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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1926
Page
6
Vintage advertisement touts Musterole as a grandmothers remedy for colds and aches. It promises a warm tingling sensation and soothing cooling after penetration, made from mustard oil and simple ingredients. It lists many uses from sore throat to rheumatism and sprains, claiming preventions and broad benefits.
Milford announces the appointment of two new regular paid department members after examinations. James J Connors, 28, will serve as a regular fireman while Stuart Foster, 30, becomes the night desk man at fire headquarters. Both are noted athletes and join from local firefighter and Arctic Engine Company units.
Forty members of the Habime players of Moscow arriving on the Carmania were detained in England where they will be required to post bond before admission to the United States. The troupe, booked for six months, is a new company of Russian Jewish performers subsidized by the Soviet government. They share profits and provide for families, with one family bringing children.
Clarence Mo Webb Jr and Willard Nicholas were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Bert Lockwood. Miss Mamie Adama resumed boarding in Shelton for the winter. The Emerald sewing club met at Huntington School with instruction on making thimble cases. The junior Young People’s League held a Friday session with Miss Ruth Beattie, Floyd Lockwood and Earl Millard planning activities. Florence Lattin of Wells Hollow was a weekend guest of Mrs Charles E Millard. William Webb Thompson and several New York visitors were hosted by Jay Waggoner. Kenneth Card and Edward Beers visited from Stratford and Mohegan Street. A Huntington dog previously suspected of rabies was diagnosed with distemper. The Huntington Reading Circle plans to discuss The History of Philosophy and welcomes all interested. Alpha players of Calvary church presented Am I Intruding with strong action and costumes. Thomas McGuire installed telephone service at his Hurd Street home, number 164. Farmill River Grange members accepted for initiation: Esther Eberle, Clarence Rovene, Sterling Fair, Joseph Kohler, Elton Viehols, Royal Birds Eye. Belle Hartmann of Rutherford NJ visited her sister Mrs Howard L Moore. Mr and Mrs Theodore H Krueger, Miss Margaret Storey, and Miss Kann White spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs John Weat on Huntington Street.
In Superior court Judge John W. Banke granted an application for change of name to Gilliaumin Theodore Gerard Merkens and his brother Gustave Richard Theodore Merkens, both of Greenwich, silk manufacturers with offices at 303 Fifth Avenue New York and factories in Brussels. The petition shows they were born in Belgium and naturalized in Chicago in 1920. Their true family name, de Marcken de Merken, will now be used as Gilliaumi Theodore Gerard de Marckens de Merken and Gustave Richard Theodore de Merckens de Merken.
A 49-year-old New York man, Albere Noether, describes a long history of theft from Waterbury to Danemyre and Hartford, leading to a Bridgeport arrest for stealing watches and diamond pieces from Parker’s jewelry. Police recovered $1,495 cash and multiple items, with bonds set at $5,000.
Washington reports Iowa rumors that Senator Stephens planned a resolution to remove Senator Daniel F. Steck surfaced this afternoon. Stephens dismissed the charge saying it was never heard of and that someone must have dreamed it.
Ignat Kulakowski, 56, of 401 Ridgewood Road West Hartford, collapsed and died on South Main Street after an early morning two mile trek through heavy snow. He left home at 5 35 and was found on a stairwalk an hour later.
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