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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1925
Page
4
Uncle John watches nephew and friends engage in a pretend fort siege at Soldiers fort. The group celebrates a rapid victory with a coin handover and exclamations about taking the fort within an hour, while a bystander notes the cleverness of the quick build during a playful scene reported by the Telegrap h.
Fragmentary note describes a small girl and an aunt arriving, with relatives commenting on luggage and presence. The tone hints at a domestic scene or sidebar in a larger page. No clear event or dates emerge from the readable text.
Interstate Bus Owners refuse to accept license markers as Connecticut officials assess public service car licenses. The Interstate Husses Corporation sought a license from the State Motor Vehicle Department but declined the form offered, arguing the issued markers should be of the public service type but were not. The injunction limited actions, and Commissioner Strechel noted only two common license forms exist for this class.
United States postal officials recovered $79,000 in Liberty Bonds stolen from a mail train near Rendout Plate. The bonds were located in a rural free delivery mailbox west of Little Rock after an anonymous tip to Major James A. Pherorkh, chief of the Little Rock detective bureau.
New York January 2 Rev Father James Falligan, in vestments at Holy Name Church, pursued two men tampering with the poor box through New York crowds on Broadway. The suspects Frank Hughes and Terles Howard were captured after a short chase and arrested on attempted robbery charges. Police found glue, a shiny pin, and $983 in small change on the men.
Cordelia Curtiss 85 widow of Joseph I Curtiss dies at home in Putney survived by daughter-in-law and two grandsons. funeral today at 3 from her home officiated by Rev C Francis Hine. Daniel I Golden 31 of 142 Highland avenues dies. funeral today at 1 from home. survived by wife, daughter Edith, and three sisters. Charles W Paul 2a son of Mr and Mrs George W Paul Nichols road Nichole funeral today from parental home. burial in Mountain Grove cemetery. survived by wife Mabel and son Mira. Hlennesey widow of Sohn Plahaven dies. funeral services today incl 8:30 and 4 from Church of the Blessed Sacrament. burial in St Michaels cemetery. survived by three daughters and three sons, plus three sisters and three brothers. Drank Rahrig 15 Jana street funeral today with high mass. survived by August Wah rig and a sister Kor en Ianrig. formerly with Singer Manufacturing. burial in St Michaels cemetery. William M Standish 46 funeral today at Walker & Banks chapel. burial in Lakeview cemetery. survived by wife.
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