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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1925
Page
15
The passage lists and analyzes Christmas problems and proposed gifts. It extols ash trays of various styles as ideal wedding gifts, arguing a home needs many to symbolize harmony and domestic felicity. It emphasizes abundance and variety to please the new wife and husband.
Mayor Behrens will provide a turkey dinner and entertainment for 240 Hillside home inmates on Christmas Day. The event marks the 20th year of his charity, beginning at 2 o clock with a full meal, followed by De Koven quartet performances featuring Mayor Behrens, Mrs. Russell, and local performers in a program including songs, monologues, and solos.
Mme Schumann-Heink, singer, filed suit in Portland to recover 10,000 claimed advanced to producer D. J. Fleming for nine five reel pictures. The contract was declared void in Philadelphia in November 1924. Ferdinand Schumann-Heink, her son, appeared in five of Fleming’s photoplays at a studio near Portland.
The Common Council adopted an ordinance raising moderator pay on paper for election day. The chief moderator’s pay rose to 13.50, other moderators to 11, with deputies and assistants similarly adjusted. actual raises were not implemented.
The council cut the term of Sealer of Weights and Measures Deanl Kelly by two months and set new appointments. William Beloin inherits the unexpired term, and an additional assistant sealer position will begin January 1 and April 1. Mayor Behrens will appoint a second assistant sealer at 1800 dollars, with a three year term starting April 1 1927. August Doerr’s term ends April 2 1927.
The section lists multiple Tuesday and Monday services for residents including Mrs Mary Knaresboro, Catherine Ball, Maria Neary Bryan, Charles Conroy, Charlotte Frisbie, Emily Avery, James Danby, Nelson Simmons, Andrew Kean, Mary Gamerina, Anna Wolfe, William Denton, Daniel Keefe, and Robert Coughlin. Services span St Marys Milford, St Michaels, Mountain Grove, Holy Rosary, and Sacred Heart churches with burials at St Michaels, Lakeview, and Mountain Grove cemeteries.
A fifteen year old Brewster youth was arrested in Darien for possessing a stolen car. Officer Amos Anderson stopped the vehicle and notified Brewster officials, who said the boy took the car to reach work. He is jailed for Brewster police. In a separate matter, Willam Borofsky, a Bridgeport milkman with a wife and four children, received a sentence of 10 days in jail and a $210 fine with 1 1/2 to start after Saturday, as counsel sought leniency citing family support.
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