Company Plans Power Expansion on Salmon River East Hampton
Dec. 27 The Central Connecticut Power Company headquarters here announced plans for a million dollar hydraulic power plant on the Salmon River at Leesville Hast Haddany. Vice president Frank Bernard said the company and engineers have worked on protests and readiness for contract awards. The project will replace a small plant, raising a 22 foot dam to 84 feet in height to increase power output.
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East Hampton
Central Connecticut Task? and Power Company
Simon Tiver
Teesville
M. Bernard
Leesville
Cured His Rupture by Truss and Procedure Myths
Fragmented ad copy describes a supposed cure for a rupture using a truss and a peep at surgical claims. It mentions doctors, a carpenter, and a dubious remedy path with no clear medical endorsement. The text references marketing for medical devices and patient worry about operation.
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Carpenter
Han
Expansion plans for Central Connecticut Light and Power
The Central Connecticut Light and Power Company intends major capacity expansion doubling and upgrading its plant. The firm acquired the Xay Power and Light Company two years ago and now plans to increase output and employ more workers. New facilities will be built to accommodate the growth and add conveniences for customers.
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Aatute Mey
Connertmcnt Light Ant Power Company
Xay Power Ant Light Company
Slump in Paris grows amid low mood and trade strains
Paris reports mounting economic gloom with rising unemployment and a near halt in consumer buying. Stores offer small rebates while gift exchanges shrink. auto and wine sectors sag as export demand rises and private thrift tightens. Government plans public works to ease joblessness.
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Paris
Peemler Volncare
Bank of Francs
France
Seps
Kentucky Fights Cause 4 Deaths Over Christmas
Four people die in Kentucky mountains after Christmas Day incidents in Pineville and neighboring counties. Dr. R. L. Lattimore, 66, shot eight times in his home by officers attempting arrest on Christmas Day. Roy Smith, Henry Smith, and Dan Jones killed in Bannertown and Harlan counties during armed exchanges. Constable and deputy under bonds of 400 dollars each pending investigation. Conflicting accounts emerged over whether Lattimore fired first or resisted during arrest.
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R. L. Lattimore
Fox Ridge Coal Company
Blanche
Roy Smith
Henry Smith
Dan Jones
Bannertork
Dr. Lattimore
Kotner Smith
Frank Bowman
Lattimore
W. T. Robbins
Smith
Tattimore
Jones
Harlan County
Fatal duel report cites Jones and Smiths in street gunfight
A report describes Jones and the younger Smith shooting each other. Jones, mortally wounded, reportedly fired twice at the elder Smith when he went to assist his son.
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Jones
Smith
Congress Likely Calm Year End Session Ends March 4
Washington reports that 1927 will bring political calm with Congress in session for about fifty two working days left before March 4. No special session is expected as controversial bills and farm relief are unlikely to pass in the brief regular session.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington
Congress
Coolige
Papeela
Kenson
Comsreas
Coolidge
Lowden
Dawes
Longworth
Witat
Northwest
Partes
la Pollette
Norot Miran Johnsoan
California
Caul
Repairs Banned Grease Receipts Drag City Budget
Estimated receipts for the garbage disposal plant fall short of earlier projections due to repairs and a fire incident. Grease contracts are under review with Bridgeport currently paying six cents per pound and Chicago and Philadelphia cited as higher rates. Production is about 60 percent below normal, and the budget for the next year is set at 8,617.50.
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Board of Apportionment
Board of Public Parchages
Chicago
Philadelphia
Triangle OM Company
Ttn
Coroner to Probe Two Fatalities in Stamford
Coroner John J. Phelan travels to Stamford to investigate the death of Mrs. Anna Bennett eighty at a Crosby Street rooming house from alcoholic poisoning. Suspect Thomas Broderick is detained on intoxication charges after drinking with the deceased. An inquest will also review the death of 73 year old Alexander Stewart in Springdate, fatally struck by a New Canaan train.
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Stamford
John J. Phelan
Anna Bennett
Crosby Street
Thin ‘City
Thomas Broderick
Broderick
Margaret Egan
Ludlow Street
Bennett
Ralph W. Crane
Phelan
Alexander Stewart
Springdate
Worcester Fire Devastates Buildings in Central District
Worcester Mass December 27 Fires menaced the business district and destroyed a residence forcing three families to flee. The Protective Union bakery on the first floor of the Central Exchange building faced possible destruction as two alarms sounded. Dr Mary M Pietcher and several occupants endured smoke and fire damage. Total building damage pegged at 25000. a new home near Imperial road suffered 12000 in losses. Nearby residents evacuated as flames threatened adjacent structures.
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Worcester
Mass
Protective Union
Central Exchange
Main and Exchange Street
Mary M. Bpietcher
Boston and Maine Revenue Reduced
Boston and Maine reports November net income of 780 346, against 017 425 a year earlier. Passenger revenue declined while freight revenue rose. coal shipments recovered after mine strike disruption. operating expenses fell under the road and facilities program. Receipts and expenditures for 104 miles leased to the Canadian Pacific were not included.
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Boston
Nee
Uni Maine Railroad
Novellor
Bassenger Revenu
Canadian Pacific
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Kentucky
Pineville
Hell
Harlan Counties
Newark
America
Newark Shoe Stores Co
Main St
Bridgeport
Boston and
Maine
Ite
Smith-Murray Ca
Pett
Buckingham’s
Betty Lou
N. Buckingham & Co., Inc
State St
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