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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Feb 29, 1928

Page

5

Four Walla Can Make a House But It Takes a Woman

Health advice and testimonials promote Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women. The text claims improved well being from use, urging readers to try the remedy and share experiences. Names and locations from Lancaster Ohio and Sturgis Michigan appear as customer testimonials.

Four Walla Lydia E. Pinkham Utica Michigan Lydia E. Pickham Fler Lancaster Ohio

Welfare association loans halted after Landau theft

The Progressive Welfare association pauses all loans as prosecutors reveal Maurice Landau stole about 17,267 dollars over years. Attorney Raphael Korff reports members’ invested funds now value roughly forty cents on the dollar. Court delays continue. Landau’s bond remains 1,000 as he waits proceedings.

Progresive Welfare Association Raphael Korff Maurice Landau Lendau Mr. Korfi Landau Shapiro Goldstein Brody Landa Harry A. Goldstein Progressive Welfare Association Korff Korif

Woman Seeks Probate Declaration of Missing Son as Dead

Miranda Hivetrand filed a petition in New Britain to declare George A. Hillstrand dead so his estate and his late father August C. Hillstrand’s estate can be settled. He disappeared in August 1907 at age nineteen after leaving home for Savin Rock. No clues have surfaced. the family suspects he may have died in World War I.

New Britain

Greenwich Champion Mixed Drinker Jailed

Willan Menun a local known as Greenwichs champion mixed drinker was jailed 30 days and fined for breach of the peace and intoxication after causing a disturbance at Mrs William L Edwards Riverside who had given him lodging since January 1 He a 65 year old with recent drinking exploits testified to in Borough court including a pint of gin followed by a half ounce bottle of rubbing alcohol and three ounces of castor oil mixed into a troubling beverage.

Greenwich Willan Menun Mra William L Edwards River‘side Mann

Body of Detective's Wife Found in Snowy Ditch

Winnipeg officers report the discovery of Mrs. Lottie Adams, a department store detective's wife, in a snow filled ditch near St Vital. Albert Westgate, 35, an automobile mechanic, is under arrest after searches by police and Boy Scouts. She had feared him after he took her for a ride on the day she disappeared.

Winnipeg Man Associated Press Lottie Adams Albert V. Westgate St. Vital Westgate St. Bonilface Hospital Adens

O'Connor Returns to America as War Fears Loom

T P Fay Pay O'Connor, age near eighty and long time British MP for Liverpool, returns to the United States after 21 years seeking climate for rheumatism. He refuses to discuss Ireland politics, mentions two million Irish in England, and comments on film censorship and Edith Cavell. He plans to stay in New York, works slowly, and has finished a 240,000 word memoir ending with Parnell’s death.

New York Associated Press T. P Fay Pay O'Connor House of Commons America Ireland Berangeria Amelia Ameriga England Great Britain the Yard Edith Cavell Turee Tao Puliamentaten Liverpool Europe France Youle Balkans Ilish Teader Parnell

Metropolitan soprano and Boston tenor wed in city chapel

Metropolitan soprano Martha Attwood and Boston Opera tenor Rod Alessando Alberini married today at the municipal chapel in New York. Attwood, who sang at the American Legion Convention in Paris, joined the Metropolitan Opera Company last year.

New York iEy Associated Press Martha Attwood Metropolitan Opera Company Solprano Rod Alessandro Alberini Boston Opera Company Municipal Chapel Miss Attwood American Legion Paris Metropolitan Company

Fire damages St Marys Church in Lykens Pa

A fire at St Marys Roman Catholic Church in Lykens Pennsylvania caused extensive damage today. Vestry room and church paintings were badly damaged with losses estimated around 900000 dollars and valuables estimated between 21500 and 23500 dollars.

Lykens Associated Press St. Mary’s

Object sighted off coast may be pilot body

In Melbourne Florida on February 28 searchers sought the body of Ford chief pilot Harry Brooks after a monoplane dive into the sea. An object resembling a body was sighted near the inlet fifteen miles south but disappeared before a seaplane reached the spot. Vessels and boats combed the area as land patrols and police watched the shore for recovery possibilities.

Melbourne Fla Associated Press Harry Brooks Ford

Skeleton found near Brockton may be East Bridgewater man

The skeletal remains found in woods near Brockton are believed to be George H. Chamberlin, who vanished from East Bridgewater in November 1936. His wife identified clothing and items as his, though certainty was lacking. Medical examiner says death likely heart failure but police keep murder theory under review after a shotgun and unexploded shells were found with the body.

Brockton Mass Associate. Press George H. Chamberlin East Bridgewater Th. W. W. Fullerton

Lenten Services and Local Notices in Monroe

Monroe notes urge rector Henry Haber sham to lead Lenten services at 11 am in rectory parlors on Wednesday. A Stepney fire company dance features an orchestra Wednesday evening. The Vane Ladies Guild meets Thursday with Mrs Francis Wales. Mrs Glorice Radcliffe and son Wesley visit. Bridgeport guests include Mrs Edward Leo of Stepney. A Monroe Hoy Scouts troop, led by Merwin S Gurr, now 22 members, formed with two patrols Beavers and Tigers. They attended the Warren Harding High School jamboree and earned a poultry keeping merit badge. Connecticut League of Penwomen met at Mrs George Hatheway’s home in Bridgeport.

Monroer Henry Haber‘sham Stepney Trehouse Stepney Pire Company Vane Ladies Guild Foolscopal Church Francis J. Wales Stephen French Nursc Glorice Radcliffe Son Wesley Bridgeport Edward Leo Stepney George Turess Misa Dorothy Reynolds Stamford Edward Curtiss George Beck George Swan Staten Island Hoy Scouts Monroe Merwin Gurr WEK Chave Beaver Tigers Wentworth Lewis The Alfred Teller Raymond Lange Beavers Joseph Kovac Edward Davidson William K Mix G. W Edwards Kenneth Merril Warren Harding High Schoor William EK. Mix Ear. Lewis Connecticut League of Penwomen George T

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