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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1921
Page
5
The United States government faces a potential bootlegging charge as Mary Costellina is accused of selling whiskey and wine from a property in a settlement owned by the federal government. Federal Prohibition Commissioner Kramer may pursue the case against the secretary regarding the government property.
The Rev. Horace Sloat director of promotion for the Connecticut Baptist convention based in Hartford has organized a series of missionary conferences for the end of January. The events will be hosted in churches across Baptist associations in the state to quicken missionary spirit and knowledge within the denomination.
Elias Prichard wins first and second prizes in a poultry and pet stock show held January 21. The Atlantic Breeders Association awarded prizes for homing pigeons and other stock. Brichard, the oldest Chamical Company member, is renowned as a prize pigeon fancier and has exhibited rabbits, taking a first prize in Bridgeport last year.
About $117,000,000 in property seized by the alien property custodian during the war has been returned to American born wives of Germans Austrians and others. Returns followed a recent congressional act allowing war married women to file claims to inherited property and remove enemy country ties.
Ben Welch, a noted comedian. four weeks ago doctors declared no hope for restoration of his sight. He has continued to perform in a musical comedy, appearing in the wings and performing by feel and memory despite his blindness.
Wilson K Campbell, said to be a member at the time of a German mark firm, was arrested on a charge of larceny of 3000 dollars in a stock transaction. He was retested on bonds of 2000 dollars.
In January France announced it would study all suggestions the United States might offer regarding the future of the League of Nations. The statement followed Premier Briket’s decision and was read in the French parliament yesterday, signaling cautious engagement with U S proposals.
Vital statistics from the Welfare Temple column records multiple births including a daughter to John Robin and Frances Bidwell and a son to James Agustin Smith and Elsie Robertson Braith. The notes also mention several births to other families, street addresses, and a building permit summary stating one permit issued for a school on the west side of Roostow Avenue with a cost of 3200, plus a portable structure and a dwelling on Willard Street.
Deputy sheriffs gathered yesterday afternoon in the county courthouse to be measured for new blue and gold uniforms. The coats will feature gold trim and brass buttons, with fittings by a tailor. The outfit is expected to be ready in a week or ten days, and one building will wear them on duty.
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