Water Diversion Talks Between Rival States
Boston conference between Attorney General Arthur Reading and West Averill of Connecticut discussed plans to divert Swift and Ware rivers for Metropolitan water needs. Reading to present before War Department on Friday regarding navigability of the Connecticut river. Benedict Holden of Connecticut criticized Boston and local cities for permitting the diversion, warning navigation to Holyoke could be blocked.
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Boston
Associaed
Arthur Reading
West L. Averill
Connecticut
Plain of Ibis
Reading
Massachusetts
War Department
Washington
Ware
Springfield
Mass
Associated Press
Benedict M. Holden
Holyoke
Holden
Connecticut River
Ancient Egyptian Bull Worship and Odd Ballad Jargon
The fragmentary text blends humorous dialogue and comic verse with ambiguous references. It includes lines about Campbell and Brown, jokes on shoes and stomach troubles, a medical mockery by Dr Stengel and Friedman, and a dated aside about 1923 fundraisers. The piece reads like a chaotic newspaper page snippet with stray quotes and playful caricature.
Me Friedman Calls On Tide Doctor In Silly Exchange
A garbled comic exchange features Me Friedman and Doc Stengel with misheard lines about a coat, a throat, and mistaken objects. Uncle Eben and others chime in with sharp jokes. The fragment ends with a quip about a bragging friend and a dinner guest tally.
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Friedman
TIDE
Connecticut Rectifier Plant in Bridgeport Claims Largest in World
The Connecticut company's rectifier installation at Bridgeport is billed as the world's largest. It uses five 2,600 ampere, 600 volt mercury arc rectifiers fed from 13 000 volt AC, converting to 600 volt DC via auto transformers and mercury lamps. The Sea View avenue power house is being phased out as this DC system grows, though engineers call the plant costly and inefficient. The Electric Railway journal details the installation as a defining new use.
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Connecticut Company
Bridgeport
Congress
Connectcut Light and Power Company
Devon
Seaview Avenue
Electric Railway Journal
Unclaimed Letters Listed at Bridgeport Post Office
Thirty five letters of foreign origin have not reached addresses in Bridgeport. Recipients urged to claim at the general delivery window of the main post office within two weeks. Names include Steveek Alire, Dr. Maurice Brunadge, Mrs Harvey Brundage, Andrew Belricshak, Van Butler, Mr and Mrs Afield, and others.
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Foreig
Bridgeport
Hose
Steveek Alire
Maurice B. Brundage
Dan
Harvey Brundage
Andrew Belricshak
van Butler
Afield
Robert Carlson
Jas
Carlyle
Pawel Cichavies
Gennaro Dievarie
Glen Wilhite
Willtort
Tne
Jan Zhn- Taieh
Nt. Rase
Senators barred from Capitol by Oklahoma troops
Oklahoma City dispatch reports 36 state senators met in a downtown hotel room and, despite a district court injunction, voted 24 to 2 to affirm Senate jurisdiction over impeachment actions against Governor Henry Johnston. Troops blocked access to the Capitol as the session recessed. a test vote was planned at a later time.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Der
Associated Brees
Capitol
National Guardsmen
State Senate
Senate
Henry &. Johnston
Oklahoma
Johnston
State House
Ernor Johnston
Senate Chamber
House
Charles F. Barrett
Mack
Williamson
Senate Group
Burett
Oklahoma County
Clark
Barrett
Adqui
Young
National Guard
Aittle
House of Representatives
Fred P. Branson
Supreme Court
Harry B. Carter
State Board of Agriculture
Bridgeport Installs Largest Automatic Traffic Signal
Police Commissioner Richard Oppel will switch on the citys largest automatic signal at Bull's Head at 10 AM. Five lights will regulate six directions on Main Street Madison Avenue Washington DC and Norv Washington Avenue as Captain James Walker leads officials to test the system.
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Richard Oppel
Bridgeport
Bull’s Head
Main Street
Madison Avenue
Washington DC
Norv
Washington Avenue
James Walker
Trasic Bureau
Bane
Ipoperslian Wettead
80 Indians Drown Crossing Chile River
Santiago dispatch reports the drowning of eighty Arancano Indians attempting to cross the river Canty during a festival near Matve ridts. Shallow fords were missed, currents swept men women and children away, and many died in deep waters as silts hampered survival efforts.
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Chile
Antiago
Dee
Deniure
Canty
Delinquents Try Escape Ends Catholic Philosophical Convention
Four detectives attempt to break from guards at a Bridgewater facility as their guard Geos Lesaktey is knocked unconscious. The escape is halted, prisoners are secured, and Lesaktey survives with non fatal injuries. Police and hospital officials report the incident at State Igniter.
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Boston
Assucuelee
Tiestate
Bridgewater
Geos Lesaktey
Abel
Chen Ae
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Gerhart Friedman
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Wolces
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