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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1926
Page
9
An article reports Andrews discrediting rumors about holiday events and mentions figures such as Cuno Ago and Ian Aw Te Taare, detailing opposition to the claims and asserting a different narrative. The piece notes surrounding chatter and clarifies the stance of key individuals amid the festive rumors.
The Building Board plans its next meeting to discuss permits and inspections. Listed are several automotive frame locations and street references including Salem Street and Taft Avenue, with names such as Holmes, Reilly, Haagerty, and Bowen linked to frames.
State referee advised the Superior Court to grant a divorce to Edward S. Beeler of Hartford from Bertha Kernan Etreter of The Bronx. Testimony at a hearing showed he left a home and violated the marriage, with the referee noting evidence of fault.
Dec 21 AP reports directors of the Canadian Industrial Ateabet company declared a special bonus and the regular dividend of 32 cents. The payout applies to shareholders of record December 21 with the stock to be paid on date set.
Hartford, Dew, the AP, reports Professor Charles Rogers of Trinity College discusses Mars conditions. He notes long 300 day winters with dips to 100 degrees below zero and summers reaching around 70 degrees, low oxygen, thin air, no twilight, and gravity about one third of Earth. Vegetation on Mars is possible but no evidence of intelligent life.
Harry H. Pritchard, clerk of the board of Apportionment, filed its annual requisition with City Auditor Walter W. Garrity yesterday, asking for $3,068 less than last allowed. The total last appropriated was $8,166, of which $2,766 was to make up a deficit. The total requested for the coming year is 95,100, of which $600 is asked for advertising, $100 for office equipment, $500 for printing, $200 for stationery, postage and other incidental expenses, $3,600 for clerk's salary.
Seven of eight men indicted for conspiracy to smuggle liquor into the United States did not answer when their names were called for pleas in Federal court. Only Frank W. Enslow of Gloucester showed up. attorney Louis Halle withdrew citing outrage at absences.
Hartford Dec 31 Orders for seven hundred woolen blankets for use at tuberculosis sanitoria have been given to two Connecticut firms by the State Tuberculosis commission The Rockfall Woolen Company of Middletown and the Windsor Woolen Company of Windsor supplied the blankets with prices at 4 75 and 3 66 per blanket The division of the order is not yet decided
A list of radio programs and times for many stations and shows. Includes orchestras, bands, weather reports, and various hosts with station call letters and frequencies across cities like Chicago Providence Portland Baltimore Philadelphia and more.
Walter Adams and Lydia Adams were arraigned after a Kent raid by state police. They pleaded guilty to manufacturing and keeping liquor with intent to sell. Each fined 20 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 20 days in jail, suspended. released on bail until January to raise funds.
Boston patrolman Leon A. Randall was indicted for manslaughter by Suffolk County grand jury in the death of John Ramsey after an arrest on December 10. Ramsey died from a fractured skull following an alleged ejecting incident at a lunch wagon. Randall was suspended four days later and later confronted by a police board.
Lucius H. Goff, 88, of East Hampton today marks 75 years as a bell maker with no vacations or days off. He has dedicated seven and a half decades to his trade, including singing in church choirs and serving the local church.
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