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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1926
Page
20
Five people including Mrs George Cott and a dentist Dr Cart t Grigtin narrowly escaped a blaze on Clureh etreer block as flames swept ground floor stores, offices, and upper apartments. Firemen using ladders battled the third hour of the fire, aiding residents trapped by smoke and heat.
In Shanghai area, Chinese prisoners under death sentences in international and French settlements face weekly executions slated to begin after warfare disruptions ended in late 1924. About 200 inmates, many over a year in custody, await fate as authorities plan regular trials and executions to dispose of the condemned.
Forty nine towns across all counties report measles for the week ending February 14 with Hartford at 110 and Bridgeport at 40. State total drops 169 to 714 from the prior week. Scarlet fever tops Bridgeport with 28, diphtheria highest in Hamden at 18. Whooping cough and typhoid are scarce, chicken pox 140 cases statewide.
New Rochelle New York reports chief counsel Les Parsche Davis heard in the Kip Rhinelander annulment suit that his client Lee Parsons Davis Jr. 21, a Brown University student, eloped January 26 with Theresa Murphy of Tuckahoe New York. They married in Greenwich Connecticut but live apart, and Davis Jr. remains a student.
New York February 1 AP The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals offers a $1000 prize for a satisfactory non skid horseshoe After examining 600 devices as unsatisfactory the society notes that sharp shoeing worsens balance on ice and snow and pedestrians still rely on sand boxes placed by the Street Cleaning department to aid drivers in slippery conditions.
United States attorney filed a bill in federal court seeking a one year closure of the Auto Inn at North Wilbraham, declaring it a common liquor nuisance. The inn, owned by Patrick M. and Nellie M. Sullivan, is accused of illicit liquor purchases on several dates.
Russell Neary and Stpank Finn, outside tax collectors under Howard A. Challenger, are set for $200 monthly raises to $2,000 effective April 1. The board will approve funding from appropriations next Tuesday. Challenger praised the two Democrats for their “wonderful” work, as they continue in the post under prior administrations.
The readable fragment mentions payroll retention with two weeks of no pay and an unclear reference to individuals or roles. No definite names, dates, or places are present to confirm a specific event or outcome.
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