Algonquin Club weighs bigger quarters now
The Algonquin Club of Bridgeport weighing expansion options to occupy part of another building or obtain new rooms as membership grows. Current rooms on the Court Exchange Building’s second floor taxed during Washington's Birthday dinner dance with 206 to 396 couples expected. An improvement committee will soon issue recommendations and the entertainment and social program continues with events planned through spring.
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Algonquin Club
Court Exchange
Bridgeport
Plub
Tire
Spe
Elf
George T McCarthy, Jr
Edward P. Quinn
Robert R. Ferrett
Nathan H. Kipple
John G. Schwarz
St. Patrick's
Landays
Judge Walsh rules Naugatuck case favors plaintiff then defendant
Judge John J. Walsh of the Common Pleas court issues a decision in the Davis versus Naugatuck Valley Crucible Company case. The verdict awards the plaintiff $260 plus taxes. the defendant’s counterclaim wins $1,276.62 with interest, totaling $1,687.40. The ruling concerns freight charges and a 1928 loss claim, establishing a new legal precedent for appeals to the Supreme Court.
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John J. Walsh
Naugatuck Valley Crucible Company
James C. Davis
Railroads
United States
Washington
Court of Claims
Walsh
Supreme Court
Still Seized in Raid on Liberty Street House
Stamford police seized large quantities of wine whiskey and alcohol at 47 Liberty Street this noon and arrested Peter Telesco the tenant after complaints about the premises.
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Stamford
Liberty Street
Peter Telesco
Wartime romance ends in divorce in Superior Court
William Lewis LaTour obtained a divorce from Lillian LaValle LaTour after Judge Isaac Wolfe ruled the marriage founded on fraudulent contract. LaTour accused LaValle of concealing tuberculosis contracted while she worked at a government hospital in Allingtown where he was employed as property agent. They married July 4 1922 after a wartime engagement. LaValle currently resides at Fort Lyons Hospital Colorado.
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William Lewis LaTour
Lillian LaValle
Isaac Wolfe
LaTour
Lilian LaValle LaTour
Miss LaValle
Government Hoapital
Allingtown
Wolte
Misa LaValle
Mss LaValle
Fort Lyons
Colorado
Wolfe
Fairfield High Pupils Under Mental Speed Tests
Fairfield February 15 Special to The Telegram reports that local pupils were tested to gauge average mental age through speed and accuracy tasks. Results show generally satisfactory answers, with questions on current matters weights and measures synonyms morals and numerical puzzles.
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Fairfield
Westport G O PTown Committee Calls Meeting
Westport February 15 Special to The Telegram Judge Frederick M. Salmon called a Republican town committee meeting for next Tuesday night in the Probate court at town hall. He said the agenda would include all business proper to come before it, not confirming specifics about the regal post office matter.
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Westport
Republican Town Committee
Frederick M. Salmon
Town Hall
Salmon
Lineman Fatally Injured Touching Wire in Connecticut
Howard Donahue, age 8? of Plantsville, employed by Connecticut Power, was fatally hurt on a pole when his hand touched a high tension wire. The shock caused him to fall thirty feet to the ground. He died en route to Middlesex Hospital after first aid. He is survived by eight brothers in Plantsville.
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Cromwell
Howard Donahue
Plantaville
Connecticut Power Company
Riahola
Middlesex Hospital
Plantsville
Philanthropist Opens Door to Sleeping Giant Park
Hamden report says John Edward Heaton of Paris offers 200 acres of the Sleeping Giant hill to be set aside as a public park. If accepted the state might purchase the remaining area for park purposes. The Sleeping Giant overlooks Long Island Sound and is a recognizable southern Connecticut landmark.
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Hamden
John Edward Heaton
Paris
Long Island Sound
Shore Line
Connecticut
Man Receives Suspended Sentence For Forgery Here
Joseph Daniel Silage of 2768 Decatur Avenue Bronz NY was given a suspended 15 day jail term by Judge James H Mead after forging the name A D Slade on a $2 check drawn on Murray Rome a local restauranteur. Michael Sullivan of Steamboat Road was fined eight dollars plus costs after arraignment on intoxication and breach of the peace charges.
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Greenwich
Joseph Daniel Silage
Decatur Avenue
Bronz
James H. Mead
A. D. Slade
Murray Rome
Michael Sullivan
Steamboat Road
Costa
Whiskey Concealed Under Floor Arrest At Stamford
Stamford February 15 James A Mahoney former saloonkeeper and room owner was arrested on liquor law violation charges after police found five quarts of whiskey hidden under a door during a visit. He posted a thousand dollar bond and was released.
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Stamford
James A. Mahoney
Mahoney
Officers of Conn. Hardware Assn Named at Meeting
New Haven Feb 15 R D Church of Erlden was elected president of Connecticut Hardware Association at the annual meeting. Other officers include Allyn Fuller first vice president Alfred Rockville second vice president Henry S Hitchcock secretary and George W Stevens treasurer. Board members elected are P A Crawley S A Griswold Donald Hallock and G H Pond for three years. The group voted in favor of Mellon tax reduction and opposed selling products at cost to employees as it undermines retail trade by employees and friends.
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New Haven
R. D
Church
Erlden
Connecticut Hardware’ Association
Allyn Fuller
Canaan
Alfred Rockville
Henry S. Hitchcock
Woodbury
George W. Ste
Power company workers injured in Wilton crash
James Mulvoy and Michael Kelly, Connecticut Light and Power employees, were severely cut and bruised when Mulvoy lost control of a truck on the Danbury road near Wilton. A car from the site direction caused a slip on icy pavement leading to a collision with a tree. They were taken to Norwalk homes for treatment. Plumb, another worker, was uninjured.
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Wilton
James Mulvoy
Connecticut Light and Power Company
Michael Kelly
Mulvoy
Danbury-Nj
Murray
Fort
Emai
Danbury
Norwalk
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