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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1925
Page
10
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets substitute for calomel gently stimulate bowels and liver to natural action. They purify the blood and body without griping or bad after effects. Sold as a sugar coated tablet, olive colored and herbal in formula. Take one or two nightly for a week for noticeable results.
Charles Carpenter once infamous for setting fires in New Haven in 1909 and later known for prowling newspaper offices died in the state hospital. He was 61 and survived by a brother in New Haven. The long record included repeated Saturday night fires tied to bundles of newspapers and increased police attention before his capture.
A detective observed Carpenter emerge from a hallway just before a small fire broke out in a building across the street. The fire brigade quickly extinguished the blaze as Carpenter, deemed harmless by many, became the center of curiosity.
The Board of Education awarded D M Read Company the contract to furnish 80 mahogany desks at 36 each 700 mahogany chairs at 6 each and 800 stools at 276 each for the new Women Harding TWigh school. Other Bridgeport bidders included Hadley Company Inquided Istan and Tec Bros Turniture Company.
Philadelphia February 27 Mattie Jones a Black woman was convicted of murder for a second time at a retrial ordered by the State Supreme Court and sentenced to be electrocuted at a time to be fixed by the governor. She killed William Martin with whom she lived amid jealousy as the motive, while she claimed self defense during a quarrel. No woman has been executed for murder in Pennsylvania in 35 years.
Westport February 27 Captain Walter T Duff suspended by the Board of Selectmen on charges of incompetency, conduct unbecoming a officer, and abusing authority. Nash dissents, calling the charges unwarranted, while Duff plans to defend himself at the hearing. Duff, a former Quigley appointee, joined the department at founding and served in Pershing's army.
Black Rock Congregational church drama club stages A Regiment for Two a three act comedy Thursday and Friday March 6 and 6 directing duo Mr and Mrs Joseph Peabod y oversee a cast including Arthur Sewall Arnold Bergman Wilton Joxepy Peabod Hugo Aust Jim Buckner Grace Sewall Eliza Wilton Anna Brantmeyer Merle Magowan and others in misadventures of two hen pecked husbands on a fishing trip and returning to chaotic civilian life
Representatives from the Y M C A Stamford Greenwich Westport area and county organizations attended a Stamford meeting chaired by Lucien T Warner Bridgeport and featuring Tidwarg Aizen Hid dam as a speaker. The session discussed reorganization of a Y M A Nittorl Council and its relation to associations with National Council general secretary R H Gillespie attending. About 25 men were present.
A westbound freight train on the Maine Central Railroad collided near Gardiner Maine killing four men. Reports say the crash occurred one mile east of the city as workers stood nearby at the Aroostook potato handling area.
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