew causing 31 others to be set aside for later trial.
Mrs. Hazel Fullsyo shot and killed Gordon Watters, a 26 year old salesman, after she said he attacked her 17 year old daughter. A grand jury declined to indict for murder, and prosecutors dropped the murder complaint. A coroner's jury ruled the killing justifiable homicide.
In Carroll county Maryland the circuit court held it lacks jurisdiction to try federal dry law violations. Chief Justice Park and Judge William Forsythe Jr sustained a demurrer to indictments against William A Barnes, ruling Maryland cannot punish in sovereignty for offenses against the United States within its borders.
A string of obituaries from Stratford and surrounding areas details William Trap dying at forty with wife Theresa and daughters Mary and Rose, funeral at 8:30 from home then 9 at St. John Nepuchurch, burial in St. Michael's. Other notices include Sheehan of 90 Westfield Avenue with two sons and a daughter, services at St Patrick, burial at St Michael's. Ethel Koch, one year seven months, burial at Mountain Grove. Agnes Cecelia Bergland of 447 Maplewood Avenue, services at Read Memorial chapel, burial Mountain Grove. Charles Bodington of 238 York Street, death at Bridgeport Hospital from cerebral hemorrhage, funeral Saturday 2 pm, burial Lakeview. Javed Henry Russell of 707 Kingston Avenue, funeral 2:30 pm at Read Memorial, burial Mountain Grove, numerous survivors listed. Maurice Seterstrend funeral at Brice mortuary chapel with services then Pine Grove cemetery. Rita Baker mourns with Naugatuck and Jor other labor groups attending. Machelle V. Cavanaugh died at 5 Courtland Avenue, daughter Lals M Collins. Hannah L. Corenras funeral at St Charles Church with high mass, etc. Additional notes mention Mrs. Hannah Corenras’ pallbearers and burial at St Michael's cemetery.
John T Rogers testified at Remus trial about alleged plots involving Mrs Remus and Franklin Dodge to deport him to Germany and later kill him. Rogers described Remus raving after learning his wife and Dodge were registered in a Washington hotel, and recounted prior threats and outbursts during the case tied to prohibition and a bootlegging past.
Boston November 20 by Associated Press Charles F Choate Jr prominent Boston lawyer died at Mavdustles General Hospital a day after being suddenly ill He led the Massachusetts bar for years and appeared in many notable cases including government against United Shoe Machinery New Finland oil and the Searles will cure He was a director of New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad and other companies He married Alles Tease Burnett in 1862 and is survived by wife and five children
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