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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1927
Page
6
An old tale explains Pearl Street’s crooked path from Dutch days as the long way to wealth and success. The piece muses on ambition, fear of failure, and the temptation of safer savings with a nod to a local bank, urging prudent saving over shortcuts.
Detroit January 19 Henry Ford told Paige-Detroit Motors president Harry H Jewett that buying out minority stockholders in 1919 was the best deal of his life. Jewett testified at hearings on a tax dispute over gains from stock sales, noting the 1919 price valued Ford at about 210 000 000 and that the government later revised the tax figure downward. Witnesses described Ford's business genius and the companys rapid expansion and production methods, with details of Ford’s early associates and the push to reach one million cars annually.
Mrs Stanley Wales wife of the manager of William Wrigley Jr Scandinavian agency was found dead in a stage coach house. Police report death by own hand in Copenhagen on January 19.
Owing to snow blocked roads no services were held in the Episcopal and Congregational churches Monday. The Creation Endeavor was omitted Sunday evening. The Congregational church meeting will be held Saturday at 7 30 o'clock. Obituary notices: Mrs Hamia Kirk, former resident of Monroe, died Saturday at her daughter’s home in Bridgeport aged 84. Funeral Monday at her Hollingster home and burial in Lakertown cemetery. Several locals and visitors are noted with social and travel updates amid winter conditions.
Washington dispatch examines Supreme Court ruling on Senate subpoenas. The Star argues it grants Congress sweeping inquisitorial power while noting the decision lacks a dissent. The piece discusses origin in Daugherty case, potential contempt, and broad scope for inquiries under legislative powers.
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