Hold Man and Wife in 400000 Blackmail Plot
New York February 19 Philip Kaster and his wife Maude E Kaster and Grant Rose a motorman were held in 7500 bail each in West Side Police court for extortion attempts. They are charged with trying to extract 20000 from Paul Ladard Heller president of Fewer Brothers Steel Newark NC. The case links to Kastel's earlier divorce action and a plot involving a dagger, a vase and threats to publicize alleged affair. Rose testified Kastel set up the meeting at Mrs Kastel’s apartment and a man named Fitzmaurice promised hush money to avoid publicity.
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New York
Philip ¥. Kaster
Maude E. Kaster
Grant Rose
West Side
Rough 4
Paul Ladard Heller
Fewer Brothers’ Steel Company
Newark
N. C
Kastel
Broad Street
Kast
West Fifty-eighth Street
Fice
Atorney
Samuel Berger
Brough
Rough
R.udolph M. Newman
EK Astel
Erger
Counsl
Newman
Astel
Heller
Olice Court
Werther
Calthy
Mr. Heller
Mr. Rose
Mr. Fitzmaurice
Palm Beach
Rose
Speed Up to Produce New Gun Speed Up to Produce New Gun
Remington Arms will expand output without enlarging the plant by using increased working forces around the clock. The Bridgeport plant will handle Browning gun production now, with potential expansion to other Remington factories once underway. Ninety crew members of the freighter Cynthia launched lifeboats after the vessel grounded on Clam Shell bar near the American Tubs and Stamping company.
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France
Remington
Bridgeport
Remington Arms and Ammunition Company
Remington Corporation
Bae
Cynthia
American Tubs
Stamping Company
Liberty Ordnance Company
Remarkable recovery tale from rheumatism in Moosup
A Moosup Connecticut woman describes a drastic recovery from five years of crippling rheumatism after using Varnesis. She went from bedbound with swollen joints to walking unaided, credits doctors' cautions, and urges others to try Varnesis. The ad promotes Varnesis from W A Varney and Liggett’s drug stores.
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Moosup
St. Alban's Church
Danielson
I. A. Cheney
Post
Connecticut
Boston
W. A. Varney
Aynn. Mass
Liggett’s Riker Drug Stores
Pape's Diapepsin Advertises Fast Stomach Relief
A vintage advertisement promotes Pape's Diapepsin as a quick, harmless remedy for dyspepsia, indigestion, gases, and upset stomachs. It claims relief within five minutes, features a fifty cent case, and touts the product as a scientific antacid that sweetens and stabilizes upset stomachs in every home.
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Pape
River Rise Flood Threatens Town Hall and Bridge
Heavy rains cause rapid river rise threatening the town hall and adjacent buildings. Water pours over walls into the basement where boilers were cooled to prevent explosions. Police, town officials, and volunteers move records and valuables upstairs as ice jams near Washington Bridge pose risk of flood and possible bridge opening to save structure.
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William. A. Rose
Piscopal
Main Street
Housatonic
Washington Bridge
Derby
Nanavick
Ansonia Anderby
Derby Dam
Baltic
Premier in Threat to Quit Over Allied Authority Plan
Premier warned of resignation as debate centered on a proposed inter allied authority with executive powers to coordinate strategy. Versailles officials and Lloyd George backed expanding the Supreme War Council while disagreements over constitution occurred. Asquith cited public unease over Jellicoe and Robertson withdrawals and criticized propaganda control while urging no government embarrassment.
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Versailles
Supreme War Council
House
Versailles War Council
Supreme Council
Lloyd- George
Army Council
Imperial Stork
Astduith
Robertson
Asquith
Jellicoe
Lord Derby
Whitehall
Lord Beaverbrook
Bridgeport Red Cross relief urged as work lags
Bridgeport chapter leader Mr. C. Nathaniel Worthen warns of a failing Red Cross effort. He notes a monthly dressings target of about 69,090, but actual shipments are less than half, and he appeals to Bridgeport women to help the chapter catch up on the task.
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CIFY
RED Cross
Bridgeport
Mrx
Draft Boards Await Ruling on Benedicts Classification
Bridgeport local draft boards await Provost Marshal General orders on classifying married men with no children who have sufficient income to support a wife as 1A. Officials say governments aim to avoid breaking family ties unless necessary. Boards have sent 16 percent of registrants to Camp Devens next week, but no departures expected. Bridgeport has met its quota and extra men are assigned elsewhere. The weekly board meeting will address several important matters.
