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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
6
A set of six divorce cases is slated for hearing Friday at the county court. Names include Jemima Ware Booth and Josephine Hood, with other plaintiffs and defendants listed among the seven cases carried over from prior sessions.
A railroad accident reportedly killed several hundred people and injured many more. The brief note cites grain shipment disruptions and unspecified wreck details, with authorities promising fuller accounts soon.
Prisoners will hold their usual Christmas dinner Saturday. The meal includes couscous and spare ribs from pigs fed in the jail with accompaniments of a Christmas 2 the murder out pritekers ist Ine yall Ubis. year age, and include shad of 4 inv yew of wonen.
A wartime shipment of twelve million tree seeds was sent to France and Belgium in a Christmas effort. Britain arranged the delivery through allied lines, aiding forestry and reconstruction in the occupied regions.
The Telegram reports a Federation committee yesterday planned to call for estimates for AG seal venues and present budgets for charity organizations. A meeting will elect a chair and form a finance committee. Appointments include Sumner Simpson and others as trustees and aides to data work. the drive’s start is postponed to allow proper organization.
Chile Marine personnel decline duties involving wine and liquor handling amid a broader labor movement. The text notes opposition to certain ceremonial tasks and hints at ideological enforcement by some union factions, while colleagues express varied support for the movement.
In a Bowery charity drive, about ten thousand dollars were pledged to aid Europe's children. The group unanimously voted to adopt five "invisible guests" and fund 19 dollars per child to the European Relief Council, with Herbert Hoover overseeing the effort and issuing adoption certificates.
Washington D C crowds watch as Whitson and Mrs Wilson join President in a holiday window stroll through decorated shops. The President moves slowly past the displays while shoppers recognize the executive amid festive decor.
Enumeration figures for Bridgeport show 33,890 children between six and sixteen, an increase over the prior year. State subsidies per child are noted, with the tally forwarded to the state comptroller as part of the annual school census.
Coroner reports a male aviator killed Miss Sorbin Ren Taylor, aged 29, and a companion, age given as Kelly, before dying by suicide. The incident occurred last Sunday in what is described as a murder-suicide with a fatal air accident link noted by investigators. Names and exact ages are partially obscured in the damaged text but indicate a tragic double fatality involving two women and a pilot.
A father and his son drowned during a vain rescue at Poepandioday Pathta. The older man fumbled in the water while the boy clung to him as waves overwhelmed them. Onlookers and a nearby boy in a skated setting watched, tears and alarm marking the scene.
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