Stamford Banker C H Lounsbury Dies After Long Illness
Charles Hugh Lounsbury a Stamford banker and retired manufacturer died at his home 22 Bedford Street after a long illness. He was in his eightieth year born Long Ridge August 18 1839 he helped form Cook and Lounsbury and later Lounsbury Soule company. He served Stamford Savings Bank as director from 1890 president 1904 to 1924 and chairman thereafter. He also chaired Stamford Trust and served First National Bank. Survived by wife Anna Perry Samuel two daughters Alice and May a sister Jane and no grandson.
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Maynor
Presbyterian Church
Anna Perry Samuel
St. Louis
Jane
Alice and
May
Hugh Lounsbury Hudson
Louisvile
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Two Die in Soviet Election Disorder Near Baku
Riots sparked by Soviet elections near Baku leave two peasants dead and 13 wounded as Kulaks clash with poorer villagers over voting rights and past allegiance. Moscow reports a town Soviet secretary shot and three officials wounded near Samara amid further election unrest.
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Standard Oil Raises Gas Price Again in Boston
Boston Feb 9 AP The Standard Oil Company of New York raised the tank price of gasoline by one cent per gallon for the second time in a month. Effective tomorrow the consumer price stands at twenty four cents per gallon.
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Rancher J Garfield Ball dies after debt worries and marriage
In Alliance Nebraska AP report, 45 year old rancher J Garfield Ball is found dead with a bullet after concerns over debts tied to his bride of three days Miss Lutie R Jones of Marion Indiana. Coroner clears Mrs Ball of blame. Neighbors note debts prior to marriage and planned farm land sale next week. Ball’s stepson cites his father’s first wife’s death and the couple’s brief union.
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Peddler Uses Baby to Congeal Drugs in Boston
Boston on February 9 AP reports a peddler named James Perry of Providence carried morphine in the clothing of a baby he walked with. Police arrested Perry after narcotics officers followed the child and found 488 grains of morphine. Perry was indicted by a federal grand jury on illegal possession of drugs.
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Diaz Says He Would Quit If Requested by U S Press
Nicaraguan President Diaz, head of the Conservative government, told an Associated Press correspondent he would yield if the United States deemed it best for Nicaragua. He favored keeping Marines to deter revolutions and protect a planned coast to coast railroad, highways, and education programs. The capital remained tense as Chinandega faced daily clashes, with hundreds reported killed or wounded.
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Corinta
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Jury to Weigh Auto Collision Case in Stamford Court
Closing arguments set for today in Superior court Judge John W Banks presiding over a 5000 dollar damage action filed by Alfred Sessa of Stamford against Howeth V Marshall and 2000 dollar counterclaim by Mrs Mary W Marshall against Thomas Sessa. Sessa brothers testified their car struck by Marshalls while en route to a drugstore on Strawberry Hill Road on March 12 1926. Alfred testified the speeding Marshall caused the crash claiming the Sessa car was traveling 18 miles an hour. Marshall said the Sessa car was speeding and another vehicle in front blinded him with bright lights causing him to slow down.
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Alfred Sessa
Stamford
Howeth V. Marshall
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Thomas Sessa
Young Sessa
Strawberry Hill Road
Sessa
Foul Play Sought in Death in Fitchburg
Fitchburg Mass Feb 1 CAP The possibility that a blow on the head caused the injury leading to the death of Joseph B Beauteau at Burbank hospital today started a police investigation The police and relatives had told them that the man had been hit on the head with a heavy object It was at first supposed that he had fallen on a stairway at his home The police were called to the house and believed Beauteau had been assaulted by family members They found him injured and took him first to the water station and then to the hospital.
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Reward Proposed for Arrest of Killer in Maybel Matheson Case
Boston reports Governor Fallon seeks authority to offer 1900 dollars for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderer of eighteen year old Maybel Matheson. Her body was found January 22 in a field near her uncle’s home. she had been sent to her old home in Nova Scotia. No arrests have been made though suspects have been questioned and eliminated.
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