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Growder
New York — District
13Ridgeport
Bridgeport
Hartford
Devens
Park Ave and State St to Become Bridgeport Business Center
The city planning commission official predicts the junction of Park Avenue and State Street will become Bridgeport’s business hub within years. Speaking at a YMCA event he cited geographic bounds, new business growth toward the west, and noted the hazards of exposed telegraph poles along North Main near St Vincent’s Hospital as a danger to firefighters.
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Park Ave
State St
He Business Center
Park Avenue
States Street
Bridgeport
Yovemr
Wadwin W. Schreve
City Planning Commission
Waquonnocik
Schreve
Present War Called Greatest for Liberty by Speaker
Rev William Wallace Rose spoke at a Washington's birthday event by Bartlett camp Sons of Veterans asserting the current war crowns all wars as a war for democracy freedom The speaker traced earlier wars the Revolution 1812 Civil War Spanish American War as fights for liberty and freedom and noted other members joined with songs and readings
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United States
William Wallace Rose
Washington
Mr. Rose
Find Chauffeur Dead of Gas Asphyxiation
Chester Mirsky a chauffeur for Dr John C Lynch of 230 Gilbert Street was found dead in his room yesterday from gas asphyxiation Another accident victim a gas asphyxiation was taken to St Vincent hospital in serious condition James George a porter of 604 Main Street was gravely injured unconscious The item mentions a boy with a bellyache needing a four dollar doctor and a fifty cent prescription
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Chester Mirsky
John .C. Lynch
Gilbert Street
St. Vincent's ‘Hospital
James George
Main Street
Confesses to Murder of Priest in Gary Case
Schramm admits killing Fr. Kayser on August 24, 1915 after a long police grilling. The confession followed his arrest in Bridgeport and transfer to Gary authorities for trial, with plans to extradite him from Indiana for the murder of the priest at the church library.
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Diarely
Schramm
Gary
Cronan
Fr. Kayser
Schramny
Chicago
West
Bridgeport
Capitain Gronan
Ind
Indiana
Neurathenia How It Is Caused and How To Be Treated
A vintage health ad explains neurasthenia as nervous weakness with fatigue worry headaches and poor digestion. It promotes rest abstaining from stimulants and tonics especially Williams Pink Pills as a blood nourishing solution. Personal testimonial claims improvement after use and urges requesting the booklet on nervous diseases.
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Mass
Willams
Dale
Io O
Williams
Absorbine Jr. Invigorates Muscles and Wards Germs
An old advertisement extols Absorbine Jr. as a fast acting liniment and germicide. It claims use for sore muscles and as an antiseptic for cuts and sores, with a simple dilution for mouth and throat. The ad urges keeping a bottle handy and offers a trial bottle by mail.
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Absorbine, Jr
W. FP
Youns
Temple Bt
Springfield
Mass
Budget Moves Slashing Sidewalks and School Funds
The town trims requests with $10,000 added for sidewalks and curbs, $10,000 more for new sidewalks, while $20,000 for land damages drops to $3,000. Brewster street bridge funding is struck entirely, and schools gain light cuts while salaries rise. The board plans final appropriations next Tuesday, with a potential tax rate cut of only two tenths of a mill.
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Brewster Street
Department of Schools
Yellow Mill
Charities Department
Board of Apportionment
Arrest Maker of Ball Bearings as Dangerous Alien
Department of Justice agents announce the arrest and internment at Gloucester New Jersey immigrant station of Edward Messner a dangerous enemy alien. Messner came to the United States two years ago to represent German minority interests in the Hess Bright company of Philadelphia now sold to S E F administrative company of New York. Officials say German interests have had no connection with Hess Bright since the sale.
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Philadelphia
Department of Justice
Gloucester
N. J
Edward Messner
Frank L. Garbarino
Mossner
Adelbert K. Fischer
Schutte and Koertting Company
Fischer
Fort Oglethorpe
Garbarino
Messner
Hess-Bright Company
New York
Germany
Corfu Dismissal Filed by Bridgeport Patent Leather
A certificate of dissolution was filed yesterday by the Bridgeport Patent Leather Company. Carl Sherwood served as president, Matthew Adgate as vice president, and T. H. Patterson as secretary and treasurer.
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Bridgeport Patent Leather Company
Carl Sherwood
Matthew Adgate
T. H. Patterson
Parisian Sage Promoted Against Dandruff and Hair Loss
An advertisement warns dandruff leads to baldness and promotes Parisian sage as a cheap, antiseptic remedy. It claims quick, safe action to banish dandruff itch and stimulate new growth without coloring hair, urging immediate use and noting pleasant scent and easy application.
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Cheney
New Town Hall
Benedicts
Vin
Qlarks
Post Office
Wayad
Kroehler
Corfu
Minner
Broad St.om
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